Recent content by etsonaut

It is my intention to find out!

Thank you for the kind words. I don’t really have any idea on the weight reduction. The fluting was done well before I bought the gun.

My pleasure! I’m pretty proud of her.

Thank you sir!

A few months ago I got the opportunity to purchase a much-used (rough) Ruger RSM 416 Rigby. She was not pristine. She had rusty spots and many character scrapes, bumps and bruises on the stock. She had clearly been hunted with some regularity. Some would call her homely. Despite her cosmetic...

Congratulations on a beautiful Umbabat bull! A fitting ending to a very well-written story. I enjoyed it very much! My experience there was all of one day and I took my bull from a large herd at a waterhole. You are absolutely correct about the bull elephants in Umbabat. Incredible place!

Enjoying the journey!

Keep it coming! I hunted Umbabat in June with Spear Safaris. Amazing experience.

Seems like a very good use of $2200....

Here are my favorites from Africa 2026 with my sons..

Greenland .. 2015

Loving these pictures. Sadly, I have no pictures to share as I am 0-1 in the Eland hunting game. But, I definitely caught the bug... I think about it all the time. Can't wait to get back to try to even the score.

SPF to new member @UURYS

This is a very interesting thread. I have only been on one African hunt - June 2026 - Greater Kruger and Northern Limpopo with Ernest Dyason and Spear Safaris. It was amazing. Was it perfect? No. Are any of them truly perfect? No. Would it have been better if we had closed the deal on an Eland...

I love it.