The Long Road To Africa

Here is my video from the hunt
Wonderful!!! Remember, if we are honest we all have missed even after practicing for months…but when you are still able to pick yourself up mentally and make the next opportunity successful in Africa that is a dream come true!!!
 
Thanks for sharing I know exactly or very close to what you felt about the lion.
You can watch my lion video if you want on my hunt report.
 
Thanks for sharing I know exactly or very close to what you felt about the lion.
You can watch my lion video if you want on my hunt report.
Absolutely! Going to Africa did nothing to settle my addiction. It only added fuel to the fire and I want to go back! I’d love to watch your lion hunt!
 
Thank you @gcbailey for taking the time to post. A really enjoyable and informative report. Good hunting, sir.
Thank you Slim! Hopefully someone new to Africa can glean something useful and hopefully not make some of the mistakes I did.
 
Well, somehow Gunter came through and found my sable! A client had wounded a Cape buffalo and they got a helicopter to look for it. As they were looking, they found my sable who had died an unfortunately slow death from the wound of my bullet. They measured him yesterday at just under 44 inches for each horn. I hate that it died wounded but am incredibly happy to have recovered it.

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Outstanding report! Thanks for taking us along on the whole adventure and for sharing the trials and triumphs of the hunt. Congratulations and well done.
 
Outstanding report! Thanks for taking us along on the whole adventure and for sharing the trials and triumphs of the hunt. Congratulations and well done.
Thank you! It was one of the greatest experiences of my life!
 
So will the next title be ( the not so long road to my second safari)?

Thank you for sharing your experiences on your safari.
 
So will the next title be ( the not so long road to my second safari)?

Thank you for sharing your experiences on your safari.
Well, I certainly hope it won't be The Long(er) Road to Africa! :LOL:
 

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Currently doing a load development on a .404 Jeffrey... it's always surprising to load .423 caliber bullets into a .404 caliber rifle. But we love it when we get 400 Gr North Fork SS bullets to 2300 FPS, those should hammer down on buffalo. Next up are the Cutting Edge solids and then Raptors... load 200 rounds of ammo for the customer and on to the next gun!
To much to political shit, to little Africa :-)
Spending a few years hunting out west then back to Africa!
mebawana wrote on MB_GP42's profile.
Hello. If you haven't already sold this rifle then I will purchase. Please advise. Thank you.
jbirdwell wrote on uplander01's profile.
I doubt you are interested in any trades but I was getting ready to list a Sauer 404 3 barrel set in the 10-12 price range if your interested. It has the 404J, 30-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor barrel. Only the 30-06 had been shot and it has 7 rounds through it as I was working on breaking the barrel in. It also has both the synthetic thumbhole stock and somewhere between grade 3-5 non thumbhole stock

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