Pictures from my African hunt

m.rehme · 06-21-2009, 09:26 PM

I took the plunge and went to South Africa - left June 1st and got back the 20th, took my son and now we both have memories we will never forget.

As the recession has hit the hunting there I found hunting much more affordable than in the past. The guys there put together a birthday party that tops anything I have ever had. The people there are very hospitable, we are all of the same kindred spirit. I feel we are more than just friends now we are family.

If anyone is interested I can put you in touch with the right people for a reasonable priced hunt!

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Mark

blaster · 06-21-2009, 09:42 PM

that looks like it was a great hunt. I have always wanted to hunt Africa. One day when I strike it rich. ha ha

Midas · 06-21-2009, 10:20 PM

Love the pics!

I'm hoping to make it over in a couple of years.

WLew · 06-21-2009, 10:53 PM

Looks like a great time Bud. Great pictures! I'm gonna try to get over there one of these days.

dman24 · 06-21-2009, 11:55 PM

Great pics. I hope them make some beautiful mounts,all of them.

tamalpias · 06-22-2009, 01:35 AM

wow i am envious! Thanks for sharing your hunting experience with us.

privateer · 06-22-2009, 02:24 AM

Really enjoyed the picts, congrats on the hunt.

John

Palladin8 · 06-22-2009, 11:21 AM

Thank you for sharing with us. Looks like you had a great time and one of the best ways to spend a birthday.

Lobo0311 · 06-22-2009, 11:39 AM

Enjoyed the pics, looks like y'all had a blast. What a horrible way to spend a birthday..............

moosemike · 06-22-2009, 12:32 PM

great pics. Someday I'll get there.

SwedeSteve · 06-22-2009, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the wonderful pics !!

Coeloptera · 06-22-2009, 02:26 PM

Is that an oryx in pic 5? ...oh, pic 9. Yep, it's a Gensbok. I thought it was gemsbok not gensbok, but I could be wrong.

Awesome that they're recovered enough to hunt. I didn't know. Now that's real conservationism in action!

That kudu...I like, lust after a set of those horns. The things I could make with those...

But wow, what a haul - and zebra! Are they tasty?

*Sigh*, someday...sure, I'll take a post of the info for guides if you have it. Never hurts to plan ahead. That and my wife is outdoorsy, a shooter, and knows enough German and a smattering of Dutch to vaguely understand Afrikaans.

- Coeloptera

tamalpias · 06-22-2009, 06:07 PM

If you like taking your son on all your hunts can I volunteer to be your adopted son? I hope you don't mind a 32 year old calling you dad!

m.rehme · 06-22-2009, 06:09 PM

Gensbok is the way I found it spelled, they are also called oryx, plenty of them over there.
I shot the old cow which is bigger than a bull but you will notice my son's bull has bigger bases on the horns much smaller body though.

The cow was fat as any grain feed beef you would find over here, the PH was going to keep it for his winter meat.

The Zebra tastes just fine we ate it along with springbok and gensbok one night some of my friends over there had never tried it before.

Most of the people there know English as they watch a lot of our popular TV shows.

Please PM me with any questions.
Mark

ArkansasHunter · 06-22-2009, 06:33 PM

m.rehme would you mind telling us about the rifles yall used and the ammo.
That would be Intersting to.

Your trip would be a trip of a life time for me LOL I enjoyed the slide show and Thank you for shareing it with us...A.H

m.rehme · 06-23-2009, 07:05 AM

I started out using a Model "M" Styer 7x64 with 150 grain ballistic tips for the small stuff and a Kimber Montana in .325WSM with 200 grain Accubonds for the big boys.

The first couple Impalas I shot with the 7x64 ran 70-100 yards into the brush and we had to go looking for them. I then shot one with the .325 and dumped it, through the course of events I started carrying the .325 most of the time.

Tallied up that I had shot 12 head of plains game with the .325 all with one shot kills, most of them dropped in their tracks.The big boys- Eland and Wildebeast all ran a short way all less than 120 yards than fell dropped, the .325 punches a large enough hole they bleed out - leaves a good blood trail.
Last season I shot the largest Elk in NM with one shot and two deer in Kansas all with one shot.

Benton Davies told me that in 22 years of being a PH he has seen about every caliber used over there and has never seen one work so well.

Needless to say the 7x64 is in partial retirement and the .325 is my go to gun.

Trip of a life time - YES, will I go back YES!

My son will carry memories of this trip long after I am dead and gone.

