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Looking forward to the rest of your report. This is a hunt my dad and I are looking at doing in the next couple of years.

I also want to say that the lodge staff and guides were very good. Once early in the hunt my dad mentioned that he would love to have a Coke with dinner, and from the next meal on we each had a bottle of Coke placed by our plates. The groundskeeper set up the sauna and also made sure our lodge's...

Honestly a lot of it was just psychological. Part of hunting for me is about pushing my boundaries and exploring my limitations, and climbing mountains on horseback is just right about at the edge of my own individual limits. Being more familiar with horses could have helped, but even my dad who...

Day 5 we went up a different valley and ran into some Ibex around 1,000 yards away. They moved and we stalked in, but were still 500-600 yards away when I tried shooting. I was hitting low. My dad borrowed the rifle and found that he was also hitting low. I reckoned that in all the excitement...

Day 4 was sunny, so the hunt was on. We rode up the mountain for a couple of hours, and got into a nice group of Ibex with some big billies up a cliff with a range of about 600 yards and gaining. Assan was calling out ranges and positions and we tried shooting at the same time, but it was too...

In the morning we saddled up on the horses to go stag hunting. My dad wasn’t sure if he wanted to take a Maral Stag, but we decided to go and look at them to see what they looked like. I don’t much like horses or heights, but here I was riding a horse in the mountains. I never got used to the...

Country: Kazakhstan Dates: 10-18 October 2023 Type of Hunt: Spot and Stalk, Rifle Method of Hunting: Rifle, 7mm Rem Mag and 7mm PRC Outfitter: Arcqos Safaris PH/Interpreter: Assan Abdrasilov Agent: PWP Travel Locations Hunted: Kazakhstan Species Hunted: Maral Stag, Mid-Asian Ibex Trophy...

I wore dark green clothing from TAG Safari. I don't think it mattered to the animals. I looked like a park ranger, but it helped me to "get in character" for the hunt. My dad mostly wore his Sitka gear. Again, I don't think it made a difference in the hunting. I agree with the poster who...

I was 37 the first, and so far only, time I hunted in Africa.

My dad hunted Roe bucks with Marius in June. He said it was a fun, professional hunt, and that Marius worked hard to find the best bucks available in the area.

I think your last paragraph is probably correct. There are many reasons why someone might not want to hunt Africa, but if they write it off at the beginning as too expensive, then they never really have to dig into the other reasons. My boss listens to Africa hunting books on tape all the time...

I drew a rifle pronghorn tag in Montana. The zone appears to be mostly private land. I originally planned to do the outfitter thing, but now I don't know. At the time I put in for it I didn't see a path to a pronghorn here at home in Idaho. Now I've got a pronghorn archery tag at home. Went up...

I had some great hunts in South Africa and Romania. I don't know what any of my animals measured out at. I sure enjoy looking at the mounts and thinking about the hunts, though. I imagine that whenever I connect on my first North American game animal I won't care all that much how big his...

I have other hunts on my list now that I've experienced Africa once, but I do dream of going back when I can to hunt more of the animals on my list and experience new things. Is there any other huntable place where you can see so much variety of wildlife, both game and nongame, in one spot? I...

I went into the pro shop before the weekend and got my bow set up and some arrows. My consistency is getting better at 20 yards. Still having trouble figuring out the sights. I lost an arrow trying to extend my range to 30 yards. It's in the pasture somewhere, but I spent 30 minutes looking for...

I thought a package deal was pretty good for my first hunt in Africa. I got a lot of fairly common animals at much less than list price. I did wind up swapping out the Warthog and Springbok in my package for a Black Wildebeest on the fly, and then buying a Warthog at the list price. Now that I...

I purchased a bow a couple of months ago. I just haven't made it to the pro shop to get it adjusted and buy some arrows. Sometimes time gets away from me. I've got space on my property to shoot, so I just need to get on the ball. I'm a lefty, so a RH bow wouldn't fit me. I appreciate the offer...

My Gemsbok ripped out of the wall immediately. Luckily I was holding on to him at the time. I imagine you'll have to reconfigure some things to get your mounts attached to something more solid than sheetrock.

I picked up hunting late in life. I'd never really considered hunting at all until my dad retired in 2019 and invited me to South Africa to celebrate. My first big game animal ever was a Zebra. I've since hunted successfully in Romania, but still haven't connected on anything here on my home...

I've been going back and forth on whether or not I even want to start the archery hunting hobby. It's a whole additional skill set. I will typically pass on a high-risk shot, so I'd have to get pretty close before I feel comfortable launching arrows downrange.

