{"id":809,"date":"2022-08-01T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=809"},"modified":"2022-08-01T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:17:23","slug":"the-virginians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/01\/the-virginians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virginians."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Father and son team, Jerry and Darryl Nixon from Virginia hunted with us during July 2022. This was Jerry&#8217;s second visit to Big Water Safaris but it was Darryl&#8217;s first hunt in South Africa. Professional hunter: Thinus Steyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-1536x1144.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-2048x1526.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jerry Nixon with his waterbuck bull. This is one of the most underrated African hunting trophies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-1536x1261.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-2-2048x1681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Darryl Nixon with his kudu bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-1536x1144.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/13-2048x1525.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Darryl and Jerry Nixon with a sable bull hunted by Jerry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2375\" height=\"1754\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-2048x1513.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2375px) 100vw, 2375px\" \/><figcaption>Jerry and Darryl with Jerry&#8217;s black 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\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220706_082135-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our wet weather recovery team on their way to recover Jerry&#8217;s black wildebeest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-2048x1455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Darryl Nixon and driver\/tracker, Velaphi, with Darryl&#8217;s blue wildebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-1024x980.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-1024x980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-1536x1469.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/12-2048x1959.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jerry Nixon with a male baboon shot at 600 yards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-1536x1272.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-2-2048x1696.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Darryl Nixon with his gemsbuck (oryx) bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father and son team, Jerry and Darryl Nixon from Virginia hunted with us during July 2022. This was Jerry&#8217;s second visit to Big Water Safaris but it was Darryl&#8217;s first hunt in South Africa. 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\/809"}],"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=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}