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My daughter was a bit older, but her 7x57 (same ballistics as your 7-08) managed just fine for her. I think it will be a good choice. Here are a couple pics that I can find. We had loaded Barnes 150 TSX and they worked good. Looking back I would probably go even lighter with the mono's if I...

I can give you some back story on these CRF guns out of the custom shop..... In 1989, Winchester was getting ready to bring back the "pre 64" action and they did it by taking orders through their custom shop to start with. I called and talked to Bruno Pardee, then the head of the custom shop...

My Daughter used a 7x57 for Blue Wildebeest, Mt. Zebra, couple of Oryx, Springbok, Steenbuck, and Jackal. All with handloaded Barnes 150 gr TSX. It worked great, but she is a way better shot than most and doesn't let excitement push her into taking a marginal shot. That is key with any round...

Yes, if you do not have time for a trip to the coast as machinistbutler says, then an evening meal at Joe‘s Beer House can be a lot of fun. Great place to people watch as the evening progresses.

As others have said here, not sure what you are after your first time there, but give Peter Hinterholzer, at Erongo Lodge a look. He is up in the middle of the Erongo crater. Great country for game and scenery both. It is also still wild country where you could actually bump into a free...

As I scrolled through all these posts I was really surprised that the 22 Hornet came up so many times here on our African forum where you would think the big bores rule. Although I have to admit that the Hornet has probably become my favorite round to load and shoot out of 40+ different...

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I had a straight 4x Leupold on mine for years (as in my avatar pic) because after spending every dime I could save to get the rifle, it not only was all I could afford, but about all I could find that fit easily. I have recently changed it to a VX5 HD 2-10 FireDot and just LOVE it!

I am working at sea right now, but when I get home in a few weeks I will dig around and see if I can find any titles I am willing to let go of. I have been collecting for 40 years, so I am always upgrading editions with better ones, etc. I usually gift the less desirable editions to friends...

Ahhhh books.....nothing better to whet the hunters' appetite....Yes, eBay and Abebooks are good places to start, as is Safari Press and Trophy Room Books.....Most of these came from antique book stores that almost every village in England and Wales used to have - days before the internet ruined...

I have had taxidermy done and left there for my friends' lodge to enjoy the next time I visit. First it is way inexpensive to have done, and then not having to pay for crating, shipping, customs brokerage and shipping again, it becomes a pleasure to do. I also have always done the cartridge...

That is interesting....I would have thought that with earth rotation taken into account the flight paths would have been opposite on those 2 legs, but maybe my thinking is backwards....Well, just having something planned is a great feeling, so it's all good.

Yes, I agree, Great read. Thank you.

My daughter and I just booked on Qatar, leaving Boise to JNB, July 28th returning August 12th. For $1660 each I felt it was a good value right now. Especially out of Boise, as that always adds cost when you leave from a minor city. Our return is back through DFW, but outbound is via Seattle...

Yes, an "Embassy Letter" is also unknown to me??

Okay, now instead of starting a new thread, what insurance do you guys use? I have always used TravelEx and like it, but I want to know if there is something out there that has great coverage should we get ill with the China virus and get trapped or need more medical care than just stitches at...

Yes, I reached out to them and received a similar response - below. In the end, the Delta flight was not showing up for reservations anyway so I just booked on Qatar. My daughter spent a deployment just outside of Doha at Al Udeid Air Base so it will be interesting for me to get eyes on the...

Thank you. Good to know, but no firearms this time for us for a change, so baggage is no issue. I HATE not having my own gear, but there is enough other hassle this year and we have a weeks other travel planned that will be easier without the guns.

The above sentiment is kind of what we are feeling also, but wanted to get a pulse on the subject. I just look at the ability to have only 2 flights, Boise - ATL - JNB and done in 24 hours, and I like it. Plus we are going to depart from Cape Town, so it would only be 2 flights back to Boise in...

I see that now that I look into it further. I see they are taking bookings on it in about the second week of July. SO has anyone booked on it yet? Is there any faith in it, is what I guess I am asking our fellow enthusiast on here?

Just wondering if anyone has booked or flown Delta's ATL-JNB-CPT-ATL route lately?

I am about to book airline tickets to do this same thing for a couple of weeks with my daughter in late July. I was wondering how hard it would be to get a test before we return, so this is good information. How long after you had that test did you have the results? That is the real question...

