Recent content by DLSJR

I’m also 100% on the value of shotgun shooting benefitting one’s offhand rifle shooting. A couple recent examples where it helped were on a buffalo at about 40 yards that was facing me. First shot off sticks into the front of chest. The bull recovered from the impact and turned to run from my...

The Lifesize animal targets are great. They’re not actually life sized, at least the buffalo aren’t, but they’re plenty big enough. I really enjoy shooting the buffalo target before going buffalo hunting.

@cferrieri connect with Scott Limmer, who is a member here. He goes by @Scott CWO He guides hunters on the Alaska Peninsula and you can communicate directly with him about how difficult that hunt is, or isn’t. He’s a very experienced outfitter and Bear guide, good guy all around.

Congratulations on a wonderful safari! You enjoyed one heck of a great hunt, especially for that buffalo! Your story telling reminded me of a similar experience I had with a buffalo in The Selous a couple years ago, those memories will live with you forever. I hope you and your wife...

One load for my .375 H&H. 300 grain bullet, 70.0 grains of RL15, Federal 215 primer and 2,550 fps. That’s the only load I shoot in my .375 H&H. The only variable is which bullet, among Bear Claw, TSX, A-Frame, Nosler Partition and Cutting Edge Safari Solid. They all group together so no...

I’ve only shot 2 elephant bulls, the first with .458 Winchester and second with .470 NE. Each performed very well, though the 500 grain Hornady solid on first elephant did not. It was bent with the rear end flattened. But, we did dig it out of a dead elephant! I’m keen to do another...

I may be coming at this with a bit different perspective since I hunt with both a .375 H&H and a .416 Hoffman AND I’ve had major shoulder surgery on my shooting shoulder for a torn rotator cuff. A Labrum tear is nothing to take lightly and I’d stay away from the .416 until you get it fixed...

My daughter and her then boyfriend (now husband) climbed Kilimanjaro on a private climb for just the two of them in 2023. I arranged the climb through Tom Dames of the Original Ker & Downey Safaris. It was planned superbly, without a single glitch. Tom is a 2nd generation partner in Ker &...

That’s a lot more boot than you need and as others have mentioned they’ll be noisy. Light weight hiking boots are fine but my favorite footwear for prett much everywhere I’ve hunted in Africa is the Palladium Pampa boot. It’s canvas, so light weight, cool and dries fast. A relatively soft...

I typically wear shorts on safari, but not always. When it’s chilly I wear long pants. I’ve got two African hunts this year, September in Mozambique and November in Zambia. Since it’ll be warm to hot and I’ll likely be getting wet it’ll just be shorts for sure, but I’ll still have a pair of...

I’m a banker. I wonder if I can write my own letter? ;)

I’m going to Moz in September. I’ll be damned if I’m giving them any financial information to enter their country. Not gonna happen.

The first time I got a good friend, who was a long time turkey hunting partner of mine, to go archery elk hunting he asked me what it was going to be like. I told him it was a lot like spring turkey hunting, except with 800 pound Tom’s.

If you fly Qatar, Turkish or Emirates you’ll have no problems with your guns showing up with you at your destination.

Neither is a preferred cartridge for an elk or moose. Period. End of discussion.