Africa Hunt: The Distant Waterbuck

By Tom in Oregon

It’s day six of hunting African plains game Superior Safaris. The sunrise is beautiful as usual but the medium breeze is likely not going to ebb. So we jump in the truck and head off to some neighboring tribal land where Eli has permission to hunt, as long as the meat goes to the locals. We want to try and find some of the animals we hadn’t yet seen . . .

The new area is like rolling plains with occasional deep arroyos. Due to the recent rains, the low points are filled with swampy areas growing a variety of cat tails, cane and a tall grass that cuts like a knife.

After about an hour into the drive, we see a small herd of Waterbuck off about 350-400 yards. While the Waterbuck is an impressive animal, it’s not on my bucket list this trip. It is, however, high on Jeff’s list.

Eli stops the truck, takes a quick gander with the binos and tells Jeff to shoot the one on the right because “it’s huge”. Now we had both seen Jeff shoot, and I knew his custom rifle from Cactus Weapons Systems was fully capable of …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns