25/05/2025
This afternoon we decided to get the wind in our favour and go for a walk towards the watering hole.
We got to the watering hole, but there were so many animals, that means there is a lot of eyes. As we got closer some Impala have spotted us and set the alarm off. All the animals took off even the warthogs. There was a lot of warthogs and a nice male as well, but they didn’t stop and just kept going. We kept wondering on. We found a herd of Springbuck and made a stalk to get closer. There was only one male in there and he was not exactly what we were looking for. Way past them we spotted a nice Springbuck, but he was about 250m away. The mission now become to get closer to that one. We waited for the herd infront of us to graze away so we could get in. That male kept his distance. It almost became a Cat and Mouse game. As we got closer he kept moving away. He always kept a safe distance between us. We worked hard to get in. We stopped under a tree just to see what happens if everything calmed down, but we couldn’t get in range. We decided to go back to the water, maybe we get lucky there. As we walked back that male was on his way to his territory spot. We took cover and waited. He has gotten very close and was behind a bush. When he came out on the right side of the bush he was staring straight at us and Marek did a good frontal shot at 83m.
Well done, Marek