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  1. buffybr

    Bipod practice?

    I've gone on 6 African hunting trips. Some PH's had 2 leg "sticks", others had 3 legs. All were homemade with leather or rubber innertube strips wrapped around the end for the rifle to rest in. After my first hunt I came home and made a 3 leg set of my own to practice with. I used 6' bamboo...
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    CRF vs Push feed

    My first centerfire rifle was a Herter's Model U9 in .30-06. I killed at least 30 elk, 2 moose, and a lot of other animals with that rifle without ever having a cartridge feeding problem. My .357RUM, a couple of 7 mm Rem mags, and 3 Weatherby Vanguards are all push feed actions that I have...
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    One gun or two? On safari

    Always take 2 rifles so on the last day of your hunt and the animals haven't cooperated by letting your bow hunting buddy to get close enough for a shot, he can borrow your rifle to get his Roosevelt Sable.:D I have gone on 12 international hunts (6 in Africa) and only once did I take two...
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    375 RUM Any Fans?

    I bought my .375 RUM for a Cape Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe in 2005. My first trip to the range with it, I couldn't shoot it enough to zero the scope. That was the sharpest, hardest kicking rifle that I had ever fired. It is a stainless Rem 700 with a 26" barrel. So I went home and had a local...
  5. buffybr

    What binoculars do you use while on Safari?

    For many years for all of my US and foreign hunting I used Nikon 8x23 or 9x25 pocket binoculars. Then after my New Zealand hunt in 2014 I got a pair of Nikon Monarch 10x42s that I'll probably use for all of the rest of my hunting.
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    Post your top five biggest African animals!

    Weight wise, this Zimbabwe Buffalo is probably my biggest. Next would probably be this Eland from the Eastern Cape. I think this was my biggest Kudu from the Limpopo Then my best Sable, from Mozqmbique And my only other Big 5 animal is this Mozambique Leopard with some Canuck that I...
  7. buffybr

    Belgium banning the import of hunting trophies

    Well, scratch Belgium off of my list of places that I'd like to live, not that it was ever even on my list.
  8. buffybr

    Barnes tsx

    I used 300 gr Barnes TSX reloads in my .375 RUM in 2005 on hunts in Zimbabwe and South Africa. One shot kills on my Buffalo and Nyala and several other PG animals. I was very happy with those bullets. On another hunt in 2007 in the Eastern and Southern Cape regions of South Africa I used 270...
  9. buffybr

    Who is chasing the spiral horn slam?

    I'm not chasing any slams, but I do like the spiral horned antelope, and somewhat pick my hunting areas with them in mind. My Southern Greater Kudu Cape Kudu Limpopo Bushbuck Chobe Bushbuck Cape Bushbuck Nyala Cape Eland And just for grins because I like Spiral horns, my Texas...
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    How do you rank/compare/contrast the difficulty and overall experience of hunting each of North America's Big Game Species?

    It's taken me over 40 years to get some of my 19 of the NA 29 animals. I've successfully DIY solo hunted everything on this list plus 3 Bighorn Sheep within 100 miles from my home in Montana and at a cost of less than $100 each, except my Brown Bear and Dall Sheep were guided hunts in Alaska...
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    How do you rank/compare/contrast the difficulty and overall experience of hunting each of North America's Big Game Species?

    I've successfully DIY hunted all of Montana's big game species except Buffalo and Mountain Lion where I used a guide. 40+ years ago those hunts were much easier than they are now, both in drawing tags and in the actual hunting. It seems that the mountains have gotten steeper and higher now...
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    How do you rank/compare/contrast the difficulty and overall experience of hunting each of North America's Big Game Species?

    Actually Snipe are a waterfowl shore bird that I used to successfully hunt when I was in Colorado.
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    Wolves Have Been Released in Colorado USA

    A sad day for Colorado deer, elk, moose, and bighorn sheep!
  14. buffybr

    Lion Hunting Packages 2024 - South Africa

    Are these lions importable to the US?
  15. buffybr

    Anyone else practicing with .22 trainers?

    Yes, I use my Rem 541 T, topped with a Leupold VX Freedom 3-9x40 CDS scope. It's lighter than my hunting rifles, but the LOP is the same.
  16. buffybr

    Anyone else butcher?

