Thread: Hello to All You Upside-downers!

Originally Posted by luv2safari

Thanks everyone.

The kudu was taken in Chinoi Zimbabwe and was a 55"er, a very old guy with good ivory on the tips. He was very elusive, and it took several days to get a clear shot at him. I found that kudu are a lot like hunting our Rocky Mountain elk here in the US. I took him with a Valmet 412S BBF combo gun in 12ga over 9,3X74R with 286gr Norma Oryx ammo. That 9,3X74R rocks them well. I also took a good cape buffalo later that trip in Masailand Tanzania with the same gun and another with a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby. NO...I'm not rich by any stretch. I maxed out credit cards to do the safaris and will be paying until they put me on the wrong side of the grass.

Mule deer are a generally harder hunt than white tails. Mulies live in more rugged areas of the mountain west. You probably hunt as rugged or more so mountains in NZ from what photos I've seen of your beautiful country. When I figure out how to post photos I'll get some up of my neck of the woods.

Thanks for the info