At about 2pm Reza and I went out in the search of a Gemsbuck bull. While driving we spotted a herd on the side of a hill. Reza and I got off the pick-up. I asked Jacob to continue driving my pick-up along the dirt road and park it out of sight in a stand of trees. Once Reza and I had crept to a good position to see the whole herd of Gemsbuck I set up the shooting sticks. We waited for the Gemsbuck bull that we had determined was a good one, to move into a position that would give Reza a clear shot. After about 10 mins the bull moved slightly away from the herd and I gave Reza the go ahead to take the shot. Reza aimed carefully and fired, the bull did not react in any way to the shot and started to make its way back into the herd. Reza was using my Winchester mod 70 in 375 H & H. We could not believe that he had missed! But he hadn’t missed because then the bull started to move away from the herd and showed signs of been hit. Reza put in another good shot to put the Gemsbuck down for good. After celebrating and taking lots of photographs of Reza’s Gemsbuck, Jacob went to fetch the pick-up and we loaded the bull onto it and headed once more back to the skinning shed where Jacob would do the caping etc. By this time it was late so we called it a day.
Next……. The Black Wildebeest hunt!
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