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It’s actually Hawkins.

It is an XM length. Definace Anti X

In a semi auto the crimp keeps the bullet seated without moving. In a bolt action it’s not really needed.

Thank you for the feedback. We didnt do as much spot and stalk I guess because we wanted to see the actual hunting and not the walking (there was a LOT!) but I do get what you are saying- also. I (Victoria) did not want the traditional stalk style music most Africa hunt videos have but I realize how music can over power the actual video. We are going back in June 2024 and are going to attempt to film a lot if it ourselves since the cost of having one like this made is SO expensive. Will keep this stuff in mind when we put it together. Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much. It wasnt on my list until we got there and I saw how beautiful they are and it moved to the top of the list.

Thank you- Henco Myburg was the videographer. My rifle is a .308 with 168 grain and Marks is a 6.5 PRC (I cant remember the grains) but they are handmade loads. I am looking to move up caliber just because I want to do more long range and my .308 is solid up to 500 yards max for ethical shots. But under 300 yards its lethal on all but the dangerous game. The black Wildebeest and Hartebeest were terrible shots from me and I am a good shooter (I practiced off sticks for a year) but found out that my wind Touret had been knocked out of alignment so I was LEFT by about 3' at 200 yards... I never want to injure an animal. Going back in 2024 and hope to have another video then. Thanks for watching!

out of 12 animals; only 2 required follow up shots; it was discovered that my wind touret had been knocked out of alignment. my .308 successfully took a Golden wildebeest with a single shot (it went less than 50 yards), 2 springbok at nearly 300 yrds. My husbands rifle worked with a sable; another single shot. If you are an African hunter, you know the concession would not allow too low of a caliber. We care deeply about the ethical hunting. I hunt bear, elk and deer with both guns. They are fine; if they werent I would NEVER use them.

The red hartebeest was AWFUL!! that was when I realized the touret! I was heartbroken- that never should have happened.

It’s def more of a hobby than saving much money. I can also build better ammo in most cases than I can buy it. If you shoot one caliber a ton then yes over time it can save you money.

So far it’s been great. About 2yrs use in it. With my long range rifle stuff I’m getting single digit SD and ES so it’s good enough for me.

@@markdoyle3071 I currently use the Hornady drop powder station and generally it's + - .002 but sometimes strays to .003 so that's why I'm looking to an electronic one thats + - .001 Now it's cost vs. performance.

Yes the blue gun is a .308

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Thank you! We are gong back in 2024 cannot wait!

Tell him the Doyles say hi! He is a ton of fun and we would hunt with him again in a heartbeat!

Either of those will work great. Scope mag is a personal choice. Most shots will be less than 200yds. Our scopes were 4-24’s but I was never over 16 power. Even at 500yds that was plenty. You’ll have a blast, just use a good quality bullet and it’ll be a trip of a lifetime for you. Make sure you practice shooting off sticks before you go.

@@markdoyle3071 thanks

It’s not a park; it’s 60,000 acres that belongs to the concession. The hole is because at one time that animal was part of the breeding portion. I know it was weird to me too. There are no “wild” animals in SA. All are property of someone or some property. Otherwise they would all be poached and possibly end up extinct. It’s such a different setting than hunting in the US! If we go again we will go to a more wild area like Limpopo or Namibia

Right?!? So freaking loud. We just ordered silencers 🤣🤣

@@vmdoyle1229 lol I sat next to my boyfriend at the range, he was shooting a .223 with a muzzle break and it nearly blew me off the table and was much louder than my silenced .308 what calibre are you taking to Botswana if I may ask when you go there?

@@daermon1000 Im so sorry I didnt see this question! We will be going back in June of 2024 to the Eastern Cape. My .308 is a solid shot up to 500 yards on most animals and Mark has a custom built 6.5 PRC with a rocket load- he has hit steel over 1200 yards. We have been waiting for the silencer for over a year with all the anti-gun legislation its making it pretty tough to get. But I tried to shoot the .308 without the break and it about ripped my shoulder off....

@@vmdoyle1229 no doubt it did, I've shot my .308 a few times without the silencer and it kicks like a mule!

