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nice pics chef! Aloe ferox, used in pharmaceuticals can make jam from leaves too! The tamboetie is poisonous, trust me! The smoke contaminates food grilled on it and give a really bad headache. Useful though in cupboards repels moths and fishmoths, much like your cedar, lots of acacias in those valleys! Those valleys are sweltering hot in summer. Millepede is called a 'songololo' in Zulu. also 'shongololo' inedible to almost all animals except for civet cats that can deal with toxins in body fluids. Good selection of photos, did the decoy idea work out for you? chrisg
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i wasnt reading first, just looking at the pics and at the pic with the bushpigs in the bed i was searching for the wounds/ the blood and wondered why yyou place them on youre bed for a trophy foto....... made me laugh at myself!
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A view of the dining room, all the meals were buffet style but very good food. When we got tired of eating inside Mark would get the staff to move everything outside under the stars. There were barrels cut in half and filled with burning charcoal to keep us toasty. It sure made the red wine glow a nice color in the firelight.
A great little gizmo for a braii. The kudu ribs were nice and I'm not one for ribs usually.
My new favorite way to eat steak! Called chanchas (sp) which means "to steal" you cook the steaks one at a time and slice them whle they are piping hot. The guests dip them in coarse salt then in chopped green chilies. A great way to entertain your guests, I didn this last weekend at my house and it was a hit.
One of the "girls" golden orb spiders. Neat citizens of the area and they descend from the thatch at night and hang out with the guests. If you take a sip of your favorite alcholic drink and blow on them they scurry back up to their web.
Mark wouldn't let me shoot the baboons, although I easily could have. He says that even though they are a pest and there are tons of them around..."they behave like humans and they die like humans" He thinks that most people who kill these guys eventually come to regret their actions. I have to respect that position, and it helps to illustrate Mark's love of the animal world.
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The money shot! I thought I'd leave this until last, hunting is about more than getting an animal and the other pics show that.
As you can see I hit him "a little far back" but I lucked out and got the big artery under the backbone. He went about 150 yards, and I doubt it took him long to go that far as he ran fast.
I've got some other interesting pics but I don't want to take up too much bandwidth...so I guess that's the end.
Thanks for riding along!!
the chef
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What an awesome trip, thanks for sharing! Taking the kudu on the ground is how I would like to do it, congratulations! Do you mind if I ask some questions via PM?
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nice kudu, mature bull with dark face and thick neck, yeah... the shot..uh! You sure did luck out! But then you put in the miles and worked hard, isn't the universe fair? Great thread and thanks for the stories and pics. Well done chrisg
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Looks and sounds like it was a fun trip! Congrats
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Mark told me a story about how the kudu got the blaze on his face. Apparently the old time Zulus tell the story and it's been retold for a long time....a very long time.
When God made the kudu out of clay, as he did with all the animals, he held the kudu by the muzzle and then blew the breath of life into it. Where gods fingers were left a white blaze.
A touching story and one I'm glad he shared.
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Fantastic thread! Congratulations on your hunt thanks for sharing.
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Hi Chef Thanks for sharing the pictures and the great hunting experance you had with us.Im glad you did'nt kill the monkey I would'nt want that memory. Nals is just a week away you can still make it ,it would be a blast . (Arrow placement seems a lot better at the club.LOL ) Have a great week.
Dan
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