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Well folks I am 31 days out from taking another trip to Namibia as the thread title suggests. Once again my adventure will be in the hands of Pieter Delport owner of Eintracht Jagd Safaris. Delta will take me from Kansas City to Johannesburg via Atlanta, Seat 4A, on the A350-900 Flight 200. I...

Folks I find myself in an unenviable position. I am in search of a particular rifle ammo for an upcoming trip. Winchester Ballistic Silvertip 180 grain in 300 WinMag. As you hit your favorite stores please look to see if any is available. If so give me a shout. or you you have a couple of boxes...

It would be a pleasure to stop by and visit with our many AH Sponsors/Outfitters at SCI this week In Nashville. Perhaps you could list your booth numbers here. I have seen a couple of notices but I’m sure I have missed a few. Anyway it would be nice to have the information all down in one post...

Saturday morning will take a drive out to the brand new Kansas City Airport and travel to Edmonton Alberta. Black bear with color phase opportunity will be on the menu and Sherwood Outfitters will be my hosts. I bought this hunt last year at auction from my Kansas City Chapter of Safari Club...

17 Days and counting down to a grand adventure in Zimbabwe with some AH Friends @Philip Glass @YancyW @TOBY458 as well as Tim who is a friend of Philip‘s. This is my first trip to Zimbabwe and the second time I have hunted with some friends from AH. I had a great time hunting Hippo in South...

A friend of mine got these black walnut blanks for me from a tree cut down in North West Iowa. Some good Amish folks sawed the tree and dried the lumber out for about 18 months. Now I need to find someone who can make the stock I want.

Midway USA has these listed at $316 a box. I would like $250 plus shipping.

Folks it seems to me that many of our members have had some very good success hunting dangerous game this year. (Myself Included). I thought I would start a thread were everyone could post pictures and just share where you hunted, outfitter, gun short notes about your trophy. In a sense we would...

Well folks I am finally off for Namibia. Hunt was cancelled last year as was everything and previously messed up and cancelled in 2016 Zimbabwe. Wish me luck And I will share the adventure as I go!

Top photo pictured left to right are my Ruger #1s in 243 Win, 270 Win, 300 Win Mag and 375 H&H. Bottom photo top to bottom 416 Guide Gun, 375 H&H, 300 Win Mag, 270 Win, 243 Win and M77 Compact in 308. All but the Guide Gun have the Salt and Pepper laminated stocks with Satin Stainless Steel. My...

I also collect Whiskey......more especially Bourbons. What is everyone’s favorite?

Everyone in the AH community! It saddens me greatly to inform you that PH Pieter Erasmus, father, friend, outfitter and former sponsor here on AH has passed away. Pieter is survived by his sister, a young daughter and a son. Announcement made back on Sep 4, 2019: Prayers for Pieter Erasmus...

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I see in my news feed this morning that the former Zim strong man has died.

From left to right Robert McCloud, @USMA84DAB, @Shootist43, @Art Lambart II and CAustin taking a few shots at the range!

I want to let everyone here on AH know that PH, Outfitter, Friend and former AH Sponsor Pieter Erasmus has taken seriously ill. In recent months Pieter has not felt well and as some here have noted in Private Messages to me he had lost considerable weight. I am saddened to inform everyone in...

As the title indicates I wish to publicly thank Art Lambart SR, @Shootist43, and Art Lambart II, @Art Lambart II, for assisting me down the road to reloading. Starting back last Fall Art SR began the process of outlining the equipment and supplies I would need to undertake reloading for my Big...

Well folks I have searched high and low for just the right rifle. My grandson is a long way from his first hunt, he is 22 months old, but I tend to get out ahead of things. One day the little guy will be able to say he has a rifle just like PaPa’s. Ruger dosent make this rifle anymore so finding...

Nine months of planning, multiple trips to the firing range, packing and unpacking at least three times, checking and rechecking firearms permit paperwork over and over again.....and finally the day had arrived. July the 18th was like any other Wednesday morning for me. I was up and after the...

Look what my lovely wife got for my birthday! From the Thomas Ferney & Company of Gaithersburg, MD their Signature Gun Case. The Merkel will love this case just as much as I love my wife. She says the customer service was outstanding and that Chris was a pleasure to deal with.

Folks I thought I Would mention how much I have enjoyed being a part of this great community over the last four years. 10,000 posts and still going strong. Morning noon and night when I need a sanity break I tune into AfricaHunting.com. I very much appreciate the friends made here. From get...

So a couple of weeks ago I was on a Delta flight to Atlanta. I scored the upgrade to first class and settled in for the two hours. Minding my own business I did a little work from my IPad in preparation for the afternoon visits I had planned. My screen saver on the IPad as you folks might...

Was at the airport early today to pick up trophies from 2015 and 2016. Had to barrow a trailer from a friend and man did this crate fill it up. The 40 minute drive home was filled with great anticipation! I had to shower and return to the airport to catch a flight on the double. But......I...

Not sure when the next safari will be but practice never hurts. AH members @Art Lambart II and @Shootist43 , met up with me today at the Parma Woods shooting range to get in a little practice time! Several rifles were used to send rounds down range and the results were good enough to "cut meat"...

Folks I purchased a couple of very nice chunks of wood from a fellow AH member a few months ago with the intent of having a stock made for one of my rifles. I have zero experience with the process and would appreciate suggestions from members who have had stocks made for your favorite rifles. I...

Well folks as I have mentioned in some other posts I am off to South Africa in June of this year to hunt Hippo with Pieter Erasmus. As of this posting I am 106 days from departure and as always the excitement level is starting to build. I'm not yet dreaming of hippo ears sticking out of the...

