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My Dad (I call him Papa) went on a little walk today. His granddaughter wanted to go on a hike and he's not the kind of man that will say no to his granddaughter. So off went Papa, his granddaughter, and my sister and her husband. Pretty standard stuff, right ? Not really... You see my Papa is...

I found some yesterday on Powder Valley and today ammoseek alerted me to three other places that were now in stock, which is the first I've found available since this whole component shortage started. So of you have been looking for Lott brass here is your chance. I also found some 3006 brass...

https://nypost.com/2021/08/04/game-hunter-swindled-financier-out-of-2m-on-big-kills-suit/ You hear things.... Seems to be out in open now.

Looks like the tide is beginning to turn at least in parts of Tanzania. https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/13470/Massive-Wildlife-Survey-in-Tanzania-Points-to-Elephant-Recovery-In-Key-Landscape.aspx

Bossie was hurt by a wounded buffalo today. No word yet as to his condition . I will update if and when I hear more . Please keep Bossie in your prayers. If you want to help, we have a Fundraiser for wounded PH Bossie Mostert...

When you have no actual argument or facts it's always best to go ad hominem and emotional, or so the libs think. https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/mississippi-newspaper-hits-back-after-keith-olbermann-calls-for-writer-to-be-fired-over-turkey-hunting-article

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f7741444e32457a6333566d54/index.html?fbclid=IwAR35jqtCeIjssIEdbzhKsaK71qMY8APS--IAJqq0wDjVl 31-Jan-2019 Africa's pro-ivory bloc gets stronger, wants to ease restrictions ‍Several African countries are defying global wildlife conservation efforts and...

How can anyone be expected to hunt without access to KFC??? I mean there are rough hunts and all, but you have to draw the line somewhere!!! :A Shades: Posted at 5:22 10 Oct5:22 10 Oct SHARED Zimbabwe's KFC 'has no money to buy chickens' AFPCopyright: AFP KFC does not have US dollars to...

https://www.environment.gov.za/mediarelease/molewa_allocatesleopard_quota Minister Molewa allocates leopard hunting quota for South Africa for 2018 12 August 2018 Based on a determination by the Scientific Authority, the Department of Environmental Affairs has confirmed the quota for the...

Great article.... Very glad that TGA understands that the fight is to be won with the public, not directly with the governments etc. This is why the antis hate our trophy pictures, women in hunting, or any other interaction that might generate a positive conversation. The antis understand that...

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/07/24/oregon-woman-finds-mountain-lion-napping-in-her-home-this-is-wild.html WILD NATURE 5 hours ago Oregon woman finds mountain lion napping in her home: 'This is wild' By Madeline Farber | Fox News Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print...

Very interesting paper. Shows that trophy hunting doesn't lead to extinction, as the antis like to falsely claim That overall there is a worldwide decline in trophy hunting That altnough IUCN listing upgrade doesnt result in decrease in trophy hunting for an endangered species, it also doesn't...

Beginning to fight back directly.... Well done. @Rick Parsons @Paul Babaz https://huntforever.org/2018/06/29/media-attack-on-sci-full-of-fantasies-and-falsehoods/ MEDIA ATTACK ON SCI FULL OF FANTASIES AND FALSEHOODS Safari Club International and hunters fight criminal poaching of wildlife...

This should make any liberals eye twitch! http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/07/lt-col-oliver-north-to-become-nra-president-organization-says.html Lt. Col. Oliver North to become NRA president, organization says By Katherine Lam | Fox News Oliver North to become next NRA president...

Note from @AfricaHunting.com: As this conversation was off topic from the original thread (https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zimbabwe-martin-pieters-safaris-early-season-elephant-double-buffalo-hunt.42988/) I moved this conversation to its' own thread. That bull has definitely caused quit...

This is a long way from meaning anything, but interesting none the less. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1628139510615251&id=836707513091792 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24th March, 2018 MINISTRY SETS UP A TASK FORCE ON WILDLIFE UTILIZATION The Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife has set...

CNN investigative journalism at it's best!

@Witold Krzyżanowski , What can you tell us about this? https://www.fieldsportschannel.tv/poland-to-be-first-eu-country-to-ban-most-hunting/ Poland to be first EU country to ban most hunting The Polish Senate has crumbled under pressure from animal rights activists and has voted for the...

Good information. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-wildlife-protection-board-packed-trophy-hunters-article-1.3876922 WASHINGTON — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked...

Congratulations to @Paul Babaz , @Ivan Carter , and @Conservation Force SCI President Paul Babaz Named To International Wildlife Conservation Council Safari Club International President Paul Babaz and other SCI members were among those named to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s new...

Fellow AH Members, I've asked both @Rick Parsons and @Paul Babaz if they would be willing to take part in an SCI thread, and they have graciously said they would be happy to. So, if you have questions or suggestions for SCI here is a place where you know you'll be heard. A few simple rules...

There are rumors that any sport hunted elephant trophies will not be allowed into the U.S.. I don't have any concrete information as to whether this will truly be the case, or not. What I do know is that the USFWS page that until recently listed the countries where elephant could be imported...

Good read. https://sciblogs.co.nz/chthonic-wildlife-ramblings/2017/11/23/ending-trophy-hunting-elephants-conservation-success/ Ending Trophy Hunting of Elephants: Is this a Conservation Success? By Brendan Moyle • 23/11/2017 • 2 Following a wave of popular outrage, the US government...

A positive article made it to Fox News at least. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/04/elephants-in-africa-need-to-be-protected-and-believe-it-or-not-hunting-does-this-better-than-ban.html For those Americans who care about the future of elephants on the African continent, the decision to...