    I've been butchering my own animals since I shot my first deer back in 1965. In '66 my 3 college roommates and I cut, double hand ground, and wrapped 4 bull elk. The butchering times that Tra3 posted might be true for a whitetail deer or pronghorn antelope, but they don't come close to the...
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    North American Big 29 - average success rates?

    Probably the animals in your home state that you can DIY hunt on a resident license. I was lucky enough to have hunted mule and whitetail deer, black bear, RM elk, pronghorn, Shiras moose, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat all on DIY and most on solo hunts that only cost me the price of a...
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    Barnes TSX Question

    I like Barnes bullets, and I've used Barnes TSX and/or TTSX bullets for almost all of my hunts with my .300 Weatherby and .375 RUM rifles. I have several Win Model 94 rifles, but my hunting use of them is limited. I shot my first deer with a .32 Spl, and I shot my mountain lion with a .30-30...
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    Leupold Freedom EER Scout

    Not exactly that scope, but I have a Freedom 3-9x40 on my .375 RUM and it works great. It has their CDS turrets that hold their zero on the 100, 200, 300, and 430 yard ranges that I practice at.
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  21. Bighorn Sheep Montana

    Bighorn Sheep Montana

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    Bighorn Sheep Montana

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    Bighorn Sheep Montana

  24. 375 Inch Elk Hunt Montana

    375 Inch Elk Hunt Montana

  25. buffybr

    Aside from Africa, what are some memorable guided hunts around the world that rival the experience of an African Safari?

    I've been fortunate enough to do 6 very memorable hunts in Africa and the variety of game animals probably puts Africa on the top of the list of memorable hunts. However my last two African hunts were both in Mozambique and I only brought one animal home from each of those hunts. I think that...
  26. buffybr

    why do people not use premium bullets?

    You're right! I shot that elk in '76, the Bighorn rams in the early/mid '80s, and the Dall ram in '99. At least with the elk, I think that the only "premium" bullets available were the Nosler Partitions. The year after I shot that elk I had that .30-06 rechambered to .30 Gibbs, and for the...
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    why do people not use premium bullets?

    "Why do people not use premium bullets?" Because bullet placement is more important than bullet construction. Not all game animals need a premium to kill them, and some rifles might shoot a standard cup and core hunting bullet more accurately than a premium bullet. I now hunt almost...
  28. buffybr

    Recommend A Quality Rimfire scope

    I have a Leupold VX Freedom 3-9x40 on my Rem 541. Works great!
  29. buffybr

    What’s the best watch to wear on safari?

    I took my watch (a cheap Casio) off when I retired in 2007. It's been setting on my dresser since then, and because of this thread, I just checked it's time...Its 4 minutes fast!
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    Cost Breakdown - Niassa Special Reserve, Mozambique to Monarch Taxidermy, Montana

    I did my Dall sheep hunt in the Mackenzie Mts of Canada's Northwest Territories in 2000. I think the total cost of that hunt (Dall ram, Mtn Caribou, and a Wolverine) was under $11K. A year later, an Outfitter friend of mine phoned me about a Stone sheep cancellation hunt for $11K...
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    Cost Breakdown - Niassa Special Reserve, Mozambique to Monarch Taxidermy, Montana

    I did my first African hunt in 2000, and I think the total cost of getting the capes and horns of my 9 animals was less than $1K. I've done 5 more African hunts since then and the costs of getting my trophies home has just exploded to the point that I don't I'll go back. There's a big world...
  32. buffybr

    Sable Wall Pedestal Taxidermy Mount

    Nice!!!!
  33. buffybr

    Nyala 1/2 mount

    I looked it up on their online catalog yesterday before I responded to your post. They showed 2 forms. https://www.mckenzietaxidermy.com/Nyala-Half-Life-Size-C859.aspx
  34. buffybr

    Nyala 1/2 mount

    McKenzie
  35. buffybr

    Hunting trucks

    From 1972 until 1996 my hunting truck was a 1972 Ford F 250 that for 24 years it hauled many tons of hay for my horses, firewood, and it took my horses and wall tent to my hunting areas, and brought home many deer, elk, antelope, bighorn rams, moose, and a mountain goat from those hunting trips...
  36. buffybr

    Open sights on new rifles

    For my scoped rifles, I like the look of a clean barrel without any iron sights. In over 50 years of big game hunting I have never had a scope fail, so in my thinking, iron sights on a scoped rifle are just excess baggage. On all of my guided hunts around the world, except for my Dagestan Tur...
  37. buffybr

    Recreational Shotgun Choice - Citori White Satin EDIT: Maybe 725 Sporting?

