Springbok in Namibia

Taken with .30-06 rifle, 180 grain Nosler partition bullet, at approximately 150 meters. First shot was a killing shot, but PH recommended second shot to put down quickly and so there would be no problems having to track wounded animal.

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Sports

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• Hunting

[pclose11]

First shot would have been the killing shot, if you had 3 days to wait around.

[JohnCrighton21]

@pclose11 - When we inspected his front shoulder from the first shot, it had done enough damage to have been a fatal blow - would have taken about 1 minute, but no reason to let him suffer so the second shot was called and was a good call.

[pureprotea1]

What a bossy PH!!!

[JohnCrighton21]

@pureprotea1 - Oh no - he was awesome. Rodney and I formed a great friendship over the week and I would hunt with him or have my wife hunt with him any day.

[JohnCrighton21]

Thanks - compared to my other shots, I still feel a little bad about this one. I know, they can't all be 100% instant, so lucky for the springbok my follow-up was instant. He was a big, older guy that had led a full life and I'm glad I had the opportunity to be a part of it.

[soxster101]

Game hunting in Africa? How passe and primative!!!

[pureprotea1]

@JohnCrighton21 OK thats good to hear.

[wolfetone011]

great shot it looked like a fine animal a buck i think hunting in africa is a great experience

[mfromthetrain]

this animal had enough time to see its whole life pass by, didn't it? THANKS FOR SHOWING THIS AWESOME EXERCISE OF SKILL. good aim, by the way.