The King Family from USA Hunt with Eastcape & Karoo Safaris

July 15, 2018

Mark and Juli-anne brought there kids on a memorable hunting safari with Eastcape & Karoo safaris during the month of July 2018. Their daughter Grayson had just finished up at school and about to head to University. This was the perfect gift ! Their younger Sutton was along for support.

Hunting on our main Karoo concession in the Northern Cape provice – we stayed here the entire safari. Our property consists of 50 000 hectares / 123 500 acres of unspoilt hunting terrain. Due to the size of the property, we pack lunches head out for the entire day and return to camp in the evening. Hunting at it’s best.

Arriving at Bloemfontein airport in the Freestate province early morning – I was there to pick the family up. First bit of bad news was Marks luggage had gone missing. We spent the day waiting for the connection but to no avail. After arranging delivery of the bag to the lodge we got on the road to our lodge which is two and half hours away. Some long travelling hours caused a few heads to drop in the vehicle on route.

We arrived at the lodge in the evening – did a quick unpack and sat down to a lovely dinner and catch up. Everyone was very tired so it was early to bed.

Everyone had a few shots and all were happy.

We split up into two vehicles … one parent per child. Sutton with Dale and Grayson with Ashley. Off we went to see what was out there !!

After walking many miles we stalked this trophy of a lifetime and got within 100 yards.

Up until now Mark had been holding back VERY well …… until this monster kudu jumped out in front of them. Sutton managed to shoot this wily old jackal on route to the kudu. Great shooting !!

Our time at the Karoo lodge had come to an end – we needed to go down to the coast to hunt a few animals there. Oribi and Burchel zebra was on the menu. Not before giving back to the community and giving school supplies and other necessities.

We headed down to Leopard Ridge down at the coast and were greeted with some foul weather. Not to deter us we still had a very succesful day.