SOUTH AFRICA: First African Safari Complete! Wow!!!!

CONGRATS! What a great first Safari, I'm sure you are planning the next one.
 
Great trip-gotta love the east cape and its marvelous variety. Congratulations
 
Nice first safari. Your smile says things about how good it was that words can't describe.
Whats on the menu for 2025?
 
Congratulations on a very successful first safari. Thanks for the report and pictures.
 
Congratulations on a great hunt and a very nice write up. Now the saving starts for the next safari. I think the Africa bug has bitten you and there's no treatment available for curing it.
 
Nice write up. Looks like you've been bitten by the african hunting bug. Congrats
Bruce
 
Love to see those zebras look like white on top of black background! All of us are a bit jealous as there is only one "first" safari--and could tell you had a great time.
 
Congrats, you´ve done very well for a first safari, that waterbuck is exceptional, you won´t find many like it :D Cheers:
 
Great write up!! Congratulations on some fantastic animals.
 
Congrats and thanks for sharing!
 
Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a great 1st hunt in Africa and you shot some wonderful trophies. Welcome to the club of hunters that have hunted the dark continent! I am sure you will be going back.
 
Thanks for sharing whats next on your list?
 
Great animals! Thanks for sharing
 

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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
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.:)
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
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.
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.
 
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