I'm with Ingwe, kind of hard to imagine not seeing loads or hartebeest. I saw hundreds every day, and killed 2 in about 45 seconds. Nice euro there Poobah, very nice.
Bullshooter, which part of Namibia were you hunting?
JGRaider-
The host ranch is about 160 miles NE of Windhoek - approximately 35 miles east of the refugee camp at Osire. Elevation is about 4000 feet.
I heard no good hypotheses to account for the scarcity of hartebeest. Our friend with some prior experience on the ranch had no difficulty in taking his on previous trips. Perhaps the animals learned I was on the way and simply left the area, like the bad guys do when they hear John Wayne is coming to town.
--Bob