Tonight on Realtree Global Hunting, we're in South Africa
hunting big game with the all new Benjamin Bulldog .357 Big Bore Air Rifle.
So far it's taken Duiker,
Springbok,
three warthog
and we narrowly missed out on our impala.
Tonight, we're looking for red hartebeest.
Africa, the dark continent
is considered by many to be home a big game hunting an iconic destination for
adventurous from across the globe.
The tough terrain, the plethora game and the challenging hunting conditions
makes South Africa the perfect location any hunter wanting to test their metal.
It is here in South Africa's Eastern Cape
that the Benjamin Bulldog .357 Big Bore Hunting Airgun
will take on the might of big African game.
The stunning Eastern Cape of South Africa
is renowned for its wide variety of game animals.
Here on the grassy plains of Nduna,
the herds are plentiful.
So far the new Benjamin Bulldog .357 from Crosman
has taken a duiker,
springbok,
and three warthogs.
Each animal has been dispatched cleanly
with a single shot.
Power, accuracy
and penetration delivered by the nozzler built 145 grain bench
extreme ballistic bullets has been than enough to take care of business.
The Bulldog has performed flawlessly and now we're on the hunt for something
a little bigger.
Today, we've set ourselves a key challenge that will define the Bulldog.
Back in 2012,
the Bulldogs predecessor the Benjamin Rogue, took down a magnificent red hartebeest.
With one-shot it penetrated the chest and existed the
opposite side. Gavin found the bullet lodged in the skin after passing
through two ribs and the heart.
That hunt became an important milestone for the Benjamin Rouge and legitimized
its claim to the big bore throne.
Today, we're back out for another red hartebeest.
this time with a Benjamin Bulldog.
Red hartebeest move in herds
and can be spotted from some distance.
after some essential long-distance reconnaissance,
we found a small herd close to cover.
However, we still need to get to them.
Nduna is criss-crossed by small valley's and patches of thick cover,
which offers a chance to move unseen between hills and plains.
With the Bulldog being smaller, lighter and more maneuverable than the Rogue,
it's much easier to tackle this type terrain and dense cover.
Frequently we hit the deck call between the branches.
Being significantly shorter in length from the 48 inch long Rogue,
the Bulldog is much easier to crawl with.
Gavin peers out of the cover and we can see the herd.
but there's no clear way to stalk in from here.
Further down there's a break in the prickly pears that allow us to move out to the valley
although we need to remain close to the ground.
Usually, the safety of the herd relies on numerous eyes looking in every direction,
but with this species of plains game that's not their main concern.
Red hartebeest have relatively poor eyesight,
but excellent senses of smell and hearing.
We need to stay low and keep the wind in our faces
and remain silent on speaking just one of the herd will result in the others
Spooking just one of the herd will result in the others running
after the efforts of the day, that would spell disaster.
Red hartebeest have very little to worry about
From predators. With lions, hyenas and cheetah choosing
other species have games to hunt.
Some say that's because of how elusive and
difficult to hunt the hartebeest can be.
With the herd grazing peacefully,
I get into a position where we can see a cow emerge cover.
As it heads back behind the bush, we regroup and consider the next steps.
Then on the other side cover,
a bull feeds into the open.
It's moving and grazing, so I wait for the right shot.
With an animal of this size, the shot must be absolutely perfect.
The shot is good.
The herd has bolted and our bull is nowhere to be seen.
I'm sure the shot was good.
We head into the thick cover and our bull is down.
So, Gavin
I think that's what you call
an epic hunt.
We basically spotted them from afar hillside, they were lying
down when we first saw them, we had to go out,
around for about four hundred yards cut back in again and then go through some
of the thickest bush I think they've got here and at Nduna.
But it was all worth it and finally we get into a shooting position
and that bush was just in the right place, there's a cow on the left hand
two cows on the right, and then this bull just appeared, and once again patients
just let them do their thing there was no stress in the animals they didn't
know we were there
which means once I took the shot there wasn't much all of that adrenaline
that can take these animals for several hundred yards, disappeared into the
bushes here.
Then passed peacefully, so what did it run Gavin? Maybe 150 yards?
if that?
What a beautiful bull though Gavin, you've got some beautiful
speciesism here, he's absolutely fabulous.
So lets flip him over and have a look at the other side of the entry wound.
So that has gone through, straight through and into the vitals.
Once again on an animal like this,
as you can see,
perfect shot placement. The Benjamin Bulldog
it's just incredible accuracy from a Big Bore air rifle
and it's not just one shot time after time after time the consistency is a
which give you perfect confidence to take such shots such as this terminal
performance outstanding again
looking forward to seeing how it preformed on the inside and Gavin,
once again great and thank you brother.
So here's the red hartebeest we've just taken. They've just dressed it out, skinned it
so we can have a look inside.
Now, as you can remember from the
replay the animals walking I'm up towards my left,
so the shot we took slightly on the front shoulder
came through the front leg, the meet of the front leg here
straight into the chest cavity and you can see
the entry wound just here, as you can see from the rest of the caucuses there is no other
there's is no other shots and then went straight to the heart and then then
lodged, it actually come straight through
the bullet must be lodged then
in here somewhere in the shoulder. The most interesting point here
as I've said about accuracy,
you can see here
there is the entry wound into the heart
and there's a damaged through the heart, so this animal
was dead as soon as we took the shot.
Of course,
it did manage to run into the bush lay down and passed pretty quickly
but Gavin once again phenomenal performance from the Bulldog.
The accuracy
it's phenomenal I mean it's definitely an improvement and
each shot counts. You can tell that this was definitely a shot by the a bulldog
firstly because
that is a telltale sign a .357 entry also
if that if this had been shot with a full bore rifle
this heart would have just been disintegrated. Phenomenal performance,
great accuracy, great terminal performance from the Benjamin Bulldog
another fine specimen ready for the chiller.
So Gavin, thanks again once again phenomenal hunt and great animal.
Phenomenal performance once again from the Benjamin Bull Dog .357
and .145 grain nozzler built extreme bullet.
The Bulldog certainly hasn't let us down on this trip
and has dispatched every animal we've hunted with a single perfectly placed shot.
I'm supremely confident that this Big Bore air rifle
is capable of bigger and better things. I can't wait to see what it can do next.
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