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Thread: What to do with a real kwesbok?
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01-07-2019, 15:00 #21
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01-07-2019, 15:43 #22
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Re: What to do with a real kwesbok?
Bullets does funny things. I knew a guy where a bullet came of a gemsbok's teeth to hit him just below the knee. The gemsbok was down and it was suppose to be a finishing shot with ( if I remember correctly) a .223. He was not standing next to the shooter, but at an angle. After a few ops he had one leg a little shorter and it left him with a permanent limp. So yes, a complete pass through and a change of direction is very possible.
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01-07-2019, 16:10 #23
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Re: What to do with a real kwesbok?
P..your course of action is good. These things happen with herd animals.Pay for the Blesbuck,let the farmer know that you were unaware of a wounded animal,apologise,and thank the farmer for his trouble.
This type of damage could very well be caused by a bullet passing through an animal and striking the leg joint or by a ricochet..bullets do funny things.
A direct,central hit would probably have resulted in the leg swinging by being attached only by a strip of skin.
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01-07-2019, 16:12 #24
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Re: What to do with a real kwesbok?
Over the years I have seen bullets do weird and wonderful things, from taking a 45 degree deflection from a blesbuck scull, to spine another standing 20m behind an 20m to the left of it, to a front quartering kudu shot on the point of the shoulder, exiting in front of the of side shoulder, probably another 35 degree deflection, to a hunter shooting a blesbuck in open bushveld and 2 days later we found a neck shot impala stone dead, about 200m behind it, in amongst the trees and out of sight from where the 1st shot was taken.
To answer your question, if you suspect that somebody was there shooting after you, and the farmer is sticking you with someone else's kwesbok, find a new farm to hunt on, but if not, and your hunting buddy tells you that he is 100% sure that he also is absolutely sure that it is not from one of his shots, accept that you did the right thing and it was your buddy and your responsibility to settle your outstanding account.
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02-07-2019, 08:39 #28
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02-07-2019, 12:57 #29
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Re: What to do with a real kwesbok?
Once hunted on a farm near Brits. lots of warthog. seems that the group before us sneaked a .22 with them. Someone took a pot shot at a smallish warthog piglet and messed up the shot, wounding the piglet high on the front leg. We saw it in the veld when we were collecting hunters late afternoon, hopping along on 3 legs. Told the farmer/owner about it, and he asked us to take it off when we see it again.
Sometimes things like this happens by accident. and I am ok with that. But sometimes it is intentional, and the hunter does not own up to HIS mistake or incompetence, and leaves the animal to the mercy of the veld... that just p!sses me off...
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