{"id":773,"date":"2022-06-06T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2022-06-06T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T14:52:00","slug":"the-men-from-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/06\/the-men-from-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"The Men from Missouri."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Denny Dennis, Kevin Duggins, Joe Dennis and James Mraz hunted with Big Water Safaris during May 2022. Professional hunters Dewald Kearns, Heinrich Funck and Thinus Steyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1536x1201.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-2048x1601.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Jim Mraz with a magnificent cape buffalo bull taken during an exciting late afternoon hunt. After the bull went down we had to wait for the rest of the herd to move off. This took quite a while and we had to take the photos after sunset. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/17.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/17-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Denny Dennis and Kevin Duggins with a beautiful old eland bull hunted by Denny. Eland are the largest antelope species on Laohu Valley Reserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"895\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-1342x1536.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0-1-1790x2048.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><figcaption>Joe Dennis with his kudu bull. If he looks tired it is because he is. We had to do some strenuous climbing to get to the bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kevin Duggins with his kudu bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-2048x1397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jim Mraz with an eland cow shot for tiger food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Joe Dennis with a red lechwe hunted on Laohu Valley Reserve.<\/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\/2022\/06\/1-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-1536x1117.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-2048x1489.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jim Mraz with his sable bull. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/18-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Denny Dennis and Kevin Duggins with an impala ram hunted by Kevin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denny Dennis, Kevin Duggins, Joe Dennis and James Mraz hunted with Big Water Safaris during May 2022. 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