Recent content by DLSJR

The Ballistic Tips will be fine for leopard. They’re not difficult to kill as long as you hit it properly.

Your “One plains game species” question depends on what that one species is. Some, like the Tiny 10, are best hunted with a small caliber rifle, while an Eland should probably be shot with a .30 or bigger even though plenty have been killed with .270’s and 7mms. I’ve shot a .270 for plains...

If you get beyond Masailand, I believe the best value is a 16-day hunt with 21-day license. That combination allows 3-buffalo, hippo, crocodile, LEOPARD and nearly all plains game. This is what I did in the Selous in 2023 when I took my son. He came as a ‘companion hunter’ and we shared my...

Istanbul is a fascinating city with incredible history. I’d plan enough time to truly see it. You won’t be sorry.

Just BOOK IT. They are excellent, really really good. Hakan Ozsala (sp?) and his team are very good guides. I spent 1 1/2 days with Sam Abi and wished my stay was longer. They speak English as good as a born & bred American. Sam knows his way around Istanbul like the back of his hand. When...

We’ve shot a few with a .270 and 150 grain Nosler Partitions and TTSX’s, they died just fine. Also with .300 Winchester and one with my .416 because it is what I had at that moment. None of the ones shot with bigger guns died any deader than with the .270. Next one I shoot will probably be...

If you’re looking for a relatively lower cost plains game hunt in Tanzania, I suggest you contact @Spear Safaris and talk with Ernest Dyason. He takes clients to some of Kilombero North’s areas and he can get fairly creative. He’s also a damn good PH and fun to be with. Just be advised, it’s...

I’ve only hunted Tanzania and Zambia, and am finally hunting Mozambique next year. Tanzania is really fabulous, and I have only hunted 3 areas there; Maswa North (far NW, on western side of Serengeti NP); Mlele in western Tanzania and Madaba, right in the heart of the Selous. Each was unique...

@CBH Australia you asked about minimum caliber so you’re good to go with your 375 H&H. It’s been proven for over 100 years on buffalo everywhere they exist. You’d also be very well served with any of the 416 chamberings. I shoot a Hoffman but if I was getting one today it’d be a 416...

Lots of wonderful, old buffalo! I love the old fellows with very smooth bosses. @Slickshooter , is there anywhere you’d rather hunt buffalo than the Selous? I think it’s buffalo heaven and can’t wait to be back there chasing old Dugga Boys again with my son.

Very old buffalo. Hammond, 5/25

That is a Florida Black Panther. Looks exactly like a mountain Lion,except Jet Black. Regardless of what Florida Game & Fish acknowledges, that is what the pictured cat is. Whoever took the picture is very fortunate. I’d love to see one.

@mark-hunter book a hunt with a top PH in the Selous or Luangwa Valley and make it during the first half of their season before it gets hot and newborn are dropped and you’ll only have to hunt leopards once.

Nowadays, damn near all PH’s use trail cameras to get pictures of whatever cats (Leopard or lion) are hitting the baits. A good PH will position the camera to get good angles on the cat and will know if they’re sitting for a big Tom or not. In other words, they won’t sit if it’s a female or...

The leopard was trotting at a good pace when we first saw him. It’s very unlikely we’d have ever caught up to it on foot. And if we had I’d have been way out of breath. But in the heat of the moment it didn’t matter. We saw the leopard, Cecil yelled to hang on tight and it was a wild ride...