[grayghost]

Evening: July 20th. It was 3pm when I took my Blesbok, so we decided to take my Warthog and Blesbok to the cooler and return for an evening Kudu hunt. It took us about an hour to get this done but by 4:15pm we were scanning the deep ravines for kudu bulls. We saw quite a few but nothing mature enough to stalk. We decided to go to another area, so we got back into the truck and headed off to check on last place. We were crossing a dry creek bed when Jackson tapped on the roof. He had been in the truck bed scanning the hills and ridges and had spotted a group of kudu, up the creek to our left. Meyrick stopped the truck and jumped up into the truck bed for a better look. "Let's go, quickly." is all he had to say to me. I didn't ask questions I just uncased my gun and we took off on foot. We covered about 150 yards before he stopped to glass. "There's a good bull up ahead feeding on those white flower tops" he said. I pulled up my bino's and took a look. Quartering away from me at about 350 yards was a nice bull. He was alone. We made our way only another 50 yards when to our left, several animals starting running through the bush. Fortunately, they didn't bark an alarm. Meyrick said they were kudu. The wind was in our favor and our intended target didn't pay any attention, he just kept on feeding. We slowly continued our sneak and finally Meyrick readied the shooting sticks, took a glance through the range finder and said: "He's 220 yards." I took a steady aim. He was quartering away, to my right. I placed the cross hairs a little low behind his right shoulder as he was slightly above us. Let out my breath and squeezed the trigger. At the shot I saw the bull leap into the air and "mule kick." A good sign. Meyrick asked me how I felt about the shot. "Good" I replied. We eased our way up to the spot where he had been standing. Light was beginning to fade. I went ahead and Meyrick scanned the ground. He found the bulls tracks and angled off to the left. I went ahead, steady and slow. "Here he is" Meyrick called. I turned around and saw Meyrick standing over my bull. He hadn't gone 35 yards. At last! My first Cape Kudu bull. I was elated! I was amazed at how well the 160gr Accubond had performed. I took out the heart and broke the left shoulder. We recovered the bullet and although I haven't weighed it yet, I guestimate it retained about 75% of its original weight. This bull has a tight curl with 48.5" horn length. I was very happy with my first Kudu. Continued....