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My wife and I just returned from another hunt with Jacques...this time for a Rhino dart and plains game. This is the fourth year in a row...and every year gets better and better! We left Reno and arrived at Johannesburg on the 19th of September. We were met there by a representative of...

I just returned from Zimbabwe and harvested two of the "Tiny Ten". I am planning to go back to South Africa to try to get additional specimens. I would like to take my .257 Weatherby Accumark, but I want to use solids for my loads. I have tried Barnes, but the BATF has stopped them from...

Last year I decided that I wanted to try to get the Big 5, so I asked Jacques Spamer of Hartzview to help me determine the best place to go to hunt Elephant and Leopard. I got my Black Maned Lion in 2011, and my Cape Buffalo in 2012...so Elephant and Leopard were next. After several e-mails...

How the internet started..... In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she...

This one is hard to believe. Link to read about it is: Online Petition Wants NRA, RMEF and SCI Declared "Domestic Terrorist Groups" - OutdoorHub.com Disgusting!

The latest on Botswana. Sounds like the Ministry on Environment, Wildlife and Tourism in Botswana announced on Thursday it will enforce a ban on all hunting in the country effective January 1, 2014... More on the site: African Nation of Botswana Declares Countrywide Ban on Hunting -...

Very interesting reading in the latest "In the Crosshairs" published by SCI on rhino poaching concerns in South Africa, and poaching in general in Tanzania. Premier Modise of South Africa considering utilizing South Africa Defence (sic) Force to assist in stopping rhino poaching. Several other...

Last year, one week before my first trip to South Africa, the scope on my 340 Weatherby Fibremark Mark V suddenly failed. The sights would not group ANY rounds. Panic set in! I purchased the rifle and scope new in 1983, and the rifle has a substantial recoil, so I figured I had just...

Prior to my first safari last year I purchased a pair of Bushnell Fusion 1600 Arc Range Finding binoculars. I have used them on safari last year and this year, and I absolutely swear by them. I have the 10X42 and they have performed without fail during both hunts. I became interested in...

I have used a Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan topped with a Trijicon 1X4 scope for the last two years in South Africa with the Hornady Dangerous Game DGX 400 grain loading. I used this load successfully for Lion and for Cape Buffalo. I would like to find out if anyone has loaded this cartridge with...

I returned to Hartzview Safaris on the 10th of September this year. Last year I had a superb 11 day hunt, and was extremely pleased with Jacques and his staff, and I had an excellent Safari. My review is in the records on the 11th of October 2011. I told Jacques I wanted to return this year to...

Last year and this year, I have used a Weatherby Fibermark Mark V in .340 Weatherby caliber and using 250 grain Nosler bullets for plains game, and a Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan in 416 Ruger with Hornady DGX bullet for a Black Maned Lion and a 41" Cape Buffalo. The combination resulted in quick...

I posted the results from my hunt with Hartzview Hunting Safaris earlier today: HartzView Hunting Safari hunting trip in September 2011 by GSTONE I live in Fallon Nevada, am 65 years old, retired, and a lifelong hunter. Some additional information about the hunt: I used a .340 Weatherby...

I have dreamed of going on safari since I read "Hunter" as a boy. I started researching outfitter and safari companies early in January this year. I am 65 years old, and I thought I had better do this while I was still physically capable of making a hunt. I scanned the internet and came...