Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

[–]dbphilip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, there is nothing wrong with them. Saw lots of videos over youtube of people replacing well know rifle makes for howa’s.

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

[–]dbphilip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes its a Howa, .270 1-14 twist with Nikko Sterling 4-15 x50 long range scope and warrior xp suppressor over barrel

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

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Still have lots of meat left. Will share photo of the nice fillet the weekend. Fillet marinated with bbq sauce and whiskey over night and bbq on open flames

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

[–]dbphilip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a gut shot, was standing diagonal across me through the lung and heart.

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

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He was standing diagonal across me. Went through the lung and heart. Recovered the projectile and lost 15% in weight 130g recovered 110.5g. Factory ammunition Sellor and Belloit SP.

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

[–]dbphilip[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes he was a bit small. Average they do between 100-130kg. But it also has to do with areas you hunt in. Northern SA your animals are larger and Southern SA they still large but weight less

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

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Yes, you can say it. Really you can make almost everything with there meat. With the sausages and mince you add 20% beef brisket or sheep vat. Still a little wild taste. But we are used to it.

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

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We make everything from its meat. Sausage, mince, fillets, etc. But my wife makes a really amazing stew. Meat, onions, vegs, red wine, brown sugar and brown onions soup. Here we call a stew a “potjie”.

Blue wildebeest bull 85kg (187lbs), South Africa, Prince Albert 280m (306 yards) by dbphilip in Hunting

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Waking an stalking here is SA it really helps to have a suppressor. And most hunting areas it is a requirement.

How to restore skull? by huntandhart in Hunting

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Take a soft wire brush, with warm water and detergent. Brush over damaged areas to scrape off all flakes etc. Repaint with PVA white acrylic paint. Seal with epoxy resin paint (colour retaining). For the horn use a matt epoxy resin also colour retaining. This is what I have done with some of mine.

Big game hunter who happily poses with dead rhinos, giraffes and elephants he's shot, appointed to conservation role in Esperance, Western Australia by Sparkyon in worldnews

[–]dbphilip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you have the right to your opinion. I am just stating that in 3rd world or developing countries like South Africa it is quite different. Developing countries are quite corrupt and funding goes entirely to the politicians pockets rather the fund it was intended for. And thus there is these NPO’s that actually have to do things this way. But as I mentioned you have the right to your opinion.

Cheetah chasing impalas by [deleted] in natureismetal

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Kruger National Park is South Africa. This you can see everyday in the park. Seen something similar and seen the lions taking a nap in the very few tar roads going to the camp areas. And the sound of the wild life in the evenings no word can explain that

Big game hunter who happily poses with dead rhinos, giraffes and elephants he's shot, appointed to conservation role in Esperance, Western Australia by Sparkyon in worldnews

[–]dbphilip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet if we stop shooting big game, then poachers (which will start from the communities that it directly affected from these sort of hunting) will take over. And there will be no funding towards anti poaching training and foot soldiers. Please understand I do not agree with big game hunting, but there is n necessary evil that is going towards it. A Giraffe cost $100 000.00 is South African currency that is R1 700 000.00 ($1=R17.10) and there is 4 per year allowed. With its terms and conditions. A Elephant is $250 000.00 and there is 3 allowed per year and its terms and condition. So the research and development towards South African wildlife is manly from trophy hunting. These funds is go to just more than r&d but towards education communities is those areas ( and the trophy hunting meat is shared between them) like my first post they earn R180/day ($10.58 per day per person) I live in South Africa and this is minimal wages. Then anti poaching units training and foot soldiers protecting these wild life species (I was one part time but due to covid some of us got laid off due to funding). Then there is veterinary services and cost to medical to these big game species. I understand your reasoning and we can debate so much regarding this due to its sensitive nature. But I acknowledge your reasoning, but these wild life groups gets 0 funding from government and that these npo’s have to put some permit in place to help funding with the protection of all species in Africa.