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I’m 1,000 % convinced you are on the right track. The meat eater podcast with Ed Ashby changed my life. I have no experience to add on buff hunting, but that’s what I would use. Good luck

I did a lot of bow hunting on my first safari in 2007 and had tremendous luck, it is fun to really sit out in the African wilderness for extended periods of time, the wind changing can clear a waterhole very quickly.

Light rifles are bullshit once you have a big bore, the more you use and carry the 375 the more proficient you will get with it. Why risk ever being undergunned? They also work great on the tiny 10. If you want to keep spending $ you can always get better binoculars

22-250 7 rem mag 375 HH mag

We are looking at doing this for our trip in 2025, curious to hear more on the rifle process as well

I would plan on being proficient out to 300-400 yards, I took some long pokes out to 260 with my 375, I will be going with a 200 yard zero next time. I wouldn’t cut the rifle to run the can, it’s not going to matter if it looks like a flag pole.

I have been underwhelmed with my Leica trinovid Bino purchase for what this is worth. I know it is there lower end but have always bought optics in that class from zeiss and leupold and truly find myself grabbing my vortex more often than not as the handling is superior. Go figure

I wore full length gaiters from cabelas and treated them heavily with Sawyers, I’ve had lyme’s disease and do not want tick bite fever. They do make it easier to stomp through low mountain brush as well

I hope so too, we have plenty of time to work out the kinks, he could’ve scored an entry level blazer for the price.

Good hunting! Can’t wait for the reports

Looking through the scope is impressive, great clarity

The eastern cape, he will be running a can on the end so hopefully the recoil will be manageable

The fact that vortex has the silly bell on the end tells you it’s not intended to be on an action as long as a 375

The detachable magazine is scraping the side of the casing for the shells to the point there’s a noticable groove along the entire side of them, it’s occurring as they get picked up from the clip

I agree! I ain’t getting run over by a murder cow over it

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Fierce 375hh rifle just arrived for my dad for our buff trip next summer. I am looking for feedback on the scope mount, I didn’t pick it, I think it crowds the action too much. I also cycled a few rounds and the action is not that smooth, there is also a very clear shearing effect on the...

I’m actually really encouraged lately… I think Joe Rogan has brought a ton of good attention to hunting and I find a lot of his non-hunting listeners have + attitudes about what it is that we do. Need more celebrity voices like him that don’t care about backlash from the uninformed. The health...

I have never regret a euro mount, I think they are equally cool, I probably end up doing 50/50 across the board. If it is something really wild I usually go shoulder or full body. I think the tiny 10 all look cool as full body mounts. My klipsringer is a show stopper in my trophy room. Most...

This is awesome video - thanks

Good advice!

awesome picture! Looks like a fun hunt

Can’t wait to hear all about it!

Just reading this thread I keep bouncing back between my next safari bringing 1 gun or two. There’s great points to both arguments!

Just kicking around ideas on what is the ideal rifle caliber and scope setup for leopard hunting. Experienced leopard hunters please chime in.

I really want to do this hunt some day- looks like a lot of fun

I want to read this story

I have a hard time enjoying bear and pork meat, primarily due to the parasites that have been mentioned. I used to love eating them but lately I’ve lost my touch.

450/400 for me. Why not

I do not own one but I have handled them at several shows, and read more than I’d care to admit about them. They are arguably the nicest repeating rifles in existence. I think that you will have a ball with that thing on a buff hunt.

200 yard zero is all you need in my opinion, couldn’t imagine dialing with a 375 off sticks in the heat of battle, then dialing it back in case it gets up close and personal, then adjusting the mag. No thanks

I have enjoyed my model 70 safari express, it’s a tremendous value in my opinion.

I would get comfortable walking a couple miles at a time, and even try some incline just for the hell of it. If your knee bugs you, bring a brace.

I’d just bring the 416 and put a bigger scope on it.

If I bother bringing a light rifle on my next safari to complement my 375, it will probably be my 22 mag. I have a bunch of smaller trophies I’ve been dying for. Guineas, primates, and the tiny 10. Would anybody have any experience on best loads for something like that? I usually shoot jhp 40...

I did a pg with my 375 last year with 300 grain Barnes tsx. Shot 5 animals, it has a ton of knockdown power, and even dropped a sable in its tracks. Only thing I’ll change is adding 200 yard zero vs 100

I am on my 3rd ram, the interior, price point, and performance are tough to beat in my opinion, if you test drive one it's over. I tow by 21 foot whaler outrage with no problems, the split tailgate, heads up display, and adaptive cruise control are features that are worth the extra $- and the...

I have no experience bow hunting lion or leopard, but have a little experience hunting black bears, and a ton of experience bow hunting deer. The Ed Ashby meat eater podcast converted me from a decade of mechanicals. I couldn’t imagine using anything other than a fixed broadhead on dangerous game.

Of course you probably won’t NEED a giant knife while hunting the dark continent, but you technically don’t NEED to be there at all anyway… it’s all for fun… my question is if you don’t NEED a blade on a safari, when would you find it important to have one, if ever, besides in the kitchen? I’m...

270 wsm owner here wishing it was just a 270

thanks- this is a fascinating topic to me for some reason

I’m currently in the planning phase of a trip to South Africa for a buffalo hunt in 2025 with my outfitter from this past June in the Eastern Cape. As I research I keep running across terms and scenarios I’m not familiar with around buffalo hunting. What exactly is meant by disease free buffalo...

we considered taking atlanta to capetown to hunt the eastern cape for our next trip down, is that feasible? My travel partner really wants to see capetown, but i feel like it is way out of the way from where we need to be

That’s so funny- small world. It was a long walk to the garage with that thing!

I’m not sure if they were, I think they just wanted me to leave them alone

I bought a print off the wall in the Rigby booth, walked out of the show with it and it proudly hangs in my new office

Could anyone comment on how wild lion populations are doing/trending? Just out of curiosity

We went in June and it was pretty cold! I’d prefer May for my next trip

Don’t take yourselves too seriously, at the end of the day if it were up to the lions they’d rather not be shot at all, they’d also rather have you for lunch than deal with any of these debates. All I know is I want to hunt a lion before I die. I applaud anyone who follows their dreams to the...