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@PHOENIX PHIL and @Foxfyre were great guys to spend a morning breaking (or not) clays with. I brought my new to me little Ugartechea 28ga SxS. Shooting 9s with a 3/4oz load kept me at least breaking a few. The little sub gauge sure was fun to play with. I had never shot 5 stand before and have...

Im eyeballing a couple 7x57 No. 1s on Gunbroker right now. Thinking of pairing a nice #1 and a bolt gun in .416 rem mag (or Rigby) on my next safari.

Ya I’ve got a new to me Ugartechea 28ga SxS that needs a few clays under its belt. Maybe three of us should figure out a day to go bust some clays.

I’ve always wondered how Rio was. Glad to know they have a good clays course!

Welcome from AZ as well

Welcome to AH! I’m not an expert on African hunting with only one safari under my belt but I’m willing to help whatever way I can. To your two listed companies, limcroma seems to have a good reputation. I can’t say I know anything of the other. For cost I look at this like a three year...

Love hunting pigs. I don’t care if it’s feral hogs in Tx, or warthog in RSA.

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So i have no idea what is going on really. I will say that I try to tip as best I can. I’m not rich and it does take effort to save up for some of these trips. When we went to RSA last year I specifically allocated tip money including about $100/day for our PH. I think I ended up tipping him...

Hey all. I've got my .300 Winchester mag up for sale. It's a browning hells canyon long range (not the McMillan stocked model). I'm the original owner and it's got about 400 rounds down the barrel. It's a good rifle. Doesn't weigh too much about 10lbs scoped with a full mag and a bipod if I...

I’m no expert here. Having seen the internals of impala, warthog, steenbok, duiker, blesbok, and springbok though I have my opinion which is worth what you paid for it. I’d load up a .243 with a good Barnes bullet and go have fun. I wouldn’t hesitate to take any of the medium antelope or small...

I’ve been pretty lucky so far. Mostly scrapes, bruises, a few cuts that probably should have been stitched but that’s what superglue and duct tape are for. Only long lasting injury was due to my own stupidity. I shot a bull elk about 3 miles and 3,000 feet above the truck. My buddy and I decided...

Like the others have said. Exotics, turkey, and hogs are always fun. The fishing on the coast for redfish and sea trout, shark, and maybe even a tarpon if you go far enough south should be pretty decent in April. I would recommend hitting up south padre island for a few days and enjoy the...

Well I didn’t think this topic would garner this much interest. I think what many of you are saying is what I’m feeling. I love hunting with my kids and they both enjoy hunting so I want to keep that fire going. I don’t think I’ll be able to get them back to Africa for a hunt for the next 4...

I tried the search function for a bit then gave up. We went to RSA last year with my 10 and 11 year old kids. They had a blast! Taking 7 PG animals between the two of them including blue wildebeest, warthog, zebra, impala, blesbok, steenbok, and springbok. While we were there they got to see...

Oh I’m aware. This was just a fun game. My next real trip is probably going to be a trip to the eastern cape for eland and bush buck mostly.

Caprivi buffalo and eland. That should use most of the $25k. Then just take whatever the bush gives me the rest of the at least 14 day trip. Why the Caprivi? Because I’ve wanted to hunt there since reading about it in outdoor life as a little kid.

That’s a great list! Buff on the first trip. I like it. I am another AZ guy. Live in Globe. Can’t say I’ve done done the Catalina hunt. Only been here for about 5 years and have pretty much just focused on coues deer, and bear locally at least as far as AZ goes.

Honestly I don’t know the answer to that. However ranching of any kind isn’t the most flexible or nimble of business. So swapping back and forth unless absolutely pushed is pretty hard. I just know that from working with a number of cattle ranchers and it’s hard for them just to adjust herd size...

Welcome from AZ as well. Did our first trip over last year. Had an amazing time. Be interested to see who you’re going with and what’s on the critter list!

@Wishfulthinker580 it’s completely acceptable to have an opinion on this matter however one aspect of conservation that I haven’t seen be part of the argument is land value. So I hate subdivisions. I live in one for my wife’s sake but I really don’t like them. In Texas I hunt an exotic ranch of...

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I mean I kinda get it. The African hunter and especially the dangerous game hunter is a niche market. I have a very large circle of friends that hunt. I’m the only one who has even been to Africa. The long range market (yes I have long range rifles too) is much larger and at least here in the...

All I’m saying is that I would love to offer more support in your new habit.

I live in a copper town. Yes the damage is real and anyone who says it’s not is self serving and only interested in the money in their pockets. This whole scene reminds me of the disaster (and I don’t use that term lightly) that happened in CO a few years ago. It’s a terrible experience for...

