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Where do you get a copy of this form? I went here but see no sign of it. Qatar Airways Forms

I really like the look of the bush there. Especially that there are more trees there than where I've been in S.A. and Namibia and that it is hilly without being rocky. Did you choose a tuskless just because of the money factor? I will have to be making the decision of whether to go after cow...

A great hunt! You are a good shot, too. Like you, I lost track of the days. How many hunting days did you have?

It would be interesting to know the background story on this. It looks like they walked up very close to multiple lions, although the camera may be distorting things. Also, why was this being filmed? That would be pretty unusual for the 1950s.

Following trackers and Dave Freeburn on rhino tracks:

Sable bull at waterhole next to lodge:

Shot at roan: Follow-up stalk and shot:

Shot at first kudu:

My crawling stalk on a buffalo bull:

Some videos:

My crawling stalk on a Cape buffalo bull

Rhino Tracks

You can also see some nyala cows flee when they get alarmed at the bull's alarm.

Oops, sorry, this was DAN, not Dave.

As for the Kudu horn lengths, Buck Wild nailed them. The first was 51 1/2" and the second was 49".

Hi Stuart. Would you believe I've watched Rugby on YouTube since I have been back? Well, okay, I watched about 5 minutes of one game but I plan on watching more when things have settled down here.

Hi Jerome! Is this valid anymore? I was able to upload my photos directly into my post. Rob

Ah! My neighbor!

Oh, I forgot to mention that Dave Freeburn has some huge, healthy buffalo bulls on his place. They were full of piss and vinegar too. But they won't be an easy hunt.

Some random photos I may have already posted. .300 180 grain TTSX from the roan, The .416 400 DGX from the rhino.

The last day, since my flight out of JNB was at 9 PM, I was offered a chance at blesbuck but I was done. Thirteen days hunting is a long time. Ironically, on the trip back we stopped at a restaurant, driving range, and "mashie course" and their "thing" was a herd of blesbuck.

So, down to the final day, the wind had finally dropped off and things looked encouraging. We decided to head over to the property where I had shot the rhino. There were a number of small family groups of waterbuck there and after two unsuccessful stalks we made good. This shot was at 35 meters.

That night we met Dave's next client. Again, I didn't catch a last name. He was just Dave to me and was from Athens, Georgia. He was also in for a rhino. He said he posted occasionally here so maybe he'll chime in.

The next day the weather was still crappy, but getting better. We rode around some, went to the back of the property and looked across at Botswana, and came across a juvenile zebra in distress. Karl said he had seen its herd exclude it a couple of days later. Now it had made its way to water...

By late afternoon, however, I was ready for a little ride-around. We did that and saw some nice buffalo but called it a day, hoping for better weather the next day.

The next morning was overcast and even windier. The winds were making a racket even inside the heavy masonry building I was sleeping in. I got up early and announced to everyone we should just take the day off. I was getting tired of hunting, was homesick, and really didn't think we had much...

The next morning, we headed out to the third property, Atherstone, which is about 30 minutes away. It's about 54,000 acres. This is where the bush was 8 feet tall and thick. We saw a few animals, including elephant but I thought the chances of getting anything were slim. Also gusting winds...

Okay, I didn't get one photo of Dave, on the left, here.

He measured 10.5 inches rear horn and 22 3/4 front horn.

Shooting a rhino in RSA requires paperwork and also requires a game biologist on scene to drill into the horns and take a DNA sample. They weren't with us so our group had to walk back out and meet them (there were two) and take them back to the rhino. This we did and the rhino was standing...

The very next morning we went after the rhino. This was on the property of about 3000 acres where Dave and Jocelyn were staying. Dave, Reinhardt and I took one bakkie and drove around while Karl, and the two Johns took the other. The soil type had changed here and was a black clay, and since...

Looking through my photos I'm embarrassed to see I never took photos of Dave or Karl. I just have them on video. I'll have to see if I can upload those. The room I was assigned didn't have a/c or heat. It was turning colder and I was given 3 very warm blankets to sleep under and my sinuses...

Reinhardt.