Recent content by DLSJR

Congratulations on getting to experience buffalo hunting, it’s an addiction many of us love, welcome to ‘the club’, so to speak. That said… Your PH was not honest with you about the age of your buffalo. It’s a fairly young bull. It’s not close to 10 years old. BUT, it’s a Cape Buffalo bull...

All my rifles are Model 70’s with Brown Precision fiberglass stocks. All are custom builds around those actions. .338 Win Mag. My Leopard and nearly everything else rifle. It’s a post-64, the only non pre-64 I have. Topped with a Leupold VX5 in 2-10 with Firedot. I’d happily use it on a...

We already knew it was a big, fully mature Tom as we had good trail camera pictures of him feeding a couple days earlier. It’s funny you mention him being a good male, a number og PH’s whom I know have seen that video and the most common comment is “He’s a bloody big leopard” as soon as they...

I was once visiting a friend, Dr. Bill Pritchard, who had vast African hunting experience (60+ safaris from the 1950’s to about 2016 or so) and we were sitting in his study discussing Africa. At one point I asked him what his favorite animal was to hunt. Bill didn’t hesitate and said...

Thank you for your kind words. It actually was a bit different than that short video clip which was shot with Alan’s iPhone, as we have nearly 5 minutes of that Tom feeding before I shot him. That video is just the last minute. Alan Vincent had told the truck to come pick us up at 8:00 and...

I’d pay good money to watch you wrestle a Wolverine bare handed. My money would be on the Wolverine. :E Happy:

47 yard shot from blind. Cat was dead about 20 yards from the tree.

Lots of interesting comments here so far. I’m going to break mine down a bit differently, starting with my favorite 5 that I’ve taken, then the top five for the future. So far, in no order… 1. Big Elk. I’ve done a good amount of elk hunting and was fortunate to take a giant 386” bull with a...

I’ve got the small ‘over the ear’ type, which I bought at Costco. The audiologist did a pretty extensive hearing test and recommended the ones I bought. They were around $1,400-1,500 IIRC. They fit well, are comfortable and have definitely improved my ability to hear better than before.

For me, it would be led by a really good lion, probably from Zambia but the cost is getting so high I probably won’t ever do it. I’ve been fortunate to hunt them twice, in Zimbabwe & Botswana, and would love to do one more lion hunt. A big elephant bull is also on the list and I’ll be doing...

His obituary is quite interesting. I met Art Alpin in July of 1986, on our way to Zimbabwe. We were on the same flight and had a good conversation about dangerous game hunting. If memory serves me, he was taking some of his rifles to Zim Parks & Wildlife for their use. I had no idea about...

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Excellent advice. That’d also be a good lion load (even though I’d prefer a 300 grn over 260 on lion). I like your ‘wrong spot’ comment!

HUNTROMANIA

Glock 17 or 19. Also have a Colt 1911 on my California permit but seldom carry it. I like the 17 the best of the bunch.