South Africa Hunting

Kwaggashoek Game Ranch, South Africa – 2008. We did a bit of trophy hunting on our stay at Kwaggashoek Game Ranch. The hunt was arranged through Kukuzans Hunting Safaris who provided a professional hunter/guide, a tracker and other support staff. Two of us were hunting and we each shot an impala and a wildebeest. We had the taxidermy work done in South Africa.
The Impala that Don was stalking
His first shot missed and they scattered
Stalking the impala through the grass
Preparing for a second shot
The trophy and proud hunter
Tracking a wounded wildebeest. We had a local tracker who was fantastic because the wildebeest took off down a ravine and we ended up having to track it for a…
The herd was watching us as we came out of the ravine.
The wildebeest had a serious lung wound but still gave us a merry chase.
The wildebeest
Don and his second trophy, a blue wildebeest.
I shot this impala from over 200 meters. A clean kill.
I shot this impala from over 200 meters. A clean kill.
We stalked this wildebeest for quite a long time before I was able to get a shot. It wasn’t a kill shot but the animal dropped on the spot so not tracking or…
My wildebeest trophy.
Loading the carcass. The meat went to a local butcher shop, the head will be mounted and the hide made into a rug.
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