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So, I didn't get much "taxidermy" work done as a result of my first safari: 2 skins, 2 skulls, and some warthog teeth. I waited, very patiently, I might add, for more than a year to get my stuff finished and shipped from RSA. The crate arrived on July 18th full of stuff that I already loved...

Right now it's just in a proof of concept form. I used a 1" x 48" wooden dowel that cost $5.21US and some hangers cut from a piece of leather I had. Ultimately, I may hang a couple of floating bookshelves in front of the skin where the shelves help hold the skin square and flat. The zebra...

I didn't plan to try to video my hunts - I wanted the unencumbered experience of hunting Africa. But, my wife bought me a GoPro before I left. I didn't want to hurt her feelings by telling her it's just about the most impractical camera for filming a plains game so I just planned to try to use...

I must start by quoting myself from about six months ago... Well, the alligator is gone and I know absolutely nothing about his disappearance but that left the beavers even more emboldened. This happened after the deer season so I didn't know until I went birding on the deer club when the...

Is it just me or do you guys get jealous when you see your PH on Facebook with other guys?

My third season with a double rifle as my everyday deer gun is winding down giving me a chance to reflect on the past three season. To start with, I don’t need a double as a deer rifle. Lever action and bolt guns had served me perfectly for 45 years. Matter of fact, switching to a double is a...

My deer club is on the coast but my house is in a piedmont neighborhood. The advantage of the coast is that its gun season for whitetail opens on August 15th and runs through January 1st. The advantage of the neighborhood is my wife has people around even if I stay on the coast for a few days...

I went to Africa never having even looked at the SCI or RW methods of scoring or the minimum requirements. I wasn't hunting an animal for the books - I shot the first wildebeest bull that I got a chance at. Now, three months after I get back from Africa, I get an email from the taxidermist...

More that most other game, it seems that every buffalo hunt is different and the combinations and permutations are nearly endless. Bang-flops do happen occasionally. Lost buffalo happen occasionally. Pin-cushion buffalo happen probably more often than most will admit. I image the most common...

My wife bought me a copy of Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" with an appendix that included early drafts of some sections of the book (kind of like deleted scenes). One of the early drafts of the "kudu" story included the following dialog where, around the fire one evening, Hemingway answers...

It may be an overused and somewhat exaggerated cliche but with my PH it was a literal, an maybe an uncomfortable, reality... This is the scrotum off of the impala I shot converted into a fine leather shift cover for my PH's Toyota...

Bayly-Sippel = 100%, 10 out of 10, 5 Stars, however it can be said. I have only been to Africa one time so the only thing I can compare it to is my own expectations. @BAYLY SIPPEL SAFARIS exceeded my own expectations in every way. My plane was late but they met me at the airport. They all...

6/26/22 A 4-hour delay at the gate in Atlanta cost me my chance to see the Kalahari from the air. The scheduled 7 pm departure on Saturday turned into a 9 pm landing local Johannesburg time the following day. Needless to say, it was a long day but it was good to finally hear, "Welcome to...

I’ve talked about it before but I got a 1981 Browning Superpose in .30-06 in April 2020. It has a regulation quirk that I solve by shooting a 150-grain bullet in the under barrel and a 180-grain load in the over barrel. I know that would drive some of you crazy and I didn’t like it at first...

I love the artistry of hunting. The juxtaposition of game and machines is, without a doubt, the history of humankind. The fire of humanity that burns in each of us started when the first human flintknapped the first arrowhead. I hate that so many "enlightened" folks now let that fire die in...

So, on your return trip, the overseas flight lands in Atlanta but you have to take a connection to get to your home airport, do you go through US Customs in Atlanta or at your home airport?

First of all, my apologies to anyone who tries to read this. I'm an engineer, not a writer but I get weird ideas that I occasionally write down. This one sat half-finished on my hard drive for almost 20 years before @Tokoloshe Safaris's post the other day about the passing of Zimbabwe PH, Dion...

When I decided to call this post “African Heart Shot” I did an internet search on the phrase to see if I was coining a new term or not. Google only shows one other time in the whole history of the Internet Universe where the term was used. A guy screen-named “Climate17” posting on another forum...

I got a Browning Express before last deer season. I wanted to kill an adult 8-point or better with each barrel before killing a doe with it. Our club has a 4-on-one-side rule but we've got good genetics so many if not most yearling bucks meet the club minimum. We got flooded from a hurricane...

Premise: I am hoping to make a plains game trip in May-Sept of 2022 with a .30-06. My “wish” list is Zerba, Oryx, Blue Wildebeest, Impala, Warthog and Ostrich. With ammo so hard to find, I am planning on trying to get my hands on the ammo now so I won’t be in a flat panic tyring to buy ammo...

Greetings. Short Version: I'm a life long hunter (56 years old, been hunting since I was 12). Just starting to get serious about Africa. Long Version: I'm a 56 year old duck hunter. I've hunted ducks with double shotguns of one sort or another almost exclusively since 1985. I’ve also shot...