This morning we hit the thorn encrusted forests early and climbed to a high vantage point known as the pimple. I was struck at how hard it was to see animals in the thorn thickets. Great optics like our Zeiss binos are a huge asset and even at that I was amazed at the abilities of our PH's Guy Swart and Clint Gower and the trackers. With their patience and guidance the forest slowly gave up its secrets to our prying eyes. Kudu and eland were the first to show along with monkeys and warthogs. We made a stalk on two different bulls only to turn them down when we closed the distance. Teach me not to bring the Zeiss spotting scope! Finally we spotted one at a great distance that was the bull Clint was looking for. In his words "When you see a good one it blows your hair back!" Our stalk took us through the Acacias and at one point the impala were blowing like whitetail deer around us. Eventually we got the shot and I hammered my first kudu bull. At over 50" he is a spectacular example of a Eastern Cape Kudu with deeply corkscrewed horns.
We finished the day with a warthog stalk that was turned awry by a jackal.
God what a country and what a time we are having with Wild Horizon.
Tomorrow we chase Zebra and impala!
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