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As an aside, have you read The Africa House by Stewart Gore-Browne? He built a huge house called Shiwa and lived among the Bemba and championed their rights (although he was far from perfect in his treatment of his staff.) My grandfather kept a very detailed game book cataloguing hunting across...

Related to hunting/parks and the bush wars I've read and enjoyed: 'Shadows in an African Twighlight by Kevin Thomas who went on to be a PH Ron Thompson's 'Game Rangers at War' about his time as a reservist with a specialist tracking unit Brian Jackson who went on to work for SanParks served...

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My daughter's Godfather gave her a wonderful Patrick Mavros bracelet as he's a friend of the artist. It was our introduction to the range and we visited his shop in Vic Falls and came away with some lovely pieces. I'd count my T.T. Proctor custom made English .375 as a fine thing that gives me...

Had a few but the 3M Peltor Sportac seem to last longer than most

My surgeon told me that so much sound is absorbed around the ear to wear muffs - not in ear protection. For DG I'd want microphones in whatever I wore and muffs are a lot cheaper with them. I carried them in a pouch on my belt and, in the final approach put them on, never had any issues

Good point re holding the fore end on bigger rifles

I have tried the Blaser sticks and guided a couple of people who have used them. The big plus for them is the swivel function on the front end that allows you to 'track' moving animals. The downside would be that they are a bit noisy. I wasn't tempted to switch from my ViperFlex sticks. By...

I'm in the UK so https://deercentral.co.uk/product/viper-flex-styx-elite-2/ elsewhere in Europe https://www.viper-flex.com/ I'm afraid I don't know who stocks them in the US. Evidently Holland Guns used to but looks like they don't anymore

My favourite African hunting author, I have read them all. I think his website came down when he retired. All but one or two of his books are on Amazon Kindle. I bought a Kindle due to weight restrictions for a charter flight in Zim last year and was delighted to find his books on there, I...

Dande North, Zambezi Valley with PH David Mann of CMS, June 2024

Great photos, congratulations on your first highland stag! It might have been the lads' accent but we usually call it the the 'caul' (pronounced cawl) or caul fat in Scotland. It's handy, as you say to mark the beast for collection but also wrapped around a haunch when roasting it bastes it...

In the UK that budget would get you a nice double, even an English made one with spare barrels like this: https://www.guntrader.uk/guns/rifles/lancaster-charles/side-by-side/470-nitro-express/unknown-250402120109015 If you can get someone to export it from the UK to South Africa and then import...

If testes flies, mosquitos and thorns are likely to be an issue where/when you hunt then I'd go for thick cotton When I asked my PH about everything being hot ironed he said 'the guys can read a label'

Which is why I went for Viperflex, they can even go down to prone (bipod style)