Recent content by Russ Tippett

Paul, It is good to know that compassionate folks like you lurk on this site. Perhaps a few of us should form a Mauser support group. Russ

I have had 3 Weatherby rifles and still have 2, both re-barreled and restocked Mk 5’s. I enjoy firearms and picked these weapons up during a sale in Southgate way back, not because they were Weatherby so much as because they were a good deal and they were not black and automatic (USMC day...

Another "Stay away from ballistic tips" I'll add Hornady stuff to the list as well. On three hunts in South Africa totaling a dozen one shot kills of 13 I've use some of Carter's original Trophy Bonded 180 gr .308's and Northfork 200 gr 308's. The Northfork was responsible for a 1600 lb Eland...

Giraffe in Natal

No matter the size of the ivory. Any bull is impressive. We took this in Natal this summer. He had my attention.

Check Trevor Lake with Lake Safaris. He operates out of Durban and might be able to arrange something. I found him on this forum and hunted with him last summer.

My wife is pretty quick with the camera. Trevor's Nyala camp is crawling with nyala making it much easier to get a picture. Cathy and I would walk at lunch and spot them. Hunting is very limited on this ground the animals don't move off too quickly from the truck. Cathy and I managed to walk...

It turns out the Hartebeest was 24 5/8 when the taxidermist measured him. Still a really nice bull. Trevor definitely delivered on everything he said he would. I even spent an evening in a blind waiting for his favorite quarry, the Bush pig. The trail cams revealed pigs after we left. That...

We thought he was maybe 14.5 but young. We took a 13.5 two years back so I figured we could be selective. And no we did not find a bigger one darn it. Maybe next time. Trevor made up for it by finding the Hartebeest. He is 28+ raw. Never thought I wanted one until I saw this one.

Here's a Bushbuck we passed and a Waterbuck and Hartebeest that we took. Amazing hunt so far. We've seen a wide variety of game in a lot of different terrain. We could not be more pleased. Our planning all began with a thread on this forum. Thank you guys for not keeping people like Trevor...

Sorry. That picture is of one we passed. Click the other tile for a picture of the one we took.

Hunting with Trevor and shot this bull on the second day. Excellent free range area. We saw at least a dozen nice bulls before this one. If you are looking for a great free range Nyala and have the time, Trevor still has two more available this year. We're off for Waterbuck and Black...