Recent content by RolandtheHeadless

Maybe I was remiss, but I've never tipped a bush pilot in Alaska.

Well, "scheduled flight" for a charter one-engine aircraft flying by VFR in Alaska has a loose definition. A pilot will say, "I'll be back to pick you up on Saturday." It's always understood that his promise depends on the weather and other scheduled pickups.

I haven't read this whole thread, so apologies if my question has already been answered. In Africa is it customary to tip the pilot of the charter aircraft that takes you to camp? During my 42 years in Alaska, going on many fly-out hunting and fishing trips, I never tipped the pilot (who was...

Alaska Airlines would probably fly it. They fly a lot of hunters, trophies, and game meat to and from various places in Alaska. Their major hub is Seattle.

Years ago my son and I went elk and deer hunting on Raspberry Island in the Kodiak Archipelago and stayed at a small hunting lodge there. The lodge owner insisted that we try out our rifles on his range. I shot three shots, and they were scattered all over the target. I adjusted my scope...

I only hunted in Zambia one time, and I never had a problem taking two rifles. In 2016, when I went, there was a $2.00 per round ammo tax. I'm glad to hear it's gone, as I'd like to go back (with a different outfitter). The two-fishermen story about their Zambian outfitter strikes me as...

Thanks, but buffalo are intense enough for me. I've grown fond of my own carcass. I don't need to mess around with Pleistocene megafauna.

"Why you don't want to hunt elephant?" Because the thought of an enraged animal big enought to squash me like a bug, and ten yards away in heavy brush, scares the crap out of me.

I hunted in the Karoo on the Eastern Cape, and did take a decent nyala there. Hunting kudu was more fun though. The terrain in the Karoo varies from mountains to plains. I shot my kudu in the mountains, and the nyala on the plains. I can recommend Karoo Wild Safaris for your hunt. They put me...

I'd like to take the 28 Nosler.

Hi. Will you take $90 including shipping for the 28 Nosler brass? Jim

Have you sold the 28 Nosler brass?

Dogcat1, with all due respect, I don't understand how a hunter can consider his rifles mere tools. To me they are much more than the hammer in my tool box. Calling a rifle a tool means it's fungible, the same as any other rifle. It means you only need three cheap rifles--one each for small...

All the PH said was, "Nice ram. Heavy bases." It was a trophy for me anyway.

I think just about any wild animal can be dangerous. Ohio isn't in Africa, but when I lived there decades ago a staff photographer for the state's department of fish and game was killed during the rut by an uninjured whitetail deer he was photographing. The deer gored him badly and he later died...