Fellas:
Came home to a forest fire. A few thousand acres up in flames and 100 homes destroyed. My house is fine as are my doubles, but the woods is a mess of ash. I received an email when driving to the Harare airport.
I spent a week in South Africa at Basie Kuhn's Haakdoorn Ranch taking buffalo, non trophy impala for the table, bush buck, male and female warthogs, and a red hartebeest that at 25 3/4" is well up in Roland Ward's. Rifle used was a Harrison and Hussey box lock ejector made in 1920 and purchased and owned by the famous cricket player, Douglas Jardine from 1934 (the year he was married) to 1957 (when his wife sold it back to the company four months before he died of cancer). He used the rifle to hunt Rhodesia. Google him and the story of his bodyline tactic.
The buffalo was shot with a quick left and right, his head wen down and he moved a few yards and stopped. He was dead on his feet but two more ended it quickly. All other animals were taken with one shot from 33 yards (female warthog), 40 yards (male warthog) 45 yards (bushbuck), 101 yards (impala), and 219 yards (hartebeest--over a very steady seated rest). Buffalo was open sights and I used a Swarovski 1.25-4x 30mm scope for the plains game.
Honestly, if any of you gents are looking for a buffalo plains game combo email me for details on the hunt. I'm at <pappas@mtaonline.net>
After SA it was off to Botswana to hunt for plains game for eight days.
Enjoy!
Came home to a forest fire. A few thousand acres up in flames and 100 homes destroyed. My house is fine as are my doubles, but the woods is a mess of ash. I received an email when driving to the Harare airport.
I spent a week in South Africa at Basie Kuhn's Haakdoorn Ranch taking buffalo, non trophy impala for the table, bush buck, male and female warthogs, and a red hartebeest that at 25 3/4" is well up in Roland Ward's. Rifle used was a Harrison and Hussey box lock ejector made in 1920 and purchased and owned by the famous cricket player, Douglas Jardine from 1934 (the year he was married) to 1957 (when his wife sold it back to the company four months before he died of cancer). He used the rifle to hunt Rhodesia. Google him and the story of his bodyline tactic.
The buffalo was shot with a quick left and right, his head wen down and he moved a few yards and stopped. He was dead on his feet but two more ended it quickly. All other animals were taken with one shot from 33 yards (female warthog), 40 yards (male warthog) 45 yards (bushbuck), 101 yards (impala), and 219 yards (hartebeest--over a very steady seated rest). Buffalo was open sights and I used a Swarovski 1.25-4x 30mm scope for the plains game.
Honestly, if any of you gents are looking for a buffalo plains game combo email me for details on the hunt. I'm at <pappas@mtaonline.net>
After SA it was off to Botswana to hunt for plains game for eight days.
Enjoy!
