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Day 4 started with gemsbok and impala left on the list, back in the truck for a drive to a likely spot and then out on foot for a stalk through more ankle twisting rocks. I am really surprised I came home with both ankles in good shape after this hunt, but it will always leave me something to...

Day three began with a little different strategy, the other PH in camp (Okert?) said he had seen what appeared to be a good kudu bull in a little different part of the ranch than what we had been hunting so we went that way. After a bit of driving and some glassing from the truck we found the...

looking through binoculars

Day two started off with a great breakfast, yogurt, fruit, cereal, sausage bacon and eggs made to order. After that it was back into the bush to see what we could find stirring around. My PH said that the kudu really liked the "mountains". I live near the Bighorn mountains in Wyoming and...

Ok, so a couple of notes that I left out of the above start. They had just built this rifle range and I was the first lefty to use it, so they had to cut down some bushes so I could see the target from the left hand side of the shooting bench. Speaking of Gilbert and Africa Sky, I think you...

When I flew I went Seattle/Doha/Joberg and mine were checked through all the way to Joberg. Had no troubles. You should have no problems with that layover time, my wife and I had a tight connection coming home, (we were 42 minutes plane to plane) I was a little worried about our luggage...

I am starting to get over the jet lag so will attempt a hunt report. We (my wife and I) scheduled this trip at the 2020 DSC show for late April early May of 2021. When all the COVID-19 stuff started going on and airline ticket prices dropped we took a leap of faith and had Patrick with TWG...

I just returned from RSA flying on Qatar through Doha with my rifles. I used Patrick at Travel with Guns to make my travel arrangements and had no troubles with Qatar. Flights are long but planes are nice and service is great. My pieces of advice I will give are to make sure you check into...

I just returned to the US from South Africa via Doha on Qatar. I would not hesitate to book flights that way in the event you need to. The planes were nice, service was good, and the food was above my expectations for airplane food. The Doha airport is not hard to traverse, signage is in...

My number one summer activity is BBQ, my wife and I run a part time catering/food truck business, hence my avatar. This is the smoker we run most of the time, we do events anywhere from a few to 400 plates with the help of my adult kids and their spouses/significant others. This is our food...

Right handed, but left eye dominant. They discovered it at a scout camp when I was pretty young and I have shot left handed ever since

My wife and I are flying almost these exact same dates. Just waiting to hear from my travel agent about which way to go now since the ATL-JNB is off the books. I hope to hear from him tomorrow, but last time I spoke with him it sounded like QATAR was the next option.

I see some issues with this ban. 1) The article says they are going to allow them to be used for "recreational purposes". How are they going to differentiate between hunting and recreation? Seems to me to be a pretty blurred line at best. 2) The article goes on to say that they are...

Big concern is testing coming back as this am the CDC is mandating all travelers returning or coming to the US be tested 24hr prior to return! This will be a big deal! Unless something has changed and is not posted on CDC's website the requirement for testing is 72hrs prior to boarding your...

My outfitter responded that they had talked to a local doctor, and doing the testing and getting results could be done in no more than 48hrs at a cost of about $55 depending on the exchange rate at that time. Sounds doable

I am a rookie at this Africa travel stuff and am hoping some of the more experienced people on here can calm my fears about this. How difficult is this going to be to get taken care of in RSA. I am hoping to be there the end of middle to end of April so I don't think that this is something...

As long as I can find a way there I hope to be there the last two weeks in April. Just looked and Delta has pushed back the starting dates of there flight from Atl/JNB/Capetown until March 28 and this is the flight I have booked so hopefully they start flying that route then. It is kind of a...

Everybody recovered just fine, wife only had some really mild symptoms and I never had any at all. The hunt was good, did not get anything during my quarantine time, but put some miles on my boots and probably saw some ground I would not have seen had I been working and just had weekends to...

Wife had a positive Covid test, work said i couldn't come in for fourteen days and I have no way to work from home. Lucky for me Wyoming deer season is still open and I have a tag that I was kinda saving for later. Dont know if a better way to spend my quarantine than in places like this...

I am in this same boat, keeping fingers crossed and saying prayers

Ok, so I just looked and it shows it as available when i look at going from Billings to JNB. It has changed to flight 204, but it shows the same flight number for the return trip. I thought I saw somewhere that is was going to be 204 and 205 for the return but that could be just bad memory...

It amazes me how they have nobody to process these, but evidently have no problem finding someone to process the payments they are recieving

Well some good news, my wife's application that hit the system on March 17 is now showing as approved so they are at least making some headway through the backlog

It was for a new passport, but it is still "in process" now. I got mine about 30 days before this and had it in about 4 or 5 weeks

You can check the status of your passport on the web. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html My wife applied for hers just as the COVID stuff was getting started. According to the link above her info was received on March 17 and is still in process. We have a trip planned for April of...

I know you have stated that it is tough to find ammo for 45-70 at a reasonable price, but it you reload it does not take a premium bullet to do in a pig. Here is what happens to a pig head when you hit it with a 350gr round nose bullet out of a 45-70.

This morning marks 365 days until I leave for my first African hunt. I am very excited yet a bit anxious because of all that is going on in the world today. I am not afraid of the Coronavirus itself, more anxious about what it will take to be able to get on an international flight and be able...

I know you have stated that it is tough to find ammo for 45-70 at a reasonable price, but it you reload it does not take a premium bullet to do in a pig. Here is what happens to a pig head when you hit it with a 350gr round nose bullet out of a 45-70.

Natures camouflage at its best.

Thank you, I will remember to resize it next time.

Ok, lots of really neat ideas here, this is my bench. I made it clear span so i could roll end to end with the chairs and it has been modified a couple times to fit different rooms in different houses. I had to put the end table in the middle to get my powder measure/scale off the bench as any...

not sure why this posts this picture upside down, I have tried everything to fix it. If someone can fix it or tell me how I will be glad to do it

Ok, lots of really neat ideas here, this is my bench. I made it clear span so i could roll end to end with the chairs and it has been modified a couple times to fit different rooms in different houses. I had to put the end table in the middle to get my powder measure/scale off the bench as any...

I have used the 140gr in 7MM Rem Mag and 7MM WSM for whitetail, mule deer and pronghorn with excellent results. One shot kills in their tracks and one of the shots on the pronghorn was far from well placed. Have never recovered a bullet all pass through from close range to 300yds+

Cody hunt4life, did you ever get any response from Splitting Image. I too am considering them for Taxidermy work but have read this and somewhere else to beware of the high shipping charges from them.

I am in the midst of planning my first trip to South Africa. I have a set of shooting sticks I would like to take with me as they are what I have been practicing off of. They break down and will fit nicely inside my double rifle case with my rifles, but I am wondering if it will be an issue...

Some of the taxidermy pictures I took while at the show

Rance Safaris, thanks for the opportunity

My wife and I both shoot left handed and when I purchased the rifle that my wife shoots she wanted something to shoot deer and pronghorn with. I went with the 30-06 because it can be loaded down with lighter bullets to .270 like loads and still loaded up in case she ever decides she wants to go...

Wonder what they would say if one showed up dressed as Elmer Fudd and wanted to borrow a shotgun for the picture

ok, everything looks normal to me, you can check and make sure that the piece that i have circled is secure but other than that I don't see anything up with that trigger group.

ok, i think i see your trouble. I took one of my 1100s apart and it appears that there is a piece broke off and missing in your trigger group. I can't tell for sure if it is there in your picture or not. I have broke this before as well and it falls out and you don't know it is missing. hope...