gunner, I enjoyed the heck out of that, so thanks for the link! They are one badass animal for sure. You had freaking oryx running everywhere! Heckuva shot too through all the trash. Congrats.
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Thanks JG, I think about those hunts several times daily, about six oryx busted out of the thickets after the shot, they are scary fast and I understand deadly accurate with those horns.
If your volume is up high enough on your speakers you can hear that 400 gr Woodleigh slap that Oryx then me say....yeah.......I saw her get knocked flat in the thickets.
Thanks JG, I think about those hunts several times daily,
Welcome to the rest of your life....I probably told you, cause Ive told others, but Africa is like your first real love.....not a day will pass for the rest of your life that you don't think of her....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
Thanks JG, I think about those hunts several times daily,
Welcome to the rest of your life....I probably told you, cause Ive told others, but Africa is like your first real love.....not a day will pass for the rest of your life that you don't think of her....
You ain't lyin' Poobah.
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Thanks JG, I think about those hunts several times daily,
Welcome to the rest of your life....I probably told you, cause Ive told others, but Africa is like your first real love.....not a day will pass for the rest of your life that you don't think of her....
Great job, Jerry. You'll be booking your next one shortly, I'll bet. The fever of my first African hunt has continued on thru to my 16th safari this July, in Zambia this time.
Thanks Ed, and please do, your ole 458 Mag, would be right at home there.
I happen to have a custom .375 Whelen Imp in my gun safe as back-up to that .458WM....
Ed
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"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
I wasn't all that interested in gemsbok on my first safari--until I saw one. Didn't get a shot at a good bull on that trip, which meant of course I had to go back. On my second safari went where there were lots of 'em, and took a good bull, but didn't get one shoulder-mounted until finding an exceptional bull a few years later--and for years it was my only African shoulder mount. Partly that was due to my crowding African shoulder-mounts into the available space--but gemsbok are the most AFRICAN-looking plains game.
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Do you have any more? It never gets old watching the vids.
donsm70
Life Member...Safari Club International Life Member...Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Life Member...Keystone Country Elk Alliance Life Member...National Rifle Association
Thanks for the direct links Ed, and yes, a 375 Whelen AI would be a cool old wildcat to take over, when I started talking a 400 Whelen build, a buddy called it a "mildcat," I think he was wrong.
MD, glad you were able to get a big bull Gemsbok, there is spectacular work involved, especially after several trips over to get the one you wanted, I really wanted one, as well as a nice Impala for reasons not quite clear to me, I am most happy with all the animals I was fortunate enough to tag.
Hey Donsm70,
My Outfitter may be able to make us a small synopsis video of all the kill shots, I'll have to ask very nicely and see what happens, glad you're enjoying them.