Recent content by bakerb

It’s also going to depend on the species. I hunted the Eastern Cape and it could definitely be hard if you’re hunting bushbuck or kudu or zebra or other wary animals. Blesbok and stuff like that is going to be easier. I didn’t see that they were very switched on

Elephant is the pinnacle. A big bull with big ivory is the peak. I dreamed of elephant for years. Finally got my chance and it was a hell of a hunt. 120+ miles walked in 15 days. Mock charged to single digit yards. Ran from cows on two occasions. Tried to find a bull that we tracked that mixed...

It’s in the book on Kindle. I just highlight as I read the ones h like and then save them as the Kindle quotes.

Tom Kelly is a treasure

The Markham one is one of my favorites

A PH I hunted with in Botswana was present when 3 San ran down two kudu on back to back days. I think that was the Attenborough video posted above. They did it once but the kudu was down when they got the video there. They wanted to do it again to show the spearing. So they did it yet again...

When I bowhunted I took a bow case with that stuff. But I’ve done 2 trips to Botswana after elephant and 2 multi week international trips with my wife with nothing but an 1800 cubic inch backpack which I carried on. It’s so much easier than checking stuff and worrying about whether it made it...

Rent one. Show up to camp with only a backpack and they’ll love you :cool: I have taken a bow twice. I’ve rented a rifle twice. And I’m renting next year for Cape buffalo. I do enjoy the hassle free travel of no checked bags and no rifle or bow.

Clarence “Bud” Anderson has a great book about being a P51 triple ace. “To Fly and Fight”. It’s available on kindle

You could make a pretty good argument (and some have) that the P51 was vital in winning the air war in Europe, and therefore vital in winning the overall war in Europe. Not much more classic than that

Built the house 3 years ago. I’ve already ran out of room

Gorgeous wood!

I too voted 1 MOA. I have a 1 MOA on a 45-70 bear defense rifle and it is easy for me to pick up and pick up quick. I have it mounted farther back on the receiver and I’ve “practiced” picking it up with an UNLOADED rifle at a charging black lab :) I like it. Besides using a defense gun, I...

I will give you my personal experience, which may be a cautionary tale. . . I too LONGED for a double rifle. The nostalgia, the history, the coolness, everything. I, however, am not a wealthy man. I also LONGED to hunt an elephant with that double. Again, though, the chances of me elephant...