    My first shotgun was a Miroku 12 ga O/U that I ordered the day I left Vietnam in 1970. After I got home, I joined a gun club with a Trap range so I could learn to shoot flying targets. That gun had fixed Modified and Full choked barrels and it dropped many ducks and grouse for me, along with...
  38. buffybr

    Planning for Mozambique

    Like @Hunt anything, in my 2 trips to Mozambique I regret that I didn't shoot a Bohor Reedbuck or any of the Tiny Ten. I only brought home a Roosevelt Sable and a Leopard...
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    Thoughts on Barnes TSX, TTSX, and other solid bullets (Fox Bullets from Slovenia)

    I started using Barnes bullets in 2005 when I made my .375 RUM for a Cape Buffalo and PG hunt in Zimbabwe and South Africa. I loaded and used 300 gr TSX bullets for that trip. They shot moa and worked very well on my Buffalo and on PG down to the size of a Jackal. In 2012 I used my .375 RUM...
  40. buffybr

    Favorite game to eat on your safari

    Sable filets cooked on the braii in Mozambique...
  41. buffybr

    Forget Cape Buffalo when we have these monsters at home

    For over 200 years these animals were known as the American Buffalo. Now it is trendy to call them by their Latin Scientific name, bison. In reading the attached article, the first thing that stuck out like a sore thumb was the word "caught" meaning that someone had shot or killed the animal...
  42. buffybr

    New rifle choices

    Is "moderator" the UK name for suppressor?
  43. buffybr

    What to carry

    Definately carry your own binoculars! I also take my own rangefinder, and I wear a fanny pack with other "essentials" in it. On one on my South African hunts I shot a Black Springbok with my .375 RUM. The bullet exit hole was quite large and when we were about to take the hero photo, my PH...
  44. buffybr

    Which bullet in 300WM for Leopard?

    I've only shot one leopard, the one in my avatar (photo taken by Brickburn, thank you Wayne!) I shot it in Mozambique with a 168 gr Barnes TTSX bullet from my .300 Weatherby at a distance of 50 yards. We found him stone dead 19 paces from where I shot him. I don't see any reason why any of...
  45. buffybr

    Comment by 'buffybr' in media 'Accommodation Mozambique Hunting'

    That is the American Flag that brought to your camp. Great memories there!
  46. buffybr

    Post Your Gun Collection

    ^^^^^ Sadly this, because of the world that we live in today ^^^^^
  47. buffybr

    Big bore recoil

    The correct LOP, weight, and technique will all help to tame recoil, but the most effective way to reduce recoil is to install a muzzle brake. Let the flaming begin...
  48. buffybr

    What’s your beater rifle?

    My favorite rifle now is my .300 weatherby Vanguard. I put over 80 hours fitting, bedding, and checkering a AA Fancy walnut stock for it, so it really hurts having it out in rainy, snowy, or wet weather. And it stays home in bad weather. So, not a "beater" but my "foul weather" rifle is a...
  49. buffybr

    Survey : Your Favorite Factory Loaded Ammunition

    I killed my first deer in 1965 and my first elk the next year. Both were with borrowed rifles and it was so long ago that I know I used factory ammunition but I can't remember the brand or bullets. I bought my first centerfire rifle in 1967 and immediately started reloading for it. Since...
  50. buffybr

    Do you or have you participated in Competitive Shooting?

    I've always liked to shoot and my Dad bought me my first BB gun and .22 rifle, but we weren't a shooting or hunting family so I didn't shoot much until I was in college. When I was in the Army, I was one of the top shooters in my training companies through Basic, AIT, and OCS. When I got home...
 
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