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BourbonTrail
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Is that
a fish spear or a small game snare?
PDF BOOK for downloading...
In the NORTHERN hemisphere it will point at SOUTH!
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Art Lambart II
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I'm also a big fan of the show ALONE and have enjoyed each season. Over the years my opinion on the belt knife has changed quite a bit, years ago I was hung up on the "one tool option" style of knife but now I have moved to the multi-tool camp. I love my fixed blade, full tang knifes and I carry one whenever I go to the woods but I don't normally carry an axe. On ALONE everyone takes an axe and a saw so do you really need a fixed blade knife. These days I'm more intrested in the axe they take than the belt knife.
1. Pot
2. Sleeping Bag
3. Para cord
4. Fishing line / hooks
5. Snare Wire
6. Saw
7. Axe
8. Ferro Rod
9. Multi-Tool or Fixed Blade Knife
10. ???
1. Pot
2. Sleeping Bag
3. Para cord
4. Fishing line / hooks
5. Snare Wire
6. Saw
7. Axe
8. Ferro Rod
9. Multi-Tool or Fixed Blade Knife
10. ???
Art Lambart II
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Blackpowder firearms would definetily change the game.
Whitebear995
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This is gold.
survival/primitive Gorge hooks
I am getting ready for a (sort of) survival fishing outing in South Africa.
I saw it done in the usa ,where they mostly catch trout and tilapia , so I thought to give it a try (non-trout), down here in South Africa.
This Gorge hook is crafted out of an Eland leg bone & Leatherman P4
(Took me about 2 x hours from bone pick-up to final product)
Just for the heck of it, let's wait and see.....
Another fishing gorge hook.
I find the Warthog jawbone bone 'easier' to work with, as it seem to be 'softer' than the Eland femur, though for this purpose,it will work just as fine! [It took me only about 30 min by comparison.]
I see in the usa they even caught catfish and bass this way very easily.
This Warthog was caught in a &%#@#& poacher's snare!
I know some people heat up the bone before working with it,
but these were just plain " raw" bone.
I am getting ready for a (sort of) survival fishing outing in South Africa.
I saw it done in the usa ,where they mostly catch trout and tilapia , so I thought to give it a try (non-trout), down here in South Africa.
This Gorge hook is crafted out of an Eland leg bone & Leatherman P4
(Took me about 2 x hours from bone pick-up to final product)
Just for the heck of it, let's wait and see.....
Another fishing gorge hook.
I find the Warthog jawbone bone 'easier' to work with, as it seem to be 'softer' than the Eland femur, though for this purpose,it will work just as fine! [It took me only about 30 min by comparison.]
I see in the usa they even caught catfish and bass this way very easily.
This Warthog was caught in a &%#@#& poacher's snare!
I know some people heat up the bone before working with it,
but these were just plain " raw" bone.
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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
Philippe
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
Philippe
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
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.
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.
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
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.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
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.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.