A Kudu has always held a place in the top two of my hunting bucket list. With all my hunting experience confined to bow hunting whitetail deer in the North American Midwest, I assumed I would have to slowly check of my list of North American animals before heading outside the country, but after seeing a Facebook friend post pictures from multiple hunting trips to South Africa, I had to look into this further. He connected me with Beans at Tootabi Valley Safaris. I am not the type of person to normally run off to another continent with a firearm without going with someone else, but it became apparent that if I wanted to get this done, I could not wait on a travel companion. From the start Beans made this trip accessible. He asked details on preferences of game, food, and drink so he could personalize the entire trip. He gave detailed instructions as to transportation, firearm clearance, and paperwork so that the trip went off without a hitch. Once in South Africa, he picked me up from the airport and personally oversaw every aspect of the trip from that moment on. The sheer number of game animals that one can harvest on the Eastern Cape is amazing. He took my wish list and systematically we checked animals off 1-2 per day. He knew exactly where to look and if it wasn’t on his property, he had access to property where it could be found. We were even able to add a last minute wart hog and an unexpected bonus jackal. I never dreamed I could get 9 trophies in a total of 8 days in the field. He also took a day off of hunting to take me on a drive through the Addo Elephant National Park, which in itself was worth the trip. He never let me feel like an ignorant tourist and even though I am a fairly quiet person he and his wife Marcia always made me feel at home and the evening discussions accompanied by amazing food was icing on the cake. There are so many animals in South Africa that I feel I will always feel like I have a reason to return and I will for sure return to Tootabi Valley Safaris and will definitely recommend them to any hunter who wishes to experience this for themselves.