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Got a call from Matt Otten yesterday that the European mounts for our other bulls were ready. Once again, Matt did a fantastic job and I'm including before and after pics for comparative purposes. Craig's last day, last hour bull on the hoof Otten's Euro mount Cameron's old bull Same bull...

Well, @Fatback sounds like you already have your two rifle battery down pat, and as you indicated, there really was no wrong answer for the choice between those two calibers. That said, I would probably go a different route. Simplicity is sometimes the best approach in my opinion and I would...

Not at all! I love it and wonderful use of a termite mound! Very creative - well done Sir!!!

Ah, now it's all coming back to me @deewayne2003 - that was an absolutely fantastic accounting of your hunt in the NT and I enjoyed it immensely. Extremely well done all the way around and you can see my comments at the time. Your report may have been the reason I didn't one on my OZ hunt...

Many thanks for all of the kind words, gentlemen - I am very pleased indeed with how they turned out! @Tim Blackwell , I passed along your comments to Matt Otten and he was honored to hear that compliment coming from you, so thank you very much for taking the time to post! Please do share some...

Plus One on the Swarovski 8x30 SLC's. In my mind, they are the perfect bino when you are out stalking, whether it be Africa, Australia or wherever - field of view and spotting game is the most important thing to me and they excel in both those categories. I'm always going to be counting on my...

Many thanks @AZDAVE @Green Chile @gillettehunter @ACE (in CT) and @Mtn_Infantry . It was truly one of the highlights of our trip and really brought everything together for me. One thing I failed to mention, on the way in to camp from Beira in the big chopper, Pete probably had us somewhere at...

THE SWAMP FROM THE AIR We’d been hunting pretty damn hard for 13 straight days, so Bredger asked me if we’d like to take the morning off and get a better look at Coutada 11 from the air. Based on our trip from Beira on the way in, the answer was a resounding “hell yea!” The truth of the matter...

Not done yet, but getting close. Will finish up the hunt and then do a summary with my takeaways. Appreciate you tuning in!

Thank you so much @Smitty - that means a great deal to me. I tried to capture the true essence of the hunt - the highs, the lows and the emotions that you go through on a fifteen day hunt. As @Green Chile mentioned above and again in his adventures in Argentina, you hope you can write a report...

With my son Ian and his MOZ bull; it was a one shot kill with his CZ 550 in 9.3x62. That safari made a believer out of me on that cartridge - what's not to like about a rifle you can carry all day, has little recoil and way outpunches it's weight class!

Thanks for the kind words and the feedback @Green Chile ; greatly appreciated! I think all of our collective hunts have so many parallels that when you put them side by side, the only thing that changes is the place and the animals - they all have triumphs (hopefully), but sooner or later a...

@Green Chile , thanks for taking us on this ride - that was an exceptional report covering as you said, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Enjoyed it immensely and felt like I was right there with you on the close encounter, wondering how inadequate you must have felt at that very moment without...

Thank you very much. We did indeed with SKL - looks like we were there right there before you, first eight days in August. One hell of a place! Please do share pics.

Thank you @CamoManJ and @Fatback , it was an amazing experience in the NT on Aboriginal lands and the number and quality of buffalo we saw was off the charts. I will pass along your comments to Matt, as he will be pleased to hear them. He's been doing all of my work for over ten years and I...

Got a call from Matt Otten (Otten Brothers Taxidermy, Pipe Creek, Texas) earlier in the week, indicating he had finished my water buffalo, along with oldest son Cameron's, as well. Consequently, I stopped by yesterday to check them out and thought both turned out fantastic and wanted to share...

Moving this one to the top, as I'm still looking for ideas to share with @MNR . Thanks to all who have contributed!

As many have so aptly stated already, the 9.3x62 would be hard to beat for a back-up in a dangerous area. I fall into that camp as well, having just witnessed my son make nine one shot kills (including a nice Coutada 11 buffalo bull) in MOZ with his CZ 550 in 9.3x62, at ranges from 35 yards out...

Not sure why it keeps doing that, but have had multiple transactions with Jon R15, all of which have been satisfactory. He’s a great guy and look forward to doing more business together, thanks!

