Recent content by philheise

Thanks! I am paying a service to have my permit pre-approved. I was just just curious if I needed to sign for the rifle before leaving the pre-Customs area (I remember having to do this on hunts in 2014 and before).

I will be flying Delta into O.R. Tambo Airport in Johannesburg at the end of June. It has been several years since my last hunt and I have a few questions about the current procedure to claim one's rifle. Do I need to sign for my rifle before going through Customs and heading to the SAPS...

Since my original reply to this post several years ago, I have used Splitting Image twice more. In every case, the work done has been excellent, trophies arrived without issue, and I have received incredible customer service. I won't say that others have not had the experiences they report but...

Does anybody have any recommendations for finding a left-handed rifle in .416 or larger caliber?

I used them on my last hunt. They mounted and packed a full mount warthog, klipspringer and springhare, shoulder mounts of a bushbuck, blue wildebeest, and buffalo as well as a number of backskins and skulls. Quality of taxidermy was excellent, everything arrived in perfect shape, and it was...

At the risk of adding fuel to the fire, I would like to contribute to this thread. I have hunted with Hunt the Sun on two occasions and am returning for a third time next year. I hunted both the Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape properties on both trips. My experiences were in direct...

Here are my rifles with the bolt on the correct (= left!) side. From top to bottom: CZ 550 Safari Magnum in .375 H&H, Savage Model 111 in .300 Win Mag, and Savage Model 10 in .243 Win.

This is a story of self control and marksmanship with an itsy bitsy shooter by a woman against a fierce predator. What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself? The Beretta Jetfire. Here is her story in her own words: While out hiking in Alberta Canada with my boyfriend we were...

Let's all remember our basic anatomy and physiology. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left side. So us lefties are the only ones in our right minds!

Nyala taken in the Eastern Cape, South Africa in May 2012. PH was Mike Birch of Hunt the Sun Safaris. Range was 33 yards.

Chacma baboon taken in the Eastern Cape, South Africa in May 2012. PH was Mike Birch of Hunt the Sun Safaris. Range was 18 yards.

This is from the Hunting Report: Big Changes Coming To Botswana Hunting For 2013 Word has been flying around the internet for almost a year now that Botswana had closed to all hunting. That simply was not true-and still isn't. However, just as we were laying down copy for our May newsletter, we...

First one, then the other!!

There was a paper published in 2008 that analyzed mitochondrial DNA from all 23 of the recognized "ecotypes" (groups shown to be each others closest relatives - not exactly the same as a subspecies). The authors found that bushbucks fall into two very distinct groups which were as different...

Lucky!! But I have to wait until the school semester has finished and I have turned in my grades. So May 11 is about as early as I could possibly leave this year.