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I have often heard people state, “I am a Christian so I don’t believe in these things”. That indicates to me that they haven’t studied their Bible. It affirms much of it. For instance, it does not say that you can’t communicate with the dead. It says, you should not do so. I won’t participate in...

I am with you there. I will only consider anything more than a picture on something very special and apply the savings towards more safaris.

No dice. I’d walk. That’s unethical and would be a breach of trust in my opinion. I would politely inquire as to the deposit considering the amount of the increase. If it was lost, I would likely just be a no show. They could use the empty week to catch up on facility maintenance. They either...

I have currently a string of 6 horses. I’ve trained and have rode countless miles, mostly in mountains. The best thing I could tell you is likely you’ll have an experienced and safe mount. Might enjoy or not enjoy its job. Might be snappy and a push button animal or have a pig headed attitude...

Yes, the first was a coworker in the 90’s who was an avid hunter. His passing was a big deal locally with lots of issues involving burial. Nothing ever concluded as to how he got it. The second was the father of friend who didn’t hunt. Events were approx 30 years apart. Personally, rarity...

I believe this disease is going to have a major negative effect on hunter numbers. A friend of mine has done deer camp as long as I can remember. Last year a deer tested positive there and now none of that group is hunting this year. I’ve known two people who left this world by VCJD. Not...

Less trophies shipped = more actual trips. Running out of places for it anyway.

Just curious, were you using a lead sled? A lot of of people use them for everything and with larger calibers and too much weight they can be hard on a stock.

The method is old school, I’m old school and that’s how I do it. If I can’t get within that range, the critter wins and I need to try again.

I find it odd that a company puts as much advertising into a specific bullet for dangerous game and yet leaves it woefully understocked. I keep seeing comments about the smaller calibers being more popular and maybe they are but I don’t know a single person who uses those bullets. It’s the...

Got a gift certificate from the last SCI convention and still no 458 A-Frames. The last I was able to get were two conventions ago. My safari plans got derailed this year but if not, I would’ve had to go with Barnes. Hopefully, they come before next year season.

I think all bets are off on this because the government of South Africa appears to be doing nothing to improve relations. Sanctions targeting specific government individuals are looking more likely which would likely not warm the relationship any. They are cozying up with Iran and the openly...

The multiple failures to effectively and efficiently reload in the multitude of safari videos on YouTube wouldn’t support your assertion of 99.9 percent doing it. On dangerous game particularly, merely cycling the ammo you intend to hunt with isn’t enough. You need to confirm it will flawlessly...

All very nice but that Kudu was one crazy stud!

I mention this from the angle of someone out there who might be looking for inexpensive and reliable service O/U’s. I shot a lot of clays at clubs weekly and did some competitions from the late eighties until about 2010. I also had a side gig during that time specializing in work on doubles. The...

Twice for me with number three in the planning stage. I hope to get to see a multitude of different locations in Southern Africa. I’ve been bit by the dangerous game bug, buffalo namely, so I’m focused on locations with buffalo. Fortunately, that’s the majority of places I wish to see. Of the...

Watched one of his podcast leading up to this trip where he said he was hoping for a buffalo charge…. He’s someone I can take or leave but I haven’t made it through one of his “safari” videos yet. What I’ve seen so far has just been on location podcasts that I’ve left midway through from...

Everything would’ve been fine if he had only watched a few Mark Sullivan videos.

They certainly seem to have a lot of charges and close calls.

This is my last Buffalo on a homemade bracket I fabricated. Simple L bracket with half of a horseshoe turned upright inserted into brain cavity.

I really like the way you did that. I shoot iron sights on my 458 bolt gun and have placed a white dot on my back sight to insure alignment. It allows me to literally shoot my irons as well as a scope on the same gun despite needing reading glasses. Nice gun too.

My wife and I hunted South Dakota for many years until our farming friends passed away, retired, or sold out to corporations. Never cared for the crowds, drunken hunters at the motels, or hot temperatures of opening week. There are definitely some stupid and wild birds early. I too shun the...

Don’t be fooled into thinking put and take pheasant hunts are all advertised as such for the same reasons. No property in the Midwest is going to sustain hunting party after party limiting out week after week without stocking. They just won’t admit it and they won’t have holding pens about to...

I see it from the standpoint of all game being hunted for profit are managed. Methods of the hunt are most important to me. I’ve hunted large game fenced properties in South Africa and had fantastic experiences. I’ve been on free range guided hunts in the western United States that I wouldn’t...

I use them on everything and I use Warne for no special reason other than I like their design and material. The reason is, I figure if I’m mounting a scope why not use them. They are super solid and easy on, easy off. I switch from day scopes to night scopes and low power to higher power with...

