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In honor of Cal Pappas - NKWE SAFARIS I'll miss Cal

Two good Phs also, either one would be fun to hunt with. I hunted with Pierre in 2011 and met Tinie at the Bulwayo Rugby club

He looks better in the second photo.

Thanks for the link, I got the number of trips to Africa corrected.

I'm sure that this has been asked many times but I couldn't find it with a search. How do I edit my profile to edit/correct the "about" section.?

Generally blesbok horns get lighter in color with age so the older ones horns are almost yellow. This guy went just over 17".

Zastava Arms in Serbia makes left handed Mauser rifles in 458 Win Mag. You might look around and see if you can find an importer for them there in the RSA. The only problem is that the barrel is only .660" in diameter and they are very muzzle light which makes the recoil pretty vicious. I...

Did you see where Zimbabwe is considering making it illegal to post hunting photos taken in Zim and posting them on social media? https://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/zimbabwe-parks-seeks-to-ban-trophy-hunting-pictures/ Zimbabwe Parks seeks to ban trophy hunting pictures 3 July 8, 2018...

I have a left handed M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H

I have a left handed M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H I even have an extra stock with upgraded wood for it.

I fly a lot and use my Chase/United Club card, this gets me about 100,000 miles per year. I just booked two business class, roundtrip tickets from Los Angeles to Windhoek for the last week in April for 320,000 miles. In the last ten years, I've booked six R/T tickets to Africa and three R/T...

Thanks, I can't remember what I put last time.

It's been 10 years since I've been to Namibia and I'm going back next year. On the Namibian Police Application for Import/Export Permit: Reason for Import/Export:......... Do I put hunting? Particulars of Ammunition:..... is "Type", Rifle?

I love that first bushbuck!

Taken with the Ruger No. 1 (270 Win)

I've shot two bushbuck in my life and both of them had one horn. Both of them were old bucks. Here's the other one.

I've shot two bushbuck in my life and both of them had one horn. Both of them were old bucks. Here's the other one.

Taken with the Ruger No. 1 (270 Win)

They look great! It's kind of like Christmas morning when you were a kid, when that box shows up.

Here he is from the top to show the deformation of the broken horn and another of him next to my Nyala

My unicorn!

Took this guy in the Omay concession in Zimbabwe in 2011, hunting with Martin Pieters outfit with Pierre Hundermaark as my PH. Anthony Maxwell did the taxidermy, he came out looking pretty realistic.

Ian said that this buck was about 15 years old and broke the horn of at 5 or 6 years. The broken stub is about 6" long or so and very thick with a worn and rounded end. He teeth were worn to the gum lines. He had cataracts in both eyes and he was blind in the left eye. This old guy was...

Here's the bushbuck that I took with Venture South Outfitters in the KZN last year. Jerry Huffaker did the taxidermy and will be shipping it and my Nyala in a week or so. When I get him home I'll post a photo looking down from the top, to show the broken horn stub better. Ian Blakeway (PH)...

That's a great offer Lin! Is the road transfer from Harare? I know Pierre lived in Bulawayo and you said that you live there also so that would be a long drive! I hunted with Pierre in the Omay in 2011 and he's a great PH to hunt with. I also met "Teenie" at the Bulawayo Rugby Club on...

I just drove by you on June 12th on my way to Pen-Y-Cae in Wales, sorry to miss you.

I think that it's a great offer. I just cut and pasted it into an email to a friend that I'm trying to convince to hunt South Africa. He needs a bargain hunt so I sent this as an example. I may go along, pay the day fees and shoot some animals off of your website's price list just to to...

That's a great deal Karl, I can almost smell the mopani.

Great offer Karl, I need to go back to Namibia one day.

No kidding! Marius if you tell me that I'll see one like that, I'd be sending you a down payment.

Great pictures Vic. I saw a few from my brother and my hunt with you. They brought great memories. My best to Lyndsay and the kids,

Heck Marius if I hadn't just got back from RSA, I'd book this just for that bushbuck. I love an old, bald bushbuck like that even if it has two horns.

Try Ian at Venture South Outfitting in the Kwa Zulu Natal. http://venturesouthoutfitting.com/ I probably saw 30 mature bulls on the 30,000 hectares of free range concession that he hunts on. I believe he's running a special on a combo Nyala/Bushbuck hunt for the upcoming season also. Here's...

Good one. I need to go back to Namibia and get a Hartsmann's. I took a Burchell's last time I was there.

Good job, I was in the Chifudze camp in 2011 when Dalton was an Appy. He's too young of a PH for me, (I'm too old to keep up with him).

Great report, I hunted with Vic in 2013 and had a great time. They are great hosts, since you didn't get an Impala you didn't get to eat Lindsay's braised Impala shanks? They are fantastic! I could have eaten a half a dozen of them if my diet didn't stop me. I think that I gained 5 lbs. in...

Great job, Dad! You created some memories that your children will treasure for the rest of their lives.

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I stayed in the same chalet. The water was a lot higher and we fished for Tilapia, Vundu and Catfish where your photo shows dry land. We tied the pontoon boat up to the green trees on the bank right in front of the chalets.

Great lion, it looks like you had a blast. I hunted the Omay in 2008 with Martin's outfit when Dalton was an apprentice. We saw 100's of Buff (my avatar is the bull I took there). Lot's of elephant also and lions were hunting the same herds of buffalo that we were. I missed a couple of...

I was not happy with them. Here's the report that I sent to CEB's US Representative: Bullet Report Cutting Edge Bullets - 375 Caliber – 235 grain, Raptor - Extended Range Remington cases - Remington 9 ½M Primers – 79.5 grains of Reloader 15 Muzzle velocity 3,002 fps – Muzzle Energy - 4,704...

I used the CEB Raptor Extended Range bullets. They're a brass bullet. CEBs have a great reputation with the Safari Raptors and the Copper Raptors. But, the Extended Range Raptors have a longer slimmer ogive and the walls of the hollow point cavity are thinner than in the other Raptors. I...

He's a beauty, I love the tips and the heavy ridges.

Thanks, I was really pleased that I picked the KZN for this hunt as Nyala was my main quarry. I was hunting on 30,000+ hectares of low fenced cattle ranch but the Nyala density was fantastic. I landed at midday in Durban and by 8 o'clock that night I had seen 9 bulls.

The missing photos, I don't know what happened: