When I and my family went in 2012, I fretted and fritted for weeks if not months on what to take. I even had a nicely stocked 375 HH , ya know, the African Rifle. But I wasn’t going after anything except plains game and the probability that a kudu would be the biggest. In the end I took my all time favorite “all around” do it all Rifle. A nicely stocked 30-06 shooting 168 grain hand loaded Barnes tipped triple shocks. I killed 7 game animal’s on that trip including wildebeest x2, hartebeest, gemsbuck, zebra, impala and a good sized eland.
Our guides son was also doing a bit of hunting on that trip as well. On his own away from us. His rifle of choice was a 223 Winchester.
Take your 30-06 and fill an ark. It’ll do to hunt the Kalahari or the Serengeti, and in style.
Les
Last edited by tankerjockey; 08/05/23.
