Recent content by DLSJR

I was fortunate to take a Red Lechwe in Botswana’s Linyanti Swamps in 1989. It was about a 400 yard shot and facing straight away from us with a 300 Winchester. I make a perfect ‘Texas Heart Shot’ and it was bang-Flop. In 2018 I took a good 30” Kafue Lechwe on private land in Zambia, near...

I’m not sure if you’re ignorant or just cynical. Or perhaps you only hunt South Africa. There are plenty of places where Buffalo are hunted that have no fences or containment holding them in. I’ve hunted buffalo in a number of places where nothing contained or limited any wildlife, not...

I typically take my .338 Winchester and .416 Hoffman and find them to be a great combo for anything I may encounter. However, I also really like my .375 H&H every bit as much as either of the others. Leaving the .338 off your poll is a major omission. You’d be surprised at how often it is...

Welcome to our community, I think you’ll find it to be a friendly place where you can share ideas and experience. Your pictures reminded me of a wonderful week I spent deer stalking in the highlands many years ago. I was fortunate to spend 2 days on Airlie, which borders Balmoral. But the...

And when I hunted Brown Bears on Kodiak, my guide for part of the hunt carried a 300 Winchester as his backup gun. The guide for the last part of my hunt carried a 30-06. Go figure.

I’m sorry to read of your wife’s relapse. You’re both in my thoughts for her to beat this. You did the right thing.

You can probably start your 8 year old now or in the next couple years.

I really enjoy hunting 2x1 with my son, but also a few special friends. That often means I’m not going to shoot anything, but I’m fine with that as I get to watch them hunt. The last time I took my son to Africa, we hunted Madaba right in the center of the Selous Game Reserve. He was right...

You explained the points game pretty well. I’ve been building points for many years in most of the western states that I want to hunt. Every bit as importantly, I started building points for my son, who is now 38. He’s drawn some great tags, especially in Arizona where he’s drawn 2 great...

How about these bulls? Would they do?

She does her hunts from Robin Hurts camps, but they’re a lot more walking than typical safaris. She sounds like a true hunter purist. I have little doubt she could organize a fly camp walking hunt across one of Robin Hurts blocks.

Timely poll for me as I’ll be talking with Parkwest at SCI about building me a Model 10, using a great 2-piece blank I’ve had for about 40 years. I’d already decided on having it built in 7x57, which they told me is the cartridge selected more than any other for Model 10 builds.

I’ve had fantastic results using 225 grain Barnes TTSX’s and Trophy Bonded Bearclaws in my 338. It’s a great cartridge for any & all plains game, as well as lion or leopard. Don’t overthink it. Just shoot quality bullets and enjoy an incredible hunt wry your 338.

There is no sport hunting that I’m aware of taking place on Malilangwe. It is a large private reserve owned by Paul Tudor Jones that lies along the northern border of Gonarezhou. They did some work with the park, getting some huge buffalo from the park to use for breeding. I was agreeing with...

And Nhoro just described exactly where I’d be looking. There were reportedly some exceptional buffalo moved to Malilangwe for breeding, both bulls & cows. Also some of the Tanzania areas, especially around Tarangire but there are other great places in TZ as well.