Bill J H welcome aboard a great informative forum, you are good to go with your .308 setup, as suggested practice shooting off sticks. Good luck and look forward to reading your write up. Enjoy
Barnes work well on buffalo, make your 1st shot count, if you do get charged your ph will have solids and barnes still penetrate fine with the petals opening up if your brain shot is marginal with the shank acting like a solid.....
Welcome aboard VolkFra, ask all your questions and youll get plenty of answers from knowledgable people on this forum, remember the only stupid question is the 1 that is not asked....
Depends on what area you are going to in Limpopo, some areas might be close enough to malaria area to warrant taking the meds as a precautionary measure if you say what area or who the outfitter is we can help/ suggest if its needed.
Been in camp with Martin from African Sun Productions, great guy great videographer, TIA are also great, Andy is a laugh a minute and great videographer to.
Giraffe hunting can be exceptionally difficult, with their periscope height and generally being herd animals it can be very challenging to stalk them. But it is a great hunt.
I use reloads for backing up on DG, cycle every reload a couple of times and shoot allot on the range. This gives you practice, familiarity with your rifle and peace of mind with your reloads...
Another thought is to use a big enough calibre that you are comfortable shooting in order to place your 1st shot accurately, the 1st shot is important..
Hi Zach welcome aboard, you at the right place to get info. If i can suggest looking at a post from Tally-Ho hunting safaris about shooting sticks so you can make or get yourself a pair and practice shooting off them as a start. Enjoy
Keep an open mind and be prepared to learn, remember a bad day in the bush beats a great day in the office.... stay positive and everything else that has been written above. The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement, we can never stop learning. Good luck
Its the individual..... Zulu, Shangaan,Zimbabwean, Khoi and San, there are many underrated and excellant trackers and it is unfortunately a dying skill due to modernization and urbanization
Hi harpuaphish, thats a difficult one, it is better to meet your PH and Outfitter in person to see if you going to get on, but saying that most hunters get along just fine.... good luck and enjoy
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