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    Best insect repellent for Africa

    Don't forget that animals have a better sense of smell than humans. Any product you apply to yourself or your clothing can be detected by the game you are hunting. I never put anything on myself or my clothes; I just grit my teeth :LOL:
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    Gabon elephant kills hunter

    At the risk of repeating myself: once and for all, consider this hunt illegal. Importing weapons is prohibited in Gabon. Therefore, you cannot justify arriving at the airport with a weapon as a non-resident foreigner. The organizer may have provided locally available weapons borrowed or rented...
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    1956 Winchester model 70 458 African Super Grade single lug

    My favorite stock, I'd love to have one like that on mine.
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    Gabon elephant kills hunter

    I was only talking about the case of Gabon.
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    Gabon elephant kills hunter

    Sorry for your loss @bigeye1036
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    Gabon elephant kills hunter

    The matter hasn't yet reached the local level. No information has leaked out, and I only know about it through the document Collect Africa released. To my knowledge, it must be over 60 years since a white person was killed by an elephant. But villagers are regularly killed or attacked by...
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    NASA Launch Today

    Apollo 11, July 1969. What a technological feat, and in 1969, 57 years ago! For space travel enthusiasts and those who want to relive this odyssey, NASA has created a website, "APOLLOINREALTIME.ORG" which recounts the epic stories of the Apollo 11, 13, and 17 missions. Everything is documented...
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    Pics of your .458WM's

    Beautiful and efficient Stutzen
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    Pics of your .458WM's

    I love the 66S
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    Pics of your .458WM's

    My Winchester 458 in the field
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    Who has experience with the “other buffalo” in Africa?

    Be careful. Hunting in Gabon is not open to foreign hunters, and the buffalo is fully protected, as are the elephant, panther, hippotamus, giant forest hog, bongo, great apes, and certain duikers.
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    Where Were You When You Heard Your First Lion?

    In Upper Volta, on the Singou River, in the 1970s. I must have been 15 or 16 years old. It wasn't my first time, but it was the best. At that time, we could set up camp wherever we wanted in the bush. Later, camps were only allowed within a certain radius of the Forestry Service post (Pama for...
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    Rhodesia

    You are right, and I feel directly concerned as a Frenchman living in Gabon.
 
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