Buzz Charlton

.375 H & H - Parker & Hale. 300gr Woodleigh SPRN 2420 ft/sec

.458-3" Express CZ 602. 500gr Woodleigh SPRN 2300 ft/sec
500gr OPM Solid

We shot a nice male leopard, 200m from camp on the second day at 7am.

During our buffalo hunting we saw numerous herds and dagga boys but when we saw this fantastic 39" bull with unbelievable 16" bosses (110 SCI points) we decided to - dispite early on in the hunt - to take him. We had spotted him with a cow from a view point and completed our kilometer stalk and Marius gave the old bull a frontal shot at 20 yards. The old bull ran 25 yards before going down. We found that it was a perfect heart shot and the bullet had expanded well. It was recovered in the stomach.

Sable was a high priority for Marius and while going to check a lion bait we saw two bulls that ran from the car. After tracking them trough numerous valleys and over a number of hills we managed to get a very long 200 yard shot which Marius did perfectly. It was a beautiful old 39" bull. Needing more lion bait we decided to shoot a zebra, and on one of our numerous bait runs, Marius managed to get an old grysbok.

We then spent alot of time concentrating on lion. We had several hits on bait but no big males. We also tracked lions on 4 different occassions, catching them, but again could not find a big male. During this time we were also hunting elephant which consisted on a fair amount and tracking and glassing from the many vantage points that Makuti has to offer.

On the second last day we followed a bull for 6 hours before he charged us and Marius dropped him at 12 yards with his 458-3". The 458-3" performed well dropping 2 buffalo cows in their tracks as well. Of the 24 days hunting we saw leopard 13 times in broad daylight.

Well managed safari company with well trained and friendly staff.
I will recommed them without any hesitation and I will certainly be back to hunt with them in the future.

- Marius Gericke, July 2007