Mr Wolverine
CGN Regular
- Location
- Manitoba. Canada
HUNTING IN AFRICA
Never has hunting in Africa been more affordable and the experience is unbelievable. I have enjoyed hunting and large rifles all my life and now I can’t understand why I never visited Africa sooner. I was so impressed with my first visit that I have gone into partnership with Coenie Fourie of Hunt African Safari’s so that I can become more involved with the whole African experience. I am fortunate that at my time of life I can now devote some energy into a project for the love of doing it rather than looking first for a financial return.
Please read on and contact us if you to would like to experience the Magic of Africa.
You bet I am grinning, my first afternoon in Africa. A good Impala Ram, (approx 22 inches) no world record, but a clean one shot kill after a two hour stalk in the African bush, what more could I ask for. My rifle here is an O/U F. Soda in 9.3 x 74R. The Woodleigh 286 gr SP reload at 2,200 fps exceeded all my expectations. Any rifle/cartridge that is good for Canadian Whitetail will, with the right bullets, perform well on African Plains Game. Cost of this Impala Ram, $150.00 the same as a non resident Canadian would pay for a White tail deer in Manitoba.
Waterbuck, I have always considered these to be a much unrated African trophy. It was my privilege to collect this handsome fellow last thing on my first afternoon in Africa, now I was “riding high”. He was to demonstrate to me that African Plains Game is tough. Due to the cows around him I had to hold my shot until he was in the clear and that gave me a difficult quartering away shot, the range was about 90 paces, the shot was taken standing, resting from the sticks. Shot placement was good but he staggered away, a second rd brought him down and he hid in the shoulder high rushes and was still alive when we found him, a final rd in the neck at point blank range was required. This Waterbuck was a good 28 ½ inches, I am extremely proud of him and he is displayed in our show room at Wolverine Supplies.
After having such a successful first day in Africa, I decided to hunt for a trophy Eland Bull. My PH (Professional Hunter) Jeff Smith, advised me that there were some really good bulls on this property and it would be good training for the planned Buffalo hunt for 08. We hunted the Eland in thick Mopani bush for the following four days. I didn’t get a shot at a bull, I did collect a very good Zebra stallion, but every day was a great day. We saw a large variety of game, including a really huge Monitor Lizard, Crocodile, Gemsbok, Eland, Zebra, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Impala, Waterbuck and of course Monkeys and Baboons. I also really enjoyed hunting in shorts instead of the more normal four layers of clothes that is usually required when hunting Whitetail deer in Manitoba in November.
More to follow, as time permits.
Never has hunting in Africa been more affordable and the experience is unbelievable. I have enjoyed hunting and large rifles all my life and now I can’t understand why I never visited Africa sooner. I was so impressed with my first visit that I have gone into partnership with Coenie Fourie of Hunt African Safari’s so that I can become more involved with the whole African experience. I am fortunate that at my time of life I can now devote some energy into a project for the love of doing it rather than looking first for a financial return.
Please read on and contact us if you to would like to experience the Magic of Africa.
You bet I am grinning, my first afternoon in Africa. A good Impala Ram, (approx 22 inches) no world record, but a clean one shot kill after a two hour stalk in the African bush, what more could I ask for. My rifle here is an O/U F. Soda in 9.3 x 74R. The Woodleigh 286 gr SP reload at 2,200 fps exceeded all my expectations. Any rifle/cartridge that is good for Canadian Whitetail will, with the right bullets, perform well on African Plains Game. Cost of this Impala Ram, $150.00 the same as a non resident Canadian would pay for a White tail deer in Manitoba.
Waterbuck, I have always considered these to be a much unrated African trophy. It was my privilege to collect this handsome fellow last thing on my first afternoon in Africa, now I was “riding high”. He was to demonstrate to me that African Plains Game is tough. Due to the cows around him I had to hold my shot until he was in the clear and that gave me a difficult quartering away shot, the range was about 90 paces, the shot was taken standing, resting from the sticks. Shot placement was good but he staggered away, a second rd brought him down and he hid in the shoulder high rushes and was still alive when we found him, a final rd in the neck at point blank range was required. This Waterbuck was a good 28 ½ inches, I am extremely proud of him and he is displayed in our show room at Wolverine Supplies.
After having such a successful first day in Africa, I decided to hunt for a trophy Eland Bull. My PH (Professional Hunter) Jeff Smith, advised me that there were some really good bulls on this property and it would be good training for the planned Buffalo hunt for 08. We hunted the Eland in thick Mopani bush for the following four days. I didn’t get a shot at a bull, I did collect a very good Zebra stallion, but every day was a great day. We saw a large variety of game, including a really huge Monitor Lizard, Crocodile, Gemsbok, Eland, Zebra, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Impala, Waterbuck and of course Monkeys and Baboons. I also really enjoyed hunting in shorts instead of the more normal four layers of clothes that is usually required when hunting Whitetail deer in Manitoba in November.
More to follow, as time permits.
