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Anyway, if you are concerned about dragging your .270 along to hunt plains game. Load some good bullets and go hunting AMEN Brickburn! The .270 Win is veeeery underestimated cal - sucessfully hunted more animals with mine from Jackal up to Kudu the past 10 years than i can remember - do your...

Congratulations 'Norwegianwoods' Your Impala and Springbuck are excellent trophies. The kudu is still a fairly young bull - but hey - with only five days one cannot really be choosey can one. Great pictures! Are you sure you do not have a (lost?) twin-brother here in Namibia? You look...

Fkn wise ass!:doh2: Haven't you noticed i specifically asked for 'wise men' to comment!:sarcasm: Seriously - i don't get it! I understand the shorter barrel-issue for DG close-ups as RickB explained. I believe any rifle's barrel length were designed / tested by the manufaturer / engineers...

As i am in the market for (probably) a new M70 375 H/H (Saf Express) i have read almost every post on AH about the .375's and never came across this type of suggestion before - untill now. I am confused by this comment - why would anyone want to cut off 1-2 inches of its barrel? Am i missing...

Was wondering when you are going to dive in here.....:devil: I really do not mind the stretch....as long as it does not have / leave stretchmarks....:wink: Rohan, unintentionally you've touched a nerve with this 'stretch-thing' of yours mate. Seasoned hunters and rifle-lovers does not take...

Drat ! Well - in the dunes i feel like being in my personal palace...Kalaharipalace!

I guess it is a meat-hunt 'lucky draw' and not a trophy-hunt, and only for local hunters in your area / province, as no foreign hunter will go through all the expences travelling abroad for just a Kudu and Blesbok - right? Usually tickets for such a 'lucky draw' is for a donated hunt /...

baas303, i have no idea - but if it was me - i would start by contacting my local Nature conservation office and PHASA / NAPHA (depending where) and take it from there. If on your own farm / friends farm - i guess you make the rules and determine the selling of tickets. If on a stranger's...

Well, i am going on my annual 'biltong jag' (meat-hunt) in May at a friends place. Situated about 60 Km east of Gochas in Namibia-Kalahari. Been there 2 years ago - I just fell in love with the palace! Oryx get huge there! 2 years ago harvested a bull Oryx at 127 Kg gutted / head / hoofs &...

Amen ! Very-very sad mate! the Namibian: Etosha loses 25 black rhino

Aaaagh hell Ole Bally, i think the last resort for Cliffy is to get his PH to arrange for a bus-load of teenage girls to the camp, with all the giggling the hyena is bound to come investigate what clan is trespassing on their turf....voila!

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I was having trouble with my computer.:smash: So I called Jaden, the 9 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control,:cyborg: and asked him to come over. Jaden clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was...

Bait them! They are more than willing (brave?) to face a squabble with lion for / over bait, so i am sure with sufficient bait, they will disregard you soon as a threat. my 5 c

A guy was playing golf one day and he got lost. He saw a lady up ahead of him and went to her and said "Can you please help me, I don't know what hole I'm on." She told him "You are one hole behind me. I'm on 7; you're on 6." He thanked her and continued playing golf. On the back nine he...

Welcome Mishigun.

I fully agree Ole Bally. No pressure on Cliffy or his PH, and in Africa this means one thing...record trophies of many species are going to be all over you, nibbling your ear, licking your face, nudging you from the rear and even following you to the loo - just for the hell of it! Usually...

Respect 6 mm! I have a lot of respect for sucessful kudu hunters - they are one of the most difficult hunts (to me) in densely vegetated areas. See my post under Shot Placement Enigma - happened to me in July this year - i am still suffering from this incident! Just wondering...as your site...

One lucky man indeed! Few guys walk away from this type of incidents.

My word John, reading about your dream through all the years and longings for the dark continent is actually painfull at times. Hell you going to drive me to tears. At least this year ended on a all-time high. I told you in a previous post Africa did her magic on you, and from now on it is...

You're the man 'observe':clapping: - thanks. Perhaps the youg fellow hunted on own / family / friends farm - not much 'observing' from the outside in that case. Bottom line - no handgun sport-hunting in Namibia.

Doug, You can also check out the "outfitters" tab on this website and go to Namibian outfitters, click here.

