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Tom...my PH nailed that [bleep] after we mounted a Leupy I had gifted him onto his 375 and after he fired only 4 sight-in shots. Anyways, it was about 80 degrees toward the end of a am hunt and about 60 baboons were inching their way,very slowly, to a watering hole we were sitting at. The one in the pic was a old monkey,probably the patriarch of the bunch. Another baboon, near the same size of this dead one, and the deceased were kind of leading the way on the monkey dance to the waterhole. In the meanwhile,a 37 inch gemsbok had come to the hole and Francois strongly suggested I shoot it. I just wanted to do the spot and stalk thing so I told him sorry but no and that we were going to have some fun with the monkeys instead. I told him you got the one on the left and I got the one on the right. Let's wait for them to sit side by side, looking our way, and we'll try to pull off a double. Well,at about 300 yds away, the one on the left,his target, sits on his ass staring directly towards our blind. Mine is still fumbling around but only about 3 yds away from the other. Francois says the one on the left is sitting and since I was the client, he really wanted me to shoot it. I said no,you get to have some fun too and you need to test your new scope so we were sticking to the game plan.I said go ahead and set up for your shot but first let me line up on my [bleep] for the possible double. The second I said I'm good,his immediate shot scared the ever loving crap out of me. By the time I re-grouped, got my [bleep] into the crosshairs again, there were about 80 [bleep] wailing,screaming and scattering like cockroaches when one turns on the lights.It was frikken hilarious watching those little bastards head for the hills and trees. I saw mine running for dear life,fired a wild assed shot and missed miserably. Seconds later,I looked at Francois and said that was one of the most fun hunts I've ever been on and a great way to end the morning hunt....time for lunch. Francois said he thought we should maybe go get his baboon first. I looked at him a bit puzzled at first,said no f'n way and then immediately looked down across the lake to see the lump in the middle of the desert. I couldn't believe it. He put the cross hairs about 5 inches above grandaddy monkey's head,thinking torso,but instead practically decapitated that [bleep] with a neck shot.

I didn't get my 37 inch gemsbok after that but it was worth every second of the fun I had that morning with Francois.Just one of those mornings cracking jokes,being smartasses,laughing our butts off and shooting monkeys. I don't know what it is about those baboons that gets me all giddy but I shot at them every chance I got.Francois kept cracking up that I was scouring everywhere for the [bleep] while he was searching for trophies. I was like a little kid every time I saw one of those baboons. It was actually one of the most fun days of my hunt and I had 12 very fun days. I ended up missing two baboons and two jackals total while Karen took my 338 Fed and wasted hers on her first shot.

I ended up missing two baboons and two jackals total while Karen took my 338 Fed and wasted hers on her first shot.