I've got general tags for bear and deer in Idaho, and I drew a Pronghorn archery tag. Never even shot a bow before, so I have some practicing to do.

That warthog sure is entertaining. Seems like a pleasant fellow.

I carry a Vortex rangefinder bino. I am not a very accomplished sportsman, but for me they do what I need them to. My dad has borrowed them and determined they were too heavy for extensive glassing, so he prefers to carry a lighter set of regular binos with a separate rangefinder unit in a pouch...

I live in the US, and eventually will connect on an animal here. I've done South Africa for Africa and Romania for Europe. I think I'll be going to Kyrgyzstan in 2023 to chase an Ibex. Australia and South America are the tough ones for me, as I added a qualifier to my 6-continent quest that I'd...

I don't have a lot of advice, but I would say the lighter your gear, the easier it will be to haul it up a mountain. I would imagine a good outfitter would be able to provide a packing list to work from. Start training now for the climbing. I am lucky enough to have a hill on public land behind...

Congratulations! That's a nice-looking Chamois you got. I just recently completed my own Chamois hunt in Romania. It was a tiring climb, but well worth the work.

I've been in contact with him several times over the last couple of weeks, as I'm also scheduled to head over soon. His initial response to me got stuck in his Drafts folder instead of being sent, so maybe ping him again and mention that if he sent a reply it was never received.

I'm headed to Romania by way of Germany this weekend and both countries only require vaccines.

Mine was a Zebra. It was the first game animal I'd ever hunted.

I have an agenda against Savage rifles. I bought a cheap Savage .25-06 for deer hunting and found myself carrying my Tikka .338 last year when the Savage wouldn't zero for anything. I wound up buying another Tikka this year for deer, which is what I should have done in the first place.

I bought a cheap Savage last year as a deer/antelope gun. The magazines wouldn't seat fully and the bargain-bin scope that came mounted on it would only occasionally adjust when I turned the knobs. After multiple failures to feed at the range due to the magazine-seating issues I chucked it into...

My wife was born in Macon, but grew up in Newnan and still has family there. It looks like you've got a good list of animals to go after. Your son is lucky. I had to wait until my mid-30s for my dad to invite me to hunt in Africa with him, and he even made me pay my own way.

Black Wildebeest was the one for me. I didn't have one in my initial package, but after watching them in the hunting area for a few days I knew that was an animal I had to get. Due to "outfitter math" I traded away the Springbok and Warthog from my package deal to get it, then added a Warthog...

Their website could use some cleaning up. That information isn't available on their bear-specific pages. I haven't hunted with them, but it looks like they've got access to a nice piece of land and a fair number of success photos/videos dating back to 2011 on their Facebook page. I work with a...

Their price seems a little low compared to other Idaho bear outfits, but one thing I noted on their price list page is that the $2500 pricing is per hunter for a 2x1 hunt. Lower down on the list is the option to hunt on a 1x1 basis for $700 more. Adding the $700 brings the pricing more in line...

My dream hunt would be a full-bag 28-day safari in Tanzania. I can't think of a hunt that would be more exciting for me.

We got a handful of mounts back from the taxidermist a couple of months ago. All of the African animals came from the trip in this report. The Bison my dad shot in Utah last year. The only animal in this group that was mine is the Gemsbok. He is an impressive mount. One of the most striking...

We got a handful of mounts back from the taxidermist, including several African animals and a Bison my dad shot in Utah last year.

My assumption is that as a member of the wedding party you are expected to bring a date. I have no wedding experience, having attended maybe one wedding aside from my own. With your girlfriend being unavailable on the day and you taking her friend in her stead, I would try to run the...

I gave them a try when I was in my early 20s. I love the smell of cigar boxes. I smoked my first cigar while sitting in the turret of a tank pulling guard duty during a pre-deployment exercise in Ft. Polk, Louisiana. My head started spinning so badly that I had to call down to my crewmate and...

I had never really considered hunting Africa at all. I've never even hunted in America, where I live, so my first big game animal of any kind was a Zebra. My dad decided that when he retired he wanted to hunt a Cape Buffalo in Africa, and selected an outfitter based on a recommendation from his...

I missed on my Idaho pronghorn draw again this year. Less than a 5% chance to hit on it most years and no point system, so not surprised. I've got a general deer tag and a general bear tag.

That is something I need to get smarter on. My dad can fly back and forth with just the test, but he maintains a residence and a family there. As a tourist I think there may be different rules, but I don't know for sure.

I misread your original post and thought you were going this year. I plan to post a report if I manage to get over there. I contacted George of Romania Hunting Outfitters through the contact email listed on his website. He is a member of this site as @geod but I don't think he's been active here...