JM - Matombo

PH Comment - Alan

As usual we had a most memorable time, with lots of fun and laughter. As slow couple of days to begin with, but on day 4 we found some dagga boys right in a village. We found them on the edge of thick reeds under a Masawu bush. It was slow getting a clear enough view of them, but after some lengthy sneaking we got into a position to shoot +/- 60 yards. The shot looked good, but sadly just a little low, in the shoulder, but breaking the leg. The follow up was intense and the buff was killed the next day after some exciting moments. We managed to do a couple of days fishing and JM caught a +/- 60lbs vundu which tested her strength, but she landed it successfully. Her daughter pulled in a 15-20lbs Cornish jack. A great time indeed. Will there be another hunt to come?

Client Comment

I feel I have been repeating myself for many years, starting in 2011 where I hunted my first tuskless with Alan Shearing. Five elephant, three buffalo later I still agree with the sentence… “we had the most memorable time, with lots of fun and laughter” Hunting out of Matombo camp this time, we started out with two days of fishing the mighty Zambezi. What a brilliant idea, whoever came up with that. Got my head settled, morning routines in order and ready to roll and let the hunt begin on day three. The village dagga boys were very street smart and it did take some slow slow sneaking up, in order to get a head view of the one I finally took a shot at when he moved forward to reveal a shoulder. It is a nightmare to mess up on a shot on buffalo, I did just that. I broke his leg, but the bullet travelled through his brisket. We were part of the first follow up on day one, but on day two Alan did not want us along. On that day Alan shot the buffalo, as he came charging out of some unbelievable thick stuff. Relief all around, thank you, thank you Al. We enjoyed the company of CMS appy hunter Daniel Norman, a solid, capable and very kind person. Always on his feet to make sure we had all we needed or wanted. My daughter and I so enjoyed his company. To sum this up. Charlton McCallum safaris deserve a big thank you. You do make dreams come true and for that I thank you.