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Luckily you were on hand with your Viperflexs to shoot the buck whilst I fiddled with my 4 Stable Six!!

I have guided people and accompanied friends from all over the world and I'd say it's pretty unfair to generalise, there are good and bad from all countries However, back to the OP, I could not agree more, I find in the UK at least sportsmen have had a shotgun shooting lesson but very few have...

I have a transfer via Munich on the way to Zagreb and have not been told I need a transit permit so am assuming I don't

For Lufthansa here in Europe (Manchester to Zagreb via Munich) the fees are 80 Euros each way, total 160 Euros. Some petulant girl on customer service said that the total combined measurements had to be under 158cms but that is for their standard hold baggage whereas sports equipment (think...

that total would rule out all pelicases, surely 158 must be the total length?

I have just read the chapter in Buzz's book https://www.amazon.com/Tall-Tales-Buzz-Charlton/dp/1571575294 where he talks about his choice of rifles, he said he started with a bolt action (the Ruger M77) but after a French client of his was wounded by an elephant (when a round jammed on cycling...

The customer service and warranty compliance here in the UK for Swarvoski is first class. It is for ten years. For devices with electronic components (i.e. range finding binoculars) those elements are only five years. Although I think Swaro is the finest glass if I was buying RF again I would...

I was told recently that the tuskless gene is pretty much unique to Zimbambwe, they are not common elsewhere

Thanks, I never for one moment intimated that I would do anything illegal

Hi Has anyone taken rifles from the UK to hunt with in Zimbabwe? If so did you apply for an export licence? If so was it a straightforward process? Evidently there has been an arms embargo in place between the UK and Zimbabwe for a number of years. Thanks in advance

Hi, I'm the opposite, born in Scotland but live in England. I have stalked red deer a fair bit in Argyll. I didn't regret hunting in Africa - it was back in 2017! I then went so SA again for more cull PG in 2019. Then Covid happened. In the process of booking a buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe for June...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Private_Nature_Reserves basically the private reserves bordering the Kruger National Park that have opened their fences to the Kruger. Since SanParks (the government parks body) ceased culling elephants in the Kruger in the 90s (due to short sightedly...

On the two PG safaris I have been; on the PH expected me to take shots out to 300 yards. They only had tripods at the lodge and I missed a cull impala at 300 so said to limit my range to 250. I was used to quad sticks and will buy a set of these Viperflex Journey for next time as they fold down...

Same (UK) and same please!

All well thanks and yes, I appreciate my safari woes our very much a First World problem!!

Hi S Hope you are well. A good site this, I posted on here about my first trip to Huntershill a couple of years back: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-huntershill-safaris-cull-plains-game-in-the-eastern-cape-sa.41664/#post-416842 I'm afraid Robin's (August) trip might now...

Out of Africa is 'free' on Netflix, most of the others are £3.99 on Amazon Prime

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I have asked a few PHs and Guides over the years and for unwounded they say crocs - as mentioned above you rarely find the victim (vs with hippo) followed by hippo, then elephant (esp tuskless cows and bulls in musht.)

I see you have a sense of humour, well done, I wish everyone took the post in the spirit it was intended!

I agree, if only I was retired I would snap it up.

This story has made the front page of the second biggest newspaper in the UK today. It attacks hunters but actually the only incidence of hunting is a 'green hunt' where the client shoots the lion with a tranquilizer. A vet then comes to 'save' it by....tranquilizing it! Obviously us hunters...

I remember reading PH Terry Irwin’s book ‘memoirs of an Africa hunter’ where he had problems with straight magazines on DG and switched to a MS for the rest of his career. I don’t think many people shot more Dangerous Game than him. At the other end of the scale my first ever rifle was a MS...

My advice, if you are hunting PG is take a set of quadsticks, most deerstalkers in the UK use them now, the difference in steadyness over a tripod is incredible. I know if I was using a set I wouldn’t have missed that impala ram at 300 yards last time I was in SA! I’m the UK I use 4 plastic...

Well done! I hunted Huntershill two years back and had a great time. Looking forward to the next instalment

I have one in a Sako 85 and am a fan. I have never used it in Africa but is perfect for all the deer species we have in the UK. It is the standard military calibre in many of the Nordic countries so is used to effect on thousands of wild boar and elk (what they call moose) every year.

Maybe put a scope on the double?

Thanks for the tip off, I have just bought one for £8 on Amazon

I didn’t know that, but it makes sense of course.

Very enjoyable, great writing and photos, thanks for sharing

Like your father you can, of course hunt the Greater Kruger on reserves like Timbavati or Klasserie. I have only been on a photographic safari in the area but there were the biggest bulls I have seen. Probably being further from the Mozambique border helps.

I did a few days PG hunting at Huntershill in the Eastern Cape with my wife and 15 year old daughter last year as part of a longer trip. I was worried they would be bored but it was their favourite stop! As well as a chopper ride and orphaned baby lion to play with there was game drives, wifi...

West Highland Hunting have a very good reputation in the UK. The Head Stalker (PH) Niall (pronounced Neil) Rowantree is a well renowned expert on red deer, see the likes of . Most red deer stalking in Scotland let is on free range and on the open hill. WHH happen to have a deer park (a...

Part III. As the sun started to really reach its zenith we returned to the lodge and headed out about 3pm ish. We headed to the lower grounds and saw a herd of cape buffalo with some really big bulls among them. I said to Lloyd that I didn’t realise there was buffalo here and (only half joking)...

Part II After the usual photo session (which they do much better than we do here in the UK) we were able to get the bakkie near to the bull so it was a simple task to load him up and drop him back to the skinners at the larder near the lodge. As it was early November the heat was now up to about...

Sorry, it is my first report and I can't find how to tag/label photos. The first pic is of the lodge (at 4,000 feet) and secondly of Tracker Lucas with Lloyd's dog and my Black Wildebeest bull. Part 2 will follow tomorrow.

Part 1 I embarked on very much an entry ‘level’ African safari this year and hunted cull plains game for a couple of days in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. I now have the bug! We have been to Africa before but on photographic safaris only. My eldest daughter has been volunteering for a...

Thanks to all for the welcome messages. As it is my first trip I am going to rent a rifle from the outfitter. Not sure what calibre but I know my friends who go there use 30.06 as it's quite open and thus a flatish calibre for longish shots. I have mainly used .243, .270 and .308 here in the UK...

Hi I am going on my first African hunting safari in October with Huntershill in the Eastern Cape. As it's my first I'll be after cull plains game (impala springbuck, wildebeest etc.) I have been to Africa before but on photographic safaris (last Christmas in the Kruger which was fantastic) with...