More BigSwad Pics from Africa

[BigSwad]

Here are the last four animals that I took while in Africa. Enjoy the pictures! There are a couple of excellent trophies I took with my PH Jacob "Japie" De Clerq on the last hunt. Notice the hat, nice huh? JHO was with me the whole time I was there!

Also check out my blog as I have posted some more information and pictures there. Lots more to show and talk about. The Kudu was rough scored at 54 1/2" and I think the wildebeest somewhere around 29 1/2". A couple of really nice trophies.

 

[Rick]

Wow! We didn't know you were hunting with Ed Asner!

Great trophies - especially the kudu. Congrats!

 

[bpnclark]

Congrats on your trophies and a great hunt.

 

[Tominator]

"...make all our dreeeeaaaammmmmmssssss cooooommmmmeeeee true, for me and you"

Let me preface this next comment by saying that I kill squirrels in my yard and don't eat them, I kill crows and don't eat them, I kill coyotes and don't eat them and I kill beavers and don't...well, not the ones I kill, but I digress; what do you do with the meat off these critters? does it become camp food, local handout or what? If you have eaten some, what's your favorite?

 

[BigSwad]

In our case, it was several different methods. Some was used for camp food, and I will say that Gemsbok and the Impala that I had was mighty tasty. I ate some of the Blue wildebeest and it was good, just a little tough since it was an older animal. We had Kudu there as well, so I had a wide diversity of game to sample.

I will note that most of it did not have a gamey taste, and was quite nice to eat. Some was made into biltong and dry wors for consumption during the trip as well. The other was either donated to our friends families, used for the camp staff and also donated to a local charity. So mulitple ways the meat was used. Believe me, if I could have brought some back I would.

That Gemsbok backstrap was excellent on the grill! Almost all parts of the animals are used for something. I noticed when they were gutting the Kudu I shot they took the stomach, opened it up and cleaned out the grass looking stuff inside. I asked my PH what they were doing, and he said that they would eat the stomach. That they liked the stomach of the Kudu. It didn't look that appetizing to me, but just another example of none of the meat and/or edible body parts goes to waste.

 

[bobcatman04]

Thanks for sharing the pics, Congrats on the Great trophies and the successful hunt.

 

[Rick]

On our trip, we ate nyala, kudu and impala. I liked the impala the best. We also bought some kudu biltong (jerky.) We did not get a chance to try the hartebeest, wildebeest, warthog, etc. as they were shot closer to the end of our trip and did not have enough "hamging" time. What was not used by the camp was sold, and helped to keep the cost of our hunt down.

 

[1SoCalHunter]

Brad,

Those are some nice animals you took over there, I can't wait to hear the stories of each hunted animal. Give me a call.