Sourdough
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We are only a month and a half out till my third hunt in Zimbabwe. The is by far my most ambitious hunt to date and certainly has the possibility of being the most epic. Four of the biggest highlights of this hunt are:
1. Again I'm hunting with my good friend and PH Buzz Charlton of Charlton McCallum Safaris.
2. My good friend Richard Harland and his girl friend will be coming along on this hunt. If you don't know who Richard Harland is, find out. It will be worth your time. As my back up rifle I'm bring my Mannlicher Schonauer magazine rifle in 458 Win Mag. This was Richard's favorite rifle and he used one most of his career.
3. I will be hunting Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Lion and Leopard all with my new rifle (not in my possession yet) and that new rifle is...
4. A Rigby double in 450 No 2. According to Rigby this is the first 450 No 2 they have ever built. I'm going to call it the younger brother of my WJ Jeffery 475 No 2 that I killed my last Big 5 with. Why the 450 No 2? Because it was Ian Nyschens favorite gun in his career, a 450 No 2 built by Rigby - until he lost it to the bottom of the Zambezi River when his boat hit a submerged rock and flipped over. Ian was a friend of Richard Harland and Buzz Charlton.
5. My friend Andy Mac will be filming the hunt. There is no finer videographer in the hunting world. He filmed my last Zimbabwe hunt. Hopefully this time an eagle won't take the drone out of the sky, and an elephant won't pick it up and fling it, ruining it, as happened the first day of my last Zimbabwe hunt.
6. The love of my life will accompany me on this hunt.
Okay that's six. In reality there are even more I could mention but those will unfold in due time as the hunt progresses and I post it here.
1. Again I'm hunting with my good friend and PH Buzz Charlton of Charlton McCallum Safaris.
2. My good friend Richard Harland and his girl friend will be coming along on this hunt. If you don't know who Richard Harland is, find out. It will be worth your time. As my back up rifle I'm bring my Mannlicher Schonauer magazine rifle in 458 Win Mag. This was Richard's favorite rifle and he used one most of his career.
3. I will be hunting Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Lion and Leopard all with my new rifle (not in my possession yet) and that new rifle is...
4. A Rigby double in 450 No 2. According to Rigby this is the first 450 No 2 they have ever built. I'm going to call it the younger brother of my WJ Jeffery 475 No 2 that I killed my last Big 5 with. Why the 450 No 2? Because it was Ian Nyschens favorite gun in his career, a 450 No 2 built by Rigby - until he lost it to the bottom of the Zambezi River when his boat hit a submerged rock and flipped over. Ian was a friend of Richard Harland and Buzz Charlton.
5. My friend Andy Mac will be filming the hunt. There is no finer videographer in the hunting world. He filmed my last Zimbabwe hunt. Hopefully this time an eagle won't take the drone out of the sky, and an elephant won't pick it up and fling it, ruining it, as happened the first day of my last Zimbabwe hunt.
6. The love of my life will accompany me on this hunt.
Okay that's six. In reality there are even more I could mention but those will unfold in due time as the hunt progresses and I post it here.
Rising bite or Shikari? Have they sent you pictures yet?
