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While you mention the 17 and 19 inch barrels I bet it's true potential would come from at least a 36 inch to maybe in the 40s at that burn rate. The modern Kentucky long rifle is back!

I have used 168 grain TTSX in a 30-06 in my T/C Encore for caribou and everything I took with a rifle in Namibia with great success. Most notably to me was a zebra quartering to me at 120 or so yards that broke the front leg and still travelled intact completely to the far side hide. I still...

And this is precisely why I went with a Ruger African in 375 Ruger instead of buying another barrel for my Encore. I have one frame and few different barrels for the Encore but honestly the 30-06 has been on it most of the time since it covers everything I need for plains game. But I still...

I used a Thompson/Center Encore my first two hunts in Namibia using a 30-06 barrel. I didn't need another caliber for what I hunted but if I wanted something else they have 22 LR for small game, and centerfire barrels from 204 Ruger through 35 Whelen to make a set that would easily fit in a...

I have had a VXII on my Thompson/Center for over 10 years and a VX 3i on my Ruger #1 for three or so. Both in 30-06 with no issues concerning recoil. I think they are both 36mm objective lense, but both are clear and brighter than my own eyes in early and late light so the 50 mm you mention...

While I really like walnut, Alaska can have some weather than doesn't appreciate it as much. So when I got a Savage stainless in 7mm-08 I decided to upgrade to plastic stock to laminate instead of walnut. Black laminate with a bubinga (I think) fore end cap, fish scale checkering and cheekpiece...

I suggest the Leupold 2.5-8X VX3i, 36 mm. I have it on my Ruger #1 in 30-06. It suits me well for caribou, moose, and goat this year. Clear and relatively lightweight. I'll admit I've yet to shoot a caribou beyond 260-ish, most under 200, and moose is not a long range thing to me, maybe 200. But...

Very nice. I have similar fish scale on one rifle and really like it. I'd certainly use it for most of the plains game if I owned it. Good luck and good hunting.

@sierraone Check out the posts started, he only has four. You had some discussions with him about a Ruger #1 in 416 back in 2018.

I have a 7mm-08. Nice shooter, drops caribou with ease, and I could shoot it all day long. I just figured you already had a 7mm, so....

You can hunt just about anything with what you already have, so why not go lighter? Will the 6.5x55 Swede work on that bolt face? Or if you want the modern version of it, the 6.5 Creedmoor. Heck, the 243 or a 25-06 are both useful cartridges too.

It's kind of funny how we all go 'round and 'round about boots. Philip Hathaway Capstick was a huge fan of Hi-Tecs, right off the shelf basically, similar to these. My first PH in Namibia used some fairly hard soled work boots and loved them, my last PH in South Africa wore no frills slip on...

I'd be OK with them. Tread doesn't look too hard so it should be reasonably quiet and canvas uppers keep them from being too hot. I'd track down some canvas gaiters to help keep debris out of them. They're a neccessity to me, I have a habit of getting rocks,twigs and seeds in my boot without...

The Remington Core-Lokt is a standard in Alaska. I have kept my eye open for a friend who likes them for moose. That said I have seen lots of 150 and 165 grain in brand new boxes so the brand still exists, but no 220 grain. The 220s are probably still being made but they are definitely a niche...

I can't prove or disprove your thoughts on corruption. I can say I lived in Arizona and I'm not a fan of the point system which I think is more than a little hinky. While not every hunt is a drawing in Alaska, the draw tag system is completely random. I have personally drawn a Dall sheep permit...

Well, at least it's finally out there. Just have to keep our eyes on numbers and this list every two weeks.

Some people

The black wildebeest skull and rug work nicely, though I will get a head mount black wildebeest if I ever go after one again. I find them far more interesting than the blue.

The black wildebeest skull and rug work nicely, though I will get a head mount black wildebeest if I ever go after one again. I find them far more interesting than the blue.

Bongo Nyala Kudu Sable Impala *Let's be honest, I think they're all beautiful*

I've known enough people to kill muskox in Alaska with factory 308, 30-06, 300 Win mag to say the Swiss hunter had some less than optimal shots if it took four. It's not that big of an animal.

