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My first Warthog.

Not too mention that the Mirokus can take steel down the barrel as opposed to tungsten or bismuth with the Belgians.

Ontario, I completely agree when it comes to Japanese vs. Belgian. The older Belgians are beautiful but if I had to take an Auto 5 into a duck blind or boat I would grab the Miroku anyday! I might pull one of my old Belgians out for a dove shoot or to hunt over a wood duck hole but that's it.

Another gun to take a look at... the Franchi Affinity 3. Fantastic guns, made by Benelli/Beretta. The next 20ga I buy will be a Affinity.

My SBE2 will cycle most of the time. The main culprit that I've had a problem with are the 100 pack either Winchester or Federal cheaper target loads. You can't even call the low brass, they're no brass. I do wish I had one of those old HK imported SBE1's, I've shot a couple of them that had...

Shout out to the old Browning B-80's also!

If I could only take one of my shotguns in the dove field and clay course it would be my 1982 1100 12ga with fixed improved cylinder. It will eat any shell you feed it flawlessly. I love my SBE2, it's a great all around shotgun. It suffers on the clay course just like my old Auto 5's with...

I don't know if I can pick just three but the 25-06 Rem would be one of them!

I carry a Benchmade Claymore every day that I use for everything from cutting rope to cutting up a steak. I did pick up this sweet Nkosi from Afton but I didn't wear it.

Never flown Cemair but have no complaints about Airlink. Decent Embrair aircraft. Good crews. Joburg to PE, you actually get a sandwich and a beer or glass of wine. Try getting that with a basic ticket in the States on a hour and twenty minute flight.

Welcome aboard. I'm a Builder right up the road from you in Myrtle. Originally grew up in Charleston and grew up hunting down your way in Hampton, Allendale, Jasper and Bamberg Counties.

Can't wait for the report! I'm rebooked for next June.

Just wondering if anyone has done so? How did it go? Any way to get around the Chicken Tax without waiting the 25 years? Any resources over there? Thanks!!!

Glad you enjoyed it. Kian is one hell of a hunter for someone as young as he is!

Oh yeah, Delta all day long. If nothing else but for the Biscoff cookies and Woodford Reserve!

For legroom on the ATL to JNB or the return, book towards the back! I don't understand not waiting an extra five minutes to get off when you've been on for fifteen hours. Couple of other perks to being on the back of the big Airbus. You've got a service station directly behind you and...

Conclusion... Frontier was fantastic. The PH's, staff, property and animals were incredible. As a Southerner, hospitality and manners go a long way with me. The staff and Burchell family did not disappoint one bit. Alicedale, Eastern Cape is tough hunting, you earn your trophies. It is a...

Alright, time to wrap this review up. Lucked up on the flight back and had the whole aisle to myself. Flying into the sunset in Africa was pretty cool but flying back with the sunrise was impressive as well.

Beautiful animals! Congratulations!!!

05/10 Last day of hunting. We still have a warthog to kill. We stay at the lodge a little later, most of the pigs we had been seeing were mid morning to afternoon. We locate a nice pig with some sows, put on a stalk but he gives us the slip. Head to Grahamstown for lunch then we decide to check...

The gemsbok.

Better picture of the bushbuck.

We weren't too far from Free State.

Better picture of that kudu

I'm a shorts and ankle gaiters kind of guy. If it's warm enough I don't like getting caught up with long pants. Use your permethrine and keep moving.

I was whatsapping Rhyss earlier today. He's filming up in Namibia!

You will have a blast! Do me a favor and tell Barry P, Ryan, Andrew, Ivan, Deon, Kian and Jason to drink a cold Castle or Windhoek in honor of Dave! You're going to be with a great crew on some beautiful land with lots of animals . Take it all in!

Few other cool pics from that afternoon. We came across this on the side of a hill. According to Barry, this was the grave if a British soldier from the Anglo Boer War. Couple of Bat Eared Foxes on the way home!

05/09 Round two The same farm that we shot the kudu on is also loaded with impala. We drive around that late afternoon and see a good many small rams. We drive and see a shooter standing down in a sloot. I take a shot and him he runs. We end up putting four bullets into him before he falls for...

If you make it by a Safari Outdoor, the ZA brand Jonsson makes a pretty good shirt at a very reasonable price.

My meet and greet got me through JNB on the arrival then on the departure to PLZ. There again in JNB for the trip home. I gifted my leftover ammo and the plastic case to a couple of the PH's before the return. My Airlink flight to PLZ I had to check the ammo case separate and locked. I only had...

05/09 We've still got a kudu, impala and a warthog to fill on the package. We head to another concession up on the Fish River. The hunt starts out with Timba and an unexperienced tracker from that farm. We go to make a move on a stud impala ram. Barry and I make great stalk moving behind...

05/08 The wind shifts back out of the South and temps drop quickly. The focus is kudu for the day. We stalk several nice bulls during the day. One bull we parallel down in a sloot for about a mile and a half. A damned baboon is following us the whole way barking and giving us away. We hunt hard...

05/07 Continued We take the bushbuck back to the skinners. I'm doing a wall pedestal with that one. We head back out looking for kudu. We see some nice bulls just can't get to them. On the way out we notice the gate we shut earlier in the day is wide open with noticeable damage to the wire on...

05/07 After the rifle problems of the previous two days. I decided to shoot Barry P's suppressed 308. I'm still not a fan of the 308, but man am I believer in the suppressor now. I was hunting a basic package but had a few animals that I was willing to add on. My most desired add on was a...

Say a prayer for our friends in ZA today with their elections!

05/06 Over the mountain to try and kill a springboks. I miss two shots, something wrong with the rifle. We stop on the way back to put a can of diesel in on the way home.