Day 8 of 19

Three fifty-pounders, a fifty-six-inch kudu

Sunday, 26 August 2012

Three separate bulls at three separate pans, all fifty-pound class. Young warthogs and kudu cows. In the afternoon a fifty-six-inch kudu bull appears at two hundred meters — and vanishes the moment the cruiser stops.

Three separate bulls at three separate pans. All fifty-pound class. Young warthogs. Kudu cows. No big old-bull spoor — the country had gone quiet after yesterday’s noise.

Morning at the first pan, day 8 — Three pans, three fifty-pound bulls — and none of them old

In the afternoon a fifty-six-inch kudu bull two hundred meters off the road. He was gone the moment the cruiser stopped. We had our look, and no chance of a shot.

Empty country, afternoon day 8 — A fifty-six-inch kudu — gone the moment we braked