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Important: if you find yourself in a foreign country having accidentally smuggled in illegal "stuff", it is probably best to quietly dispose of it without getting the authorities involved. I know a guy who found his pistol in his bag after arriving in Canada, it was missed by whatever screening...

That is exceptional!

Last year, on 14 plains game animals, all our shots ranged from 150 to 220 yds. Two animals were less than 100 yds.

Much respect. This is me, a middle aged family man with too many hobbies, with time and money flying many directions. I love hunting, I love guns, and I love plenty of other things just as much if not more. I'm probably the exception on this forum as I dont own a single bolt action. As a kid I...

I mean, it would help to know what kinda terrain and conditions you drive in on your hunts

A big factor would have to be government corruption?

I looked at both of those. The first appears to no longer be available, the second does not appear to have impala or warthog.

I've scoured the internet without success. I'm taking my two nieces hunting with our family this year, they are shooting Impala and Warthog among other possibilities. We've been shooting a few times so they can get better, it would be fun if I could find a bigger paper target of impala and...

Wishing you the best.

Well, I'll just go on wearing cheap wrangler jeans, t shirts, boots and no watch. The lifestyle I live would render even the best watch useless and valueless in a short amount of time. The kind of people I hang around don't care about Rolex, clothing, cars, houses, or other things whose primary...

I don't know anything about the scoring methods and don't care When it comes to horns, character is far more important than size. I would take a smaller (within reason) non typical buck any day over a bigger symmetrical one.

For me, an aisle seat in the middle area is preferred. I feel like the window seats are louder and I don't like being sandwiched against a wall.

Right you are. I just looked, and Delta will only cover up to $5000 if it is declared and if there is adequate documentation proving value. I wouldn't have anyway, but it looks like I will never take expensive guns with me anywhere. I work for the airlines and I don't trust them, that is why I...

Don't forget currency conversion. A strong USD will buy a lot in RSA, giving the impression that the spender is well off. Never mind that the USD in the USA doesn't go as far as evidenced by the cost of a McDonald's Big Mac in USA vs RSA.

The airlines can figure out who tampered with a bag based on cameras and who scanned them and when. If something did happen, the airline would never admit what happened (sorta like if you're in a car accident you never admit fault) but with a little documentation and persistence I would expect...

As it turns out I already do a lot of this pretty well, I'm fortunate in that I seldom crave anything sugary, I don't eat a lot of bread and I could probably do better about processed foods. An earlier post stated that artificial sweeteners make people feel hungry, I drink too much diet soda and...

This is something I need to help myself with. I'm nearing half a century in age, I'm probably about 20 lbs overweight but with my height I hide it sorta. I'm fairly active, I burn tons of calories but eat even more. I can't walk past the fridge or pantry without taking a look, even if I'm not...

I use Chase, very low wire fees and I can do the transfers on their app.

I'll second this one. I'm sure there are plenty of places to have a good experience, but myself, my wife, and my kids (all hunters) had a fantastic experience at Blaauwkrantz. Feel free to PM me if you would like me to brag about them some more.

For me it wasn't as much the cost but rather the time. My taxidermist is two years or more behind. I'll get everything much sooner having it done in RSA

When it comes to dogs, every time I've seen somebody get bit it was by a dog that "loves kids" or "wouldn't hurt a fly" or is a "good dog" or any other assortment of supposed confidence instilling statements about their dog. When I hear those kinds of things from the dog's owner, all I can think...

I've had plenty of livestock and roosters have been the most vicious. I have one now that you don't turn your back on, the only reason he's still alive is he keeps the quarrels between hens at bay, and is very protective of his hens. Another one was a Tom turkey. You wouldn't believe the damage...

The video is still on youtube

If I'm understanding this correctly, you like almost everything about the outfitter except that they accommodated somebody else on a crossbow lion hunt? For whatever reasons you don't want to debate, I'm wondering how somebody else's hunt would affect your experience? What I see is an outfitter...

Wade, was that by air or sea?

Wherever you be, let your wind blow free. -Grandma

I'm really questioning some of the advice being offered here. We've got a younger couple who are unfamiliar with firearms and some of the suggestions here involve guns that require experience. For example, one look at an AR by somebody new to guns and they're going to be overwhelmed by the...

I wouldn't call Sutton suburban.

When I lived in Alaska I was confident with a .44 mag with 7.5" barrel at close range. I would also be confident with either a .44 mag rifle or 30-30. Having said that, I know a guy who had a brown bear run at him and he emptied all seven shots in his 30-30 Winchester before the bear fell at his...

With meat and animal products being as delicious as they are, a person can only resist for so long until they realize that life is short and one of the things that makes life truly enjoyable is partaking of animal products.

I gave up caring about whether I shoot anything or not, although I do like to take shots and preferably miss so as to not have to do the messy work. Really though, it's 100% about hunting with my wife, kids, and occasionally friends. Hunting is awesome but it's really sharing the hunting...

I would imagine that you would contact any safari companies that you are willing to hunt with, let the know that you are flexible and like last minute deals, and to contact you if something opens up.

I wonder if the savings in low price cancellation hunts might be eaten up in higher priced last minute airfare?

I agree, as stated above, the website is a part of the equation but I don't believe it is necessary. The one and only African concession I've hunted on was recommended to me by my local taxidermist who also gave me a paper brochure which I read carefully a number of times. I talked to a neighbor...

Force yourself to stay awake and go to bed at bedtime. Don't let yourself think about what time it is at home, only the timezone you are in. Try to forget that you didn't get enough sleep, power through the day. Keep yourself busy so as to stay awake during the day.

I'm not a big spender when it comes to guns, this is something I might have to try

My wife was a non hunter when we married, she was raised to believe that hunting was only for men, and that it was really just a drunken binge not really hunting. I talked her into going with me once and she has gone most times since. A few years back I encouraged her to take hunter education...

I will be going but I don't know when.

One time we were riding atvs out on the Arizona strip, probably 60 or more miles from the nearest highway. It's probably one of the more remote areas in the lower 48, a vast almost 8,000 square mile stretch of desert characterized by mostly grass and sagebrush and very few people. We come around...

30ish miles down a dark dirt road in the middle of the night in a remote southern Utah area. I was on my way to a friend's cabin in my 'Ole chevy pickup. I come around a corner and there's a guy running up the road, headed away from the highway. I slow down in complete disbelief that somebody...

Incredible response, thank you for posting.

Only when I'm hunting graboids

As one who knows very little about red stag, how much does that skull in the picture weigh?

Very cool!

I've been looking into this for Finland. The finish passport is highly regarded.

I watched an episode of the Canadian show Heartland with my daughters the other day. One of the characters was vegan who doesn't eat carbs or fat. Tim asked the guy "so what's left, lettuce?" Every vegan I've known can't sustain the vegan lifestyle either because of blandness or nutritional...

They did get rid of it, as of a year or two ago. If we would have had a longer connection time we probably would have tried to see if they would let us in anyway.