Africa - Giant Eland before the Lion

Posted By Scott Shultz at 5/7/2011 12:00:00 AM

photo11.jpgIt is obvious that whoever wins the hunt to Africa with Michael Waddell and I will have an unbelievable experience!

Here I've taken a giant Eland bull with Johnny Vivier Safaris in South Africa...the 7th animal in 4 days....all a prelude to the great lion hunt that starts tomorrow. We leave this camp early Saturday morning to drive west into the Kalahari region. There Johnny has yet another incredible hunting lodge with complete staff waiting for our arrival.

The trackers have been scouting each day and despite unseasonal heavy rains have located a large male lion. I will go with them Saturday afternoon to start the hunt. I am continually told be all that these lions are exceptionally wild and dangerous. I will be accompanied by two professional hunters that will both be armed with .458 Win Mags as back up.

Last year they experienced a lion hunt that went bad with a poorly placed arrow. The lion went crazy!.....5 arrows and 12 shoots from those big guns were required to finally kill the lion!

Stay tuned...the action starts tomorrow!