A happy group of AH members gathered last evening to meet Pawprint Safaris very own Pieter Erasmus. An enjoyable time was had by all. From left to right Pieter @Pawprint Safaris , @dobber , @Shootist43 , @Art Lambart II , @CAustin , @Rbi1923 , and Pawprint client Tom. Three hunts already booked...

Folks the SCI Kansas City chapter is sponsoring it's annual Hunters Expo Janurary 20th thru the 22nd. Pawprint Safaris very own Pieter Erasmus will be participating in the expo as previously noted in his US Schedule posting. It is my pleasure to host a Meet and Greet at my home on Thursday...

Well folks after searching for over a year I finally found and acquired a Ruger Model #1 in 375 H&H. I held out for stainless with the salt and pepper laminated stock which turned out to be harder to find than I thought. Can't wait to take this to the range. So my African battery now includes...

Folks I am trying to compile a list of fellow AH members who live in the Kansas City area. Even if you are an hour or two away I would appreciate having you respond. Thank you in advance! My hope is that we might have a get together at some point. Charlie

Wondering if anyone on here has ever made a purchase through this website? I have never done so myself and would like to be schooled on the process. Thanks in advance folks.

I have given some consideration to purchasing a crossbow over the last couple of years. It seems that there are constant innovations coming along. Some of the new stuff is Greek to me as I am not a bow hunter as of today. I would want a crossbow to use for deer and hog hunting here in the US. I...

I pose this question for AH members that has perhaps been asked before but I dare say we have new members that may wish to share with everyone. For me it was was when my Outfitter and PH, Pieter Erasmus, said to me......." You may touch your ivory Charlie" I had already received a high five...

Well folks the bags are packed and the guns are in the case! I have checked my list a couple of times now so I'm ready. The question is will I fill my list. We shall see on that score! I leave on Delta 200 Tuesday evening from Atlanta and will meet Pieter at OR Tambo Wednesday afternoon...

@reedy0312 traveled to Kansas City on business. Once all his business matters were addressed he met up with yours truly for dinner and lots of shared hunting stories. Folks reedy has a big trophy collection back in North Carolina and has been on some great hunts. Glad you could visit Charles...

Folks I am very interested to hear from my fellow AH members on actual experience with getting trophies out of Zim and back to the states. I have never hunted Zim before but do hear some issues that may come up. Can you comment on the following: 1) when did you hunt and how long did it take to...

Took the Ruger Guide Gun to the range today in preparation for my return trip to Africa in July. When I got home last year I noticed a small problem with the stock that needed to be addressed. So I took the scope off and made the trip down to Tulsa for the work to be done! A week later I...

If I owned a classic double I would want the detail to look like this picture! It was posted here on AH and comes up from time to time as the server selects pictures to display! When I took my bull last year he was with two others! He and the next oldest and biggest bull had no concern about...

Art Lambert II and Charlie Austin met up today at the SCI Kansas City Expo! A great afternoon was had talking to outfitters and taxidermists! It's always a great day when you get to talk hunting and plan for the next safari with a fellow AH member.

Folks it's OFFICIAL Pieter Erasmus and I are hunting again in 2016!

Bought my son a new Ruger for Christmas! He got to take it to the range yesterday. He got it sighted in and he is ready to go back to Africa! This rifle is the M77 Compact with matte stainless and a laminated stock. It's a 7 mm 08 with a 16.5 inch barrel. 95% of the punch of a 308 round at about...

AH Members CAustin and Wheels met for lunch at a local eatery in Oklahoma Saturday. A good meal was had and a couple of hours spent discussing hunting across Africa and the United States. We could have talked for another two hours easily. It's a good day when hunters can get together and discuss...

All Is In Order It's the night before departure on the biggest hunt of my life. Not sure that sleep will come very easily but I'm going to try. Bryson, my son, just called to let me know that he has everything in order down in Houston and that he will be at the airport early. We are both...

The Lambarts , father and son, and both fellow AH members made the drive to visit with me and the wife this evening in Kansas! After some refreshment we got down to serious conversation concerning making the trip to South Africa. About a year from now Art and Art will be making their first trip...

Well folks I now have more proof that deciding to hunt elephant with Pieter Erasmus of Paw Print Safaris was the right decision. When I got home from a short trip the other day a yellow and red DHL box was sitting on my front porch. One look at the shipping label and instantly I knew that it was...

Ok folks here we go with a report to forum members on my experience with riflepermits.com. So far so good!!!. I contacted Henry to get clarification on the steps I must take to secure my temporary rifle permits in advance of arrival at OR Tambo. Once I filled out the forms and assembled the...

Well folks I finally took the Beast to the range today and my thoughts are many and varied. First, Ruger built a fine rifle. This particular rifle hasn't been made in many years and I managed to get one new in the box. Second, it kicks like a Missouri Mule. Third, we will be adding a recoil...

Found just the right mode of transportation for Billc and Loodt in the Nashville,TN area. Driver said big game hunters were welcome to ride in his mini van! After all pink is a special color!

I wonder if anyone else is experiencing the same problems I'm having. I completed last years hunt on May the 1st. Capricorn Taxidermy in Polokwane South Africa completed all six trophies the first week of January of this year. I have shared photos of the work on this site and the mounts appear...

My cape Buffalo has been completed at Capricorn Taxidermy in Polokwane SA. I expect to receive shipping details soon from Mike Smith and his team. He was the last of my six trophies from 2014 to be completed. Sort of a mean looking dude isn't he?