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On a serious note, good luck to your wife on her surgery!

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My Kimber Mountain Ascent in .308 with a Swarovski Z5i scope and Scythe-TI suppressor weighs 6lbs 5oz. The Mountain Ascent came with a 22" barrel, I used it that way for years. This year when I saw Weatherby's Capra .308 model sporting a 17" barrel, I decided to have this barrel cut down to...

I pray pretty frequently on a safari that I don't see a snake of any kind. Over the trips I've made I have seen 7 or 8 poisonous snakes, and I never saw a PH kill one.

These are awesome guns! Mine shoots 1/2” groups using Federal and Norma factory ammo all day long!

Maybe others will say differently, but I’m pretty sure that’s a No No!! Whoever is checking the gun will have to have the ammo in their bag.

Brilliantly written post!! As an aside, it would be interesting to know how many hunters have actually had anyone in the SAPS office ever ask them to show them their ammo on arrival.

My others would be my Kimber Talkeetna, that is the rifle I hunt with, my Dad’s Winchester 70 that I inherited and will keep. I would sell my brand new Mauser 98, Dos Original model that, only 50 were made, I see one listed on Gordy & Howe for 14,500, I’d sell mine for 13,200 and a person...

Just being curious, are you doing a management hunt for tons of animals that would require 3 boxes of 9.3x62 ammo? If not, perhaps pack 2 boxes of your 9.3x62 and 1 box of .30.06?

Yes, I did in fact draw a tag! It generally takes 4-5 years to draw a tag.

Waterbuck wasn’t on the management list, but Justin made a call one day, I had no idea what it was about, he came back to the cruiser and asked if I would shoot a waterbuck for a particular price, and I said ‘yes’. After shooting this waterbuck, and noticing the mass and the large amount of...

I am sitting here impatiently waiting for Maryland DNR to post the winners of this year's Black Bear drawing. They are to announce the winners sometime today.

Last September, about 2 hours into the flight from JNB to Newark, then layover and flight to Pittsburgh, I developed some sort of stomach/bowel issue. I was able to make it about an hour from the Pittsburgh airport before I had to find a hotel and spent 22 hours there sick as a dog. Upon...

I recently completed a 4 day management hunt with Justin Kemp, owner of Africa Sun Safari. My hunt was taken out of his main hunting area, which was a 45 minute ride west of Thabazimbi. Last winter when Justin was in hometown to meet a friend of mine, I met Justin and we had dinner, we...

I will reduce this to 2150.00! The action on this rifle is as smooth as any rifle I've ever held. Owning four .375H&H's, one has to go.

Just last night I flew home from South Africa, through Dulles Airport. When my name was called, the Border Patrol lady asked me to place my gun case on the table and said the following, 'unlock your case, do not open it, step back from the table'. I did as instructed, she and a fellow officer...

Ditto what @45-70guy said, Barnes will work great! Moose properly hit, aren't going anywhere.

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I have booked through Gracy Travel a number of times. I originally booked my upcoming hunt through Hannah, some months later I got a call from Nicole saying she had taken over Hannah’s accounts. When I saw yesterday that Nicole had also left, I emailed and simply asked, who has taken over my...

She was a real national treasure!!

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I have thoroughly enjoyed your hunt report, job well done! These reports help this entire community!

@MShort, I checked the ammo that I got with my rifle; all Double Tap loaded ammo 300 grain, 2700fps 350 grain, 2550fps 400grain, 2375fps I've only shot the 350 grain ammo. My rifle with Trijicon red dot weighs just 8lbs 1oz, it's a bit of a thumper.

That’s a good looking rig, I really like the stock. I recently purchased a 416 Taylor, it came with loaded ammo, Barnes 350 grain TSX, I looked at the box earlier today, and I’d swear the box said 2550 fps. I’ll try to get back out to my cabin tomorrow and check that.

I also put a bug net in my pocket in case the mopane flies get too bad. This is more for sitting around in the bush during the lunch break or if you get an animal and have to stand around a little while.

When you decided to go to Africa, you went top shelf, good for you!! Seeing wild Africa is such a special experience!! Amanzi Lodge was also a great choice!!

My first African animal, taken way back in 1988, was a Cape buffalo, I don’t have a picture of it on my phone so I’m posting a picture of the leopard I took on the same hunt. I was fortunate to have taken this leopard after sitting just 45 minutes on my very first night sitting in a leopard...

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As @coreydb mentioned, contacting auction houses would be a good start. My brother sold off my Dad's collection 3 years ago, last year I sold about 1/3 of my mounts. The auction house I used charged me 20% of the sales price and 200.00 to come collect the animals I was selling. Mounted...

You To answer your questions, it partly depends on where one will be hunting. Hunting South Africa, kudu and bushbuck are really hard to beat, other species like blesbuck and sable, well, they're more of a 'let's go shoot one' kind of animal. If I were hunting Zimbabwe, then I'd put sable...

I hunted with Wik in 2022, a buddy went along with me. Since he was on his first safari, and getting lots of things mounted, I went ahead and had 4 small mounts done. Our experience with Lauriston was nothing short of professional, things came timely, I would definitely recommend them to...

In large part you're splitting hairs trying to decide which of these two calibers to take to Africa. As someone who shoots factory ammo, I appreciate being able to use higher weight bullets in the .308 than I can find in the 7mm-08. On my last PG hunt I took an eland at 75 yards using my .308...

Now that's a beauty!!! Crazy awesome looking!!!

This is a bit off topic but I really recommend everyone use AirTags or something of the sort when traveling. Last year when I was flying from Harare to JNB on to IAD, when I arrived back to JNB I was told my rifle did not make the flight down from Harare. I pulled out my phone, showed the guy...

LOP, weight, barrel length, round count, any other information you can give?

On one of my trips to Zimbabwe my gun arrived on the same plane I was on, my luggage arrived 9 days later. On one of my trips to the rain forest my luggage and gun made it, I saw my luggage bag and rifle case being put on the air charter into the rain forest, I then saw them both being taken...

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If he hunts both countries there’s no need for a coin flip!

I hope you have safe travels and make lots of new memories! Any particular animal that you most want to get?

What airline will you be flying?

I agree, Lonnie is top notch, he has a wealth of knowledge. I have also had ammo loaded by Safari Arms and Hendershots.

Welcome! Glad to have you here! Lots of great outfitters on this forum that offer cull and management hunts!

I’ve had the yellow fever shot 2 times, once when I was 36, the other at 61, I’ve had no ill effects, however, that doesn’t mean it’s safe for you. Unless you’re going to Cameroon I wouldn’t give it any more thought, that’s the only reason I took it. I will add this, when I flew through...