Tales of Hunting in Africa - Rivers Bend Outfitters

IMPALA
On my first trip, I hunted out of Carl Erasmus’ Mbabala
Safaris in the Limpopo Region of the RSA. I took this
good Impala, a deer sized Antelope with trophy sized
horns.

My PH Koos and I stalked different herds for a couple
of days before we found this big guy. He was as
summer red as an August whitetail buck and smelled
as sweet. One 210-grain Nosler partition from my .338
WM did the job.

ELAND
The best trophy of my first trip to the Limpopo Region
of Northern South Africa was a beautiful 16-inch
Bushbuck. But that ram was overshadowed by this
great 38-inch Eland.

This bull weighed a ton. Yes, a ton. Believe it or not,
these antelope can jump an 8-foot fence. We chanced
onto this huge bull while chasing kudu. He was running
with about a dozen other eland and Carl and I had to
wait for them to spread out so I could shoot him. One
shot from my 7mm dropped him to his knees. Then I
put one more 160-grain Nosler partition into him for a
keeper.

CAPE BUFFALO
On my second trip over to the RSA I booked a safari
with David Tennent Hunting Safaris to hunt for southern
or Cape Buffalo along with Kudu and Nyala.

We spent an interminable amount of time trekking over
hill and dale and across dingy streams to finally corner
this great bull. At 50 yards one 300-grain, .375
A-frame bullet from my Ruger RSM put this huge bull
on the ground within 60 yards.

He carried a tremendous 17-inch boss and massive
horns. I paid the insurance with another 300-grain
A-frame and a childhood dream became reality.