I had no issues with the .308 at the under 350 yard range. I had an issue with one of my turrets and that caused a bad shot on 2 animals but once I fixed that it was one and done - including that monster golden.

I dropped approx about 1.5lbs. It weighs 9.2 including the bipod. I have zero complaints with the PH2 other than no adj cheekpiece. Oh and it was ugly stock. Silver receiver and barrel and grey stock. As my main carry hunting rifle I’m very happy. I will be buying another PH2 but in 300prc. I won’t be packing it much though.

If you have ever seen what wild animals do to each other - or seen animals starve to death because of overpopulation- and you still dont understand why we control populations this way.. there is nothing we can agree on. The animals we harvested were no longer part of their herds and would have died by being eaten by others or starved to death- a horrible inhumane way to die. And the people in South Africa who - without the money from hunting- would ALSO starve to death. Did you see the donation we made to the charity while we were there? Did you know the meat from those animals fed 31 people for over a month? What have you done to help your fellow human while you cry about the animals? Not quite sure why you would watch or comment on a video that doesnt have anything to do with your life- I dont go on VEGAN websites and criticize the fact that we have eaten MEAT long before we began agriculture and we have teeth designed for eating meat AND we are FAR MORE humane to hunt your own meat than to eat processed beef or chickens where the animals live their life in captivity for the sole purpose of being slaughtered. I have to go now, my steak is getting cold.

@@vmdoyle1229 well said Victoria

These animals are more free then the ones you’d visit in zoos

Thanks for the nice comment. I kinda started off with some nicer equipment. I have a few friends that reload and the all said save your Pennie’s and buy stuff that you’re not gonna sell in 6 months. I think it’s helped my learning curve quite a bit. I watched several guys on here and it is big help. Good luck and keep reloading my friend!!!

@@vmdoyle1229 Well after watching your video a couple of times. I saved some more money and order the Frankford Arsenal Platinum Series case prep. Hopefully that will help me a lot...

@@louiem5985 I hope it works out for you like it’s working for us. Good luck and if you got any questions just send a note and I’ll get back with ya.

@@markdoyle3071 Thank you very much I look forward on learning a lot. I do have a question and maybe I might of made the same mistake you did with the shoulder. Did you figure out by measuring it or like you mention you seen the lip on it? Do you have a picture of what it looks like? I'm more of a visual person. Keep up the great videos. you should do more 223 videos on loads.

@@louiem5985 Are you talking about the bullet seating crimp? Not sure exactly your question. Let me know so I can try and answer it for you.

Thanks. We just started making videos and trying to figure out how much or how little to show. We’ll definitely will be posting more videos soon.

We will be paying for this trip for some time but it was worth every penny!!

We thought maybe 500-1000 people MAYBE would watch this and at last count it’s at 60k. It had nothing to do with being cool or getting attention, it just happened. And more than 31 people ate for a month from our hunt and 29 children at an orphanage have supplies and groceries to make their lives just a little bit better and for that we were humbled and filled with gratitude for what we have in this country.

Such heartless people and you see them laughing but in their countries it’s totally prohibited to hunt wild animals. Stop hunting stop hunting stop hunting, wild animals deserves to live freely, like you, like me, like anyone else. If you really want to help use other ways

It’s not prohibited to hunt wild animals in the US.

The meat on these safaris is donated to the population to help feed them, plus the thousands of dollars spent on safaris goes to wildlife conservation. And if I’m aware correctly, the harvested animals are also old and out of their prime, so having them removed gives the younger generation a chance to pass on their genes 🧬

Most was donated to the concession staff and their families (aprox 31 people including skinners, trackers, cleaning, cooks etc). But yes, we did get to sample most of them.

@@vmdoyle1229 Awesome!!! Keep posting!!! ✌🏻

Out of the 12 we harvested, only 3 required 2nd shots. The black wildebeest I totally blew it and I felt awful - lesson learned for sure. The gemsbok was a perfect first shot but we went in too fast and spooked him or that would have been 1 shot also. It’s so tough on these videos to get the full picture. Thanks for watching and commenting!!

