The Bongo
AH member
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2015
- Messages
- 35
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- 20
- Location
- UK
- Member of
- BASC, NOBS, SACS
- Hunted
- UK, Bulgaria, Italy
Hi, I am looking to put together a father/son safari for 2017/18 and am here to learn more about extending my hunting experience. Ideally we would like a plains trophy each, along with some management hunting and some wing shooting for a couple of days. We both immerse ourselves in the local hunting and wildlife as often as we can, and to finally get to sub-Saharan Africa after years I spent working in North African cities would be fantastic.
As traditionalists I shoot a 1943 .303 No.4 1* with 180gr. Sierra SP Spitzes, my son shoots a Mosin-Nagant carbine in 7.62x54R with irons and the same .311 bullet. The .303 has served three generations (and the odd Red Deer) proud, but I am thinking that a .300 Win Mag may soon join the stable. A good friend has shown me the amazing point and shootability of this calibre lately.
Any tips or advice are very welcome, just a quick look at the anatomy of plains game compared to European deer and a new continent is going to mean starting from scratch.
Thanks for the tips already gleaned.
As traditionalists I shoot a 1943 .303 No.4 1* with 180gr. Sierra SP Spitzes, my son shoots a Mosin-Nagant carbine in 7.62x54R with irons and the same .311 bullet. The .303 has served three generations (and the odd Red Deer) proud, but I am thinking that a .300 Win Mag may soon join the stable. A good friend has shown me the amazing point and shootability of this calibre lately.
Any tips or advice are very welcome, just a quick look at the anatomy of plains game compared to European deer and a new continent is going to mean starting from scratch.
Thanks for the tips already gleaned.
The Bongo,
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. know a few people in poole/sandbanks who come over to jersey a few times a year for genteel lunches and quiet drinking..........
