Oil Africa

Betterluckythangood · Jun 20, 2024

Good hunting is hard to find. You only live once and I don’t want to wait forever to get a good tag. I decided to pay the price and go with some friends to SA and try it out. It paid off.

CAelknuts · Jun 20, 2024

Congratulations! That’s a nice buffalo.

How soon are you going back? You know you will.

billc · Jun 21, 2024

it is a great hunt and makes up for trying to draw tags here anymore. Only problem with hunting africa is the want to go back all the time. LOL

Betterluckythangood · Jun 21, 2024

Thank you and yes, I will return haha!!!

I hear another buffalo and possible leopard hunt calling. How about a loan at low interest?

Betterluckythangood · Tuesday at 10:15 AM

Here is a typical, good, mature warthog and an old, heavy kudu bull that is probably 45” or 48” with three or four inches of horn worn off that my PH Andre and tracker Patrick led me to on my trip.

buxnbullz · Tuesday at 3:15 PM

Me & my wife are taking our very first trip to Africa in October of 2025. We are pretty excited.

billc · 2024-07-03T06:14:44-0600

Betterluckythangood said:
Here is a typical, good, mature warthog and an old, heavy kudu bull that is probably 45” or 48” with three or four inches of horn worn off that my PH Andre and tracker Patrick led me to on my trip.

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what part of SA did you hunt.

Betterluckythangood · 2024-07-03T06:43:12-0600

Limpopo mostly and then the Free state for a couple days

CHWino_1 · 2024-07-03T06:47:56-0600

That's a heavy old Kudu!

billc · 2024-07-03T08:13:12-0600

Betterluckythangood said:
Limpopo mostly and then the Free state for a couple days

I would have guessed east cape to be honest. That would be a mature warthog for free state not so much limpopo area. Just saying that so you know. I think this was your first africa trip and more info may help you out. Glad you had a great trip

nocwalker · 2024-07-03T10:31:47-0600

Awesome

Betterluckythangood · 2024-07-03T14:14:13-0600

billc said:
I would have guessed east cape to be honest. That would be a mature warthog for free state not so much limpopo area. Just saying that so you know. I think this was your first africa trip and more info may help you out. Glad you had a great trip

Actually I did shoot it in the free state now that I think about it. The guide said shoot so I did. I wasn’t that excited about shooting a warthog before I went but after seeing a bunch live and on the hoof they were much more interesting.

My first morning out hunting impala, I heard a grunting sound ten yards behind me and swung my rifle around ready to save myself from a charging buffalo or some other deadly beast and it was a warthog that we walked past and spooked out of its hole. It made a terrifying grunting sound and was running away parallel at full speed when I figured out what it was haha

billc · 2024-07-04T03:50:05-0600

They do make some funny sounds that is for sure. I hope to get over one time to see and hear the impala rut. They say it is amazing to hear the rams and see all the action.

Bushwack · 2024-07-04T05:34:35-0600

billc said:
They do make some funny sounds that is for sure. I hope to get over one time to see and hear the impala rut. They say it is amazing to hear the rams and see all the action.

and very easy to kill also...

my strike rate by catching them by hand is 70%...then a hell of a fight occurs...they are very focus on only 'one thing' when in rut