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Chapman, Henderson, Mitchell  Cont'd

Eric and Andrew with the Kudu bull Eric shot with his DAQ .457. The bull was hit at 20 yards and ran about 75 yards before dropping. As far as we know this is the largest animal taken with an airgun in Africa, eclipsing the kudu cow I shot last year. This was the primary quarry that Eric wanted, and he spent three days of solid work to finally fill his ticket.

I shot this nice springbuckram at 111 meters after a long and difficult stalk. I finally crawled under a tree and was able to set up my shot, sitting down and using the bipods. The ram ran a short distance before dropping, and was dead when I walked up. Andrew, Rob, Diesel the wonder dog and I taking a picture with my trophy.

Eric with a nice little duiker ram he shot with Randys DAQ .308 (left). I took this warthog with a reverse Texas heart shot as it headed along a wash directly towards me (lower).

Randy, Eric, and I drove to another ranch about a 100 kilometers north to hunt impala one day. It was a great trip; Randy was the first to connect with an impala ram. After spotting two rams, he worked his way into 50 yards before pulling the trigger. His 50 yard shot struck low and he was off on a long recovery track. Eventually Rob finished the ram with a long shot with his 30-06.. Randy was using a 425 grain bullet and a fill pressure of 3200 psi. My ram was shot late in the day after spotting a bachelor herd of eight nice rams feeding. Rob and I crawled on hands and knees over a couple hundred yards working our way into range, A 77 meter broadside resulted in a one shot kill. This was the third stalk we set up that day and we kept getting busted at around a 120 yards, which was further than I wanted to shoot. I was using the same bullet and fill pressure as Randy. The terrain was rolling hills covered in long grass, with sparse thorn trees offering the only cover.

My ram measured 21" and is a couple inches better than last years.... I think he will score well by SCI, I have a few animals to send in to be scored when the mounts are ready. Eric shot this impala at 78 yards with a 510 grain bullet and a fill pressure of 3800 psi. The ram ran a short distance before being anchored with a fast follow up shot.

The meat from the from the large game animals we took was used at our table, used to make biltong, and sold to the local game butcher. We kept the horns and the skins for trophys. Our skinner/tracker was a Xhosa named Tululu, and after he dressed the animals they were stored in the ranches cold house. The skulls and the skins were packed in salt before being delivered to the taxidermist.

More pictures and info will be posted when the disk full of pictures left behind are shipped over. These are from m y camera, but Randy and Eric have hundreds of additional photos to include.

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