Page 13 - NORDIC SAFARI CLUB CHAPTER NEWSLETTER 2ND QUARTER 2022

Our great PH Pieter and PH GC that we
developed a friendship with proposed to visit a
friend to them who lives 1,5-hour drive from the
Kalahari camp in order to get a better chance of
securing the remaining game.
After an early breakfast the cars were ready for
us and time for departure. We arrived and the
plan was to drive to the area and then hike from
there. But there had been a lot of rain and the
main road was muddy, we had to drive by the
side of the road but suddenly the car sank into
mud. We were stuck and it was impossible to
move the car, we tried the car’s winch, shovels
and four of us strong men tried to push it, but
the wheels were just spinning. Our bad luck with
cars was haunting us, we couldn’t get the car
out of the mud.
Carl, Dag and Pieter decided to leave the car
problem behind and head out to start the search
for the white Springbuck. Two and a half hours
later, 32 degrees Celsius, no sight of any
springbuck we returned to the car very tired and
thirsty from the heat. Standing in the shade of a
tree drinking water we could hear the distant
sound of a tractor. Our salvation was arriving!
After 45 minutes we were able to get the car
unstuck and our journey could continue.
We arrived at the destination where the white
Springbuck had been seen. The consequence
of the delay was that we didn’t have time for
lunch so with just a snickers in our stomachs the
whole crew consisting of Dag, Carl, Pieter and
GC started the hike by foot. The terrain was
mountainous and a bit higher elevation then
earlier. But then we could spot the white
Springbuck on a 500 meters distance. We went
closer and closer, but for every 100 meter we got
closer the Springbuck went 100 meters away.
Dag and GC gave up and decided to head back
to the car. But Carl and Pieter wanted to try to
continue to stalk. An hour later a distant shoot
could be heard far away. One minute later the
phone rang, Pieter was overjoyed, they had
found the white Springbuck, it was done and we
went to pick them up.
When we all meet up, we celebrated that Carl
now had shot the total amount of three
springbuck during this entire hunting trip. We felt
a great desire to also find the black Springbuck
to complete the Grand Slam. Time was running
up; it was only a few hours before it would be
dark. We decided to give it a try, we really
wanted to achieve the Grand Slam. We drove
back to the area where our hike had begun on
the property to give it a try again and started
walking in the opposite direction than before.
The terrain was more open and, on a distance,
we could see a big herd of sixty game animals
that looked like common springbuck. But when
we had a closer look in the binoculars, we
spotted two big black males in the group. We did
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