Ooops! …… multiple transactions with @Jon R15

I have had multiple transactions with @Jon R15

Welcome aboard Madhatter! For those that don't know, this is PH Bredger Thomason with ZDS from my hunt report on Coutada 11. I introduced Bredger to a number of our AH guys at DSC and SCI conventions, so he's already had some interactions with fellow members. He's a solid guy and will be a...

I'll take them, please.

Last warthog on Coutada 11 hunt - Ian with another bruiser. Ian and PH Bredger Thomason See https://www.africahunting.com/threads/mozambique-15-day-hunt-report-with-zambeze-delta-safaris-in-coutada-11.88940/page-3#post-1384148 for detailed story

See https://www.africahunting.com/threads/mozambique-15-day-hunt-report-with-zambeze-delta-safaris-in-coutada-11.88940/page-3#post-1387844 for the full story Craig's Coutada 11 swamp boar With PH Bredger Thomason

HOG WILD continued Two warthogs down and two to go. This meant Ian was moving back into the shooters’ seat. He already had a damn nice one from our hunt in the swamp when we were chasing buffalo, and he was looking to up the ante. We’d already had eyes on two monsters, but the $64 question was...

Not that he needs anyone to vouch for him, but I've purchased multiple rifles from @RR 314 and he is as solid as they come! That is one fine action for any Southpaws out there!

I'll take the Swift A-frames please.

HOG WILD We were down to our last four days and still had three warthogs left on quota, along with a hartebeest, so pretty much spent the remainder of our time focused on those animals. This segment will combine days twelve and fourteen, as that just seems appropriate given those two days were...

That is exceptional @Wyatt Smith , thank you for sharing! We've got a leader in the clubhouse boys, but please keep them coming!

As the old saying going goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!" Matt Roberts is currently working on a bespoke rifle for me and I am looking for something cool, and maybe a little bit different for the bolt knob. I saw one on AHF about three or four months ago that I really liked...

FIVE DAYS TO GO After ten days at Coutada 11, our routine had in fact become .... routine. Maybe we weren’t quite like a well-oiled military machine yet, but we were certainly more cohesive as a unit than when we started out on day one. Bredger and Vosco were working with Alberto for the first...

The next day started out not unlike the prior nine days, and we split time between the flood plain in the morning and the sand forests in the afternoon. We were still on a high from the nyala hunt the evening before and as the number of animals on quota dwindled, we became more and more...

Thanks so much for the kind words @xbr897 - they are greatly appreciated! I can promise you, you are in for a real treat at both FTW and ZDS. I am actually going to try and come out for at least one day and have dinner with the group at FTW in May, so look forward to meeting you in person. I...

A Selous zebra my son Ian took in Coutada 11. I had never seen one with so much black before - they are stunning!

My GMA 404J alongside PH's Heym double in 450 NE on Coutada 11 swamp buff. Full story @ https://www.africahunting.com/threads/mozambique-15-day-hunt-report-with-zambeze-delta-safaris-in-coutada-11.88940/

Thanks @RR 314 - I did have it caped for a full body mount, but my fallback position is going to be a pedestal or a wall pedestal mount. Floor space is always at a premium, so not sure what I am going to do yet! As @Dirtdart is fond of saying, "I'll wait and see how the sprit moves me" and...

Found one more pic of my nyala bull I was looking for that I thought it was pretty cool. As referenced in my prior post, we were pretty much running out of light as we hurried to get our pics in, so really didn't have the best results to show for it. However, on the way back to camp there was...

A COUTADA ENCORE When I reflect back on Coutada 11, I can’t help but think about Tom Hanks line from Forrest Gump when he quotes his mother saying, “life is like a box of chocolates, because you just never know what you are going to get,” – that quote is Coutada 11 in a nutshell! We were...

Thank you @PARA45 , I greatly appreciate your comments throughout! We still have some cool stuff to go and then I'll tie it all up at the end. I have enjoyed writing the report and it brings back such fond memories every time I sit down at the computer. PH Bredger Thomason, aka @Madhatter has...

Greatly appreciated @Brod - glad you are enjoying it!