John & Laura C - Dande East

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We enjoyed a wonderful hunt with Myles, Justin, Bongi, Eddie,and Criton the first 2 weeks of April. We started in Dande East for Laura's elephant bull. She was successful on April 3 after tracking the bull for 37 miles over the 3 days. Laura stepped up and made a perfect off-hand side spine shot at 30 yards as the bull walked out of the Jess. 375 H&H Mag with a 300gr North Fork solid passed completely through.To see the trunk go up and the butt go down was the culmination of 2 years of planning, shooting practice, apprehension, and dreaming! We will especially remember Day 2 when we walked with, and in and out of a large elephant herd for over 5 hours. We shouted down a cow charge and saw bulls fighting-great theater!! After Laura's elephant, I started buffalo hunting.We tracked dagga boys daily and found my big boy on the 3rd day. He was bedded with a small herd in very thick jess that Bongi and Criton led us to. We waited at 30 yards for 45 minutes before they got up and started moving. As the bull's black silhouette passed through a tiny jess tunnel I shot and then chaos as the rest of the herd ran past us at 5 yards! Laura and the trackers had crawled into the jess behind us in the mayhem. It was all over in less than 30 seconds when we heard the death bellow. The bull had gone less than 40 yards in another direction and folded up. He was killed with a 416 Rem mag using a 400gr North Fork soft. A nice duiker finished our hunting in the East and we moved west to the Makanga camp. The Zambezi Valley is spectacularly gorgeous in April as everything is green and blooming.However, antelope don't come easy as it's very difficult to see anything. A young impala ram for the table ended our shooting as kudu and warthog continued to elude us. This was a great trip without a hitch from start to finish and we feel blessed to have been able to do it. Thanks to Myles and all the staff at CM Safaris and a special thanks to Justin Drainer.