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Figured there’s a few on here that would appreciate some African hunting scenery. My first trip there, I wanted to do it right. Lots of walking and tracking. All free range. Hunt Cape Buff in the thick stuff. In tight.

I didn’t want to see any fences. I knew SA was out for the most part. I may only get a few opportunities to see and hunt Africa and want to do it in the wilder countries. Yes it does cost more, but it’s the experiences I’m after.

Couldn’t of had a better trip. Everything and more I hoped for. Already trying to get back.

























 
That’s the same area we hunted. Thought it looked familiar. A group of us, bought an unguided (no PH, D.I.Y) package and we stayed in the old D camp. Was a successful trip, with our group taking its full quota ( croc, hippo, buff, tuskless ele and some plains game. Certainly a trip of a life time.
 
Yep there’s still that option in parts of Zim. I read of one guy in the past two years that got stung after he bought an gov auction and the area was run down and burnt out.

I lucked out with a change of areas after a cancelation but we only hunted a herd once just to see the size of it. We targeted bands of Dugga boys every day. Excellent tracking and one of the truest forms of hunting.
 
Crazy_Farmer said:
Figured there’s a few on here that would appreciate some African hunting scenery. My first trip there, I wanted to do it right. Lots of walking and tracking. All free range. Hunt Cape Buff in the thick stuff. In tight.

I didn’t want to see any fences. I knew SA was out for the most part. I may only get a few opportunities to see and hunt Africa and want to do it in the wilder countries. Yes it does cost more, but it’s the experiences I’m after.

Couldn’t of had a better trip. Everything and more I hoped for. Already trying to get back.





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And he still probably ran 100m before realizing he was dead.
 
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Excellent! But you are not getting off that easy... what rifle(s) did you carry? Loads? What game did you harvest (besides the skulls shown)... pics please? More details would be nice when you find the time... :)
 

And he still probably ran 100m before realizing he was dead.
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Actually 100 is dead on accurate haha

Alittle back story, sighting in was just perfect, every shot I took on the trip felt great. I practiced on sticks quite a bit before to get used to them. Anyways my first shots on my kudu and impala I somehow pulled to the left. So when it came time to pull the trigger on a Cape buffalo I was still confident but had alittle concern.

We were in close many times over 4-5 days and just looked for the right opportunity. Multiple times we were under 30 yards and the cover and shot choice weren’t right. Finally we snuck into a band of 5 bulls. As they were laying down we got ready on the sticks and when the bull i choice stood up I made a difficult shot through a V in a low tree and hit the bull frontal little to the right where I thought would be a heart shot.

My PH and I had already been over frontal shots. Not his first choice or preferred but if I was okay with the shot I could take.

I fired and the bush erupted with the other bulls and mine running up and over a hill. We waited for the storied death bellow and only heard a faint short moan. I felt the shot was perfect but after my poor shooting it still left dissent in my mind.

Waited 5 mins and then proceeded single file. Tracker then PH then me.We found blood. Bright bright red but not a lot. My Ph said frontals don’t bleed as much but still had me slightly concerned First it went uphill and then into the thick bush. I thought perfect I’ve wounded a dangerous game and now gonna have to deal with it. In those moments I never thought about it while it was happening but I never felt unsafe. A 500 double infront of me in the hands of one of the best of Zim had me feeling a safety I know still isn’t a sure thing.

It was in those moments leading up to it, it was everything I hoped for. Seeing some of the best trackers in Africa go hours and hours. And every time you thought you weren’t on them you’d find fresh crap or see them. It was impressive to say the least. To say my spidey senses were tingling is the best way I can describe it

About 100 yards uphill it flattened out and the tracker made a hand gesture to the PH and i thought it meant something fell over. Sure enough a split second later I saw black mass laying on its side. Not moving. Worked our way around and fired an insurance shot through the back into the chest. It only moved from the energy of the shot. Dead as a door nail.
 
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Excellent! But you are not getting off that easy... what rifle(s) did you carry? Loads? What game did you harvest (besides the skulls shown)... pics please? More details would be nice when you find the time... :)
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As this was my first trip over there and technically Canadians shouldn’t have rifles in Zim ( I know how everyone gets around this) but it was actually a nice break travelling without a firearm. Flew YVR to Frankfurt then Joburg then Harare. I was thrilled when I saw my luggage in Zim hahahaha. But I had everything to survive the trip in my carry on anyways.

But I used a camp .375hh. A nice model 70. With QD scope. It was a great solid gun.

Used older Barnes x on buff. The other PG rifle my PH had was a nice old Brno 7x57. I really liked it. And he had many options for 150-185gr.

The trip was mainly for Buff and opportunitistic for anything else. Hopefully a kudu.

Took a great kudu. Two Impala, buff. Chased duiker around too. One baboon after seeing a couple males kill and eat baby baboons.
 
By going to Zimbabwe, you're supporting a racist, failed state, that exploits you, purely as a source of foreign exchange. Otherwise, they wouldn't hesitate to put a bullet behind your ear. A miserable place of their own making. I could never understand why people would do that. :confused:

Grizz
 
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Mugabe was outed after a military coup not so long ago. But thanks for your opinion. I could care less about it hahaha great mindset you have
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Oversimplification; the military supported a legal removal from office. But you weren't there to study Zimbabwean politics were you?



Coup d'état and resignation
Main article: 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

On 6 November 2017, Mugabe sacked his first vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. This fueled speculation that he intended to name Grace his successor. Grace was very unpopular with the ZANU-PF old guard. On 15 November 2017, the Zimbabwe National Army placed Mugabe under house arrest as part of what it described as an action against "criminals" in Mugabe's circle.

On 19 November, he was sacked as leader of ZANU-PF, and Mnangagwa was appointed in his place. The party also gave Mugabe an ultimatum: resign by noon the following day, or it would introduce an impeachment resolution against him. In a nationally televised speech that night, Mugabe refused to say that he would resign. In response, ZANU-PF deputies introduced an impeachment resolution on 21 November 2017, which was seconded by the MDC-T. The constitution stipulated that removing a president from office required a two-thirds majority of both the House of Assembly and Senate in a joint sitting. However, with both major parties supporting the motion, Mugabe's impeachment and removal appeared all but certain.

As per the constitution, both chambers met in joint session to debate the resolution. The debate took place at a conference centre, since Parliament House was not large enough for a joint sitting. Hours after the debate began, the Speaker of the House of Assembly read a letter from Mugabe announcing that he had resigned, effective immediately.Mugabe and his wife negotiated a deal before his resignation, under which he and his kin are exempted from prosecution, his business interests will remain untouched, and he is set to receive a payment of at least $10 million. In July 2018, the Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled that Mugabe had resigned voluntarily, despite some of the ex-president's subsequent comments.
 
Nope wasn’t there. Just there shy of a year after and talking with people who actually live there. Even when I drove to camp 6 hrs there was paving and road work being done. It surprised the Me to learn the previous government hadn’t done city works in 15 years. Even my PHs house doesn’t have city running water.

There’s been a few hiccups, but the handful of people I now know who live in country have been hopeful for better change and atleast giving the guy a chance.

To completely write off a country is so short sighted and says a lot about the person.
 
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