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You will be good to go with SSI. Wyatt is great to work with and is always on top of things. I have used them for every crate I have brought back from Africa and will continue to use them.

I know the permethrin spray stuff you can get online works well but it does not last through many washings. If you are getting things washed every day and have a decently longer trip, this could be an issue. I hate advertising for companies especially ones that I have dealt very little with but...

I do like my Amex Reserve card for miles. I like that Delta changed to more of a spend oriented goal to go towards status. I was already putting all of our company expenses on my card so it benefited me greatly. I just hate their newer trends on award flight redemption rates. I also have a...

I am unfortunately stuck with them only because being in Salt Lake City they are the main carrier here with the hub. I am ok with that as I can get direct flights to a lot of stateside places so that’s the main reason I use a Delta cobranded Amex Reserve card. But to get to Africa we definitely...

I am not sure what months you are seeing flights for less than 200K miles round trip but in all bookings that I have been looking at, they are 200K+ in coach. This is for August of this year. I love flying Delta because of the direct flight but I also do not like sitting in coach. I would prefer...

My crate will be shipped in the next month or so. I don’t plan on doing anything with this particular bushbuck cape, just using the skull this time around so you’re welcome to the cape if you want to wait that long. One ear was slightly split, but otherwise was in good shape from what I can...

Hmm, he hasn’t smiled in one picture. We shall fix that next time! The slight smile in the black wildebeest photo doesn’t count!

I could be super critical of both the PH and the hunter here but all we’re doing is Monday morning quarterbacking this situation from a video that doesn’t have great views of the situation. The same views that the PH has as the cameraman is essentially looking over his shoulder. I’d argue he...

When the first shot went off, that guy was several feet above the kill zone of that buffalo. While I can’t say exactly how I’d react in that same situation, I do think that if I had a clear shot, I’d be taking it as well. My thought process is this, buffalo are damn fast for a 2000lb animal...

Wow those are super cool too. Ironically my current crate is at Splitting Image and will soon be shipped so I reached out to see what they have to say about it and if they were the ones who mounted it. Thanks!

I am needing some help. In South Africa at Africa Sky, there is a buffalo mount sitting on a pedestal that is a cast of a half skull. I would like to do something similar on one of my buffalo. I was thinking that maybe it could be easy to have it shipped in one of my crates I bring home thinking...

Do it and don't look back. Cape Town is absolutely fantastic. You don't need to spend a long time there, 3 days would be ample. Some of the things I like are one day to go up on Table Mountain and then whatever else that day. One to go see the penguins and do the Cape Point tour down to the...

Not sure if anyone has looked at pricing as of now but Delta One is upwards of 13k and premium select I have seen as high as $4900 for flights throughout the summer months, South Africa's winter. But the real kicker is actually the miles required to purchase an award ticket. If you go in August...

You weren't kidding when you said that area produces some absolute giant springbuck!

You sure it was shot and not killed by a rock?

Right now you can also buy it direct from Hodogon's website as well so it's out there, but expect to pay even more for shipping it. I'd go find it in store if at all possible if you need small amounts as it will be a lot cheaper this way. I use it and will continue to use it but the costs are...

I thought Turkish Air was the only option, that's why I was confused when I saw the sticker.

Hmm, when we going? I need a red stag as well while we are there.

I got my stuff from Zim about two weeks ago and it had Qatar cargo stickers on it, and it had buffalo in the crate. I did not ask how it was going to get here so I have no idea how it ended up on Qatar, but they obviously had to know what was in the box? Maybe someone got cheeky and decided to...

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Most units are in the 26-28db range, so if anyone is being woken up because of crazy noises, then something is definitely wrong. @shootist~ , how does the air mini breathe compared to the airsense? I've been contemplating buying one but all of the other travel ones I have tried breathe like...

I don't know what is in the current book because I am too lazy to leave the computer desk to go look but I can look on my phone at the current manual and both of these are still listed in their reloading app. My guess is they leave out stuff from the hard cover books so they can keep a manual to...

