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Todya was our final day to hunt. Ivan and Mof had arrnaged to hunt a property that was littered with impala. We again left early but there was a different feeling today. After having an amazing day yesterday everyone had a feeling of whatever happens happens. It took us a while to find some...

When we arrived back from krueger we had 4 days left to hunt and the only thing we really wanted to accomplish was to get my son an impala. For two days we walked miles and miles, we sat at water holes and every day saw hundreds of impala but just couldn’t seem to make it work out. I could tell...

We spent the next 4 days at krueger national park which was nothing short of spectacular. More elephants than you could possibly count; lions within 10 feet, African wild dogs, honey badger, leopard we saw absolutely everything we could have imagined with the exception of a rhino.

The next day we went out to try and get dad a kudu. This wasn’t going to be the easiest task. He’s not great at quick or long shots and despite his age he’s a fairly new hunter. He had no intention of sitting in a blind so away we went. We found lots of kudu in the morning but none we could get...

I had been staring at a lechwe mount in the dinning room since we arrived and inquired about the cost. Mof made me a good deal and we were headed for lechwe the next morning. Arrangements were made at a neighbouring lodge and we left around 7:00 with a goal of putting a nice lechwe down and...

Back to more hunting. We returned to Adansonia and the next day decided to focus on Kudu. We travelled to a different property today near the Botswana border so we were up early and lunches were packed. I had been thinking about taking a zebra since before I left but wasn’t sure what to do...

The next day we went to Victoria falls for a few days. Dad has a goal to see the 7 wonders of the world and I think the only one he has left now is Everest. Mof arranged for us to travel with his friend Ron Haywood who runs African Adventures. Amazing man and ram everything flawless. We spent...

Day 3: Our goal for the day was sable. We headed out for the morning allong the river where we knew they were living. As soon as we got there we started walking. Peter, our tracker who was nothing short of incredible, couldn’t find any fresh tracks on our side of the river so we decided to head...

Day 2: We woke up early with plans of my dad and son getting on the board. My son is 11 and this would be his first big game hunt. Dad isn’t a super avid hunter but has come with me yearly since I married his daughter and harvest game most years. The plan for my son was to take the first mature...

As I write this I’m tying on my iPhone in the air from South Africa back to North America so please forgive any poor typing or bad grammar I’ll try my best. Africa has been a dream of mine since before I was a hunter. As a little kid I dreamed about the animals, as I grew up I fell in love...

We are going to be in RSA in august and my father would really like to see Victoria falls. I’m wondering if anyone could provide me some information about things to do and how long we should plan to stay. We will be travelling with 2 children 8 and 11 years old. Just wondering about, places to...

I was literally searching for answers to this question. I just picked up this sako in 375hh and need to find some glass. Previous owner said it loves 270 grain swift aframes. Africa is a year and a bit away for me but I’m going to be ready lol.

Any time other than run off is pretty good. Weather is best in July and August, fishing is fantastic august-November but it was pretty fantastic for us February and March. Runoff usually takes place mid April-beginning of June.