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Tragic incident. Prayers to both families.

I realize I should just stop and not finish typing this, but like my wife tells people, "He's not very brite, but he can lift heavy things." And to be open and honest, I stopped reading the comments on page 4, it's a lot of content to digest. As a simple man that just retired from a decent...

My daughter arrives on the 29th from South Africa, she'll probably want to make it back for our second time to this awesome event. If so, we will have her boyfriend with us, so three total. We had a great time last year, looking forward to making it this year if possible.

Thanks Judge. I appreciate the information on your experiences. Looks like I'll be flying TA for the first time. Our oldest daughter just moved to Kimberley, South Africa. She's now working for an outfitter over there, but love is what got the ball rolling. Her boyfriend, who I hunted with a...

Congratulations on a great hunt with Pieter and co.

I'm curious, obviously I'm not in the know, but why is the DSC in Atlanta this year when SCI and Texas Trophy Hunters have teamed up to book the Kay Bailey Center the same week DSC is in Atlanta. I'd call that a "coup" on the part of SCI, sneaking into Dallas and roosting in the living room of DSC.

It's incredible what a good rainfall will do for that land. About two months after I left, they received some good rain and Pieter sent me pictures from that property. The grass was two feet tall, lush and green. You couldn't even see the dirt below. What a dramatic change and one you have...

That's the place near Rehoboth, south of Windhoek. When I was there, the house on site was just beginning to be renovated, so we had to drive about 25 miles each way to our lodging. A minor inconvenience. That first blind has a lot of activity and the burning dung was what saved us on my trip...

That's the place near Rehoboth, south of Windhoek. They had just started work on the renovation of the house when I was there so we had to drive about 25 miles each way to where we were lodging. But I loved that property. Loved sitting at that water hole. Plenty of game at that farm.

I've flown Qatar, Ethiopian, and Delta to Africa with archery gear but I've never flown Turkish Air at all. Currently, Turkish Air has the cheapest flights out of DFW in late October, early November. According to the Turkish Air website, they do allow archery equipment as an oversize bag...

Great trophies, so congratulations. You're hooked now!

I've known Strang for years and finally got to hunt with him last August. He's the real deal. He put a bow hunter on an elephant after I left him. I took a buff with my bow, among a list of other animals. You cannot go wrong when you book a hunt with Strang.

Lee, have a great trip. It's on my wish list to get back over and spend some time with Pieter again. He's a heck of a PH, as you already know, and a great man to spend your hunting time with. Looking forward to the pictures.

Good luck, safe travels, and shoot straight!

Bow was set at 82 lbs, and I was using a GrizzlyStik set up. Arrows weighed 920 grains total, topped with the GS 200 grain Maasai broadhead. Had no issues with penetration or failures of any kind. The bow, the arrows, and the heads performed as intended.

This is why I decided to do my cape buffalo hunt last year at the age of 60 with a bow. I knew my time is fast approaching when the ability to draw a heavy poundage bow may be too much for me and my shoulders. So glad that I went to Zambia with Strang Middleton and got my buff. He's not the...

I've got a Caldwell Precision Chronograph, #720001, that I haven't used in a while. Just used it a couple of times, mainly to check arrow speed out of my bows, but I have used it for rifles as well. I'll do the same deal, $100, shipped to the lower 48. It works like new, nothing wrong with...

Thanks @mdwest for hosting the party. My daughter and I had a great time. We met some new friends and visited with some old friends as well. Much appreciated. dee

Just got home from the show, I will be picking up my daughter here shortly and be on the way. Probably a good thing I'll be out of the house tonight, first stop I made this morning was the Silencer Central booth. They 'forced me' to buy a suppressor. I swear, I was in fear of my life, I had...

My oldest daughter (29) and I would love to attend but it sounds like your house will be bursting at the seams already. We’re local, coming from the Rockwall area.

Just checking on the 2024 get together in Dallas.

Just curios, and this is one of those times it would apply. I know that many of the travel plans include a clause for extraction from an uprising or revolt type situation. If someone, one of your members, were to contact you today if they were in Israel and needed extraction, would you send a...

I'm in Texas, Dallas area now. I've used Trophy Shippers and will again for my two shipments currently in Africa. Speaking with Allan Zarach, the owner, they now have their own storage facility in Houston. With that, I will have Trophy Shippers get my stuff to Houston versus Dallas, but they...

