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Ask your outfitter about tipping. He will give you a good idea. If it seems unreasonable, come back here and run it by us. For really good PH I have tipped $500 for the trip and asked if that was satisfactory and he said more than enough. A lot depends on the daily rate. May will be early...

Great photos. The tracks in the sand next to the carcass don't look very big. A hyena or jackal? Photo #2 looks like a shooter.

"While some early, pre-1900, or specific carbine models might be small ring, you should assume an FN Mauser is a large ring action unless it is an 1895 or earlier model. "

I'm not convinced 10.75x68 would not require thinning the rails on an 8mm standard 98 Mauser to feed properly. How many fit in the standard box? Just two?

Recite 100 Hail Marys and you'll be good to go. Next!

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Dolly Parton ... a pair of big ones.

I also don't want anything strapped to my chest. Even in cold weather I need to be able to control ventilation by unzipping layers. If I carry anything it's in a small daypack on my back. No zippers or buttons in the layers back there. I have a belt holster for my binoculars if I decide to...

My two dogs add significantly to the methane pollution inside my house. Very bad inside the vehicle too especially when we're bird hunting in Montana. "Gawd, Ellie! Do you need to wipe yourself? Argh!" I can live with it fine. Just be careful about open flames. :D No pain no gain. Of...

If no powder goes in the shell, the crimp will usually invert ... badly. Then all the shot falls out. Half loads are when a fella can get fooled. Crimp is just tight enough to fool you. Keep an eye on the bottles. And keep them clean enough so you can keep an eye on them.

Interesting. Are the "color phases" of blesbuck natural or artificially cultivated? Golden wildebeest is a natural phase as is saddleback impala.

I remember that horror story. Definitely don't take your wife/girlfriend! I'm the kinda guy who appreciates adventure but that safari had too much of the wrong kind. :D

Last I knew raising bontebuck was highly regulated. Behind fences only and no blesbuck anywhere near them. This is to keep blesbuck from interbreeding which apparently is not uncommon. To restore the species fully requires pure gene pool.

I wouldn't pay the airfare to fly across the street for an impala hunt. Warthog might take a day or two if not baiting them. If baiting or over a waterhole, the "hunt" is an afternoon project. Just for kix why don't you ask for their trophy fees list for all available species and then get...

Exactly. Blesbuck are not very challenging to hunt. It was the very first animal I took and I had to think to myself is this what African hunting amounts to? Shooting oblivious dumb animals from quad sticks? Helen Keller could do this. Fortunately next up were impala and warthog. Very...