A Busy Day

Yesterday ended without success but it wasn't for lack of trying. The wind was really strong in the afternoon and not much game was out. We put on many miles in the sandhills looking for blackbuck but only saw a few females. In the evening we headed back into the thick cover in search of stags. We heard one roaring right away and played a game of cat and mouse with him for a couple hours but never did get a look at him despite being very close a few times. We enjoyed a great bbq last night including fresh pizza and a birthday cake for Vanessa.

Today we began the morning looking for stags and saw a decent one about 250 yards away but he slipped over a hill and into cover before we could get him on camera. On the way back to the truck we spotted a huge herd of water buffalo and managed to crawl within 123 yards. While not the ideal rifle for buffalo, Vanessa put the huge bull down with the 7RM. I bet this is the first buffalo ever taken with a 139 grain GMX....lol We recovered one bullet that passed through nearly 4 feet of buffalo and it looked amazing.

In the afternoon we headed back to the sandhills after walking about 5 kilometres, we finally found a small herd of blackbucks. Despite being busted once we managed to find them again and I put a bullet in the biggest buck. Taking a free range blackbuck has always been a dream of mine.

We came very close on a red stag this evening but it wasn't to be. Tomorrow we are off in search of stags again.