today we are in zimbabwe africa and we are after dangerous game and planes game
he's looking at you okay right between the eyes yes
hey folks ike eastman here welcome to eastman's hunting tv you know for over 20 years eastmans
has brought you western big game hunting right to your tv right in your home today's
a little different we're going to go on an adventure to the dark continent to zimbabwe
and we're gonna go on a cape buffalo hunt with one of my friends so pack your bags
let's head to the other side of the pond and see what zimbabwe has in store for us
today we are in zimbabwe africa and we are after dangerous game and planes game this
is a beautiful country it takes a while to get here we were on an airplane for 17
straight hours and that was one of four airplanes to get here we had a chance to spend a couple days
in a beautiful victoria falls hotel and just kind of get used to the jet lag part of it
victoria falls the town we landed in is a very popular tourist destination
it is in the corner where zimbabwe zambia namibia and botswana all come together
the water that flows over the falls is from the zambezi river it is roughly twice
the height of the niagara falls and is the largest sheet of falling water in the world
we spent a couple days in the town of victoria falls playing tourists and getting rid of jet lag
this helps once you get to the bush your senses are a little bit more sharp we visited museums
markets the falls up close and the old steam train that goes across a bridge right in front of the
falls we also had time to visit the famous chobi national park in botswana today's our last day for
sightseeing and mike and i are in botswana this morning at chobi national park we came in to
film some animals like the elephant that you see behind us today it's a good opportunity to get
some close-ups and bring you some some of these wonderful african animals on eastman hunting tv
well we finally got to hunting camp today and we'll take the rifles out and see what
the airlines have done to them if anything and tomorrow we'll start hunting we're going to start
off with cape buffalo in the morning and just kind of graduate from there tomorrow we get after them
in the middle it's dead fred
we hit the bullseye this savage is gold like it's been all along tomorrow let's take this uh
300 win mag do some damage we are here in zimbabwe hunting with wayne from gymba safaris for buffalo
planes game like an impala and hopefully a hippo after the rifles were checked
we got settled into camp and look forward to the hunt the next morning
just let them settle down but because there's only that one golden sauce the restaurant well
at least we got 25 yards from them yeah they weren't ready and we didn't walk by them yeah
and they were feeding and they were in the open as we kept hunting buffalo in the morning we stumbled
upon a group of impala and decided to try and draw first blood with one of these amazing plains game
animals we swapped the big buffalo rifle out for the savage 300 win mag and put a stalk on
good shot
uh we're really looking for a cape buffalo but we're happy to find this beautiful impala we're
with jimba safaris on lake kariba a beautiful lodge a beautiful place to hunt a lot you
can see there's a lot of cover behind us so it makes for a really interesting chant challenge
for those of you who are watching this kind of like hunting the oak brush at home
but we're very happy with this beautiful impala and we hope you stay tuned
we continue to hunt buffalo and zimbabwe in the very thick cover we're hunting buffalo
this morning and we came down low here by this little inlet and you'll see behind me uh two
people in a boat and they're in here fishing and poaching it's the second one we've caught in
two days i think this uh these two guys are making a run for it these guys will chase the
chase the game out of the bottom and so that's what they're trying to do right now
we're doing a little law enforcement this morning after several failed
attempts to get a buffalo in the open we decided to try a different strategy
wayne has a boat that will allow us to go up the lake and access a very remote part of the sounding
concession we hope the buffalo are a little bit calmer and more in the open for a clear shot
we came across even more poachers and some illegal fishing from the zambians from across
the lake these are fish poachers they come from zambia they're a big nuisance here and
they're a menace this type of net ike is uh illegal why it's made out of fishing line
the cheap fishing line right yeah so we better check out this corner i think there's a base
here where they stay so you're saying he's not alone no normally two or three of them
he was angry doesn't like it disturbing our hunting it's killing the environment these
are the challenges we've got the federal game warden in the floppy brimmed hat and our tracker
ensure that the poachers don't have a boat to get out into the water
they destroy it on the spot and we search for their base which is a larger boat nice work video
after a few very intense moments they agree to leave and go back across the lake we continue on
up one of the smaller rivers and come across some hippos just what i've been waiting for
so we're obviously hunting hippos and we're just looking for a really big male
we've seen a couple big males but we haven't been able to get on them so
i'm not sure there's a big male in here but we'll hang out and see
it's gotten too late now to hunt them the problem is when you shoot one you can wait up to an hour
for them to pop back up it'll be way past dark by the time we retrieve it tomorrow it'll be
gone the crocs will have eaten it so we'll come back in the morning see what happens
stay tuned with us right here on eastmans hippo hunting in zimbabwe
the next morning found us back on the hunt for a big hippo as the time was running out on the hunt
okay which one is he there's one on the left
alright here we go
finally well done there that was it that is it now that is a dead hippo nice
hippo did you hear that i just rolled him over how long has this been coming on boy oh boy
you earned this hippo man nine of 10 right nine days of ten day hunt you're shooting at a
broad side of the barn but you can only see about that much of his head and you're not
shooting down you're shooting almost level with them so there's not much there oh my gosh
well folks it's the ninth day of a 10 day hunt this is a been a culmination of a fantastic hippo
hunt this is a huge hippo i got to thank jambo savaris here in zimbabwe they did a fantastic job
i got to give a shout out to fred amigo fred he allowed me to come along on his buffalo hunt
and film and i was i said man if there's an opportunity i'd love to shoot a hippo while
we're over there because i know right here on the zambezi river and they just have a ton of
them and we have seen a ton of them it just can't get any better than this i can't wait
to take this home and show it to my kids and and this thing is going to look awesome in my house
now that the hippo's taken care of we decided to try one last hail mary on a final stalk
for fred's buffalo the final day the final hour this is truly redlining the fun meter
when you're hunting this thick of cover you're just looking for movement oh
did you see that buffalo's ear flick fridge challenge is to make
out the movement and then make out a spot for a good clean kill
can you see he's looking at you okay right between the eyes yes
uh
he's dead right yeah he's dying now
ike asked if he could come on my buffalo hunt and then we decided to add a hippo ike
i appreciate you hanging with me man god it's been an adventure that's for sure yeah i couldn't
i wouldn't i wouldn't want anybody else with me well congratulations fred it's been a an exactly
you wanted an adventure on your 70th birthday boy you got it yeah you said i want to be hunting
buffalo on your on my 70th i said that's the second to last day if we're still hunting buffalo we're
in trouble and we were it's been difficult you know to get a shooting lane on them we've been in
within 20 yards of buffalo for nine days basically yesterday ike killed a beautiful hippo on the
ninth day we thought that was a miracle until today well folks i hope you enjoyed the adventure
zimbabwe is a beautiful country unbelievable last day of the hunt amigo fred took his buffalo
i got i got a hippo yesterday it came right down the wire we put a lot of work into this
thanks for watching and remember fair chase is the only way to hunt and take trophy big
game we'll see you next week on eastmans where we hope to redline the fun meter once again