Recent content by Philippe

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

I was only talking about the case of Gabon.

Sorry for your loss @bigeye1036

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...

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...

Beautiful and efficient Stutzen

I love the 66S

My Winchester 458 in the field

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.

A good one ! (y)

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...

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

A big one !(y)

A story about Willy Blomme written by Andrew C. Fentiman Stalking a Wounded Lion While I have known many noteworthy hunter/conservationists, killing animals and mounting their heads as trophies are activities I eschew, and sentiments I have come to abhor. So, the last hunting safari I ever...

Incredible !