Recent content by Cleathorn

Duckpro - sorting out your options in Africa is a good part of the fun. And there is some great advice from the folks on here who have been there and done it. There are a lot of option across Africa to take 3 of 4 on your list. All 4, well as the folks have mentioned, that gets tougher on a...

I had to reread it a few times when I saw "Senegal." That seems really interesting. Can you share who you booked with, or booking agent, or anything else. I'm pretty intrigued.

I have hunted both. Uganda is awesome. Cameroon is a longer story. I hunted Uganda in 2024 with Abe Langley's KOS Safaris (Tom Holloway, PH). Abe runs an excellent operation. Here is a Hunt Report (story really) if you are interested...

I just finished up a successful mountain lion hunt yesterday. Quail in GA next week. Trout fishing the White River in Arkansas 3rd week of February. Guatemala for sailfish on the fly-rod in March. Turkey hunting in CO, GA and likely Texas in April. Driving from Colorado up to Alaska in May to...

I have hunted most (but not all) of the Chamois sub-species as part of the GSCO Capra World slam. Chamois hunts in Europe are awesome. Slovenia for the Alpine was by far my favorite destination. The small villages and hunting clubs (hunting families as they seem to be known in Slovenia) made...

This can sometimes be a controversial subject. Some folks have powerful feelings about their guns. So my caveats are that I am not making a recommendation, only offering information, and everyone else's experiences are just as valid; I am not trying to argue with anyone. With that, I have...

I use everything from a Remington 870 Sportsman that I bought in 1984 to my Caesar Guerini Invictus V, and I have had to use both as canoe paddles/push polls on occasion. I've also used a whole bunch of other shotguns in between. I use whatever I happen to have on hand, or borrow, depending on...

Welcome - to the rabbit hole (hunting and the AH community). I joined here about 16 years ago to get information on my "once in a lifetime" and "only" African safari. Then from the shadows someone whispered "no one goes to Africa just once." But I was going to be different - only going once...

Scott - you just listed my ideal Tanzanian safari. Agree with you on Buffalo as well. All great information, except, now I want to go to Tanzania!

I hunted in November. It was very good. I took a nice Chamois as well. In 3.5 days of hunting I personally saw 13 bears. We did a traditional driven hunt, and it was very interesting and fun. Think deer drive only with bears (and every other critter in Romania). It close encounter, active...

I hunted bears with Marius last fall. You definitely want to get in on this hunt. There are a lot of bears in Romania. You see a lot, its very exciting and different than anything else in bear hunting. The food and accommodations are great, and unlike Alaska (which I love), Romania is also...

The rifle on the left is a working class Merkel, leaning up against the same tree as a custom made Perugini and Visini. You can see the P&V again leaning up against the elephant, sitting next to the bolt action Kimber (I think it's a Kimber anyway). The P&V cost more than my first house (by...

Well, for the first time in a long time that I do not have any African or European hunts planned. Going to do some fishing this year. Christmas Island in Kiribati in April from some bonefish and maybe (we'll try) for GTs on the fly. Iceland in late June for the char and brown trout fishing...

I really need to make time to get to that Kariba tournament. It seems like so much fun.

I’m actually in Romania right now, just finishing up a Carpathian Chamois and Brown Bear hunt with Marius at @HUNTROMANIA. I will do a full report of my hunt when I get back to the U.S. Romania is excellent hunting. Varied terrain, numerous large areas to hunt, and a lot of game. We did see...