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Hi everyone, I did some searching on this page and found some older threads regarding this but wanted to check in on current advice or experience. I will be Moose hunting in AB, Canada this November. I am using my Browning X-Bolt Medallion in .375 H&H. I am using this particular rifle because I...

Hello AH forum friends, I am looking for any recommendations on a mountain lion outfitter. Looking for a 2 x 1 hunt with my dad maybe in 2028. Any help is appreciated from those of you with experience on mountain lion.

Well like a lot of people I purchased a suppressor after Jan. 1 to save the $200 tax. I now wait for it to go through the ATF to notify me I can pick it up from the dealer. So my question is...do I put a cover on it or not? The setup will be used for deer hunting if that matters on how one may...

Hi everyone, here in central Minnesota our slug/shotgun deer hunting zone will be opened up to rifles next year (2026). I have a suppressed .308 that I would like to use, does anyone have recommendations or experience with a good deer hunting ammo? I have not used this gun for hunting anything...

I am planning to attend the 2026 SCI Convention in Nashville. This would be my first time attending and and curious if there is advice for a first timer? I do have a couple of questions also. I have only attend smaller sports shows and the small MN SCI Expo. I have been on the SCI website to...

As the thread states, what should I look for? Brand(s) to consider, Brand(s) to avoid? I want to buy a .375 H&H more or less just to have one. I'd like to stay at or under $2k and don't have any specific use/hunt coming up that I need it for. Yet! I have limited knowledge of rifles as I mostly...

Hi everyone, below is my expereince from June 2025. Before that some context. This was safari number four for me and my dad. 2003 - Ken Moody Safaris (bow only), 2018 - Dries Visser Safaris (bow only), 2022 & 2025 Monkane Safaris (rifle and bow). Each place provided a great and wonderful...

I just returned home from my hunt in South Africa. I'll post a full report on my entire hunt in a different thread. However, I wanted to share specifically my hunt experience for Kudu. The entirety of the hunt was to be cape buffalo and Klipspringer. We were to start with buffalo giving a...

I share this as I sit in a blind over a water hole in the mountains near Thabazimbi, SA. I am on day 3 bowhunting for a Kudu bull. The first 2 days of my hunt was spent bowhunting for buffalo. On day 3, I decided to get boots on the ground and get into the bush with a rifle. Going into my hunt...

Hi everyone and thanks in advance for any feedback here. I am looking at a firearm (shotgun or rifle ) whitetail hunt recommendation in preferably Kansas or Illinois. My dad and are looking into a hunt to book. I have "Googled" a lot of different places but I am wondering if anyone on here has...

Hi everyone, because I am excited and have a long wait ahead of me, I thought I would share my excitement with the group to help me cope with the wait. I realize there are a lot of Buffalo threads to use as a resource but I am going to ask for advice here anyway. First the context of my hunt...

Did a lot of reading regarding boots in this forum. I decided to purchase Jim Green African Ranger Barefoot boots in Cape Buffalo hide. I definitely want to try Courteney's some day but these will be my boots for my fist buffalo hunt next June 2025.

I purchased a donated hunt by Monkane Safaris - Kerneels Viljoen online through an SCI auction. At first I was apprehensive purchasing a hunt this way but I can tell you without hesitation it exceed my expectations. Kerneels is awesome and runs a great safari outfit. If you ever get the...

Anyone been? Thoughts?