Africa Sayings

Charles de Ribeau · Nov 14, 2018

"It's the dead ones that'll kill you." my PH after he telling me to put another shot into my apparently dead buffalo bull.

The Engineer · Nov 15, 2018

Another truism is "Everything in Africa is either thorny, horney, or charges." courtesy of my PH Jaco.

Philip Glass · Nov 19, 2018

Mekaniks said:
And a .22 is called a "two two"

Or point two two.

Philip Glass · Nov 19, 2018

“Hold thumbs” as we would say keep your fingers crossed.
“Drink your pills” we would say take your pills.
My favorite has already been mentioned “We’ll make a plan”
Many many more that I can’t think of now but Africa certainly has its charms.
Philip

Philip Glass · Nov 19, 2018

Bruce said:
"Its not far" ..... then you end up trekking for another day or so!!!

Agree on this one. Our trackers in Caprivi were notorious for telling us it’s not far meaning we might make it there by dark!

Hogpatrol · Nov 19, 2018

@phillip Glass, "We'll make a plan"! Heard that one a LOT!

tarbe · Nov 19, 2018

“Be careful what you ask for. This is Africa, not Wisconsin”.

John Sharp to me, when I said I didn’t like hunting in warm weather, but rather preferred cool/cold temps and clouds.

neckdeep · Nov 19, 2018

The Engineer said:
On I like was my PH on a Giraffe hunt.

"There are three rules for a Giraffe hunt. 1. Shoot it near a road. 2. Keep shooting until it goes down. 3. Make sure it goes down near a road."

The first shot was a fata shot but he ran off. I manage a spine shot as it ran off and it dropped in it's tracks in a pan at the end of a road. The recovery team was elated.

My PH said jump out and kill the Giraffe, we'll keep driving and he will watch us, keep shooting till its down, it worked like a charm!!

Odinsraven · Feb 16, 2019

17 km to drop a bull near a road .......wore out the 27 yo PH I am a semi drunk 48 yo or was then carrying 10kgs I did not need ....poor boy was exhausted ....but I walk a husky at her speed 10 k a day every day .... went warthog hunting rest of day PH went to bed !

Pondoro · Feb 16, 2019

Odinsraven said:
17 km to drop a bull near a road .......wore out the 27 yo PH I am a semi drunk 48 yo or was then carrying 10kgs I did not need ....poor boy was exhausted ....but I walk a husky at her speed 10 k a day every day .... went warthog hunting rest of day PH went to bed !

Ha ha...he finally met a Viking...

Alchemist · Mar 10, 2019

When asking a question, you might get the following answer “Ja, well, no, fine”

Mort Hill · Mar 10, 2019

“polepole”. This was the first swahili I learned and it means “slowly”. I said it 5000 times to the trackers. #FatLivesMatter

Rimbaud · Mar 10, 2019

When the elephants dance, the grass is crushed. Supposedly an old Swahili saying.

Randy Bo · Jan 6, 2021

Not Africa-related but...
One time I asked a hunting buddy, “What do you think”?
His Reply, ”Well I think it would take a great big hog to weigh a ton and, a one-hundred pound sack of flour would make one heck of a biscuit...What do you think”?

Kevin Peacocke · Jan 7, 2021

Shala zee. Local for chill, as in relax man.

baxterb · Jan 7, 2021

Shat on from a dizzy height

Thamalakane two-step

muti for the babbalas

good morning, good morning

pitch up

in rural Kenya when you are white and drive by little kids...”mzuuunnnguuuuu”

if the kids are a bit older “give me some money”

Kevin Peacocke · Jan 7, 2021

"Tadza", said quietly amongst the trackers when you mess a shot. Meaning 'cock up'

Africa Sayings

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The Engineer

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Hogpatrol

tarbe

neckdeep

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Pondoro

Alchemist

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Rimbaud

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