Velo Dog
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Good luck, I'm looking forward to the report. Safe travels.
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Good luck, I'm looking forward to the report. Safe travels.
Wow you have taken some great trophies, that Kudu is real monster compared to what most folks are taking these days.It's almost here!
My buddy and I fly out of SLC, bound for Namibia, on Saturday! Can't wait. We're going to be hunting with Philip Hennings of Khomas Highland Safaris.
I chose Philip for several reasons:
My friend is an Africa Safari Virgin (ASV) but this will be my 4th trip and 1st time to Namibia. This will also be my first time hunting with a rifle as the predominant hunting tool. We're still bringing our bows to try out some new nocks and broadheads on cull animals and I think I might be as excited about that as the rest!
- I liked our initial interactions by email. I can tell he's a fun guy and willing to make my trophy priorities his priority.
- He has a huge conservancy to hunt with excellent trophy quality and I'm confident he can put me on great animals.
- His prices are competitive and very fair
- Free range. I have not experienced this yet in my African adventures and can't wait to hunt in this way.
On the hit list:
Kudu- they're in the rut!
Oryx
Springbok (2 of these)
Steenbok
Mountain Zebra
Warthog
If I get that done, I'll hunt culls (open to what comes in) with my bow and maybe take a trophy red hartebeest and black wildebeest.
Every trip up until now has been out of a blind, with limited walk and stalk, so I'm really looking forward to capturing some more Africa memories from this new, in the bush, perspective!
I'll continue this thread when I get home. Won't be as long and... yawn.... drawn out as my last one, so hopefully you will find it entertaining and informative on Philip's operation.
To whet our appetites, here's a few of my favorite animals from my previous trips:
32 inch waterbuck. Super heavy with not much curl but it makes him look TALL. Took him over a waterhole: 40 yard shot.
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First warthog. Fell in love. I think he's in the 14" range... 50 yard shot over pond.
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Second eland- first to recover. 30 yard shot.
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First animal taken previous 3 safaris.... not this time!
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59 1/2" kudu. 30 yard shot. Low- he was dead but it was going to take some time. With hours of tracking, a helicopter, and a rifle, we finally got him on the ground. Easily my favorite Africa trophy so far.
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Nyala: sub 20 yard shot. Not my favorite hunt but nyala are gorgeous. This bull taped 27.5"
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Afterthought pig.... came on him while stalking wounded kudu. Super ugly and awesome. Shot with Rifle.
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2 more big pigs. LOVE warthogs. Both shot over same water hole within 2 hours of each other. 20 yard shots.
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Highland Utah. I'm in South Jordan. Headed out in July to the Kalahari. Enjoy Nambia. Your trophies are fantastic
What archery stuff are you testing? Different broadhead?
Wow you have taken some great trophies, that Kudu is real monster compared to what most folks are taking these days.
Love that waterbuck. Good luck on the upcoming trip.
Anxious to here back..Wife n I are planning them next June.Good luck and can't wait to read your report! It's going to be hard to top your 59-1/2" kudu.....
I'll be hunting with Philip in November...a long time to wait!
Drama! Qatar airways pulled our bags and us off the flight. Said I didn't have the proper documentation for the rifle and if I got it they would fly us out tomorrow night! They were a bit abrupt and I took offense and said some things I shouldn't have and they ripped up our tickets and said we were black listed from flying with them!
I cooled off and apologized to the manager I'd called some things to and the dude not only accepted the apology, he got me the documentation and spent an hour figuring out how to get us and all our gear to Windhoek at the same planned time! I'm still in shock... I was pretty aggressive and when I apologized I wasn't expecting him to accept it, let alone help us out. Good dude.
So sitting in a new plane and a different airline waiting to take off!
Namibia here we come!