JB - Nyakasanga

PH Comment - David

We had a very good 10 days in Nyakasanga. JB and BR were an absolute pleasure to have in camp. Day one myself and Jim got very lucky with a Kudu. We spent a few days after that focused on buffalo and go lots of interaction with dagga boys and a few groups. JB being a first time buffalo hunter really got the full exposure. We connected with a lone dagga boy early in the morning. With the main animal down we had time for fly fishing, plains game hunting and a little wing shooting.

Client Comment

What an incredible experience. David Mann’s knowledge, experience and professionalism for exceeding expectations. He was a job to hunt with. We had great success on my Safari and I was fortunate to take a beautiful dagga boy as well as at 56’’ Kudu, 2 impala, and a nice stallion zebra. Fly fishing for tiger fish (and catching), wing shooting and genuine fellowship around our camp, rounded out a true trip of a lifetime. I cant speak more highly of my PH David Mann, his tracker and the staff at Nyakasanga. I promise you I will be back to chase “Captain Hook”. Robert Demb- Dande

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I killed this bull out of the Karunga camp on a beautiful September day under a mackerel sky. On the drive into camp I repeated my wish from my 2023 hunt with Len that I wanted a scrum cap. Len did have a line on one and said if we did not find him we would kill a very old bull which I was fine with. This bull Len estimated at 15 years, and we killed him on day 6 after tracking him on and off for 5 days. On that day we caught up with a smallish herd he was mixed up in after 4 hours. We crouched 180 yards from them for about 30 minutes without seeing the bull before they started drifting from left to right. We made a wide berth to get in front of them and we had a good wind. Len then quick walked us to a smallish hill/ridge line to our right that the buffalo were going behind. Just as we topped the ridge, with me on Len’s behind, he put up the sticks and said “here comes your bull.” I got on the sticks. We were slightly elevated and he was coming head on towards us slowly feeding and I had the 4a scope on his shoulder at 50 yards but he hadn’t opened up an angle yet. Then a cow appeared coming up fast on his right. Things were getting complicated but he opened up the angle and I made a very good shot on the point of his shoulder. He took off and I swung with him but he stops, and then on the sticks I quickly put another shot into his shoulder at 35 yards. He takes off again, stops, and I put another shot into his shoulder. He takes off yet again and shooting off hand put another shot in his shoulder. He swaps ends, and then goes down and I do not shoot. He then jumps up and Len says shoot and I shoot him off hand, a little farther back, and he goes down. We walk up to him after 3 death bellows, but he is still breathing. He is down and facing away. Len says shoot him again. He was about 20 paces away and all I could see was the enormity of his neck and hump. I put the scope low on the hump and shoot and he stretches out and is still. We later found the 500 grain Barnes .458 solid underneath and in the rear base of the right horn, and a shallow potato-like chip had spalled off the top of the horn. This bull means a lot to me: He reminds me of me. Moses, Albert, and Custer (the colonial scout) did a lot to get me on this bull. And of course Len orchestrated the whole thing and managed my abilities perfectly through the whole hunt. I wonder if I’ll make another buffalo hunt. I’m not sure. I feel lucky that I was able to make this hunt. It’s time for elephant, and then lion …, but maybe I am just an ordinary dagga boy type of guy. Rifle Notes: American Hunting Rifles .458 Lott on CZ 550 Magnum action. 21 inch barrel. Pop up peep in rear square bridge. Leupold Euopean 1.25-4x scope with 4a reticule mounted in Alaska Arms LLC. cam- actuated quick detachable mount. Handloads (modified from Barnes reloading manual) of 74 grains H4895 with 500 grain Banded Barnes solid at 2192 FPS. This rifle is a twin of the .404 Jeffery AHR made for me that I used last year. I killed a very nice 49” Kudu bull with the .404 on the 4th day of this hunt on the way back to Karunga in the evening.