Photos of game taken with a 45/70.

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The Terminator

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These are some photos taken of game shot with a 45/70. The shooter, known as Mad Dog, is a member of the Marlin forum. He posted these photos for the enjoyment of the members. They are reposted here, with his permission. This man is indeed a hunter. Why don't you sign in Mad Dog, and comment on some of these. :)
Best - Ted

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Black Bear, Idaho

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Hog, Tennessee

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Hog, Texas

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Kudu, RSA, 2008
 
Here are some more.

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Warthog, RSA, 2008

Hope you enjoy them. Everyhing but the bear was taken with a 300 gr. nosler partition


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Blue Wildebeast

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Zebra

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Blesbok

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Gemshok

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Impala
 
I wanted to comment, the size of the game is huge. I had no idea that a wildebeast was so large. Television really doesn't give a good perspecteve, even the zebra and the impala are much larger when a man is shown with them. What about the warthog?
 
Terminator, ya did a nice job posting the pics. I just joined, and this is my 1st. post. I bought the rifle used in 2003. The 1st few years, all I shot were factory loads. I used WW supreme 300 gr. nosler part. on the hogs, and javelina. I used LE factory ammo on the bear, shot in Idaho. About 2 yrs. ago, I started reloading[again]. My good friend reflex264 turned me onto a good load.

300 gr. nosler partition
WW cases
51 gr. H4198
Fed. 210 primer
Lee factory crimp.

MV 1950 fps
ME 2500 aprox.

5 of the african animals were 1 shot DRT, no tracking. The zebra was very tough, and because I didn't hit it right the 1st. time, we had a real "fire fight". I uncorked 5 more shots on it, and the results were 2 hits, 1 miss, and 2 murdered african trees:D

I have a pic of 4 recovered noslers, that I'll post later. These are the only recovered noslers I have ever found in ANY critters.

Now for the pics.....The phs do an excellent job of posing you and the critter, don't get me wrong some of them are big, but a good photographer can do a lot.;)

maddog31751
 
Thank you for joining and letting us know about them maddog. I was thinking of photoshopping my head onto the warthog photo, and showing the guys at work what is in South Ga, just kidding. :D:D

BTW, I am a set of dies away from re-loading. I have the bullets, brass, hmm..no powder for that cartridge. I may start of a little light, nothing on the hoof over 300 lbs around here.

Best - Ted
 
Wow, I'm feeling left out. I'm trying to figure out what I did wrong! With a little one at home, I just cannot hunt like I could years ago. I cannot wait until he is old enough to take on some youth hunts. So MadDog do you have many of those mounted. If so you must have a real big house to put them all in. Well those are wonderful pictures.
 
nope, just a small ranch style with a full basemen[low ceilings], in a small town. The bear was turned into a rug, the african critters are skullplaque/euro mts, and about 4 rugs for the basement. What you do/don't do with taxidermy can make a hunt very expensive.

When yer kid gets old enough, take him! My son[26 now], started hunting with me at age 10. He's my best hunting buddy, and was with me in africa, where he harvested 7 very nice head of plains game, himself.

maddog31751
 
Those are some nice beasts taken. Thanks for the photos. I have got to start saving my pennies to get to Africa.

maddog, did you just hunt plains game? And welcome to TFL.

Get a chance to eat any of the meat from the game taken?

Terminator, judging from the location you post you must be just outside of Atlanta. We're about 170 miles apart if so.
 
Byron, We only hunted plains game. Four of use hunted, me, my son, my best buddy, and his son. We had a 10 day 6 animal package, each. We wound up taking 30 head of plains game, between the four of us. Coulda been more, but.....we ran outta money:D!

We ate game meat probably 7 of the 10 days we were there. Kudu bratts are to kill for. We had eland steaks cooked med. rare the first night in camp, and they were excellent. But my all time favorite was blue wildebeast enchiladas, with chipole and pineapple, YUM!:D

maddog31751
 
maddog, glad to see you ejoyed it over here. those are fantastic animals. any man who shoots a kudu is a man that can hunt. i like the wart-hog, i hunt wart-hog about twice a week and that is of the better sets of teeth i have seen in a long time. where in sa was this hunt?
 
maddog,
That must be your son with the gemshok. Sharing what you like to do with the people that you love is life at its very, very best. My 13 yr old is my very best friend. We love to camp and fish together, with the Boy Scouts. Best - Ted
 
Every pictures my reaction was "I have that rifle!" Now I just have to put it to use on some bigger game one of these years :) Great pictures and belated congrats on all your hunting luck.
 
They've got some funny looking hogs in TN
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I thought I was the only one who noticed that I missed the caption. That is called a Tennessee black bear-hog, brogs for short. Sometimes a bear will get to a hog in heat. You see the result. They are very deadly. ;)

Every pictures my reaction was "I have that rifle!"
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Me too!
 
Some beautiful animals there, will they all be on the wall in the Game room Terminator.
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Don't thank me, thank maddog. He is the one who did all this. He was nice enough to let me repost the photographs, after seeing them at another good gun/hunting forum. The credit is all his.
 
As promised, here is a pic of the only nosler bullets recovered from ANY game shot with the .45-70.

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1 from kudu, 3 from zebra.

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here's a pic of the 4 of us on the last day, with all our critters except the zebra hides. Me, my son, my buddy, and his son. 30 animals in 10 days of hunting.

maddog
 
the size of the game is huge. I had no idea that a wildebeast was so large.
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They're not all that big (compared to an eland, for example). The kudu and gemsbok are much larger than the others shown, about the size of an elk. The impression of size has to do with either the lens on the camera used, or the distance the person is standing behind the animal. You get a better perspective in the bear picture or the zebra picture. In the photos that have the rifle leaning against the animal you can get an idea of dimensions.

Nice kudu, BTW!
 
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