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I was told that Wednesday’s attendance was the biggest first day SCI has ever had. And today was busier. Every PH I’ve talked to is having a good show, business-wise.

Yes, I saw that. This does concern as the fellow I know is booked with Northern Operations. I’m certainly going to dig into this deeper. Just my impression but I believe Congo Forest Safaris area in southern Congo May be the best opportunity for DFB.

Congo Forest Safaris has a dedicated dwarf forest buffalo area farther south than where they hunt bongo. They also hunt yellow backed duiker there and I’m told it’s pretty good for both. Northern Operations runs dwarf forest buffalo hunts in Gabon. I ont know how successful they are but an...

My dream safari would be 30-45 days across Tanzania, hunting the Selous, Masailand and western Tanzania all on one long hunt. All the dangerous game we could hunt including 10-12 buffalo. But, that’s the ‘Dream’ hunt. Reality is I’ll end up doing separate hunts in the Selous & Masailand in...

You’re exactly right. I’d use one packet a day but had 3 water bottles that totaled about 75 oz of water for drinking out in the field.

This last bull pictured is a fantastic example of a non-trophy, non-exportable bull. He’s older, temples are somewhat sunken and taking such a bull is a trophy class hunt, regardless of the size of the ivory.

I used Wilderness Athlete ‘Hydrate & Recover’ on my Lord Derby hunt in Cameroon. I took a large PATH aluminum water bottle which I’d mix the electrolyte powder in the night before and put in the refrigerator. By the time I’d open that bottle in late morning it was still nicely cool. I...

The overriding problem was what you called ‘personal restraint’. Poor bullet construction for that task and poor shot placement are nothing compared to complete utter f*cking idiots trying to pull off the STUNT of shooting a grizzly at extreme distance. Jackasses like those have no place...

700 yard shots at a grizzly? WTF? That’s what they get for pulling a ridiculous dumb ass stunt. People like those idiots shouldn’t be hunting at all.

Thanks for posting this, you beat me to it. Big differences in 450 NE and 450/400.

@Shako Badhan Viboko wengi sana na mamba wakubwa sana.

@JGH , you’ve been given good advice already. If taking less than $10,000 out of the USA there is no need to declare it to US Customs (Don’t get cute and take $9,900). The US doesn’t restrict what you take out in cash but has anti-money laundering and trafficking laws that have this $10,000...

Best advice on this entire thread!

That photo of wading the river looks like the Tana River, Tsavo East.

Congratulations, Russ! Really wonderful hunt with great old animals. You chose well in going with the Vannier’s.