Tonight on Realtree Global Hunting, we're back in South Africa
with the all-new Benjamin Bulldog .357 Big Bore Air Rifle from Crosman.
We've already taken Duiker,
Springbok,
Warthog,
a magnificent Red Hartebeest,
but tonight, we're looking for Black Wildebeest.
Africa, the dark continent
is considered by many to be the home a big game hunting and an iconic destinations
for adventurous from across the globe.
The tough terrain, the plethora
game and the challenging hunting conditions make South Africa the perfect
location for any hunter
wanted to test their mettle.
It is here in South Africa's Eastern Cape that the Benjamin Bulldog .357 Big
Bore hunting airgun
will take on the might big African game.
The all new Big Bore Air Rifle
from Crosman the Benjamin Bulldog .357 has already taken
a duiker,
springbok,
three warthogs
and a red hartebeest.
Each animal has fallen to just one shot, with the nosler design
Benjamin extreme cast bullet, delivering outstanding ballistic performance.
However, the challenges are getting greater
and greater.
Nduna is home to strong population a black wildebeest
thanks to the careful management of the estate.
Gavin would like to take number of
older bulls to allow new blood to strengthen the gene pool.
This the perfect opportunity
for the Benjamin Bulldog to step up into the big league.
Black wildebeest can reach up to seven feet in body length
and can weigh up to 350 pounds.
There's no doubt about it, these are big, tough animals.
With the Bulldog locked and loaded,
we head out into the veld once again.
The shadows are lengthen and the sun will soon be setting.
Gavin leads us to the edge of the central plain of Nduna and we wait for the sun to go down.
This area is a favourite point for Nduna's wildebeest herds.
If we can get into a good position for the final hour of sunlight,
there's a good chance they may cross our path.
it was only a few days ago that we saw them grazing here.
We climb through the thick stuff and get into a good spot.
Black wildebeest are territorial animals,
each bull has an area within their territory on which they urinate,
drop dung and display shows of their dominance.
We're hoping that they will return close to where we are lying in wait.
The sun is setting and we haven't yet seen the wildebeest.
However we sit and wait patiently.
Before we've seen any game, the light is gone.
It's time to retire for the evening.
Tomorrow is another day.
The Sun is climbing high in the sky and the game is moving.
We head out on foot.
There's very little cover on this part of the estate,
but we spotted a small herd of wildebeest across the ridge.
This is the perfect opportunity to get up close.
The wildebeest have moved on and heading for the opposite hilltop.
They've not been spooked, so we make a way around through the thicker cover.
If black wildebeest spot a human or a predator
they snort, run a short distance and then stop to look back.
Repeating this behaviour if approach again.
This means they don't tend to flee long distances, instead just maybe a little
further away each time.
This behavior gives us the opportunity to find a better position from which to
approach.
We hit the deck.
If we're going to get into these wildebeest
we need to stay low.
Luckily for us wildebeest begin to head in our direction
and I get the Bulldog set up on the sticks.
I have a clear shot at the ball on the left.
I place the crosshairs of the NiteSite a little higher above the heart
allowing for the bullet drop and fire.
And fire.
The shot connects perfectly
and the bull charges downhill toward valley below.
But it doesn't get far.
We get across there quickly so we can see where it drops.
So, we've seen the other two black wildebeest from that group of three.
obviously as I took the shot they disappeared out of sight,
doubled back on themselves, so one is definitely down.
We're just try and find him now. The cover here is really,
really thick and as soon as an animal the size of a black wildebeest lies down
they can be almost impossible to see. But we've still got plenty of sun light left,
maybe an hour or so before it starts to get dark.
Because we just spotted here, we have very good chance
the one thats gone down is close by, so we better get looking.
The cover down into the valley is much thicker,
but it's not long before gavin has found our quarry.
I head in with the Bulldog loaded and ready
just in case it needs another shot, but it doesn't.
The bull is down and out.
Another phenomenal result for the Benjamin Bulldog .357.
We must have walk straight passed him, or this one must have broke right, because we only shot him
about 40 yards over there. So we actually on the wrong way I think
this one must have broke right and the other two must have left and come back around
because they they've moved further the valley here.
So we walked about 200 yards down, double back around and
he was forty yards away from my original shot him. This is a very,
very impressive animal. tell me a little bit about it, how old do you think this is Gavin?
This would be at least 10-11 years old, this is an old man.
Warn down horns, nice solid boss
and big in the body. Now what I'd like to do first is flip him over and have a look
at that entry point.
So, as you can see from here
it was a 70 yards,
or 69 yards.
So, as you'll see from the reply
I gave it about half way up its body, we know that
these particular bullets will drop now around eight inches
with a 50 yards zero at that sort of distance
it has fallen in well,
you couldn't really get a better shot placement.
40 yards straight down once again, a nice
peaceful, humane dispatch I suppose, if you can call it that.
He didn't know we were there, phenomenal stalk using
what sparse little bit of cover we had here.
So Gavin, what do you think about the performance at the Bulldog?
With this, it takes a lot to take them down even with a
proper rifle.
I've seen it where it takes a good couple of shots.
It's really like a poor mans buffalo.
they fight and they just don't go down.
Well, like I say this one gave us the perfect shot, turned broadside just at the right time
and then use need to be quick, judge your ranges
as best you can and just take the shot and it look like this one
finished up perfectly. So looking forward to getting back to the larder
and seeing what it's done on the inside. Thank you very much
One of the toughest animals in the veld, the Bulldog has delivered
once again. One perfectly placed shot
the bull was dispatched quickly and humanely thanks to the 145
grain Benjamin extreme ballistic tip nosler bullet. Another successful hunt
and another great days hunting at Nduna.
Okay, so here we are with black wildebeest we took last night.
Now it's quite late by the time we got back in the woods
have a good look at the entry
and the exit wounds on this animal. As you can see it's a little bit drier now
it's been fully cleaned out and we're going to have a look. As you can see here
this is exactly where the entry wound was and we had to be identified when we're out in the field
and not much me damage around that.
It is,
Right just here is we the wound where it came in. Little bit lower than the chest but we would have still hit the heart.
Then it lodged into the ribcage
on this side here. It didn't quite have enough power to penetrate through and out the other side
but it was 71 metre shot, so it's quite a long range.
We've pulled the bullet out of the diaphragm
and as you can see its got the scratches on the side where its gone through the bone. But once again,
phenomenal performance, this is the biggest animal we've taken with the Big Bore
air rifle and the Bulldogs perform perfectly.
The most important thing when shooting with an air rifle is accuracy
and the Bulldog delivered it in bucket loads and then when you get penetration
at this level on an animal of this size
you know you can take them pretty much anything that's out int he veld. So what do you think then Gavin?
Well the Bulldog proved it once again, at 71 yards it went straight through the vital organs
and its done its job.
Pretty impressive stuff ah?
And a lot of burgers, thanks again.
Another outstanding ballistic performance from the Benjamin Bulldog.
We've been very impressed with his revolutionary new air rifle so far
and can't wait to see what else is capable of.
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