So the week came and went and now we are back at work again :(
Prieska 2013 was good and quite a few animals were sent to greener pastures.
Rifles used varied:
My 6mm Dasher on fireforming loads with 75gr V-Max running 3420fps.
My .204Ruger running 32gr Varmageddons at 3900fps
My .308 running 180gr Accubonds at 2550fps
My .25-06 running 75gr V-Max at 3750fps.
Reno's 6mm Rem Ackley doing a blistering 3900fps with a 70gr Blitzking.
G-Force's .243Ackley running fireforming loads also with 70gr Blitzkings.
G-Force's 30-06 loaded with 200gr Barnes X's.
Adrian's .308 loaded with 110gr V-max's.
Adrians 7mm Rem Mag with 168 Barnes TSX's.
Kyle,G-Force's sisters kid who is 14 has a Sako Finnwolf .308 that Adrian gave to him.
Mark had his 30-06 with Woodleigh 150's.
Then another .308 or two.
We shot and killed 18springbuck,3 blue wildebeest,3 gemsbuck,2 red hartebeest,2 kudu,2 blesbuck,2ostrich,1 eland and some vermin.
A few shots stood out above the rest such as Reno's 579m springbuck kill and my 480m white blesbuck.
I also had a lekker shot on an ostrich with a solid headshot at 233m.
Most shots were over 180m far.
Farm gate

We arrive
Me checking the dasher

Just meeting old and new friends


Farm house where we all stayed

G-Force and I managed a double.

Kyle with his springbuck and G-force's 243AI,great shot at about 250m.

Vincent and his black springbuck.

Kyle killed this gemsbuck bull with his Finnwolf .308

My dad's eland, shot at 131m with my 6mm Dasher


My Dad relaxing after his eland hunt. He is still smiling!

Rooies and Petrie braaing some lamb chops. Yumm!

Kyle, Vincent and Reno

G-Force and Ross

Reno's gemsbok:

Ostrich I shot at 233m with the 6mm Dasher. One shot to the head, and it was all over.

Reno's springbuck, shot at 579m, infront of 9 witnesses. Great shot with his 6mm Rem AI using 70gr Blitzkings at 3940fps.


Petrie's wildebeest, 29+"

Ancient bull. Not a tooth left in it's mouth.

Carrying the bull out of the valley. Hard work!

My wife, bless her soul, managed to arrange that I can go and hunt 2 Zebra next week! The farmer keeps the meat, I just need to use the 1 skin to make him an ottoman, no other payment needed, sweet deal!

So off to the Heidelburg area I will be going and if done in good time I will also be looking for a Blesbuck or two from my freezer.