Second Hunt

I finished my second hunt just before I came out here to Chavuma, (read my last post) and that was quite an experience! The hunter came with his wife, a strange American couple in their late 30's and we soon discovered that he doesn't know how to shoot! Well, I am sure he knows how to shoot, he just wouldn't take his time to aim properly and he would miss a ton! He probably shot around 60 rounds of ammunition and only got 9 animal, that averages out to over 6 shots an animal! That was frustrating because I didn't always have time to get the video of it because he was shooting so fast, and then it is also hard to make a good looking video because he took so many shots to kill the animal, it didn't just drop with the first shot.... except for the sable that his wife shot! :) I don't think she will let him live that down! He shot 8 animals and she shot 1, but he only dropped two animals the first shot, neither of which I was able to film! Well we will see how the film turns out, hopefully I will be able to make it look good with cutting clips up and stuff. :) It is incredible seeing all the animals because they are sometimes only feet from the car, and lots of times it's a species that I have never seen before! Hopefully I will be able to show everyone all my videos once I get back!

Today we were able to go over to Lukolwe and see it for a morning. It was strange thinking about my family actually living there at one time, it is really hard to imagine! We went through the house where dad grew up, and they showed me the raised beds where my grandma had her garden; it's hard even now believing that they actually lived there at one time!