Recent content by jepetto62

Your best shot is to have someone at home contacting your airline and have them follow-up on the baggage (based on the tag). Otherwise, likely they missed the connections somewhere during your trip and will arrive with the next plane Good luck!

I own both caliber, a 416 Blaser Safari rifle and a Krieghoff 458 double. Pros of the 416: - More comfortable to shoot - Longer shots possible (I have shot a 41" sable at 240 yds, dropped dead) - Larger choice of ammunition and very good knock down power Pros of 458 - Heavier grains...

Hi Brandi, as everyone agrees SA may be your best bet. Or Namibia. may nice outfitters with great and luxurious property. and, yes, beware of the cold weather, I have been there on occasions where it... snowed (exceptional but it happens). Generally you should be fine. but if you want to do...

I would strongly discourage you to use 9.3x74R on buffalo, and I am speaking of experience. I have tried it a few years ago and it was not a pleasant experience. The shots were clean but the buf just did not go down. This caliber is mostly used for large european game, driven hunts, for...

Again, if the operation is run by a Zim operator I would feel comforted... But I would not go there through a SA based operation. They have very often little morality and more than once no proper paper/authorizations. they just make deals with the land owners (meaning friends of Mugabe who...

Hi Timbo, I know Dave Amyot pretty well. He is (was?) normally working for ZimAfricas and is a very good PH. He guided my son (13) for a successful buffalo hunt and I have hunted hippo with him last year. So, no worries on that side. Concerning the area in which you will hunt, as one post...

Me again. I have hunted both with Dave (1x) and Wayne Jardine (3x). Either alone or with my dad (75) and my son (13) All together taking one leopard, 4 buffalos (my father one, my son one and myself two), two elephants (40 and 70+ lbs), one top-five SCI livingstone eland, two sables (35" and...

Hi Peleton, The hunt was adjacent to Hwange national Park, in the Colliery concession which is run by Zimafrica. Third hunt there and saw every time nice jumbos. Last one was the best regarding big trophies, mostly because late in the season (mid-august) and very dry conditions pushing the...

Hi Tony, As for you rhino is on top of my list and, for me, the last of the big five list. I am struggling between darting and shooting and have a bit of stand-by position until I see an offer that will make me go one direction or another. I trust both are fun. Again, motivation would be for...

I will try to avoid judging right or wrong, but just state some facts. Some companies, who will "release lion for six months", are known to release lions under witnesses, then open the gate of their small pen next days.... Lions will come back to safety and be kept there until the client...

Correct, it was a photographic lodge and went into hunting only after that. I did the customary check on Malindi and was OK. It is a bit sensitive here so I will not expand... As you know, lots of people have a stand-by position in Zim and until there is (hopefully soon) a change at the head of...

As said, I was there recently, and I agree with you. But the situation in the Gwaii area depends from farm to farm. The lion permit I had (issued by Park) allowed hunting on the whole area (no limitation, regardless of the owners (rightful or not)). Malindi is still operated by Zimafricas and...

Nope, you are straight on the spot with the Zeiss. I also use same scope on a R8 Selous 416 Rem, and also a Zeiss with greater magnification for a R8 success in 270 W and 338 WM... It seems we share similar tastes for weapons and scopes... Take care and good hunting JP

Hi DavieH, I have the same gun, same caliber, and use a Schmidt and Bender 1-6x red dot. It works fine long range (have shot antilopes at > 250 m range) medium range with poor light (shot leopard at night) but is also great for driven hunt (no parallax, have shot deer, roedeers and boars)

Totally agree, but I am not optimistic about the future on the wildlife there. Poaching is rampant, SA operators a huge issue, Park is selling its asset (game...) because they are out of money (no more payment from hunting concessions seized). Sad!