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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...

I have a pair of Courteney safaris that I purchased new of a Belgian Vendor. I quite liked them, although the toe box wasn’t high enough for me. On the Safari that I wore them, I took a bull elephant and had Courteney’s make a pair of safari’s out of the hide, with the specification of a...

They did get my ele stuff out to me within about 1-1.5 years, as my CITES import license was about to expire. Made it with one month left on the clock, and was possibly the last guy in Belgium to have imported fully legally ele taxidermy. That window has now completely closed.

I still have all my PG taxidermy from my NOV22 Safari sitting at Colletts. Fingers crossed 2026 will be the year.

I think I’ll take that over Islam fundamentalism