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Thread: Baboon, Limpopo Valley.
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11-04-2011, 11:56 #1
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Baboon, Limpopo Valley.
Shot this baboon on a farm in the Limpopo valley yesterday. Shot hit center chest from 150 meters. Rifle was .303 with 174gr Hornady bullet. Baboon was still alive when found in thick bush about 20 meters away from where it took the shot. It looked like it was dying but when I approached it got up and ran about 20 meters and collapsed again. This was in very thick bush so it took a couple of minutes to find again before I could put in a finishing shot. These are really tough animals.
Sean.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
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11-04-2011, 12:16 #2
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Re: Baboon, Limpopo Valley.
Nice one Sean, people often under estimate the strength and ferociousness of baboons. I once had a very close encounter with a wounded baboon, one chap shot it with a .22 Hornet while it was sitting in a tree, the shot also hit it in the chest and it dropped from the tree, as we approached it, it got up and charged straight at me, thankfully I were able to dispatch it with two rounds of 12g SG before it got to me.
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11-04-2011, 12:59 #3
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Re: Baboon, Limpopo Valley.
Nice , I would love the skull of that baboon .. DId you bring it with ?
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11-04-2011, 13:02 #4
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Re: Baboon, Limpopo Valley.
No, did not have time to collect trophies.
Sean.Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
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