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This is a great interview with the President of Botswana: https://news.sky.com/the-world-with-yalda-hakim

I really enjoyed reading your report Mark. Thank you again for the advice you gave me the other day. I will be going with Marius in June next year. I hope it goes as well as your hunt. Congratulations!

Magnificent shot. I have to pull and then reload some new .416 Rigby cartridges and replace the projectiles with Woodleigh Hydros. Hunting for a bull elephant next year. My rifle is a scoped Mauser 98E. Sure hope I can do as well. Did you use sticks or freehand?

Thank you Philip

Hi guys. Can anyone tell me the best way to get to Botswana from Australia without transiting in South Africa. I want to avoid the hassle of getting a temporary South African firearms permit just transit to Botswana and later back again through South Africa.

Thank you for sharing Cecil. Great Trophy. I will visit Namibia in a couple of months. Hope I have your luck :-)

Horsehide is potentially easy to get in Australia. Brumbies (wild horses) are a prolific imported pest and landowners are expected to get rid of them; well at least in Victoria. Usually the shot Brumbies are just left for the wild dogs (another introduced pest) to eat. I never new there was a...

I have said a prayer for you. Wishing you a successful outcome and rapid recovery

No, I actually only feel comfortable sharing my hunting experience on this forum @AfricaHunting.com. The moderators have done such a great job protecting our privacy and keeping discussion focused on our mutual passion of hunting and conservation.

Thank you kudukid. I have never been to Namibia though and am really looking forward to visiting.

Agree

I received a most lovely gift from a kind friend which I will enjoy with my brother in Namibia in August :-)