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I know of one PH in Zambia that has Grant's Zebra, but he will be out of the country in August. I am curious who else may have them. I'll be near Livingstone at the end of August and I plan on taking a Crawshay's Zebra after the buffalo is in the salt. I'm thinking, while I'm there, maybe I...

My kudu mount is finished and hanging in the living room. Brendon and his team at Safaris Life Taxidermy in San Antonio did an amazing job. I gave them a short video clip with two screen shots from that video. I told them 'the look' I was going for is at the five second mark in the video...

Just curious if anyone has had to store their luggage at JNB for a couple of days? When I go over in August, I will be in Natal for the first week, then I was heading to Zambia. Now, I got an offer to come back to the Northern Cape to visit some friends there for three days. I am trying to...

It's taken me a while to get to post this hunt report. I departed San Antonio of June 23rd, arrived in Kimberley on June 25th, arrived back in San Antonio on July 8th, and the movers arrived at our house the next day, the 9th, to pack up our house for our move to the Dallas area. We had a week...

I just got back from hunting with 4ACES OUTFITTERS just outside of Kimberley, South Africa. I had a great time and have no complaints, the story and pictures will be coming soon. Adam has an incredible operation there and there were more animals than you could imagine on his properties. He...

Just curious, I have met a few of the board members, but I was wondering if any would be on my flights heading over and returning. I thought maybe others would share their dates and people could meet and introduce yourselves on the layovers? This is titled Delta flights, but it could be for any...

I just saw this article and I'd like input from those that travel more than myself, to help explain this process they are talking about. I noticed it says you must be tested within 24 hours of departure now, versus 72 hours as it was last year. And you can take a home test with you and do it...

Just FYI for those wanting to book flights. I've been monitoring flights to Johannesburg for the past few weeks and Delta, if they had flights, were running around $1600+ from either San Antonio or Houston. Qatar was running about $2600. It looked like United was the new way to go over as...

My daughter and I are heading to Botswana, leaving the house and heading to Houston at midnight, for eleven days of fun and adventure with Choronga Safaris. Plane departs at 0530, going United to Chicago, then Ethiopian the rest of the way. This is an auction hunt we won last January through...

We are flying on Ethiopian Air in two weeks heading to Botswana. We are traveling with bows only, no firearms. We have been told that the officials at the airport in Addis Ababa will ask to see a 4457 form for our bows. I have contacted the Customs office here in San Antonio and they will...

If all goes as planned, my daughter and I will be spending two days in Johannesburg after the Botswana trip in June before returning home. Afton House, Africa Sky, Airport Hotel? I've stayed one night at the airport hotel on the last trip, it was okay, but this time we want to get out and...

We will be traveling with bows on Ethiopian Air in June. The airline states they have no problem with bows, already verified. My question pertains to the layover in Addis Ababa. The US form 4474 is for firearms, but I've heard they may require it for the bows when they inspect the bow cases...

Found this article today, thought I'd share. I don't have a clue about African rifles since we bow hunt over there. https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/guns/top-african-hunting-rifles/

Has anyone heard about any restrictions on leaving the airport in Doha during a layover? Trying to decide if we should plan for a 32 hour layover so the wife can do some shopping and sightseeing, or just take the normal 8 hour layover and not leave the airport. I realize a lot can change...

Just saw this article, thought it was pertinent to this forum. https://www.thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/30/a-new-book-could-be-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-the-trophy-hunting-industry/amp/

Botswana has been one of those places my daughter and I would love to visit and hunt, it's on our 'bucket list' of locations. I know there are a few, maybe many, outfitters in Botswana that cater to bow hunters. Just curious about your experiences there. I'm open to all topics related to...

Zebra, let's see yours After my hunt and realizing how difficult hunting zebra with a bow can be, I've become a big fan of the zebra. So much so that I've been looking into the various species/subspecies found in Africa. While some are very easy to tell apart, there are others that seem too...

Just curious, with all the issues going on, I know a lot of people have had to cancel trips to Africa in the upcoming months. But when do you think things will resume? I realize it all depends on the ability to cure or greatly prevent the spread of the COVID-19, but what are your thoughts on...

