Recent content by BryceM

Hmmmm. Could be a fun side business. The first one is hard. A replica would be much easier & faster.

Great report. Sounds like a nice bunch of trophies. I love Namibia!

Very cool. Roan is quickly rising to the top of my "still gotta do that" hunts. I imagine I'd like Cameroon immensely for the variety of terrain and game. Not sure a LDE is in my future.... but I could perhaps be convinced. ;)

I own one in .243 Win and I have extensively used a particular Tikka in .308 on multiple occasions in Africa (where I first encountered one). Maybe they aren't super fancy, but they put bullets where you tell them to go. In reality, the three most accurate rifles I own are two expensive custom...

If you're thinking about a Ruger 10/22, also give the CZ 457 a look. I have both, and the CZ is more fun and significantly more accurate. It's a bit more money, but if I was shopping for another, I wouldn't even look at the 10/22.

@Llano Estacado The base is 20" per side. The top of the trapezoid part is 8" per side. The trapezoid is 34" high, which I set to put the eye of the sable even with the eye height of a 5'10" person. It works out to almost exactly 10 degrees. The top plate is 11"x11".

@buffybr, those look fantastic. So, it warmed up a little here today and the lacquer dried pretty quickly. I’m not sure if I like the rotation but that’s easy to change later. Here he is in his new home. As the cherry ages, it will deepen in color to a richer dark red color. Takes a...

I’ve always enjoyed combining two hobbies - in this case, woodworking and hunting. Well, hunting is WAY beyond a hobby, but you get the idea. I recently received a sable mount from a hunt we did in the summer of 2024. The guys in Africa did a great job and it seemed appropriate to build...

If you're not sure, go with the bolt gun. When it's time for a double, I imagine you'll be certain.

6 week, full bag safari in Tanzania. Long enough to do plenty of non-hunting things too. Just totally relax and take what comes. Tent-style, with a fire-warmed bath, pick up and move when the situation calls for it, etc.

I was invited to heft some tusks in a vault in Namibia. “Hard to pick up” is my goal. So, maybe 50-60 lbs each would be fun. A truly huge bull is the stuff of dreams. Tops, of all possible trophies on the planet. I think I want to hunt elephant again someday, and if I ever do, it will be in...

7 trips to Namibia from 2010 to 2024. The only place I’ve had trouble was in Johannesburg. I’ve always flown with reloads in MTM boxes. Nobody has ever had a problem with that. The SAPS guy couldn't multiply 5x10 so he had to count each one. He lost count every time and kept getting a...

I did it from Canada to the US this year with a frozen skull & cape. It isn’t so difficult. You need two sets of documents. The most difficult would be the export paperwork. From Canada, your hunting permit is valid for this. From Namibia, you need a government issued export permit. How...

.375 H&H is minimum, but certainly sufficient. There are plenty of other cartridges in this general class (junior medium-bores) that will work, including the 9.3x62 and the .375 Weatherby to name two. The next step up (senior medium-bores) would include the .404 Jeffery, the .416...

A small to medium-sized T-rex and a big bull elephant weigh about the same. The brain probably weighed less than a pound compared to an elephant's 10 pounds or so. Hitting it would be pretty tricky. Then what? Shoulder mount? Flatskin? a full-body mount diorama of one eating a...