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I got the go ahead from the wife to gift myself the following: A 12b Army&Navy "best", built around 1905, 30" barrels, 15" stock, with a strong 5/8" cast-off (that fits my broad frame perfectly.)

Welcome to AH Aleksandar! Please share some pictures and stories of your hunting in Serbia. I've seen some pictures and it is beautiful there :)

Welcome to AH @BEoutwest ! Where are you from in Belgium ? Vlaanderen, Walllonie of Bruxelles?

Colour me very envious! Well done on your own private range!

I’m about a 100p in, and I must admit this book reads like a gold mine of information nuggets on how to mount a successful counterinsurgency campaign.

There is a new thread for 2026: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/who-is-going-to-jagd-hund-dortmund-or-salzburg.98602/#post-1517408 Cheers!

Wow, that is an amazing feet of endurance and strength. Well done @robi, and thanks for having shared this with us.

Current reading material, when on holiday

So the official reason is that Belgium wants sufficient guarantees from other member states that in case of legal action afterwards, the consequences would not only be for Belgium. The real reason: similar to throwing out Russia from the SWIFT banking system, that showed nations that you can...

Great commentator, had not seen him yet. I do find a bit of bright light in the fact that more and more conservative people are daring to speak up, call things by their names and squarely connect the blame for these massacres with Islam fundamentalism. Just 2 years ago, everyone would have been...

You are right, I always forget this, that in the US most houses are built from wood and plaster. Here in Belgium, houses are almost always built with concrete floors and ceilings, and brick walls (even for inside walls).

No need to divulge further if you are not comfortable, but at those numbers, would it not make more sense to have a "walk-in safe". Basically a closet, unused room, ideally without windows, where you replace the interior door with an armoured door?

I wonder if there could also not be a case made by the defense, that not shooting the terrorist when you have a chance to, could also amount to a certain dereliction of (civic) duty to keep harm from happening to others. I suppose a police officer could have shot the terrorist if he had the...

Waidmannsheil @Charlie64 ! Hunting a hippo on land, close up, is a dream hunt for me. Definitely will need to plan one of those.

They do good work though. I think they have just become a bit a victim of their success. There are only two big taxidermists in Bulawayo I believe. Which serves as the hub for most of the western Zimbabwe hunting. One thing is for sure, as I know the real costs and prices of taxidermy, we are...