Recent content by DLSJR

I’m going to Moz in September and Zambia in November, no plans to cancel either one, but I’ll sure as heck be looking for any additional opportunities that may present themselves while I’m there due to someone else cancelling.

Late season leopard hunts are a tough proposition. It’s hot, young of the year have dropped, baits rot fast. Way too many hunters go 3-4-5 times before shooting a leopard and going late is one way to have a difficult time. I’d be very careful in considering ANY late leopard hunt.

I was looking for the Direct Message tab to tell you exactly that. If you’re in economy, the two window seats in row 68 are the best economy seats on the plane. I’ve sat in 68 A or K several times. (y)

@NIGHTHAWK Give serious consideration to an upgrade to Premium Economy, it’s quite a bit more comfortable, better food, small cabin so nicer overall. About double Economy cost but 1/2 of Biz Class. The Emirates SFO to JNB route is a great way to get to Southern Africa. I flew it last May...

Welcome, Garrett! You’re going find this site to be a great resource. Since were fellow Californians let me know if I can ever help you with this stuff.

I have a friend who I’d been trying to go to Africa for at least 25 years but he wasn’t interested. He’s always been a hardcore elk and duck hunter, hunted Alaska and other great game fields. I knew he’d love Africa if he’d just go. But for many years he just said Africa didn’t interest him...

1 - No, 1 hour 25 minutes is probably not enough. It might be but probably not. Why chance it? 2 - great. You need to get permission from the airline in advance to take a gun and ammo, but it’s a straight forward process you do in advance. 3- They’re fine. It’s part of your gun...

I’m flying Emirates to JNB in September. No concerns at all. They’re my preferred airline, along with Qatar. Give serious consideration to premium economy. Better seat, more comfort, food, service and a small cabin for premium economy. Way less expensive than Biz Class, way better than...

Historically, in Zimbabwe a non-trophy bull had to have 22 pounds or less weight ivory per side and was exportable. This meant you typically had to shoot a young bull to stay below the 22 lb restriction. I shot a non-trophy bull on Matetsi 3 back in 1986 and we got lucky. We found a huge...

Based on what you said here, you’re fine. If this is your backup gun for an elephant your solids are only going to be about 1/2” high and that’s not enough to matter. If you can put the bullet within 1/2” of where your want on a side brain shot, you’ll have a very dead elephant. If...

I’ve I’ve recounted before what I’m about to describe, as part of my Cameroon Lord Derby hunt report, but it meshes nicely with what we’re discussing here. I landed in Douala and was taken to the Starland Hotelor some sleep before we were to fly north to Garoua to start outrun Lord Derby...

Personal safety problems like The Lords Resistance Army & Boko Haram.

If you want to reduce the felt recoil of any given rifle, put a foam filled fiberglass stock on it. Brown Precision is my preference but we just put a McMillan on my son’s .375. Those stocks noticeably reduce felt recoil due to the flexing of the stock which dampens recoil.

Stuart, you mean like this… .338 225 grain Bearclaw. Yes it popped his top. But, he didn’t go anywhere!

No. Just NO.