Perhaps it was a Namibian boy handgun-hunting in South Africa??? Would be interesting to know - if anyone have a Feb '2010 Magnum magazine somewhere.

Thanks, thought it was Brandberg lodge in Namibia (close to Uis) - GP vehicles / tented camps - usually same site at Brandberg. The elephants also make a nuisance of themselves there regularly. No lions there anymore...except occasional Leopard - but rarely. Great weekend camping place.

For those that don't know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an Australian. General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you have to love this! This is one of...

Greetings .308 from across the border. (NAM) I believe that you will be hunting in open / savannah-type plains with the intended rifle (.223 / .234) for the species you mention? Just curious, because if you are hunting (going to) those mentioned species in the bushveld (medium to densely...

Good pics - where was it taken?

Oh brother.... I can tell you one thing....you're going to be back sooner than you think....Africa's magic have you in her hand John....big time. Sitting at work, started reading your report and could hear the mails popping into my inbox and for the first time in a long time i did not bother to...

Great post - love it! Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to the site 'Smoke pole' Looking forward to your contribution.

I agree - what i read this is a 30 cal in 7.62 mm. It may take a hippo...but in my honest opinion you do not want to be under-gunned going after hippo. General info on this rifle Mosin

Greetings Steve, Good luck with the studies. may i suggest you change your priorities to "a good tent and some food..." You gotta have priorities in Africa mate

Welcome to AH mate - glad another Texan joined us. Looking forward to your contribution. So what do you hunt in Texas - except white-tail of course?

Thanks Joester - agreed - if you have the option for a heavier than .270 cal on larger plains game - naturally go this route. In my opinion and experience - if your shot placement is off with a .270 the animal will make just the same in the opposite direction, as when poorly shot with a...

Excellent reading 'richteb' - i enjoyed this read you posted just as much as reading last night about a similar incident in Kevin Thomas's book - where wounded 'spots' worked over 5 men in seconds before anyone could get a shot off. I chuckled audibly when i read Kevin discribing the attack on...

Welkom boertjie! ('Welcome Boertjie' - Afrikaner greet) I have also hunted kudu in Ellisras and Thabazimbi - way back when i was in highschool. Glad to have you here on AH - let us know about your hunting experiences.

CONGRATS Marius!!! I must just enquire - you got any nails left - or hands for that matter ! Hell it was a close one! Congratulations All Black's and supporters!

Great reporting from the hunter, had a good laugh and there is a lesson at the end - priceless! Thanks for the post 'richteb'

That's what i think as well...otherwise it would have been International news i guess...

There you go Doc....not that difficult now was it !

"I cheer for the Kiwis any day of any year, even over the Boks" ...now you've ruined some friendship(s)...lol! Good hunting post / report - enjoyed reading it

Thanks 'richteb'. You got that right - it's like f..kn locusts just swarming over nature and devouring everyting in their paths on this continent - it is nothing but termination of natural resources and wildlife, natural extermination - genocide of nature !!! (l better leave this post now...)...

WTF !!! ???:wow: ...anyone know about the authenticity of this clip? Video of Killer Whale taking boy

Thank you 'richteb' for this post - ...sad brother...really sad! I cannot help feeling a white-hot flame (anger???) burning in me when i read this type of articles where human (???) population is trampling / eradicating nature! Hell i cannot explain just how furious i get! I am reading a...

...like raw from the carcass, not spiced / dried...

Glen, welcome to AH - great site and informative. Many interested topics to pick from. Debates range from regular to heated here - your choice if you wanna jump into the pressure cooker or remain in the fridge. Looking forward to your input.

Dries, On the webpage top-right are a 'settings' tab - you can set preferentials here. Also under main icons on webpage (top-middle) you will find 'forum actions tab - personal settings can also be done here. Then, if you go to your profile tab ('my profile' top-right) you will be able to see...

I found this an interesting read about the future of hunting... I wonder at times if we as selfproclaimed avid / ethical hunters really know what huge responsibility we have in the micro-management of all aspects of our hunts and what type of hunting legacy each of us will leave behind. For...

Down to France and Nieu Zeeland... My score: (12) for Le Bleu (25) for Kiwi's Then again...you just never know on the day what the French is bringing to a game, and this final have the potential to end up with the biggest upset in Rugby Worldcup history... Good luck both Nations - may...