On the hunt
I’ve been exceedingly fortunate to have traveled there twice, and the drive to go back is already drawing me to plan yet another African excursion, even after a recent trip.
My latest outing really began this past January at a meeting with PH Stephen Bann, owner/operator of SB Hunting Safaris. at the SCI in Houston Texas. Plans were soon made for a hunt in the Northern Cape of South Africa in May of this year. I was keen to take a Springbok Slam, which is the four color phases of that antelope - common, copper, black, and white.
In addition, the diversity of other plains-game species was sure to offer many additional opportunities during my hunt, and I found myself in the southern Kalahari region of South Africa with rifle in hand.
RIFLES USED
While I was ready to try a new big-game rifle on this hunt, I also took my old, trusted Model 70 .270 Winchester, a rifle that has traveled many thousands of miles with me and taken much big game.
But a key focus of this safari was to put through its paces a rifle and a brand that I had never tried before. The Christensen Arms Mesa FFT