We went to Limpopo (Waterburg mountains and surrounding areas) last June. Kids and I took 12 animals total. I didn’t get the exact distances on some but I wrote down round numbers in my journal at least. My son was 9 and my daughter was 10 (almost 11) years old at the time. No animals required...

Fun discussion indeed! We live in AZ but my wife’s from Texas and so I started hunting various ranches in Texas a decade ago. I introduced a few guys from work a few years ago to it as well and one guy is obsessed with trying to figure out how to make it work in AZ but land value here makes it...

Plenty of African animals here in the states. Eland, scimitar horned oryx, gemsbok, bongo, kudu, wildebeest, zebra, aoudad sheep, ostrich, probably some others are all available to hunt in Texas and even New Mexico. My buddy killed an oryx a few weeks ago and I turned down a eland bull that...

Well I didn’t get a zebra so I can’t say what I like best. But my 10 year old daughter got one. It was her number one animal on our trip last year. A nice mare.

Just a tanned hide. Didn’t even think about it at the time. Next one I shoot will be a full Body mount.

That’s a great list. I got a coati here in AZ and can say it’s a very cool trophy. You’re making me want to look into this a bit more now. A jungle hunt would be a great adventure I would think.

Can’t help you with WTA but I gotta ask what you can hunt in the Yucatán?

I’d be into this type of idea. I think as long as folks are smart about it and people treat it like just two friends trading hunting experiences (I do this already anyway) there shouldn’t be any issues with guiding in a legal sense. Some of us probably have some cool local stuff. I don’t have...

I’m 35. I grew up thinking elk and mule deer were unobtainable. Then I moved to Colorado when I was 21. Killed a pile of elk, and deer and bears, and pronghorn since then. Then in 2020 COVID happened. “Telework” started and people moved to the western states in droves. Social media made it look...

I’m can recommend Harding ranches outside rock springs. Might be a bit longer drive than you want. I was just there a couple weeks ago. Hunt report at: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/usa-annual-harding-ranch-adventure.89931/

Pretty late to the party on this one. Too much work lately. I’ve read through a bunch of this thread though and I’m about to make some people upset. I don’t like (hates a strong word) the .30-06. I’ve always adored the .300 Winchester Mag. If I don’t need a .300 win mag chances are I don’t...

Bucket list for me is long. Cape buffalo is top. Was thinking the caprivi would be a good area for me. But we will see what’s out there when the time comes. Altai ibex in Mongolia is another for me. And oddly enough a big whitetail buck. I have never shot anything bigger than a little basket...

got back a couple weeks ago from our annual guys trip to the Harding Ranch 45minutes North of Del Rio Tx. This was my 5th year back and as usual it never disappoints. Always a fun time with friends Drinking scotch, smoking cohibas, and shooting stuff. Day 1: 4 of us headed over this year for...

I think your kid will like the rifle. I opened up the barrel channel and glass bedded might M77 mark II, as well as installing a timney trigger. Mines in .300 Win mag and and will park three 180gr accubonds inside less than .75” with ease.

Welcome. We did the family trip to RSA last year and it was incredible. Ask lots of questions around here!

Ya round trip.

Like I’m sure many of you did I grew up cutting my teeth on small game before I hunted big game. Sometimes it’s good to get out for a little something fun. Yesterday morning I took the .223 for a walk about 5 minutes from the house. Never shot a jackrabbit before since I didn’t grow up in the...

I’ve always wanted a .264win. Just never found one at a time when I was ready to buy that was wood stocked and in good shape.

Mellow year for me I think. January- Texas exotics (bison, aoudad, Catalina goats, hogs, fallow, nilgai are all on the list). It’s the annual guys trip to shoot stuff drink whiskey and smoke cigars. May- Alaska black bear and fishing with a buddy. Then we will see if I draw deer, elk...

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Would also trade for a pair if 9x45 maven binos or similar binos.

For sale. I’ve got a 12-27x56 spotter in good shape with light use. Does have some. Minor marks on the eye cup from my phoneskope adapter being on there. But otherwise no scratches or anything anywhere. Will ship in all original packaging with all paperwork. It’s a good little scope and doesn’t...

Hmm. We just kept on hunting! Of course we had budgeted extra $$$ so it was an easy choice. On our last day we went all out too. Started the day with an excellent Gemsbok for my brother, then my daughter shot a super nice Blesbok about lunchtime. Went back to the lodge had lunch. My brother...

Ya I have it. I use a pelican vault. I really like it. It’s nice and secure and lets me rearrange for different rifles easily.

We stayed at Afton in June. Excellent service. Would absolutely stay there again.