The wait is killing me

gizmo · Apr 27, 2015

Ok so I leave for Africa in 59 days but who's counting right. The final countdown is killing me. My ph sends me this picture today.

Lion is one of the things I'm after on this trip. What a monster of a cat. Geeze this is going to be the longest two months of my life. I'm probably not going to be able to sleep now. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning times 100.

kathy · Apr 28, 2015

Beautiful cat. I know the feeling about the wait. it will be all a memory before you know it. Forrest

stug · Apr 28, 2015

Our duck shooting season opens in 3 days, that is bad enough, let alone 20x as long!

Christina Nyczepir · Apr 28, 2015

Well.....look on the bright side, Gizmo. Some of us have a YEAR to wait. :E Crying:

CAustin · Apr 28, 2015

Three months 28 days for me Gizmo and I can't wait either. Are you going after a big male lion?

Royal27 · Apr 28, 2015

My wife showed me her countdown timer that said seven days 17 hours and 34 minutes, but that was like 10 minutes ago....

gizmo · Apr 28, 2015

WALKINGPREY2 said:
Well.....look on the bright side, Gizmo. Some of us have a YEAR to wait.

Right but I've already waited about a year and a half. My patience is stretched to the max.

gizmo · Apr 28, 2015

CAustin said:
Three months 28 days for me Gizmo and I can't wait either. Are you going after a big male lion?

Yes sir. I'm hoping we can find one that big.

CAustin · Apr 28, 2015

Go Gizmo Go! Hope you have a great hunt.

gizmo · Apr 28, 2015

Thanks buddy

85Tecate · Apr 28, 2015

gizmo said:
Ok so I leave for Africa in 59 days but who's counting right. The final countdown is killing me. My ph sends me this picture today. Lion is one of the things I'm after on this trip. What a monster of a cat. Geeze this is going to be the longest two months of my life. I'm probably not going to be able to sleep now. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning times 100.

I like how your PH thinks. Do you mind sharing the outfitter and location?

gizmo · Apr 28, 2015

85Tecate said:
I like how your PH thinks. Do you mind sharing the outfitter and location?

Not at all. He is Andri Fox, not sure of the exact location but it's RSA in the northern cape up by Botswana. We're hunting lion and buff there then we move to the eastern cape for the kids to hunt pg at another of Andri's places.

Bullthrower338 · Apr 30, 2015

Gizmo,
I will be there in 20 days and Dr. Bullthrower will bring some good Canadian to ease the wait!LOL Hope I can get my new Cooper 21 set up in time to bring it out there and slay some dogs off your ranch. Looking forward to it!

gizmo · Apr 30, 2015

Bullthrower338 said:
Gizmo,
I will be there in 20 days and Dr. Bullthrower will bring some good Canadian to ease the wait!LOL Hope I can get my new Cooper 21 set up in time to bring it out there and slay some dogs off your ranch. Looking forward to it!

Me too bro, we been seeing a ton of yotes too. Yall aughta be able to clean house.

PHOENIX PHIL · Apr 30, 2015

22 days to go for me......but no I'm not counting

Wheels · Apr 30, 2015

I have already gone this year.

Now I have to wait for next year.

For the next few months, I will be living vicariously through your hunting reports.

Make em good!

gizmo · Apr 30, 2015

Wheels said:
I have already gone this year.

Now I have to wait for next year.

For the next few months, I will be living vicariously through your hunting reports.

Make em good!

Man I understand, everybody's hunt reports are the only thing that has kept my sanity. What's your next trip going to be?

Wheels · Apr 30, 2015

Nothing is set in stone yet. There are too many things I still want to do. I may see if there is a late season special I can't afford to pass on, but then again?

Maybe your hunting report will encourage me to duplicate your hunt.

I certainly look forward to reading about it, and photos, there can never be too many photos in a report!

gizmo · Apr 30, 2015

Wheels said:
Nothing is set in stone yet. There are too many things I still want to do. I may see if there is a late season special I can't afford to pass on, but then again?

Maybe your hunting report will encourage me to duplicate your hunt. I certainly look forward to reading about it, and photos, there can never be too many photos in a report!

Right, will do my absolute best with the report when we get back. I'd be glad to give you all the info you'd like about the outfitter. If it seems that your interested in a similar hunt once I post the report I can give you my phone # if you'd like all the details and contact info. Andri is a great guy, I really enjoyed spending a week with him at the TTHA show last August, our booths were next to each other. I ended up booking the hunt with him at the end of the show. Since then I talk with him via email a few times a week. We've talked on the phone a couple of times too. He's super easy to deal with and has gone way above and beyond to put my absolute dream hunt together at a price I can afford. I have a feeling I will be hunting with him several more times in the future as he has places to hunt all over and including a few other African countries with a whole lot of different species.

Jody · Apr 30, 2015

Ok, you inspired me to look at one of those fancy countdown clocks online. I wish I would not have. 71 days till take off. Not sure if the broadhead target will last that long the way I've been shooting. Can't wait!!