I sent them in inquiry via their website. Looks like it is a ten hour drive once you land in Entebbe, unless you take a charter after that. Helps cut cost if more than one person goes. SO, when are we going to Uganda? :A Thumbs Up:

From my research, there is still some confusion on the exact number of subspecies for Plains zebra, but they all pretty much agree on the following. There are four Species of Zebra. Quagga – which is extinct. Grevy’s which is a standalone sub-species Non-Huntable Kenya and now in Texas...

I've known Strang for 7 or 8 years, but have never hunted with him. This will be my first trip to Zambia. My oldest daughter went to Zambia back in June and spent two weeks hanging out with Strang and his family. She had a great time. Regarding my experiences, I have a PH in Namibia that WILL...

From some brief "GOOGLE" searches, most of the safaris in Uganda offer Burchell's. Which is quite common for people to call any zebra a Burchell's. From the picture galleries, I saw some Burchell's for sure, then one website had what may have been a Selous' that they had marked as a...

Will do, thanks.

In my opinion, they are the smartest, wariest animal that I have ever hunted with a bow. For me, they are the ultimate 'plains game' challenge. Sure, you can get lucky at a waterhole and have them just waltz in like it's the safest place in the world and get a 30 yard shot, but more often than...

Money is number 1 reason. But honestly, I have not researched going there at all, so I'm actually clueless on what it would cost for a hunt there. You've inspired me to at least take a look at the actual cost.

Thanks PeteG, I appreciate the input. Maybe Strang can make something happen, he has a lot of connections. If it doesn't happen this trip, then I'll have a reason to return.

Oh, Uganda, yep, I won't be going there. I can go to my grave without a maneless then. ;)

Way ahead of you, I'll be with Strang for two weeks. He picks me up on the 15th. Once we get my buffalo down, we will turn our attention to Crawshay's. He only has Crawshay's and Burchell's. You can find Grant's, or Boehm's, in a few places in Zambia. Velario doesn't return to Zambia from...

Both, love to eat em, love to hunt them with a bow, and I'd love to take one of each. So far, two Hartmann's, two Burchell's, with some that say one of those is actually a Chapman's.

I know of one PH in Zambia that has Grant's Zebra, but he will be out of the country in August. I am curious who else may have them. I'll be near Livingstone at the end of August and I plan on taking a Crawshay's Zebra after the buffalo is in the salt. I'm thinking, while I'm there, maybe I...

Where was this advice six months ago..:A Thumbs Up: Seriously, that is good advice and it something I should have been doing months ago. We will find out soon enough....the Zambia hunt starts on the 16th....it is about to get real. :oops:

I understand the move due to the overhaul of Kay Bailey's place, but I don't understand the conference they want to hold in the summer. That is right in the middle of the hunting season for the Africa outfitters. It must be a watered down version? Maybe someone with insight can enlighten us...

I enjoy reading the stories of those with more experience than me, which is most everyone on this forum. I depart in two weeks for Africa and I'll be spending the last two weeks of August in Zambia attempting to bring down my first cape buffalo. Call me crazy, but I'll be using a bow, and we...

Train like you hunt, hunt like you train 30 days out, with fixed heads, nothing but broadheads going down range. I leave for Africa in a month, with that in mind, I will be switching to broadheads next week and I have five brand new cores for my broadhead target. I'll carry two bows, with...

He must have modified it so that the head is looking to the left, at a bit of angle, which is what I wanted. And mine has both of the nubs for the front legs. Regardless, I am happy with the end results.

I'm not sure on the form that he used? And I agree on the shoulder angle. When he sent me pictures, I wasn't sure. But now that it's on my wall and I can see it in person, I love it. He captured the pose that I wanted. Here are some more shots, taken with some sunlight coming into the room...

You are more than welcome to use it for yours. I hope it turns out as well as mine has.

I dropped them off with the taxidermists sometime in January? And Brendon is from South Africa where he worked as a taxidermists there, and he pretty much specializes in African animals. He's done all of my mounts thus far. This picture is of my Duiker from 2019 (Namibia) and by Steenbok...

My kudu mount is finished and hanging in the living room. Brendon and his team at Safaris Life Taxidermy in San Antonio did an amazing job. I gave them a short video clip with two screen shots from that video. I told them 'the look' I was going for is at the five second mark in the video...

Had to go with Buffalo and zebra. Have taken two Hartmann's, two Burchell's, and going after a Crawshay's next. Hope to get the Crawshay's on the same trip as the buffalo in August.

I've been through there numerous times, so the getting in and out I'm familiar with. I've never had a problem with the bow case at JNB or Kimberley, often times it comes out in the oversize luggage area and I grab it and go. I was just trying not to haul it on two more flights than I had to...