CC - Dande

PH Comment - Alan

A short hunt for buff/tuskless in Dande but we took on the challenge. We walked hard, had so much fun. Climbed mountains, walked rives and flats, open and thick. We chased a couple of groups of dugga boys but had not opportunities until the afternoon of day 4 after lunch. We followed 3 bulls, then bumped them, circled around, picked up tracks again, then caught them late afternoon, closed to 50 yards. CC nailed a great old bull broadside. He ran 30 yards and fell. A coupe de grass and it was over. We followed lots of small groups of eles, saw a big tuskless, on day 2, but it crossed into Chewore and after a long very step tracking session, we saw another tuskless with a small calf. Day 6 we found a tuskless but turned it down as it was alone with a 5-year-old calf. Last day, we had a phenomenal day. We tracked and saw over 30 elephant, saw two half grown tuskless, walked a lot and then whilst driving late pm, we saw a tuskless running off. Followed her for a short distance, got up to 25/30 yards. Colton put in a frontal brain. Dropped her and then coupe de grass. What a great end to a great hunt!

Client Comment

Overall I had a great experience and have nothing but good things to say about Alan and the staff. We hunted hard for 5 days before I was able to take my buffalo and took my tuskless on the last hour of the last day. Needless to say, success was not immediate, and Alan did not let off the gas which I really appreciated as it is easy to let up when the conditions aren’t in your favor. Alan is a true professional hunter and it was a pleasure both to hunt and share the fire in the evenings with him.