Elephant meat distributed to farms News - National | 2021-04-28Page no: 3 by Arlana Shikongo HUNTED ... The elephant which was declared a problem animal pictured on a farm close to B2Gold's Otjikoto Nature Reserve on Friday. Photo: Contributed THE meat of a 'problem' elephant that was...

Thanks, if I have to I will split them....just don't want to make 2 shipments....

I have finished some load development and now have the following for sale..... Some of these are getting hard to find now - like everything else! 80 Barnes TSX in 500 gr. in new unopened boxes. 20 Barnes TSX in 450 gr. in new unopened box. 98 Hornady DGX in 480 gr. One box unopened, the...

Not really surprising although I did have our L.V. timeshare booked for this time frame. Was going to wait till after Thanksgiving to decide whether we would go or not. I can't imagine they had a lot of outfitter bookings after a whole season has slipped by where most of these guys have had zero...

Thanks for this post and info. I had to go back to read the title of this thread - "COVID-19 Coronavirus UPDATES, BANS, CLOSURES, ADVISORY, etc." - Good to see posts that are back on track about travel. I suppose with so little hunting available we all have to vent somewhere and somehow...

Give a shout out to Peter, at Erongo Lodge and go up into one of the last great wild places to hunt without all the high cost of the big outfits. I hate to even mention him on here as he is like a best kept secret. Free range, with no high fences, no high prices, no 5 star digs either, just a...

Got this yesterday from a friend of mine that is a PH in Namibia when I inquired about how it was going. I think this sums it up well.... Nothing good. Went back to stage 3. All a pain.

I always insure my trips with TravelEx, and I always buy their "Cancel For No Reason" rider. It is a couple hundred bucks to add the rider on about a $5,000 insured trip, and if you use it, it pays you back 75% of what you insured. All you have to do is cancel at least 48 hours prior to your...

Not that Air Namibia was the most reliable carrier, but I hate to see them, or any airline fail right now. This is kind of expected but still sad to see.... THE Transportation Commission of Namibia has suspended Air Namibia's Scheduled Air Services Licence, citing the national carrier's...

We were lucky.....we got our shipment on February 26th right before things got crazy.....my friend seen here opening his crate....always a fun time digging for the treasure....hope you get yours soon!

I must have been typing my question up above here when you were posting. I see that this is true, they are going to do the tag leg into CPT on the return leg.

I am wondering if Delta's old Flt 200/201 route is going to add the Capetown tag leg on the return like they have talked about..... https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-cape-town-bookable/

I also found this today......Tell me it isn't confusing......

I sent this to my friend Peter in Namibia, as he is also a NAPHA member and PH there. His reply back to me was short....... "This is true, let's see what else they are coming up with."

Good groups for off sticks!!! I had similar groups for years in my M70 .375, (off bags mind you) until I finally tried Barnes TSX bullets......now the holes all touch each other when I am off bags at 100 yards. Amazing difference. They were the first bullet that I saw such an amazing...

I watched my father-in-law shoot his 460 Weatherby once in the mid 1980's. He only got it out cause some of us "kids" asked him to all shoot it. I watched him fire that first shot very carefully as I did not want to look like a rube when it came my turn. It came back way faster in recoil than...

Great read! I wonder what ever happened to Beverly. She would be 98 now if still on Tembo's trail!

I foresee seats on flights for 2021 becoming scarce by the end of this year. An awful lot of people that were planning to go this year are going to want to go in 2021. Then you are going to have the normal 2021 group that goes every other year or every third year - as their budgets can allow...

I personally like 3+ weeks. I mean you loose 3-4 days getting there and back. I do not need or want to hunt for the whole time I am there, but having a way to leave the guns and pick up a rental or borrowed vehicle and spend a week or so out exploring is always high on my list. Whether the...

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I always insure my trips with TravelEx, and I always buy their "Cancel For No Reason" rider. It is a couple hundred bucks to add the rider on about a $5,000 insured trip, and if you have to use it, it pays you back 75% of what you insured. This is on top of the regular trip cancellation and...

I always insure my trips with TravelEx, and I always buy their "Cancel For No Reason" rider. It is a couple hundred bucks to add the rider on about a $5,000 insured trip, and if you use it it pays you back 75% of what you insured. This is on top of the regular trip cancellation and...

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