Mark

06-21-2009, 09:26 PM	#1
m.rehme Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rush Springs, OK. Posts: 15	Pictures from my African hunt I took the plunge and went to South Africa - left June 1st and got back the 20th, took my son and now we both have memories we will never forget. As the recession has hit the hunting there I found hunting much more affordable than in the past. The guys there put together a birthday party that tops anything I have ever had. The people there are very hospitable, we are all of the same kindred spirit. I feel we are more than just friends now we are family. If anyone is interested I can put you in touch with the right people for a reasonable priced hunt! Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket Mark

06-21-2009, 09:42 PM	#2
blaster Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: big pine key, florida Posts: 1,292	that looks like it was a great hunt. I have always wanted to hunt Africa. One day when I strike it rich. ha ha __________________ peace through superior firepower

06-21-2009, 10:20 PM	#3
Midas Chief Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 3,569 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Love the pics! I'm hoping to make it over in a couple of years. __________________ The Second Amendment: America's Original Homeland Security. NRA Life Member

06-21-2009, 10:53 PM	#4
WLew Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Arkansas Posts: 194	Looks like a great time Bud. Great pictures! I'm gonna try to get over there one of these days. __________________ NRA Life Member

06-22-2009, 11:39 AM	#9
Lobo0311 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northeast Kansas Posts: 631	Enjoyed the pics, looks like y'all had a blast. What a horrible way to spend a birthday.............. __________________ If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

06-21-2009, 11:55 PM	#5
dman24 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 236	Great pics. I hope them make some beautiful mounts,all of them.

06-22-2009, 01:35 AM	#6
tamalpias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 525	wow i am envious! Thanks for sharing your hunting experience with us.

06-22-2009, 02:24 AM	#7
privateer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Anchorage , Alaska Posts: 879	Really enjoyed the picts, congrats on the hunt. John

06-22-2009, 11:21 AM	#8
Palladin8 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,451	Thank you for sharing with us. Looks like you had a great time and one of the best ways to spend a birthday.

06-22-2009, 12:32 PM	#10
moosemike Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lebanon PA Posts: 239	great pics. Someday I'll get there.

06-22-2009, 12:46 PM	#11
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,545 Images: 1	Thanks for the wonderful pics !! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

06-22-2009, 02:26 PM	#12
Coeloptera Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,561	Is that an oryx in pic 5? ...oh, pic 9. Yep, it's a Gensbok. I thought it was gemsbok not gensbok, but I could be wrong. Awesome that they're recovered enough to hunt. I didn't know. Now that's real conservationism in action! That kudu...I like, lust after a set of those horns. The things I could make with those... But wow, what a haul - and zebra! Are they tasty? Sigh, someday...sure, I'll take a post of the info for guides if you have it. Never hurts to plan ahead. That and my wife is outdoorsy, a shooter, and knows enough German and a smattering of Dutch to vaguely understand Afrikaans. - Coeloptera

06-22-2009, 06:07 PM	#13
tamalpias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 525	If you like taking your son on all your hunts can I volunteer to be your adopted son? I hope you don't mind a 32 year old calling you dad!

06-22-2009, 06:09 PM	#14
m.rehme Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rush Springs, OK. Posts: 15	Gensbok is the way I found it spelled, they are also called oryx, plenty of them over there. I shot the old cow which is bigger than a bull but you will notice my son's bull has bigger bases on the horns much smaller body though. The cow was fat as any grain feed beef you would find over here, the PH was going to keep it for his winter meat. The Zebra tastes just fine we ate it along with springbok and gensbok one night some of my friends over there had never tried it before. Most of the people there know English as they watch a lot of our popular TV shows. Please PM me with any questions. Mark

06-22-2009, 06:33 PM	#15
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 17,196	m.rehme would you mind telling us about the rifles yall used and the ammo. That would be Intersting to. Your trip would be a trip of a life time for me LOL I enjoyed the slide show and Thank you for shareing it with us...A.H __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

06-23-2009, 07:05 AM	#16
m.rehme Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rush Springs, OK. Posts: 15	I started out using a Model "M" Styer 7x64 with 150 grain ballistic tips for the small stuff and a Kimber Montana in .325WSM with 200 grain Accubonds for the big boys. The first couple Impalas I shot with the 7x64 ran 70-100 yards into the brush and we had to go looking for them. I then shot one with the .325 and dumped it, through the course of events I started carrying the .325 most of the time. Tallied up that I had shot 12 head of plains game with the .325 all with one shot kills, most of them dropped in their tracks.The big boys- Eland and Wildebeast all ran a short way all less than 120 yards than fell dropped, the .325 punches a large enough hole they bleed out - leaves a good blood trail. Last season I shot the largest Elk in NM with one shot and two deer in Kansas all with one shot. Benton Davies told me that in 22 years of being a PH he has seen about every caliber used over there and has never seen one work so well. Needless to say the 7x64 is in partial retirement and the .325 is my go to gun. Trip of a life time - YES, will I go back YES! My son will carry memories of this trip long after I am dead and gone. Mark Last edited by m.rehme; 06-23-2009 at 07:12 AM.