Post by Bobcat on Sept 15, 2003 11:29:29 GMT -5
Well.....I made it back about 11:30 PM Suday night. I left to guide the hunt at 4:00 AM.....it was a long day. I was guiding hunters on my friend's ranch near Camp Wood, TX for free-ranging blackbuck antelope.
The hunt was great! I had two hunters from Houston, David and his wife Lou. We got Lou on a beautiful 18" buck early in the moring and stalked to within 50 yards of it. This is almost impossible to do! We had very good cover to work with. Unfortunatley she had a case of blackbuck fever and missed him. I was able to get David on two bucks during the day-18" and 20". Neither shot connected. After this it started raining.......and I mean, RAINING! We got over 2" in 1 hour!! This is when we decided it would be a great time to take a lunch break. Once things settled back down a bit, Lou took a smaller buck after a great stalk and made a 200 yard shot! About 7:00 PM, I got David on a very dark 17" buck. He made an exellent shot on it. We hunted a full 12 hours, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. They are a great couple and I really enjoyed hunting with them and getting to meet them. They did an African safari with the same outfitter and PH that GonHuntin used in Namibia on his safari with his wife.....small world. I will post some photo's when I get them.
We saw at least 8 different shooter bucks, with 3 of them 20"+. I look forward to getting another hunt scheduled up there.
Bob
The hunt was great! I had two hunters from Houston, David and his wife Lou. We got Lou on a beautiful 18" buck early in the moring and stalked to within 50 yards of it. This is almost impossible to do! We had very good cover to work with. Unfortunatley she had a case of blackbuck fever and missed him. I was able to get David on two bucks during the day-18" and 20". Neither shot connected. After this it started raining.......and I mean, RAINING! We got over 2" in 1 hour!! This is when we decided it would be a great time to take a lunch break. Once things settled back down a bit, Lou took a smaller buck after a great stalk and made a 200 yard shot! About 7:00 PM, I got David on a very dark 17" buck. He made an exellent shot on it. We hunted a full 12 hours, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. They are a great couple and I really enjoyed hunting with them and getting to meet them. They did an African safari with the same outfitter and PH that GonHuntin used in Namibia on his safari with his wife.....small world. I will post some photo's when I get them.
We saw at least 8 different shooter bucks, with 3 of them 20"+. I look forward to getting another hunt scheduled up there.
Bob
. They got to live another day for the first time hunters to get one. Hopefully this fall I'll get to go.
