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had followed Brian van Blerk and his trackers Albert and Proud for nearly a half-mile, as the zebra stallions fed and walked, walked and fed, keeping just out of range. The larger
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of the pair slowed to feed in a small depression – where what was left of the grass was still good – and gave us a chance to shorten the distance. The cover in this section of the famous Chirisa Safari Area in Zimbabwe was becoming thinner, and we were running out of it quickly. We stood for what seemed like an
eternity (though probably only 15 or 20 minutes) with my rifle on the sticks, waiting for a short but clean opportunity to take the bigger of the two. When he came clear, I settled the Leupold’s crosshair on his shoulder and broke the trigger of the Mauser 98. A 250-grain Woodleigh Weldcore from my .318 Westley Richards took him americanshootingjournal.com 79
