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    .470 NE Krieghoff Classic Big Five Complete Package For Sale – Save $7,000

    Yes, I know, folks are going to say that Blaser madness is upon me, but I am selling my Krieghoff .470... The reason I am selling it, after considerable soul searching, is that I want to do it all with the Blaser R8 in order to have only one set of ergonomics burned in my muscle memory, and I...
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    July 4 ... a long friendship

    As a French born, naturalized American proud of both my old and new countries, Thank You all American friends for having welcomed so many of us who came for a better life.
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    Help! - Need A Few Boxes Of Factory Ammunition .375 H&h 300 Gr Solid For Upcoming Elephant Hunt

    Hello; I will be hunting trophy elephant in Zimbabwe in the Zambezi valley, just north of Hwange National Park this coming August 2021. My primary rifle will be my Krieghoff double .470 NE. The hunting area includes both dense bush where the .470 will be perfect at 15 to 50 yards, but also...
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    For Sale As New Blaser R8 .375 H&H Standard Barrel With Iron Sights & Magazine Insert $999

    Hello; I have decided to use a Blaser R8 .375 H&H "semi-weight" barrel. I am selling my Blaser R8 .375 H&H "standard" barrel: 17 mm diameter at muzzle, 25.5" overall length. I bought the barrel factory new in November 2020. I have shot exactly 18 rounds (factory loads 300 gr Federal Nosler NP...
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    Transitioning To A Blaser R8 - A Two Months / 500 Rounds Review

    Transitioning to a Blaser R8 - A two months / 500 rounds review series of articles So, the deed is done, I have purchased a Blaser R8 and 4 barrels. This came as a shock to some friends on AH.com who know me to be a fervent advocate of the CZ 550 as the best value in the affordable DG rifle...
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    The COVID situation in USA based on actual CDC data. Quite a different story...........

    So……….. I was tired of the propaganda being provided by the “news” whether from the right or the left, and I wanted to take a look at the actual data and formulate my own opinion. The data is right there on the CDC website...
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    Airlink to operate domestic routes to Eastern Cape dropped by South African Airways

    Hello AH; This is not intended to be a comprehensive update but I just want to share with any of you booked for a hunt in the Eastern Cape that Airlink made the following announcements Feb 6 and Feb 26 regarding flying to Port Elizabeth and East London. Please note that not all the routes...
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    Thank You and Happy New Year

    Just a quick note to say Thank You to you All on AH. This has been a wonderful year chatting with all of you. To those I may have accidentally offended by goring a favorite ox, I apologize. It was without malice... To those I may have bored by restating what is often obvious to old hands, I...
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    Ideal Plains Game Matched Pair .257 Wby & .340 Wby For Sale

    Hello; With considerable mixed feelings, I am putting for sale my matched pair of .257 Wby & .340 Wby. As many of you know, these two rifles have taken over 40 animals in Africa over the last 12 months. See my August 2018 hunt report at...
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    SOUTH AFRICA: A Return To Huntershill Safaris - Even Better Than Last Year!

    As many of you know, I had gone to Huntershill in August 2018 for a plains game 12 days / 14 animals hunt. At the time I was just a client, and I had a fantastic time. I posted a report on the hunt on AH...
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    Sustainable Hunting Practices in South Africa

    This thread has been started by splitting off from another in order that this subject "Sustainable Hunting" can be discussed on its own. Instead of focusing on one Outfitter have a look, for education purposes, at the whole picture of an industry. Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and South...
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    Dawie Kemp PHASA Bow Hunter of the Year 2018

    Hello; Just wanted to share that Dawie Kemp (@Kemp African Safaris) did us all proud by receiving the prestigious award from PHASA for the best Bow Hunter in South Africa for the year 2018. Dawie (left) is an outstanding professional who runs a superb operation: his own family-owned Kemp...
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    WOW!!!! Amazing service from LEICA and CameralandNY

    For those of you who followed the thread Leica Contact (https://www.africahunting.com/threads/leica-contact.45582/) some of us had a bit of a challenge recently reaching Leica and getting service from them. Africahunting.com Member @gr8fuldoug Doug, one of the two brothers who own CameraLandNY...
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    Can plains game A Frames or TSX bullets be 30% lighter?

    Hello; In order to avoid misunderstandings, please note that we are talking about plains game expanding bullets, NOT dangerous game solid bullets. For the sake of discussion, allow me to arbitrarily pick a few dates to illustrate expanding bullet recent history: 1) pre-1948: soft-point...
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    .257 Weatherby Magnum on 300 to 500 lbs antelopes - opinions please

    Hello; Do you guys have any experience with the .257 Wby on Elk or Moose in America or Europe, or Wildebeest / Hartebeest / Kudu / Waterbuck / Sable / etc. in Africa? I am tempted by something with 'the weight and recoil of a .22' (well, LOL, almost!) and that supposedly can pole-ax 300 to 500...
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    SOUTH AFRICA: 2018 Limpopo Buffalo Hunt With Kemp African Safaris - The Proper Way To Hunt Buffalo

    "Please look at this video; this is very exactly what I do not want!" said I when forwarding to Dawie Kemp, owner of Kemp African Safaris a YouTube video showing Ferdinand the bull and promptly thereafter Betsy the cow, red and yellow ear tags included, being sadly executed by a "hunter"...
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    SOUTH AFRICA: Huntershill Safaris August 2018 Plains Game Paradise

    A note from @AfricaHunting.com: As of May 1, 2019, @One Day has accepted to represent HUNTERSHILL safaris on the forum. His report on his August 2018 hunt at Huntershill predates this decision by almost a year and was filed when he was just a private party. Jerome Philippe, Founder of...
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    A Conservationist's Cry

    Hello; A Conservationist's Cry Not exactly new (apparently created in September 2016) but I had never seen it. Worth watching… Worth distributing the link... Will not convince the ultra-antis but may help undecided minds see both sides of the issue...
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    New member from Arizona

    Hello. Been on the site as an anonymous visitor many many times. Have learned a lot from many of you. Thank you for sharing your experience (always), your humor (often), your wisdom (more often than not), your passion (no, really?) and your patience (sometimes). Been hunting for 40+ years in...
 
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