{"id":1498,"date":"2024-12-07T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2024-12-07T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:23:03","slug":"the-hungarian-hunters-chapter-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/07\/the-hungarian-hunters-chapter-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungarian Hunters. Chapter I."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our old friend, and Hungarian agent, Zoltan G\u00e1l brought over his first two groups of hunters for 2024 in May and June. Included in the second group were two German hunters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professional hunters: Dewald Kearns, Mielie du Toit and Thinus Steyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-2048x1459.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Zoltan G\u00e1l (on the left) and a group of Hungarian hunters at Laohu Valley Reserve. On the right is Attila the Hun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1536x1256.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-2048x1674.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Beauty and the beast, a Hungarian huntress with a warthog boar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-1536x962.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8-2048x1283.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Attila with his 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\/5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A Hungarian hunter with a cull black wildebeest (white tailed gnu).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2261-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Attila with a blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) cow he hunted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-2048x1458.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hungarian hunters with a gemsbok (oryx) 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\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/448419847_1535796127286779_6564235226830411120_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hungarian hunters at the Big Water Safaris lodge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.36_8438ba46.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our old friend K\u00e1roly Braun with a black wildebeest (white tailed gnu) bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-17.47.48_5d543cfb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>K\u00e1roly Braun with a waterbuck bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-17.03.28_8872dd01.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>K\u00e1roly Braun with an impressive springbok ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-2048x1294.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>My old friend Zoltan Tam\u00e1s with an old mountain reedbuck ram, with the Vanderkloof dam in the background. Zoltan Tam\u00e1s and Zoltan G\u00e1l were the first Hungarian hunters that hunted with Big Water Safaris back in 2016. This was Zoltan&#8217;s third hunt with us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"897\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-897x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-897x1024.jpg 897w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-1346x1536.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-1794x2048.jpg 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><figcaption>Peter Fabian with a gemsbok (oryx) bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-1536x921.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9-2048x1228.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Laohu Valley Reserve, just after sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-1024x878.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10-1-2048x1756.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Zoltan Tam\u00e1s with his steenbok ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/6-1-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Peter Fabian with his kudu bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-1024x880.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-1536x1319.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5-1-2048x1759.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Zoltan Tam\u00e1s with an impala ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-1536x1129.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-2048x1505.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Peter Fabian with a red hartebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.51.38_2a07643d-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.51.38_2a07643d-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.51.38_2a07643d-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.51.38_2a07643d-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.51.38_2a07643d.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>German hunter, Stephan Steingruber, with a springbok ram.<\/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\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.52.29_ff1d47e6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.52.29_ff1d47e6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.52.29_ff1d47e6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.52.29_ff1d47e6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-11-at-19.52.29_ff1d47e6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Phillip, from Germany, with his blue 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\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-14-at-17.30.43_43bf5950-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-14-at-17.30.43_43bf5950-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-14-at-17.30.43_43bf5950-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-14-at-17.30.43_43bf5950-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-14-at-17.30.43_43bf5950.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Stephan Steingruber with his blesbuck ram.<\/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\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-18.04.08_a08edfe5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-18.04.08_a08edfe5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-18.04.08_a08edfe5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-18.04.08_a08edfe5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-12-at-18.04.08_a08edfe5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Phillip with a red hartebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-17-at-17.48.06_8e39cdd4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-17-at-17.48.06_8e39cdd4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-17-at-17.48.06_8e39cdd4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-17-at-17.48.06_8e39cdd4-768x576.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-19-at-18.18.51_2488f066-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-19-at-18.18.51_2488f066.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Andreas Kriszti\u00e1n with an old one horned mountain reedbuck ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-19-at-18.18.51_f3c63741-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-19-at-18.18.51_f3c63741-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-19-at-18.18.51_f3c63741-300x196.jpg 300w, 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