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Thanks for the awesome report! Great read (as always). Hope you get back to Africa soon so that we can read more of these stories

Fantastic safari and a great story. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Very much looking forward to the rest of the trip. Sounds like a great adventure

450 grain Woodleigh FMJ will go through a large elephant bull with a lung shot behind the shoulder.

Fantastic safari and even better story telling by you! Thank you for the story.

Congratulations! What a great write up and start for the story. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Congratulations! What a great hunt and experience

I'm not sure if I will ever be able to drool enough during my lifetime to make justice for this rifle

Oh man, I do hope you got good news the following day...

Congratulations on a successful hunt and thanks for the report! The issue with the Brussels airline seems to me the same I had in January 2022 with Air France. So that might not be airline depandant. Seems to be part of the process in Douala airport. It's certainly confusing, frustrating and a...

Amazing story! Happy that you all survived to tell the tale.

JKO Safaris provided good result for me in January 2022. I'd warmly recommend to contact them.

I hunted with JKO Safaris and they handled the paperwork, flights and everything with their partners.

I used Air France flights via Paris this January. Used travel agent to help with all paperwork. No issues to get guns to Cameroon. Import/Export process in Cameroon is a hassle, but with arrival service it can be managed. Local support for importing firearm is a must to get it done. I prefer...

Thank you DieJager!

I sure did https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zimbabwe-leopard-buffalo-with-mbalabala-safaris.40898/

I have the 85 Safari in .416 Rigby. Apel detachable scope mounts and Swarovski Z8i scope. No feeding issues and rifle is very accurate. Frankly if I would have to turn the scope to fix issue, I would much prefer to buy another gun. Luckily mine is working well with the lowest Apel mounts so I...

I hunted Cameroon with JKO and Jacques this year in January. Plenty of Buffalo in the area. We hunted Lord Derby Eland and got a really nice one. Accommodation, arrangements, food and overall experience where really good. JKO's area in Cameroon is huge and should provide plenty of opportunities...

Nice video available in youtube

It's always difficult to guess as we have not been there but I'd say the shot was too high, a bit far back and just behind the left shoulder. That is wrong point of aim when the cat is quartering towards as much as it was. Right point of aim would probably have been just in front of the left...

WOW! That was really nice video with all the emotions that go to hunting. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the report! The good, the bad and the ugly. Very much appreciated. It was a nice read and good that you had a great hunt.

I checked the actual tusk weight from Jacques. The bigger tusk weighted 62lbs and the smaller one was high fifties. Jacques also mentioned that this bull had bigger body than any other bull he has hunted. It was a special bull indeed.

Friday 6.11 We took round 2 with the Gemsbok. Early in the morning there was no wind at all and then the wind picked up and started swirling. We made several stalks but got busted. Gemsbok were really cautious today. Finally we got to a position for a 220 yard shot. The right Gemsbok had it’s...

Thursday 5.11 After good breakfast we go to the shooting lane. I shoot different house rifles and nothing really is to my liking. It’s not that they are bad rifles, but I am not used to them. I’ve always been sensitive to the rifle and borrowing a rifle seems not like a good option. I shoot my...

I have no idea about any specific limits for tusk size, but it was clear that this was extraordinary non-trophy. That being said, trophy hunters would have been unlikely to take this bull as it had both tusks broken. For me it was perfect as it was really old and showed a lot of character.

Tuesday 3.11 Sharing the meat for the people in need is always a great experience. This time was no disappointment. It was also interesting to see how different the meat distribution was in this area compared to the others. Anyway, people were happy and meat made its way to the dinner tables...

Unfortunately I will not share the video. It could be used for wrong purposes by antihunting people and I don't want to take the risk.

Thanks. No replicas made. I have the video and what ever is stored in my memory. From an earlier hunt I have tusks home already. They are 30 lbs. so this non-trophy was actually a better trophy... Funny how things sometimes go.

Waidmannsdank! Even after looking at the video with slow motion I can not tell what went wrong with the first shot. The shot was where I aimed so unfortunately I can not tell what went wrong. It's surprisingly difficult shot. And more difficult than I thought it would be. Maybe I manage to do...

Dissapointment for the first shot is long time gone. It was a nice hunt and we got a really nice old bull. I have zero complaints

Thanks Kevin! I believe the bigger one was 50 lbs. Maybe Jacques remembers if this was the actual weight. Here's a picture anyway

Thank you!

Yes sir! We'll soon find out what Cameroon has in store for us

Please note that some of the pictures were taken by Chris Esterhuizen / Jongosi Media. I would warmly recommend his services should you need a good cameraman, good set of eyes and even better company at camp.

Moose hunting is now behind so time to get back on the Ele story Monday 2.11 Before driving to the Naye Naye border the trackers wanted to check a waterhole some 3 kilometers from the border. There was a trail camera at the waterhole so that would enable us to check what had visited the...