CONGO: Congo Safari

Sounds like a fantastic hunt! Congratulations on the Bongo, they are an amazing animal.
 
Safe travels and memories and laughs for a lifetime.
 
Webster said:
My biggest issue with the situation is AirFrance never mentioned anything about a restriction on returning to the US,and I never checked anything before I left (my fault totally).
I believe starting tomorrow November 3rd, all passengers arriving to the US will have to sign a paper that says you were not in the Ebola areas in the last 21 days.
The only bright spot was I received a message prior to my return and I bypassed the DRC which would have started my days over, I’d be on day 8 now, instead of 22.
France has zero travel restrictions and no cases of Ebola that I’m aware of and they have a flight every night of the week that goes through the DRC, a bit ironic.
Click to expand...
You got an amazing bongo, in a very unique way. I’d chalk that up to a brief speed bump which you filled with some great bird shooting.

Congratulations again and safe travels home
 
Great Bongo, congrats :D Cheers:
 
Congrats on your great adventure and Bongo. I was not aware there are both the DRC and Republic of the Congo. I took the attached photo at the Phoenix VA last week. Interesting that your post came up soon after.
 

Attachments

  • 20261019_154448.jpg
    20261019_154448.jpg
    1.4 MB · Views: 45
Great debut hunt report! Wow! That's how you enter a room. Outstanding, all of it. Congrats.
 
Great report and an amazing Bongo!!! Congratulations and thank you for sharing. Glad you were able to make the most of your time in France!! Very cool way to kill a few days!
 
Thanks very much for sharing the details of this interesting hunt. Fortune smiled upon you with that fantastic bongo, well done! Good to know about the travel issue with DRC and how you dealt with that in style.

PS…. Did your wife believe you about being stuck in Paris? ;)
 
Out of curiosity, how are your French language skills?
 
DLSJR said:
Thanks very much for sharing the details of this interesting hunt. Fortune smiled upon you with that fantastic bongo, well done! Good to know about the travel issue with DRC and how you dealt with that in style.

PS…. Did your wife believe you about being stuck in Paris? ;)
Click to expand...
She saw the email first from the CDC and sent me a WhatsApp message that I needed to look at it, I truly thought they were mistaken about the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I then received a WhatsApp message from someone at the CDC and explained my route which I thought was ok, but it wasn’t they consider transiting through the same as visiting.
The only savior was a purchased a separate ticket on Ethiopian to bypass the DRC or I’d be on day 9 now of the quarantine, that wouldn’t have been good.
I see WTA is advertising buffalo hunts in Uganda as early as February, I was considering one, Uganda is on the 21 day quarantine as well as South Sudan at the present time. That’s going to throw a monkey wrench into things
analog_peninsula said:
Out of curiosity, how are your French language skills?
Click to expand...
I know very very little French, our tracker spoke decent English and of course the South African PH spoke English.
We had an interpreter with us the whole hunt, he went and spoke to the local Chief about access to a different area for Bongo, we killed that one close to camp, so it became a mute point.
The language barrier was not an issue at all.
 
Well done. Been to Cameroon and CAR, but never hunted DRC. Been there, but not long. It is a wild wild wild place for white folks.
 
Man what an experience. Thank you for sharing! Congrats on the bongo. That's a beautiful animal.
 
dogcat1 said:
Well done. Been to Cameroon and CAR, but never hunted DRC. Been there, but not long. It is a wild wild wild place for white folks.
Click to expand...
I think he hunted in The Republic of the Congo, which is different than the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
That is a lovely bongo worked down to the “ivories”. Congratulations!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Members online

... and 1056 more.
Total: 389,363 (members: 1,106, guests: 388,257)

Forum statistics

Threads
70,964
Messages
1,590,837
Members
174,551
Latest member
TerrellDub
 

 

 

Proudly sponsored by

Latest posts

Latest profile posts

Bushcat Safaris
Bushcat Safaris
Don't forget to Check out our Mountain package. Chase that Vaali find the elusive Grey Ghost and spot a Mountain Reedbuck. in Gods Country. find refuge in the field and freedom under wide open skies.
•••
M
MWSwift wrote on TackleThis's profile.
Is your 375 Whisper still for sale?
•••
nitro4black
nitro4black
Looking for a box or two of some Holland Paradox loads to go with my Holland Paradox Double Rifle.
•••
Bushcat Safaris
Bushcat Safaris wrote on rob7mm08's profile.
Good Morning MR Rob just following up if my mails where received ?
please feel free to ask any questions or if I can re structure something for you to suit your needs.

Regards
Warren
•••
Bushcat Safaris
Bushcat Safaris
Tuna are running in Cape Town, combine it with a plains game hunt late season special! 2026 book now
•••

Share this page

 
Top