{"id":1472,"date":"2024-12-03T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2024-12-03T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:22:50","slug":"sean-nicke-and-patrick-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/03\/sean-nicke-and-patrick-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Nicke and Patrick Benson."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our old friend Sean Nicke accompanied by his friend Patrick Benson, both hailing from Alabama, hunted with Big Water Safaris during May. This was Patrick&#8217;s first hunt with us, both hunters bagged good trophies, and a lot of fun was had by everyone involved.                                                                                               <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professional hunter: Thinus Steyn <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>                                                                             <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sean Nicke with his Burchell&#8217;s zebra. Contrary to popular perception, this is one of the most challenging animals to hunt. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1Pat-1-2048x1398.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Patrick Benson with his red hartebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2081-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sean Nicke and Patrick Benson with Patrick&#8217;s golden wildebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240529_113224-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240529_113224-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240529_113224-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240529_113224-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240529_113224.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Patrick Benson with his ostrich. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2067-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sean Nicke with his black impala ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2092-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Patrick Benson with his blesbuck ram. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our old friend Sean Nicke accompanied by his friend Patrick Benson, both hailing from Alabama, hunted with Big Water Safaris during May. This was Patrick&#8217;s first hunt with us, both hunters bagged good trophies, and a lot of fun was had by everyone involved. Professional hunter: Thinus Steyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}