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We've now seperated the gray beards from the no beards

CRIES of the Savanna

Monday, August 15. 10th hunting day No hunting today. We slept in a bit, had breakfast and then Katja told us that Nikolai, her son, was willing to give us a tour of the cattle ranch. Susan had asked about it yesterday while I was hunting and Katja confirmed. We were both very interested in the...

Just reread my last post. Bases on the kudu were 11.5 inches. I couldn't remember as I was typing and was going to look it up before I posted and then forgot. Symptom of too many years experience.

Sunday, August 14, Hunting day 9 With just 2 days left to hunt and the elusive Kudu the last animal on my wish list, Berni, Paulus and I set off again after breakfast. We had debated between staying at the home ranch or going to the leased ranch 45 minutes away. Since we had seen so many Kudu...

Saturday, August 13, hunting day 8. Susan and I, Berni, Paulus, and expert skinner Johannes, left the Kamab ranch about 6:30 for an hour plus drive to a ranch we hadn't hunted previously. Berni has the exclusive PH rights on the 20,000 acre ranch, all low-fenced. As I was interested in a...

I couldn't agree more. Your observation became even more relavant a couple days later, as my continuing report will show.

Friday, hunting day 7. Back on the home ranch. Drove a bit in the morning, seeing lots of kudu, including one very nice bull, who immediately disappeared in the thick bush. This was near the cattle water station we had sat until dark a couple days earlier. We decided to go back to that water...

Thursday, hunting day 6. Had breakfast early as going to the leased ranch about 45 minutes away. Saw ostrcih, waterbuck cows and young bulls on the way. Berni and I did a stalk on the first waterhole where we had seen the nice kudu bull a couple days before. No kudu but two warthog boars, one...

Wednesday, August 10, hunting day 5. Back at the headquarters ranch today. Saw giraffe and eland on the drive out from headquarters. I had been debating between eland and waterbuck almost since arriving in Africa. Although we might have been able to make a stalk on this herd of eland, by now I...

Tuesday, hunting day 4. We went back to the same leased property we were at yesterday. Did a sneak on the waterhole where we saw the Kudu last night but just saw Duiker. Glassed more rough country and saw plenty of other Kudu but no mature bulls. We did see one bull that was a little young but...

Hunting Day 3, Monday August 8. Today we drove to another ranch that the Metzger's lease for both cattle and hunting. Took about 45 minutes to get there. Mostly rougher country. Stopped at some waterholes on the way in, but only one of three held water. Getting late in the dry season and...

Day 2 of hunting was relatively uneventful. We went to a different part of the ranch, including some rougher country that they called mountains, though it was more like drainages dropping off the plateau we were on a few hundred feet. Saw plenty of various game animals, but nothing trophy sized...

Saturday noon, Berni, Susan and I sat at a waterhole in a blind and had a picnic lunch, hoping for something mature to come to water while Paulus was taking the springbok to the skinning shed. We saw a number of cow kudu and small kudu bulls, as well as warthogs and mongoose, but no shooters...

Saturday morning dawned clear and cool, just like every other morning we were in Namibia. After a breakfast of eggs cooked to order, a selection of cold meats and cheese, toast, fruit salad and yogurt, we met Paulus, our driver for the hunt. He and Berni had obviously hunted together often, as...

We left home on Tuesday afternoon, August 2 to drive to Denver for our flight the next morning. Jennifer had booked us on Delta and we had chosen the Comfort Plus option, which provides a few extra inches of leg room in otherwise economy class seats. We had a slight hiccup when arriving at our...

My report starts in January when my wife and I traveled to Dallas, TX for the DSC convention and trade show. While I was expecting a big show, the shear numbers of outdoorsmen and women and the vendors gathered to support them was almost overwhelming. We went to DSC to find and book a hunting...

Great report. Got my juices flowing. I'm heading to Namibia in August for a similar hunt, my first to Africa, including a sidetrip to Etosha. Thank you

What street lights?

Just booked first safari with Makadi on Sunday at DSC. Taking my non-hunting wife, but she loves photography and plans on going with us on hunts. Also doing a side trip to Etosha after hunt.

Thanks for the evening. First time to DSC. Booked first African hunt this morning. Namibia in August with Makadi Safaries. Looking for Kudu, Oryx and Eland or Waterbuck.

Sold!!! See you there

You won't be the only newbie. Like you I've never been to DSC or Africa but planning on changing both those in 2022.

Flight and hotel booked. Fingers crossed for no cancellatons.

Are the DSC banquets worth the $ or skip and put towards hunts and/or good meals in Dallas?

New to the Forum this year. Planning to go to DSC to book a safari. When is the AH get together scheduled?

I'm new to the African game. Looking to go for first time next year. Have really wondered what all the excitement about sable is based on. A bull like yours makes it clear. I haven't seen one like it. Congratulations

Have hunted whitetail and mule deer, pronghorn, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat as well as many small game and birds. Primary rifles 30-06 and .338 Win Mag. I do some reloading. I'm aiming for first safari in 2022. Probably plains game, with kudu and gemsbok top of list. Also interested ONLY...

Brand new here. Have read a few hunt reports and hope to add to them. Recently semi-retired from a lifetime in agriculture. Still raise cattle to keep myself out of trouble. Preliminary planning for my first, but hopefully not last African hunt. Planning on hitting DSC in January after last...

Brand new here. Looking to book my first (hopefully of many) African hunts after a lifetime of American hunts of many types. I love the interaction of members. Seems like a gathering of friends around the campfire giving each other goodnatured crap after a hard day hunting. Planning to attend...