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  1. Wade J VanGinkel

    Politics

    I see self check outs brought up frequently in discussions. And supposed loss of jobs. Obviously I can't speak of the entire country but I've worked in grocery stores most of my life. 37 years. If it wasn't for the self check outs you'd have even emptier shelves. Nobody lost thier job...
  2. Wade J VanGinkel

    TAG SAFARI For Authentic Safari Clothing & Adventure Gear Since 1990

    Really like the look of those ankle gaiters The boyt ones I have don't really fit over the tops of my shoes and many things fall in anyway
  3. Pronghorn Hunt Wyoming

    Pronghorn Hunt Wyoming

  4. Wade J VanGinkel

    Post your Pronghorn pictures

    Frequently you can low crawl several hundred yards closer without being seen. And generally the vegetation is low enough to shoot from the prone position. Not to many years ago it was easy to get 6 tags each in Wyoming. I shot about 80% of 30+ antelope off my bipod.
  5. Wade J VanGinkel

    Post your Pronghorn pictures

    This is my best from Wyoming public land about 12 years ago.
  6. Wade J VanGinkel

    Going it alone.....

    Unless my son can go, I only travel alone.
  7. Wade J VanGinkel

    Primitive North American Stone Weaponry - Mysteries

    In one of those last pictures you can see the toe of my size 12 shoe. The tracks are wider, obviously the ground was soft and the hooves splayed out but still very large. I should have put something for reference but some are very very large
  8. Wade J VanGinkel

    Primitive North American Stone Weaponry - Mysteries

    Not that I'm aware of
  9. Wade J VanGinkel

    Primitive North American Stone Weaponry - Mysteries

    Just a couple other photos from same location
  10. Wade J VanGinkel

    Primitive North American Stone Weaponry - Mysteries

    Everything is indented fairly deep into the stone. The ranch I hunted on said it had been reported to some organization but I can't verify that. There was one other possible footprint that wasn't quite as clear in the lower right of the one photo. Obviously I have no expertise in these things...
  11. Wade J VanGinkel

    Primitive North American Stone Weaponry - Mysteries

    My collection is quite small but all picked up myself mostly in the area around Lexington Texas. The the animal and human prints in the stone were taken on a ranch near Sonora Texas. I also have some pottery shards and a matate with Mano found on my property in nw Colorado.
  12. Wade J VanGinkel

    website slow to open

    Pretty normal here. Some days are good but others is not even possible.
  13. Wade J VanGinkel

    Bear hunting in Maine

    Good luck on your hunt! I'll be on my first bear hunt also starting September 11th in the U.P. of Michigan. It's where I'm originally from so really looking forward to it.
  14. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    As predicted not very well with the Remington loads that I tried. Over 3moa on this first outing. I've got some S&B ordered that I'll try in the next few weeks after it gets here. Overall I do love the rifle itself though
  15. Wade J VanGinkel

    Recent dip and ship cost

    Despite my 14 weeks waiting. My crate is in a wh with SSI and there shouldn't be any extra charges.
  16. Wade J VanGinkel

    Recent dip and ship cost

    Last response was June 19th waiting on full clearance
  17. Wade J VanGinkel

    Recent dip and ship cost

    I'm waiting on a response to my last email. I know Wyatt just returned from vacation so hoping for an update soon.
  18. Wade J VanGinkel

    Recent dip and ship cost

    Just as an update. I'm at about 14 weeks waiting now.
  19. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    Hopefully I'll get to go shooting this Friday and see how things go. Sounds like I may have mistakenly trusted Remington as a name I knew when I bought the bullets. If they don't shoot well I'll purchase some S&B as those are readily available online.
  20. Wade J VanGinkel

    Mouflon sheep hunt in Croatia questions

    My bank can get me foreign currency usually within 24hrs of requests for no charge.
  21. Wade J VanGinkel

    Safari Vehicle Breakdown and how much did it effect your hunt

    The guide was amazing and did hid best. Even though he'd never actually been in the area we were hunting. I did get a representative moose. The person I went with was afraid of small planes so we did the lodge hunt instead of fly in. Supposedly just as good. Other staff told us at the time...
  22. Wade J VanGinkel

    Safari Vehicle Breakdown and how much did it effect your hunt

    Only a flat tire moose hunting in Newfoundland with a very well known outfitter. Problem was we found out the outfitter knew it had a slow leak and sent us out anyway. 20 miles from anywhere it went flat. At that point found out there was no jack in the truck. Walked a few miles and found...
  23. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    Interesting that your stock is different than mine. I have no end cap and a black pad on mine.
  24. Wade J VanGinkel

    European mount replica

    Replicaracks has ready to hang impala, gemsbok and lion for under $200 on thier website. The above posted skulls are McKenzie products
  25. Wade J VanGinkel