Anybody going to the Bismarck Tribune Sports Show this weekend? If you're like me, you've never heard of it. Well, my oldest daughter, Katie, has a some really good friends in South Africa and one of them is a PH and owns his own safari outfit, Senatla Hunting Safaris. His name is Raymond...

How's the hunting in this area, especially in mid-May? Might get lucky and make a trip over for a photo safaris/vacation for my wife. She said I can hunt a day, or two, or three while we are there. Just curious.

Having shot a nice Duiker on my recent hunt in Namibia, I am looking at having my taxidermists do a pedestal mount. Maybe either just on the wall or with a stand. I've been looking through the forums but it's hit or miss on this one. Any one care to post pictures of their Duiker mounts for...

I realize this is nothing new to the veteran hunters that have hunted Africa, but this is a scent control trick I had heard about from these veterans, yet I had never seen it in action, whether here in the states or on my last trip to Namibia. My awesome PH, Pieter Delport, would stop the truck...

I don't know where to begin or how to dissect the trip into manageable sections for reading? I think I'll just start with the basics for now, still too many pictures and videos to edit and go through. As far as editing the pictures, I will tell you up front, when possible, I prefer to edit out...

It was an honor and privilege to have met this man and his wife today. Andre Shoeman is a custom knife maker in South Africa and they made a special trip to my hotel to show me there wares. I purchased all the items shown, well he threw in a couple for free, and thirty minutes after they left I...

Sounds like Air Namibia is in financial trouble? I read one article that said they were probably going to file and this article says they are not. Just thankful right now that I booked with SAA for next months hop from Johannesburg to Windhoek...

I've been wanting to buy, on my next trip to Namibia with a layover in Jo'burg, a handmade/custom knife for myself. The post created by one of our members where he walked us through his process of making his own knives has only fueled that desire. What an awesome talent he has and those are...

I've been going through our video clips from the Namibia trip and thought I'd share this short clip. I call it, "The CECIL affect" Now granted, this lady is probably a very nice lady, someone's wife, mother, possibly grandmother, so I won't resort to calling her names or belittling her for...

Not really a hunting video but it was taken on our hunting trip while we were in Namibia.

Not sure how many young girls have gone to Africa, in this case Namibia, and hunted with a bow? Just returned from our trip and my daughter took a Kudu, Impala, Warthog, and Wildebeest with her Bowtech Eva Shockey. The only one I was able to get on video is the warthog. The others happened...

My desire to harvest a Mt. Zebra with a bow begs me to ask the question. Who would you recommend as a PH that has a track record of successfully putting their clients in a position to take a Mt Zebra with a bow. Not looking for a canned hunt or guarantees, just want to make sure the blinds are...

Six years ago, as a bribe, I asked my youngest daughter what it would take for her to "not" pursue a chance to be on the Peanut Court. That's our local pageant and it's a very expensive and time consuming affair. Our oldest daughter was on the court at that time and between the cost of the...

We're down to 90 days and counting down. Last minute tips, advice, paperwork, etc. from those that have been there, done that? Heading to Namibia with Roy Van De Merwe at Otjandeau Safaris. Flying from Houston to Doha, then into Windhoek flying Qatar Airways. Taking archery gear only, we are...

Ok, newbie inquiring about Qatar Airways. We have put down our deposit for our trip for June of 2018. We will be hunting with Roy van der Merwe and his Otjandaue Safaris in Namibia. We will be flying out of Houston (IAH) and would prefer to fly into Windhoek (WDH) with only one stop. Qatar...

My daughter and I settled on Otjandaue in Namibia for our first African hunt destination. Roy van der Merwe and his family will be our PH and hosts. They are located near Omaruru and from the pictures we've seen, the area looks incredible. We are looking forward to this trip and don't have a...

I've been a member for a while, have been reading and trying to learn from the posts. I'm from Texas, live now just outside of San Antonio. Have two daughters, Katie is 22 and about to graduate from Texas A&M. The youngest, Emily, is about to turn 16 and she is the hunter. She's been...