375 H&H for a few reasons. 375 ammo is readily available there. I had SA police steal my ammo from my bag once. They put a note in there that they took it. I think it’s bc they liked the Pelican case it was in … but I digress.
There are some plainsgame animals that are insanely tough. You can kill them with a 308, but if I’m paying trophy fees, I’m shooting a 375 on everything.
Namely, Blue Wildebeest, Zebra and Gemsbuck can take punishment. A Sable is likely the toughest PG animal I have encountered. Saw two Sable hit properly with a 416 Rem completely shrug it off. Never found one of them. The second one ran forever.
Kudu and even Eland aren’t too tough, though, there is a lot of meat on an Eland. Any deer caliber is sufficient on most of the rest (Warthog, Impala, Hartebeest etc).