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@@vmdoyle1229 mate, it did look like an incredible hunt, no disrespect and I’m happy for you both it looked amazing. I’m South African and a hunter and the gold for ME is that PERFECT shot that needs no follow ups. I’ve also made bad shots so am no one to criticize. Just when I HAVE the time to make those tiny adjusts to my scope to get the perfect one shot kill it really makes the whole experience more perfect. No disrespect meant brother.

No offense taken ;)

Yeah, looks like some range time is needed

Thank you so much! We can’t wait to go back hopefully with no pandemic!

Thank you! Actually they weren’t cleaned all the way while we were there. This trip ended Nov 1st and they just arrived in the states last week (March). All in all still fast. We will be doing a video of opening the box at the taxidermy so stay tuned!!

@@vmdoyle1229 are you going to make the unboxing video? That'd be cool to see

we love the music!! I hate the traditional music with the "anticipation" during the stalk in most other videos.. oh well, its not for everyone. :)

My guess is you came across this video but did not watch nor do you care other than to leave an unpleasant comment- however: A lot of people were fed thanks to these animals - most had lived past their prime and would otherwise die of starvation or other predators. We thank them for their beauty; we thank them for the life they lived, the families that will have food to feed themselves and their children that would otherwise go to bed hungry, and yes- they will ordain the wall for us to continue to enjoy their beauty for years to come. If only South Africa had the resources to feed their people from the land itself...

It's respect for the animal. Would you rather they kick it and spit on it?

@@dang7067 thank you

@@vmdoyle1229 Yes but yor not killing for yor family for killing for a sport u people are not even real hunters u r a disgrace to the real hunters I don't no how people can watch these counterfeit hunters and enjoy watching animals get killed for the sake of wat 🤔to make yorselfs feel better that yor feeding someone yor killing these animals for yor own gratification for trophy hunting I don t bye it come to nz and meet some real hunters never watching these boring game hunting crap shows agen 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡💩

@@marishcadelvisi2357 too bad you aren’t educated enough to know that we hunted and because of it 31 people ate for over 30 days. We don’t just hunt for gratification and let the animal go to waste. You should ask questions instead of attack people you don’t even know or comment on things you know nothing about. And more education: conservation requires hunting if you knew what would happen to these animals if they are not harvested; the brutal deaths in the wild and near extinction but proper management has brought hundreds of species back. Go make a salad, buy a piece of meat at the grocery store because you think it’s “ethical” and wallow in your ignorance. We also hunt at home and have a freezer full of venison, bear, elk and sheep. People like you disgust me. You judge from afar and virtue signal what a good person you are. How many people have you fed this week? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Thank you so much. We had an amazing trip and can’t wait to go back again. We practiced a bunch before the trip. Shooting almost every week leading up to it.

If we showed all the stalking we did it wouldn't be a very fun video and it would be hours and hours long (we were there for 10 days and this is an hour video). There were at least 3 times we stalked the black springbok and they got spooked or we couldn't get a shot. That and the red hartebeest I had several times I was up on the sticks and the shot didn't present itself or it changed. There's just only so much we could get in the video, so I can understand why it would seem we were just driving and hopping out of the truck but I can assure you there was a lot more to it. Except the Golden; I will admit that one was pretty easy. We plan on doing a lot more hunting videos- what do you suggest to be able to show you a more in depth part of the hunting experience? I def would appreciate feedback and thank you so much for watching! ~Victoria

@@vmdoyle1229 I think you did a great job and its obvious to most people you carnt put hours and hours of stalking into a video or no one would bother to watch it!

Did you shoot this video?

My husband used a 6.5 PRC and I have a .308 with custom loads we build ourselves. I should be dropping a video in a few days as to the process. thanks!

@@vmdoyle1229 what grain size were you using for the 308?

@@Urban_hunter2021 I’m loading 168gr Nosler Accubond Longrange for her 308

@@markdoyle3071 did you ever chronograph the round and see the FPS?

@@Urban_hunter2021 yes I always do. For this hunt we custom dials for our scopes made. Since the elevation and temps were pretty darn close everyday. Her gun with a 22” barrel shoots the 168’s at about 2635 with an SD of 6 an a ES of 12

Thank you so much! We were amazed as well and cannot wait to go back.

@@vmdoyle1229 when do you plan to return to Africa?