Big Game Shooting 



stands a little way off, so that one can pick out 

 another buck if necessary. 



This species, zebra, and Coke's hartebeest 

 might almost be said to have a hard fight for it 

 as to which is the most common. Their saving 

 clause, when mentioned with the above, is that 

 they do not do "sentry go," and do not give such 

 a fearful signal for retreat when they bolt as do 

 the other two species. 



They swarm round Kilimanjaro to the Athi 

 Plains and right away to, I suppose, Baringo as 

 well as Laikipia, and over the Guaso Nyiro, and 

 I am sure further north. 



From my experience, one gets a much bigger 

 head in the south round Kilimanjaro than one 

 does north on the Guaso Nyiro. Twenty-three 

 inches was my best in a month's shoot on 

 Laikipia, whilst I managed to bag a beautiful 

 buck 30^- inches under Kilimanjaro. 



Twenty-eight inches is a nice head, and the 

 bigger spread the better. 



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