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About 40 yards away. He would bob up and down for about five seconds with just his nose, eyes and ears above the surface. See the stick stuck inbetween his left eye and ear? That is sticking in the hole where a 45/70, Garrett 540 grain Hammerhead went in. - Game over...

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Nice 'Hog'.

You workin' fer Garrett?

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Wow, that's quite a hunt. I like your choice of guns.

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That's the WAY! Congrats! :mrgreen:
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FWiedner wrote:Nice 'Hog'.

You workin' fer Garrett? :wink: :lol:
No, but when I shoot something that could hurt my chubby body :shock: , I want dependable ammo that hits with authority. Garrett makes heavy, ammo that really hits like a high speed thrown brick. - :D
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Very nice
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Wow! How did you get that dude up on the bank?
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Heck...there goes the remake of Fantasia :lol:
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Nice shootin...

I could have sworn I saw her at the mall just last week. :shock:
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Rusty wrote:Nice shootin...

I could have sworn I saw her at the mall just last week. :shock:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:...... Agreed nice shootin'..... :mrgreen:
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That's a serious rabbit Thump, well done friend.

Shot with an ancient old useless cartridge from yestercentury in an antiquated levergun that aint no magnum, nice 8)

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Dave wrote:Wow! How did you get that dude up on the bank?
Dave, in Mozambique we hunted out of a blind my guide/trackers built next to a junction of two tidal rivers. After the shot, and as the tide came in that evening, we had three very large dugout canoes with nine 'locals' in each big canoe. They tied ropes to my bull hippo (by this time his body gases made him semi-bouyant) and with the incoming tide they brought him upriver to our tent camp. At the camp they dug a mud ramp down to the river. We hooked a cable from our "Range Rover" to the hippo's neck and drug him up beside my tent. I slept beside him - - to keep everything away during the night :o and we made our photos the next morning.
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Looks like you did just fine on that one. Tell us about the hunt, and WELCOME to the best gun site around.
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Thump wrote:
Dave wrote:Wow! How did you get that dude up on the bank?
Dave, in Mozambique we hunted out of a blind my guide/trackers built next to a junction of two tidal rivers. After the shot, and as the tide came in that evening, we had three very large dugout canoes with nine 'locals' in each big canoe. They tied ropes to my bull hippo (by this time his body gases made him semi-bouyant) and with the incoming tide they brought him upriver to our tent camp. At the camp they dug a mud ramp down to the river. We hooked a cable from our "Range Rover" to the hippo's neck and drug him up beside my tent. I slept beside him - - to keep everything away during the night :o and we made our photos the next morning.
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darn, I used to date her sister. Reckon she'll come to funeral? Might be a chance for another hook-up!, moodyholler
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Thump wrote:
Dave wrote:Wow! How did you get that dude up on the bank?
Dave, in Mozambique we hunted out of a blind my guide/trackers built next to a junction of two tidal rivers. After the shot, and as the tide came in that evening, we had three very large dugout canoes with nine 'locals' in each big canoe. They tied ropes to my bull hippo (by this time his body gases made him semi-bouyant) and with the incoming tide they brought him upriver to our tent camp. At the camp they dug a mud ramp down to the river. We hooked a cable from our "Range Rover" to the hippo's neck and drug him up beside my tent. I slept beside him - - to keep everything away during the night :o and we made our photos the next morning.
So what became of the carcass?
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That`s a Marlin fer ya, very impressive on all counts. 8)
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Was the bullet dug out? If so, how much penetration did you get?
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Wow - what did you do with him next. I assume they eat the hippo meat.
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Heck, I started readn this on my phone, so didn't see the pic till I scrolled down. Thought it might be a muskrat or beaver shot by a 22 or 30-30 or similar, but NOOOOO, you go and shoot a darn dinosaur.

Very impressive. That Barrett ammo sure seems to get er done!
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Rusty wrote:Nice shootin...

I could have sworn I saw her at the mall just last week. :shock:
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stew71 wrote:
Thump wrote:
Dave wrote:Wow! How did you get that dude up on the bank?
Dave, in Mozambique we hunted out of a blind my guide/trackers built next to a junction of two tidal rivers. After the shot, and as the tide came in that evening, we had three very large dugout canoes with nine 'locals' in each big canoe. They tied ropes to my bull hippo (by this time his body gases made him semi-bouyant) and with the incoming tide they brought him upriver to our tent camp. At the camp they dug a mud ramp down to the river. We hooked a cable from our "Range Rover" to the hippo's neck and drug him up beside my tent. I slept beside him - - to keep everything away during the night :o and we made our photos the next morning.
So what became of the carcass?
Early the morning after I took my bull hippo, I awoke to the sound of voices. :shock: With only my underwear and my "Co-Pilot" rifle, I came out of my tent to find 30 or more men, and their families looking at my hippo. The men were local people waiting for a share of the meat. Once things settled down and photos were complete, my guide supervised the division of the carcass. I took the skull with the teeth - the locals then consumed "everything" but the toenails which were kept for carving. (Hippo teeth and toenails are very hard.) - - In net: throughout my African safari I demanded a basic rule - "nothing endangered would be taken, and edible meat would not be wasted." - - With my hippo (estimated ~ 6,500+ pounds), nothing went to waste.
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Inquiring minds want to know...

...Did you eat any hippo?

I don't think they make Hippo Helper yet, but they do have this... :wink:
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JerryB wrote:Looks like you did just fine on that one. Tell us about the hunt, and WELCOME to the best gun site around.
Yep. Those of us who haven't made it to the 'dark continent' NEED to hear a blow-by-blow, step-by-step accounting of it all...!
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Thump wrote:In net: throughout my African safari I demanded a basic rule - "nothing endangered would be taken, and edible meat would not be wasted." - - With my hippo (estimated ~ 6,500+ pounds), nothing went to waste.
Outstanding. And nice shot by the way.
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GREAT photo and thanks for the report!

Some day maybe...some day. :D

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