    3 Year Plan

    The only things locked in right now are Upper Michigan bear next month, Greenland muskox in February and South Africa in 2026 with my son. Going with @HENRY GRIFFITHS SAFARIS again there. I'm trying to stay more open anymore as funds are limited and want to be able to jump on special deals...
  26. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    There is a thread posted on a hunt with him back in April I think. By far the best price I've found for this hunt with all good reviews so far from everyone I've talked to.
  27. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    Sounds like a lot of us are going over the next 7 months. I know of a couple others who haven't posted here yet. Hopefully some good reports get posted.
  28. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    We almost overlap. My return flight from kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen is 9am on March 7th.
  29. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    I'm with the same outfitter as well. End of February beginning of March
  30. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    The first story I ever read in outdoor life when I was a kid was an arctic muskox hunt. I couldn't see myself doing it any other way.
  31. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    You have to get on the Greenlandair website. I'm $2800 all in from Grand Junction Colorado to Denmark then kangerlussuaq. $1800 was the Greenland air flight with layover in Nuuk on the way there and actually 2 stops to get back to Denmark. I'm leaving here February 25th 2025
  32. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    Thank you for the info. I've always had good luck in the past in other calibers with the core lokt bullets so just grabbed them due to the good price. We'll see how they shoot soon.
  33. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    Yeah that part really changed my budget. Higher flight costs and extra hotels. I'm going to be traveling longer than hunting on this trip by the time I get home
  34. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    Greenland air was the one that changed everything from the time I first booked the hunt. No more direct flights to kangerlussuaq at least in the timeframe that I needed. Some Greenland flights had 2 connections to get there.
  35. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    This has all changed starting this year. Fights from Copenhagen with connections are taking over 7 to as much as 24 hours. The price has gone up as well.
  36. Wade J VanGinkel

    Greenland hunt

    I used travel express to get everything set up for next year. Already have my tickets. It's a huge pain now as nuuk opened a new airport. Greenland air has to be booked separately and depending on where you're going now adds extra connections. I have to go to copenhagen then to Nuuk and...
  37. Mountain Lion Hunt

    Mountain Lion Hunt

  38. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    Just a note. I'd been told cabelas would deal on used guns. They came down $300 pretty easily when I pushed on the price. Plus I had to make a 100 mile drive twice to get it.
  39. Wade J VanGinkel

    Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

    Once again as a direct result of being a member here I purchased a rifle I couldn't live without. This makes 4 now. .275 rigby on a military mauser action Ruger African in 6.5x55 Whitworth 375 And now a Ruger MKII in 7x64 I waited 6 weeks hoping someone else would buy it at my local cabelas...
  40. Wade J VanGinkel

    Hunting cats in USA and Canada

    Good question and I'll be following. Lynx is out of my budget but really want to get a bobcat. I killed a good lion way back in 97. Guy with hounds offered me the hunt for only $500 as he wasn't doing anything at the time. Pretty sure he spent it all in fuel before we got the Tom on the 5th...
  41. Wade J VanGinkel

    You might be an African Safari hunter if……

    People frequently ask me when I'm going to retire and I have to explain that retirement income won't pay for my hunting trips
  42. Wade J VanGinkel

    Is this normal behavior by a Safari outfitter?

    In my experience the term prices subject to change applied up until an agreement is made. I hunted with a forum sponsor last year that I booked with for 2022. Had to postpone an extra year due to covid. He stuck to the agreed price even though I said I understood changes due to the circumstances.
  43. Wade J VanGinkel

    UPS Customer Centers & Shipping Guns/ Ammo

    My center closed its customer desk awhile ago. I actually have ammo I'd consider selling but it's currently a 1 or 2 hour drive also.
  44. Wade J VanGinkel

    Raven Rocks Christmas In July Sale - Incredible Deals // Making Room For What's Coming In August

    Thank you sir, I'll likely reach out soon. I can get plenty of cheap s&b ammo but not sure if that's what I would hunt with. All other ammo seems to be gone at the moment. I did in fact purchase a late 90s Ruger MK11 but have to wait at least 3 days due to the new Colorado waiting period...
  45. Wade J VanGinkel

    Raven Rocks Christmas In July Sale - Incredible Deals // Making Room For What's Coming In August

    Do you ever get any loaded 7x64 in? Looks like I may have purchased one today
  46. Wade J VanGinkel

    Planned Adventures

    I'll be heading to Upper Michigan in September for bear with my son. Took 11 years to get the first season Newberry tag. I don't often get to go back to where I'm from so looking forward to this one. Unless I'm lucky in the secondary draw this week I didn't get a deer tag in Colorado again...
  47. Wade J VanGinkel

    Traveling the USA with minor children

    I just flew to Alaska from Denver with my 15 year old grandson for a fishing trip. Literally nobody questioned anything anywhere other than if he was with me. No ID required or anything else other than his ticket booked with mine.
  48. Wade J VanGinkel

    UK Hunting in August?

    I hunted both this past January with home counties sporting. About an hour outside London. Not sure if he hunts them year round or not though. I wrote a brief report . First time there and had a really good time.
  49. Wade J VanGinkel

    Recent dip and ship cost

    I'm nearly to the 8 week mark with a small crate at jfk. 2 small euros from England
  50. Lingcod Fishing Kodiak

    Lingcod Fishing Kodiak

 
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