I have also used bullets with lube grooves and gas checks when I needed that extra bit of space for powder to reach my desired velocity with good results.

If you use black powder, I would use a dry thin card under the bullet and on top of a greased wad. The dry card will prevent the greased one sticking to the base of the bullet affecting accuracy and the greased one softens the fouling. Your gun should be marked on the barrel flats for the load.

Do we dare hope a lesson has been learned? I think we have settled the matter on who might come to the aid of Iran. The Arabs don’t like them and their allies proved to be noncommittal.

I’ve seen kudu take a full height game fence as effortlessly as the one in the first video took the short fence. The PH, after seeing my amazement, dryly stated, “no one owns a kudu bull, they go where they like”.

I did a few skulls this last trip and I still have a couple of species it would be hard not to mount if I take great examples. Everyone who goes ought to have a good collection around them at home but I’m going to be much more conservative going forward.

That’s real close to my crate size last summer and price is close too. Now you’ve got the clearing agent costs and delivery left to be known. I’m very much considering pictures only next time. Safari’s aren’t cheap and taxidermy and shipping often doubles the cost or worse. Besides I’m running...

I’ve never used solids and for me it’s totally based on PH preference. A-Frames have been all I’ve used and I’ve had great performance from them. I would not hesitate to go with TSX personally either, but pass throughs would be something to look out for with them.

I’ve always used a simple leather 12 loop carrier. I’ve switched to two 5 round flapped leather carriers. I put a cotton ball in the bottom of every other cartridge space so they stand above staggered across and are simple and easy to grasp during reloads. I’ve worked out this through drills for...

I will respond to some of these because I think you are correct in your statement that they have to do with ethics also. I kill fish before cleaning because my ethics won’t allow me to do otherwise. I don’t bow hunt because I personally would not like to go that way myself and I’ve encountered...

One thing that drives me nuts in so many off these videos is after spending very large amounts of money to be there and days of effort, they fire their initial shots on their target animal. Then rather than quickly reloading without having to look at their gun and ammo because they obviously...

Many are criticizing Mark Sullivan as someone who shoots his clients animals or is reckless in giving the beasts an opportunity to charge thereby endangering his clients lives. Those clients are going with him because they know how he does things and they want to experience exactly that. I doubt...

You got quite a good buy and a rifle to be proud of.

Met the man and genuinely liked him. As far as his approach, he simply closes the distance to within their comfort zone initially, or on follow up, then waits for the beast to discover his presence and “make up its mind to flee or fight”. He has already decided his intention of taking the animal...

Quality, comfortable noise canceling headphones for the flight.

Staffing at airports everywhere seems to be degrading in quality each time I fly. It simply amazes me that people can work daily in a job and still seem so clueless, like it’s their first day and they’ve been abandoned to figure it out themselves. The handling of luggage and firearms in...

The pepper ticks are a real issue being so hard to discover but these suckers are no trouble finding. The Bont tick. Each time I’ve taken a buffalo I’ve had one of these suckers run off the carcass and latch on to me. Like getting jabbed with a large gauge IV. This one didn’t bother to even...

I’ve never had any bad primers in 40 years of reloading and that counts shotgun primers, club shooting skeet and trap. But man, I could have made a pretty penny replacing mainsprings, that didn’t need replacing, on guns folks have brought me where the culprit was poorly seated primers. I hope...

I am going to do this myself in the future. TSA is supposed to inspect the opened case before loading on the first flight. Every place I’ve departed from you are expected to hear a page. I have yet to hear the first one. I’ve had stress over my rifle making the flight over this and have also...

I use that very case. No additional charges or issues.

I have never been allowed to be present when TSA has opened my case leaving the country. Only the opening by customs on return and the inspection prior to the domestic connection leaving Atlanta. The last trip I tried for 2 hours to give my keys to TSA for the departure inspection and never...

My first trip I felt hung over the first hunting day due to being wired on arrival and getting only about 1 1/2 hrs sleep before morning. The second time I adjusted my schedule to assure I was craving sleep on arrival. Got a good nights sleep the first night and was golden the first day.

None of my taxidermy, African nor North American, has had any treatment applied and none have ever cracked. I know some spray their horns with things like WD-40 but I prefer a natural look as opposed to dark and shiny. A lot of people prefer shiny black horns on their kudu. Personal tastes.

Bruce with Gracy makes things a breeze. I also enjoy visiting with him and checking out his latest phone pics of dangerous game/human conflicts while waiting on the check in to open for the return flight.

I’m in Wytheville Virginia.

Absolutely true. I attempted to make a go as a gunsmith back in the 90’s when double guns were experiencing a new swell of popularity. I specialized in action/ejector repairs, wood repair, stocking, and rust blue. What I found was there was plenty of work but few who wanted to pay fairly for...