Recent content by Dinsdale

Congratulations on the retirement. I’m getting real close myself and already consigned the guns i didn’t want to move and kept very few. Now I’m onto a shop full of tools and toys. It’s just stuff, maybe you get the itch you buy something in the future. I had to liquidate my dads 70+ years...

Depending on expectations for elephant, and wanting a 21 day hunt can easily be north of a $100k. Would be money well spent talking to outfitters. ^And this guy would be right there on top of a list to visit for the many options available.

One contact you can also ask about typical import costs you should have anyway is Matt Meyers from Genus Logistics, import broker. If you decide to ship stuff back it’ll be through JFK and it’s a good company to have working for you. https://www.genuslogistics.com/ I would suggest a ride to...

I got a good chuckle out of this as I have been a high end residential carpenter near 40 years now, much of what i do doesn’t lend itself well to nail guns at times.Zero “union labels” allowed,ever. A union label is when you miss and leave that nice hammerhead dent in the wood. But you can put...

These older HP’s have a cult like following. Theres even a guy who can repair the lcd screens running an online store. I just sold my 11c complete with the faux leather slip case,manual and box for more than new. Still had the receipt from the university book store in the box. It was mandatory...

Pretty standard stuff here in NY to hunt with slugs. Only in the last 15 years have many counties now allow rifles to be used, but my county with a couple dense population centers will not. Mossberg 500, Remington 870 and 1100,Browning A5 and bolt action,Ithaca 37,NEF single shots were all...

First hunt was 20 years ago, and about the time I started following posts on different social media. Big change i see is quality of buffalo off private land in South Africa. Even 10 years ago you'd see quite a few soft bosses or just getting there buff. Now I see some really hard older...

Welcome to this forum. Your hunting reports are terrific on another site and enjoy reading them from all the places you go. I'm sure others here would too.

I have a 375hh on Jarretts action and athough not near as pretty as yours, it shoots one ragged hole. The fact that they do a full load development and supply that info and targets is why I bought from them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_white_deer In NY during ww2 around 10,000 ac was fenced and isolated a group of deer with white genes. That herd grew and about 40% are white. They’d hunt “normal” deer but leave the white ones alone. People would drive by and look through the fence for...

Custom 375hh with 4 down plus one. I have been able to top off before running out, and never used them. Needing 6+1? At that point I would think the PH better be firing too.

Thanks for the report, good pics too! I did an Amazon trip in 2018; centered around multiple species including peacock bass. Did a seasonal lodge with chalets that slept 2 each, kitchen,dining area on the water; very similar to any safari camp. I’d preface it by saying I’m not really a die...

I think this is a good lesson to come out of these discussions, done the same thing and subsequent hunts I try to keep aware of the whole situation. Two smaller groups of 4 Black Wildebeest each and some clumps of brush between us and them. I’m laying prone with the landowners manager between...

I would NOT use the HF ammo cans if checking separate. I would use the HF Pelican copy “Apache” as an ammo case with some sort of ammo specific boxes inside, MTM slip cases, factory types etc I have been using the Apache case that would typically used for ammo in construction industry for my...

Welkom USA is another place to buy import SA products. I buy Freshpak brand rooibos tea from there; they also carry some of the infused flavor rooibos teas you normally dont see in safari camps but in SA shops.