Taken from FB, a post from @Ivan Carter. Thoughts On The Administration’s Looming Lifting of the Ban on Elephant Trophy Imports There is a substantial amount of rhetoric surrounding the current U.S. administration’s looming decision on the import ban applying to elephant and lion...

Source: China must not ban ivory trade | Herald (Opinion) Ban on ivory trade has continued to lead to an increase in demand for ivory, resulting in increase in elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade Emmanuel Koro Correspondent The Secretary-General of the UN Convention on International...

Altnough related to the below thread I thought this was important enough to post separately, especially now that the lift of the ban has made the mainstream news. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/elephant-imports-now-allowed-from-zimbabwe-zambia.40929/ I've only had time to scan the...

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-bucks-stop-here/ The Bucks Stop Here When deer breeder Billy Powell was nabbed for smuggling more than forty whitetails onto his East Texas farm, his case was hailed as the highest-dollar crime of its kind in history. But was he just a casualty of our...

Saw this crap first hand myself. It's everywhere and the rules change as need be for sure. Roadblocks and bribes: Zimbabwe is Africa’s shakedown state 1 October 20, 2017 9:25 AM Source: Roadblocks and bribes: Zimbabwe is Africa’s shakedown state – The Globe and Mail Robert Rotberg is...

E-mail update from SCI. USFWS Issues Permits For Lions From Zimbabwe and Zambia Safari Club International has learned from hunting industry sources in Africa that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is mailing out permits for the importation of lions taken in Zimbabwe and Zambia. "This is...

This hunt was my 50th birthday present to myself, and from my loving and understanding wife. Hunting Elephant.... I dreamed of it as a small boy. I never thought it would happen, but I dreamed of it. The McMillan trophy room.... This was a large part of my dream...

Elephant conservationist in Tanzania gunned down by suspected ivory poachers Published August 18, 2017 Fox News Leading conservationist Wayne Lotter, 51, was killed by suspected ivory poachers in Tanzania Wednesday. (PAMS Foundation) A renowned conservationist who devoted his life to...

When I was a small boy I had two separate influences that put Africa, and hunting Africa, into my heart and mind. One was a friend of my father's and the other was the McMillan family. The McMillans were family friends of my grandparents going back to before the hunt in 1947. Dad told me that...

I've been meaning to post this poll for a while now, mainly as a result of the below thread. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/why-avoid-hornady-dg-bullets-and-ammunition.39124/ Question is simple. If you could use any bullet for DG with no issue of availability and no difference in cost...

I remember reading one time that bear mauling fatalities occured at about an equal rate irregardless of whether the victim was armed or not. The hypothesis was that armed victims often didn't have time to bring their weapon into play. Makes this situation pretty interesting I think...

Those of you that are Aggies, or know a little bit about the Aggie culture will understand what a big deal this is. My nephew was selected as one of the three drum majors for the 2017 football season! I could be prouder of him! The Corp of Cadets is the backbone of Texas A&M, and the band is...

Yes, I'm making a play on words with @The Artistry of Wildlife . So as some of you know I'm moving from Georgia to Texas. I had to get the taxidermy there and didn't want the moving company transporting and to crate and all would have been cost prohibitive anyway I believe. Late last year I...

Save the environment at any cost!!! :ROFLMAO:

Yesterday, Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, responded to a Facebook post by television host and PH Ivan Carter. Mr. Carter challenged the FWS' policy towards Tanzania, and especially the non-issuance of lion import permits. Mr. Ashe’s post offered "facts" in response...

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/11/12/Zimbabwe-court-drops-charges-against-hunter-in-Cecil-the-lion-death/3511478970996/?spt=slh&or=10 Shocker Zimbabwe court drops charges against hunter in Cecil the lion death By Amy R. Connolly HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A high court in...

Most of my gun purchases are hunting related and I view most of my guns as tools and I buy them for a specific purpose, rarely caring about looks, but simply function for the intended purpose - hunting, self defense, etc... That being said, the day after the 2012 election I ordered an AK-47...

@BRICKBURN on patrol

So I think about this every time a controversial thread comes up and I read someone post "if it is legal we should all support it because its legal now and because we are the minority. " My question is simple - why? Here's a broad analogy. America <insert your country here> is a small part...

The good news is that hunting isn't mentioned as a problem. The bad news is that hunting isn't mentioned as a solution. http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/africa/great-elephant-census/index.html

Nothing really new here, still interesting that maybe Zim is finally making an effort to convince others? Zimbabwe escalates ivory battle By ZimSitRep_M | August 4, 2016 Source: Zimbabwe escalates ivory battle | The Financial Gazette August 4, 2016 ZIMBABWE will resume its battle to press...

So I was thinking.... The Leopard sure seems to be the next animal that the greenies would like to save into extinction. I've seen numbers of population and range saying that there was a 30% or greater loss etc... This is TOTALLY non-scientific, but I went out and found a couple of...

So I wasn't going to Africa this year. It just wasn't going to happen. I had been fortunate enough to go twice in two seasons and it was time for a break and let the pocketbook recover. But then I made a mistake.... I kept hanging around here. Oops.... I enjoy telling the backstory of a hunt...

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/06/08/sneaky-panther-moos-pkg.cnn

Almost here!!!!! This is extra exciting to me as it includes two safaris worth of trophies dating back to August of 2014. To be clear, the choice to wait was totally mine. I decided to wait and have everything completed at once. As others have said before me, Paul at Relive has been great to...

Good read... http://media.wix.com/ugd/87ac6...a4e9ef7c608b4933.pdf