A Scot looking to get to the bush!

Happy New Year and hello from the highlands of Scotland!

A long-term lurker who drops by for the odd hunting reports etc. A bit of an unusual one from here on out but to sell myself:

I’m in my mid-20s and grew up stalking red deer in the North west coast of Scotland and have spent the last 5 years in the British army as a sniper and specialised in long-range reconnaissance. I’m about to head off on another Tour but the so what of all of this is I get 10 weeks paid leave at the end and would like to come work for room and board whilst living in the bush. Whether that’s helping with the training of anti-poaching teams in trauma medicine, contact drills, or ideally akin to an Appie for a few months.

Happy to discuss details of my CV with anyone to whom this might appeal to. As is typical with my work I don’t have hard dates yet but likely to be around October in 2024 when I’d be available from.

Thanks for your time.
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Grz63 wrote on roklok's profile.
Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
Thank you / merci
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Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.:)
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
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I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
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