Recent content by Fulvio

I had already previously posted that the 350gr bullet is a game-changer for the 375 H&H.

I have seen these bullets in action on Buffalo and was left dumbfounded; definitely a game-changer compared to the standard 300gr. TSX

If I am correct in saying, Mike was due to be released from hospital last Sunday.

In later years renamed "Ndovu"

Observe the surrounding density of the vegetation where the incident took place as being the classic type of environment where a wounded buffalo will retreat to and wait in ambush to settle accounts.

Positions 1 & 2 are very effective as the heart will be taken out but you have to know your rifle well as a low shot on any of those 2 positions can have drastic results. Position 3 is by far the safest as it is directed into the "boiler room", slightly high or low matters little as heart and...

The frontal shot is extremely effective if properly executed, as in saying it is not for everyone other than the more experienced. If the shot rises above the intended POI, it is all good as the bullet is still headed for the boiler room, but not so if it drops and rakes through the brisket area...

I have just concluded a 2 month stint from 22nd August to 16th October in an abnormally very dry northern part of the Selous and it was the first time in as many years to see the Selous so dry as a direct result of a rainy season which had not materialised as it should; waterholes and springs...

Hi, Nejatuner, The species mentioned are Northern species, of which several fall into the 21 day licensing scheme and which, if you are interested in these species, should possibly include Lesser Kudu and Fringe Eared Oryx. The recommended outfitter would be Michel Mantheakis who would be in a...

Yes indeed, it was during the heyday of the Selous during the days of Brian Nicholson as Project Manager and Alan Rogers when the conservative number for elephants in Tanzania were about 180,000 of which around 80,000 were at home in the Selous. Sadly, poaching of elephant throughout Tanzania...

I was indeed driving a Land Rover SWB (88) which I later sold and replaced with a 109 Series 3 ... I needed more room ... and later still went for the Cruiser BJ45 with the mule of a 3B engine ... I sold that after many years and bought the more advanced 1HZ which I still have to-date, problem...

Late 1970

There you go: My very first elephant was downed somewhere in the tall grass of the Ruvu flood plain, just an hour's drive from Dar es Salaam where I and a band of merry men taken from a nearby village to act as trackers sought out a legal bull from the numerous groups that literally infested...

Hi Jerome, I bumped into an old employee of yours several days ago ... Dullah sends his regards.

I tried calling the number you gave me lkn ..... haipatikani.