Recent content by Paul schlaphoff

Before I went to Africa, I dry fired my rifle off sticks 20-25 times a day for I suppose about a month. It's surprising how steady you can become. Ten days before we left, I shot ten rounds of full powered ammo at ranges from 100-200 yards every day. I shot my red hartebeest at 300 yards...

The hunt was booked with Trophy Ridge Outfitters of Luna, NM. Roger and Audrey McQueen run the outfit. Her brother Dalon Hulsey is the lion man. He has first class dogs, good horses and intimate knowledge of the prey. He is licensed in Arizona as well and will tell you which license to get...

Last week. Jan. 12, 2017 New Mexico.

Just got back from a successful lion hunt. Got my lion last week. Jan. 12. Let me know if you need more info. Paul

I hunted with Madaka last September and had a great time. They have plenty of game and experienced staff. Itzak and his group will show you plenty of game. It's big open country. I shot a red hartebeest at 300 yards. The longest shot of the trip I might add. There was a lot of old Zulu war...

I guess I should include my e-mail. schlap@yourstarnet.net

Hi Rob44. This is Paul in Sherburn, mn. Shoot me an e-mail address and maybe we can get together sometime and exchange a few of those lies. We get to the cities fairly regularly. Paul

Big Country Yes, that is Zululand Taxidermy. I really liked the looks of their work when we were there. Their brochure says they will do a full mount elephant for $60,000. Of course I'd have to build a new house. Between the hunt, the mounting and the house, that could cost me around...

We're by Sherburn. Only nine miles from the Iowa border. 100 miles east of Sioux Falls. We have a daughter that lives in Minneapolis.

They don't normally hunt Sundays so we spent the day touring Ithala National Park. We were able to see eland, baboons, monkeys, hyrax, and other game. We saw baboon and monkeys at Zeekoepan but they were never where we could take pictures. Had a great buffet dinner at the lodge and shopped...

Day six turned out to be totally different than we planned. I had wanted to shoot a zebra but my wife said they are horses. I tried to convince her they were not the same thing as her horses back home. We've kept horses all our married life. I casually mentioned to Willem that I had wanted a...

Well, day four was hot. Really hot. Day five, however, started cool. It never really warmed up that day. We ended up wearing fall weight jackets all day. Gloves felt good on the hands. We hunted all day, but didn't see anything that met Willem's critical eye. We were looking for Nyala and...

Day four started like all the others but then warmed up very rapidly. By afternoon the temperature was over 100 degrees. The heavy brush precluded much breeze from relieving us. Nevertheless, we hunted all day. There was plenty of game about but nothing large enough. We looked at perhaps...

Day three started like the others by seeing game right out of camp. We spent the morning moving into the higher country and looked at lots of nyala and kudu, but nothing big enough. Tried to stalk some wildebeest but no luck. Finally, late in the morning we headed to camp for brunch and...

I have just returned from South Africa from a hunt with Zeekoepan Safaris in Pongola,SA. After the long trip from Minnesota to Amsterdam to Johannesburg to Richards Bay, we were met at the airport and took a two and a half hour drive to the Zeekoepan hunting lodge. As soon as we entered the...