I thought the world was ending when I saw retumbo at the hodgdon store for several days without selling out. Hell it's still there in 1lb unless their site it messed up. Sure it's super expensive but that's been a unicorn powder for years and you had to just time it right to find stuff in stock...

For my resmed airsense 10, I use the resmed branded model and it works fine getting you through two nights without a humidifier. I don't always use one anyway so it's not a big deal for me. Never tried going longer than that. My settings are 5-15 and I don't have a bunch of obstructions...

For the 375, magnum primers only. When you start getting to a certain amount of powder, magnum primers should be used, the general rule I've always seen is anything over 60 grains of powder to get it to burn correctly. The 30-06 large rifle will be fine as most loads are around 50 and lower but...

@Tom Leoni PM sent. I would like to point out that there are a lot of good things going on with these guns as well. I think the wood and the engraving look fantastic. Beyond what I have complained about, the fit and finish is good. If I was shooting open sights only, I would have never known a...

I have two now and neither one I have been able to shoot yet. I just got my ugex in 9.3x74r back from a local gunsmith. I was wanting to put a scope on it but I could not get all of the screws out of the mounting plates. Absolutely ridiculous that they tighten those particular screws down so...

Who did you use for taxidermy work? We are lucky that we have some really talented taxidermists that we have access to here in Utah. I've got a few really good friends at Monarch Mountain and Tall Timbers Taxidermy that I use.

Well I didn't buy these fancy hearing aids for nothing! :ROFLMAO:

Well if what I am seeing is a completely bald neck and head, he's going down because he's got to be ancient if so and his length looks pretty good as well.

Just to wrap this up, Marius at KMG Safaris will treat you right. I've been twice now and I have loved every minute of each trip. He will put you on good animals and will do what he can to make your hunt as enjoyable as possible. This is evident with the numerous positive hunt reports people...

Day 6 through 10: Yikes, I totally forgot to finish this! Such a slacker. After the Rhebuck, we loaded up and headed back to the home lodge. I will post the pictures of the rest of the animals in this one post. We really slowed down our pursuit of animals or I would have ended up with 20...

First one was just outside Kruger. Second one was in Zim in the Ngamo Sikumi forestry area. Hopefully I'll have another next year.

That is good to see them somewhat the same now. I know before, and I was looking more at premium select seats, that the cost differences were in the $800 range. That was on Delta and a direct flight from Atlanta. I flew into Cape Town from Victoria Falls in the mid afternoon on my recent trip a...

The last time I looked at the cape two route, it was significantly more expensive to fly into. I haven't checked recently though?

Day 6: Fallow Deer and Vaal Rhebuck This morning we were off to glass the bottoms real quick. We didn't see anything so we moved to a different property. It was noticeably colder this morning. When we got to the other property, we immediately saw a couple of fallow deer. One was potentially a...

Day 5: Fallow Deer, Black Springbok and Mountain Reedbuck We made plans the prior evening to help my buddy look for his fallow deer. Marius would take his dogs out and go look in and around the open bottom fields with Nick and my buddy. I was headed up top to glass from there to see if anything...

Day 4 : Continued We now had a few animals loaded up and we were headed back to the skinning shed to drop them off. As we were getting closer to the lodge, we saw a few steenbuck down in a grassy field. There were 3 of them and one we thought was a pretty good ram. He had chased off another one...

Day 4: Small List of Animals We woke up early this morning and headed to the Stormberg Mountains. We had a small list of animals we were going to try for and Marius and I were also hoping to add on a Vaal Rhebuck but there wasn't a guarantee that quota was available. I don't recall exactly when...

My Eland from the last hunt with Marius only had one ear. My buddy who is a taxidermist asked me if I shot it on purpose because of that. That was days after I had already shot it and I was like, what are you talking about? I had no idea it had one ear until he told me and it's clear as day in...

Day 3: Roan In the planning stages I had asked Marius about roan. I had shot a Sable the prior year in Zimbabwe and it would be nice to get a roan as well. So today we were off to a nearby property. I had hunted this property before on my prior trip so it was good to be back. We were working...