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I hunted with Bayly-Sippel and they are a great company. I know that they have done land-based hippo hunts in the recent past. It's a good place to start. BTW - other than being a happy client, I have no affiliation with or financial interest in Bayly-Sippel.

This thread is living proof...Mark Sullivan is a great marketer... In all seriousness, I was neutral on Sullivan until I saw the Cal Pappas video. Mark is a genuine person. Even when consoling a client who just missed his dream shot at a buffalo, Mark immediately talks about the experience...

It's becoming a common theme but - quadpods. My other suggestion would be to make time for the birds - bird watching, bird photograph and/or bird hunting. Photograph the Southern Cross.

Not according to Federalist 46.

I actually think that's the genesis for Lee adding the land sale provision in the BBB. "Checkerboarding" public and private land in the west was a way to give surrounding land owners exclusive rights to hunt public land but not have to pay property taxes or buy the land in the first place. It...

My apologies.

You completely missed my well-stated point. The point wasn't that I agree with him. I said as much. The point was that he openly and honestly says why he does what he does.

Sullivan literally explains this just about every time he does it. It's always something to the effect to "let the buffalo choose how it's going to die." His style isn't necessarily my cup of tea, but he's as open and honest as anyone.

Haha - me too. I was being a little tongue-in-cheek with my list. The Troll Hunter was almost a comedy but it does portray hunters and not in a terribly bad light. The Clint Eastwood movie is 100% Africa but horribly frustrating. I should have included "Savannah" which is 100% about duck...

Here's a couple that I have seen but they weren't mentioned in this thread... White Hunter Black Heart - Clint Eastwood The Hunter - Willem Dafoe Spirit of a Sheep Hunter - Youtube - Billy Molls The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot...Sam Elliot Troll Hunter - Norwegian found footage

Although it didn't go as well as it could have, it is still a way, way better death for the elephant than anything "natural" unless it got hit by a meteor or fell off of a high, rocky cliff...

Gun hunting a Buffalo with Mark Sullivan is like bow hunting a buffalo with anyone else...there's a darn good chance that your PH is going to shoot your buffalo at least twice...

In his Heym video, Sullivan clearly says that less than 5% of wounded buffalo will charge. I would love to go on a buffalo hunt with Mark Sullivan but I would have completely different expectations than if I buffalo hunted with anyone else. Like Sullivan says, if someone calls BS on him, he...

Agree - I'd certainly focus on the Florida and maybe Georgia tanneries just because they all have massive experiences with alligators.

I completely understand your view point so I really can't argue with it. I gun hunt whitetail with a 1.5x to 5x scope and a gun that can't shoot much beyond 150 yards. At some point, without the 600 yard gun "hunter" to defend me, the antis will eventually come for me, the guy that gun...

So, it's a delicate balance between "self-policing" (which I agree with) and creating an exploitable seam in our ranks that can be used by the anti-hunter movement (which I don't agree with). All in all, I'd rather put up with "hunters" shooting game at 600 yards and CBL "hunts" than give the...

I'm guessing manatees but it's a guess so I curious too.

I'm a hunter and serious birder (bird watcher). Back in 2020, I bought a set of Zeiss 8x25 Terra EDs to keep handy. I have fallen in love with them. I use them for everything now. They are only around $400 but wow.

Right after my first breakfast in Africa, the PH and I jumped in the truck to go sight my rifle. Even before we got to the "range" he told me in no uncertain terms, "we don't shoot from the truck". I thanked him and said, "neither do I". We had a very fun spot-and-stalk safari...

So, I've been wanting a .410 mostly for rail hunting but already have the vision that it will go to my granddaughter at the right time. BTW - I've already gotten her a lifetime hunting/fishing license so she's already licensed to kill. Long story short, I got her the gun in the photo. My...

The only reason I don't have a Ruger No. 1 in .25-06 or .280 Remington is because I never ran across one during the 5 or 6 years that I was smitten with the idea. This was really before the pervasive Internet so finding a particular gun meant a lot of phone calls and stopping at every gun and...

Agreed. Some of the most memorable days of my life were spent with them.

This may sound too intense, but in the outdoors in an open concrete area, safely go over the case with a hand torch. This will burn off some of the petroleum-based mold releasing agents and smooth out some of the micro flaws in the case giving it a smoother surface area. Haha - This thread...

I love the double leaning on the termite mound. All the sudden, I have two regrets from Africa...

My suggestion - made in the early 1980's...30-'06...Browning Superposed...

Thanks @gizmo of course, the extra 10 days can be an added cost if the importer charges for "storage".

"Permit" might not be the exact right word. When my importer asked about what was in my shipment, I just listed the animals. He said something to the effect that it would take an extra step because of the warthog skull. When I told him it was just the tusk, he said something like "good, that...

Only one but got to hunt with it 54 times in 2024 and killed three whitetail bucks.

My PH and the tracker told me to get the Zerba skull done. They were both right.

I kind-of regret not getting my zebra skull done. I should have at least taken a good photo of the fang in his upper jaw between the molars and incisors. (I didn't know they had that until the PH showed me). The warthog will require an additional permit to import. I just got the tusks so...

Sorry @FIELD ETHOS if this is a high-jack but your thread reminded me of this. The events were from 2001 but I first posted it in 2013 on a duck site. It is 100% true. --- It was January 3rd, 2001 when Alan and I launched my little duck boat. Alan lives on the west coast but usually visits...

Good points @ActionBob that I hadn't thought of. All I got was euro skulls and tanned hides so mine was still a fairly small shipment.

My stuff followed an almost identical timeline but it arrived in perfect condition (other than smelling of moth balls). The only difference was that I had all the final work done in Africa by an African taxidermist. This isn't for the OP but rather anyone else that may see this - take serious...

It's sad, just from a game perspective how this may end. Of course, from a human perspective, it'll be 100 times worse.

I'm 60 years old and have never smoked but I've been robbed of dozens of men that mattered to me. They all died much earlier than they should have simply because they smoked. I could write a book and may share a few chapter but for now, here's my Top 10 reasons to quite smoking while you still...

Oh, and by the way, I had the work done and completed in Africa...maybe that's why.

I opted for Euro mounts - no holes, they used tie wraps around the base to put tags. The skulls were off-white (eggshell) colored and look very natural not overly white. The only "problem" was some of the teeth were falling out. I just glued them back in with clear Gorilla glue. My impala's...

He certainly doesn't sound like it. @Red Leg ?

If you haven't seen it, Jeff's hunt in Alaska for a grizzly with a double is worth seeing.

I like Jeff Rann and would 100% (or better if that's possible) trust him (or Mark Sullivan for that matter) with a safari of mine. But, and this may sound silly, I want my PH to have a southern African accent. It's just part of my life-long expectations I have for Africa. One of the most...

My two big game rifles currently have a 2.5-8x and 1.5-5x scopes. And, the 2.5-8x is only a back-up and a loaner that I haven't used in years.

I shot way better than my own expectations while in Africa. I was a mess practicing in the US off of a tripod but luckily, my PH had quad sticks. I will insist any future PH has quad sticks.

I almost didn't hunt zebra but it was the most amazing hunt I've ever experienced. I don't know when or if I'll ever go back to Africa, but if I do and no matter how many times, I will always make time for a zebra hunt.

The answer to these type questions is a complex series of trade-offs many of which are very person-dependent. The generic (applies to everyone) trade-off is that smaller calibers require more precise shooting. In a hunting scenario the standard deviation of shot placement is greater than it is...

So, I guess you went with blank #57?

Haha - you're a better man than me... :)

Gamecock x2 for me. I'm amazed how many South Carolinians are on AH. Maybe it's not that surprising. There's so much opportunity in SC, some of the best and most experienced hunters I know are from the Palmetto State. @fisherofmen

A fellow South Carolinian here. I thought so too not long ago yet there's a zebra skin tapestry hanging behind me as I write this...Welcome

I'm pulling for Trump to get Greenland - we could make it a day trip... :)