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Yes sir, right place, right time for once in my life, haha! I focused in on it to the point of tunnel vision, as in, short timeframe, rented rifle, study shot placement at night, etc. It all worked out thank God. The more you hunt, the more chances you still have my friend. Cheers

I did see Peter the day before but the one I shot was not Peter. I believe the one I got was named Makata, or something close to that. Peter had bigger tusks but overall body size was smaller than Makata. The day before Nafi and I sat and watched Peter and another bull walk and eat and Nafi...

Thanks brother. I was in disbelief when I got their email about it the opportunity. Even my teenage son told me "thats an opportunity of a lifetime". That just made me double down on pursuing it to make it work out. Cheers

Thank you sir, hopefully not my last elephant either!

Thanks! Yep, no idea how that rifle wound up there but glad it did. It's definitely old school, particularly with that fixed power scope. It did the trick though for sure. Cheers

Thank you sir, yes, worked on that stuff last day in country and now as well. Cheers

That bull would have been there in 2002. They estimated he was 35 years old but taxidermist told me he was more like 40. For sure, those two PH's I mentioned were there, lol!

Yeah, it opened, and then closed again. They are about to open it again this summer. It sounds like a logistical mess in the making. Way more traffic time to the city, etc... It'll probably be in my next year's report, lol! cheers

PART II: Hunting That Friday morning, I finally arrived in camp and met with the outfitter and one of the PH’s. Had I ever hunted big game (as that phrase is used in Africa)? “No” I replied, “I figured I’d start with a bull elephant”. A few smiles. We went over rifles and I left the main area...

PART I: Best Laid Plans Well, this started off as a plan for my hunting buddy and I to hunt Namibia for plains game, for a second year in a row. This would be done in connection with a work trip to Angola which would precede traveling to Namibia. We did this same thing in 2024 (hunt report on...

Thanks sir. Yes he has hunted S. Africa when he was 14, as well as Spain a year later. I am quite proud that for a young man (now 16) he has a few international destinations under his belt, as well Texas hunting. We are hunting black bear in Idaho in June, so obviously looking forward to that. I...

As you have heard, the right bullet in the right place is super important. My son and I each took a Nilgai at the King Ranch last March. My son used a 300WM shooting a 180 grain Barnes TTSX. At less than 100 yards off sticks, it was a head on chest shot, so no exit wound. The nilgai did not even...

As a follow up to this. I entered Namibia on April 2nd and flew out yesterday, April 8th. On arrival, I still had to fill out that paper entry form that everyone does but at the counter where you turn that in I also provided my printed out visa (I had more copies on me too). That did make it go...

The cost to my credit card (direct from the Ministry) was 88.92USD (it showed this was converted from Namib currency, with the amount being charged as N1648.00). Hope that helps