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Post by jfs on Feb 18, 2018 12:44:25 GMT -5
Cannot remember if I posted this photo and  if I did I apologize but thought you guys would like to see the kudu I took with 454 and Corbon 320gr Penetrator ammo a number of years ago.... The following is what I wrote to Corbon when I got home "At the shot the kudu staggered about 20 feet until he feel dead on the dirt road making the PH happy for an easy pick up".... Took this blesbok on my first trip using 454 and I believe FA`s 300gr JFP ammo.... He was a SCI top ten that year but I almost feel out of chair because if this blesbok was a top ten...you should have seen the one that got away cause I could not get a good rest....
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Post by sixshot on Feb 18, 2018 23:32:33 GMT -5
I haven't seen them before James, very nice animals with great revolvers! Hit them right & have them die right on the road, that's good stuff.
Dick
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Post by bushog on Feb 19, 2018 9:01:45 GMT -5
Super pics.....nice job
I'd like to go to the Dark Continent some day but it just seems like there's plenty to do here.....
CTR (Close To Road) is ALWAYS good!
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Post by sheriff on Feb 19, 2018 12:22:18 GMT -5
A couple of gooduns, James!
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Post by cherokeetracker on Feb 19, 2018 15:34:44 GMT -5
Does that make your Kudu road kill? Sorry,,,,,, I couldn’t pass that up. That 454 has been a good choice for you on many occasions. It has served you well James. Both are beautiful animals.
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Post by jfs on Feb 19, 2018 16:12:55 GMT -5
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Post by jfs on Feb 19, 2018 16:16:06 GMT -5
Thank you good guys and its a relief to know I did not have a post-65 moment and post these pics before... 
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Post by bushog on Feb 19, 2018 17:07:22 GMT -5
Only Dick said he hadn't seen them before....maybe it's a conspiracy!  |
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Post by crazycarl on Feb 19, 2018 20:08:59 GMT -5
Awesome pics, whether I've seen 'em before or not. Only way you'd get me back on that continent is for a hunt.
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Post by tradmark on Feb 19, 2018 21:33:55 GMT -5
Nice, thats a helluva blesbok. I need one of those big time
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Post by cherokeetracker on Feb 20, 2018 7:14:43 GMT -5
James I do not remember seeing these pics before.I they were mine I probably would have them enlarged and hanging on my wall. Both trophies in my opinion. Glad you have sense of humor too
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Post by magnumwheelman on Feb 20, 2018 7:35:43 GMT -5
Incredible animals... got a question... how are these kinds of animals to eat??? I imagine getting the meat cooled off is a challenge ( either in TX or Africa ) the Kudu looks more bovine or "horse like" & the Blesbok more antelope like... maybe both are in the Antelope family... if shot in Africa, are the loins usually brought in for camp meat, & the balance given to the locals to eat, or do you bring meat home, when you do a hunt like this??? also I'd expect "trophy" size animals to be more mature, & likely a bit "chewier" than a young animal... just thinking, we have a couple wild game feeds around here through out the year, & I don't ever remember seeing African plains game meat ever at one of the feeds
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Post by jfs on Feb 20, 2018 12:35:28 GMT -5
how are these kinds of animals to eat???  |
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Post by sixshot on Feb 20, 2018 15:07:03 GMT -5
So that means you came home at 128 pounds!!!!
Dick
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Post by nolongcolt on Feb 20, 2018 23:01:11 GMT -5
Incredible animals... got a question... how are these kinds of animals to eat??? I imagine getting the meat cooled off is a challenge ( either in TX or Africa ) the Kudu looks more bovine or "horse like" & the Blesbok more antelope like... maybe both are in the Antelope family... if shot in Africa, are the loins usually brought in for camp meat, & the balance given to the locals to eat, or do you bring meat home, when you do a hunt like this??? also I'd expect "trophy" size animals to be more mature, & likely a bit "chewier" than a young animal... just thinking, we have a couple wild game feeds around here through out the year, & I don't ever remember seeing African plains game meat ever at one of the feeds I have made 8 trips over there and on every trip the meat was great, with very few exceptions. I had some sort of gamy, chewy warthog once and some gnarly springbok cutlets once, but other than that its all great and much of it taste like the other. My personal favorites are gemsbuck (oryx), eland, impala, kudu, bushpig (tastes like beef!), and all the others, and I had most of them. Dealing with meat is not a problem there, they do it everyday. The one thing they do different than most of us here is they almost never gut in the field except in cases of very large game like buffalo on up. Most animals are either manhandled or winched into the back of the vehicle and take back to camp if not too far away and hung, cleaned and skinned then. Much of the meat is often given to camp staff and families and often is sold as well. There is never a shortage of good game meat for the hunter. Though once many years ago I did have to squeak just a bit to get more game and less chicken and beef in Zimbabwe. No meat shot there leaves there. It is all consumed by someone there. |
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