All CBP Agriculture inspections are done at the first port of entry. USFWS may do it at a second port. As an example, my first two trips to Namibia were both inspected in Atlanta by CBP Agriculture and then USFWS did their inspections in Anchorage Alaska where I cleared it with Customs. Then my...

Swine skulls do not have to go to a USDA approved taxidermist if they are in a finished mount as long as they were properly cleaned. You can look it up in the USDA Animal Products Manual that's online under trophies. Basically it said something along the lines of clean with no remnants of flesh...

All joking aside, If you can handle it it will certainly do the job. I have a friend who uses one. He and his Father use them for whitetail deer in Kansas on the family farm and he uses it for caribou in Alaska. He has no complaints so I'm sure it would work on plains game.

Well...

I'm a fan of Husqui chainsaws and heard good things of their rifles. If I were right handed or this had a lefty cheek piece instead of right I'd be talking to you right now. Fine job you did.

Two memorable hunts. Trying to get within range of a giraffe is far from easy. Took a average bull on purpose, very edible. That kudu was something to watch, chasing cows.

I kept it simple, enough head and neck to fit on a pedestal in a corner. I was supposed to have a rug too, but the tannery botched it and hair slipped.

My first hunt in Namibia we were all relaxing one evening when the dog started barking at the rocks below the deck. My host, Tim, hit the rocks with a flash light and there was a spitting cobra working its way on by. He dropped the light and headed indoors for the shotgun. By the time he came...

Filled my caribou tag 3 September, about three miles hike off the Denali Highway. Finished processing yesterday.

Well, I have no interest in bison, and moose remains out of my sights for a couple more years. With caribou and goat keeping me busy Ulysses (the Dall sheep) will probably stay where he is.

@Still alive and @GeoffB, from this work I can recommend Relive. Paul and the crew did good work at a reasonable price and packed it well for the trip back. Communications in country when I had them dropped off were immediate and emails from the US were answered within a couple/few days. That is...

Both of my kudu are from my first trips in Namibia in '13 and '16. I did see a fine Eastern Cape kudu taken by another client the day I took my duiker with KMG. I have a report of my hunt in the Eastern Cape with KMG, just look on posts I made. Marius will definitely work hard to get you one if...

I have seen it, by the taxidermist I used in Namibia, Hunters Pride. Honestly not sure they are around anymore. Debated it and decided otherwise. It just didn't work for me, and I have a mix of skulls, heads, and plenty of rugs.

Ok, got the eland up. My friend says it's about the only thing to make my Dall sheep look small, and that isn't right. The sheep may move.

Lastly, the eland is still waiting for a friend to come over to help me lift him center stsge in my living room. Good thing I have scissor trusses.

Then I got the nyala up today. It's a custom job. I wanted to show off it's forelegs and recalled a drawing in a book. Paul worked from there. On a diagonal sort of half body. Came out great IMO.

Then the bush buck and common duiker. Side note, Marius thought the duiker might make book. My novice measurements have it around 4 5/8 to maybe 4 3/4, so it should indeed make Rowland Ward.

Here's how the walls are looking. First, the bush pig.

I liked the work. Standby, working on more pictures

My hunt in August/September of '18 with @KMG Safaris was originally to be completed around a year later by Relive Taxidermy in Port Elizabeth. Paul got a bit backed up and it completed in March this year. Then all shipping got shut down for well known reasons. Now typically shipping to me in...

Colder than a well diggers ass in Alaska

And news from Lufthansa on repatration flights to Germany in September from South Africa.

I tried hunting them in Namibia in 2016 because we were tripping over them on the same place in 2013. I put a fair amount of time into hunting them with a rifle because of how spooky they were and I didn't get one. One big thing I learned is don't hunt them in a drought hit area with little...

Fully finished heads are an easy inspection, so I don't know why it is taking long.

You are currently correct. And this will continue until we get Covid cases down to a level the EU considers acceptable.

Since I work in a Fedex facility I get to know a few things. 2H is the agriculture inspection hold code for CBP Agriculture inspection. CBP Agriculture does the USDA inspections. Same uniform as a CBP officer, different job. Anyway, it will be in a warehouse. How climate controlled is up to the...