Back from South Africa

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I recently returned from my hunting safari with Africa Maximum Safaris in South Africa. For this hunt, I chose the sable package and added on eland, kudu, blesbok, and red hartebeest. I took my CVA Cascade 7 PRC with the 175gr Barnes TSX. I had one shot kills on everything except for the blesbok. He was at 290 yards and fell on the first shot. However, we had to give him a follow-up shot because he tried to get up when we approached him with the vehicle. Plus, I don't want to see an animal suffer and die slowly. The first shot was a touch high. Everything else were one-shot kills. My load is 73.3 grains of N570, COL 3.215", ADG brass, and GM215M primers. It runs 3050 fps. I'm extremely impressed with this rifle and bullet combo.
Here is a short video of the shot on the eland.
 

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Looks like a sweet trip, I can't wait to go in 2027. All spot and stalk?
It was awesome. I had to spot and stalk the blesbok and sable. Everything else I was able to shoot off the top of the truck. I got really lucky because it's really thick bush in many of the places we hunted.
 
Sweet trip. It blows me away at the amount of different animals you can encounter in Alaska.

What do you get to keep from the animals on trips like this? Horns, hide, meat? Does your outfitter help you get it home?
 
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