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Hey Christophe, Welcome home, I was hunting with Mike when you were walking Jimmy to death :shocked: Pleasure spending time with you. Steve

Hi Tap, Good Grief, thats a fantastic Elephant area. The water is not really an issue there, you're quite some distance from the Okavango Delta. I shot mine in NG41 in 2006. Here's my take on what size to expect. I shot mine sixty something x sixty something at noon on day two. We had walked up...

Hi Tap, I'm afraid that this whole African hunting closure push is nothing more than a matter of perspective. We, as the traveling international sportsman are not a large demographic. We number about 10,000 souls per year. I do not pretend to know how many photographic, tourist's there are. If...

Hi Jepetto, Where did you shoot a 70 plus last year, that's a dang nice Jumbo and I'd love to see it. Can you post a picture? Tap, Zambia really hasn't fallen to the "greenies" as much as it has been a victim of corruption. ZAWA (Zambian Wildlife Authority) was an extremely corrupt...

Here's what a friend of mine in RSA and I did in 2006, we talked about what animals in RSA I had not killed, Vallie, Natal Red Duiker, Rhino Dart, Orabi and a Bush Pig. He organized a whirlwind tour of the country as we wanted to hunt them all in their "mostly" endemic habitat. We went all over...

Hi Tap, For me, When I went to dart my Rhino, I was thinking.....show up, walk up dart the thing, take photo's and move along. How wrong I was. First, you need to be close....very close. Waaaay closer than you would get with an express rifle, second, there can be nothing between you and the...

Chris, Well said. You were able to put what I felt on other sites into a few simple words. There is absolutely nothing wrong with enthusiasm from guys that have been hunting Africa a couple times. But some ego's see it as their 15 minutes of fame. From what I see on this site, there is newbies...

Hi Red Leg, We were cross posting. Great post. I was in RSA on a family vacation and we went to the Voortrekker's monument in Pretoria. The similarities to the settling of the American west are amazing. We fought many different tribes of American Indians and they fought tribes of Indigenous...

Greetings Jaco. First; THERE IS NO NEED TO SHOUT. I see this as simply a discussion, no more, no less. Enron? I started a small industrial supply company 20 some odd years ago, I went nowhere for the first 6-7 of those years. I dedicated my entire being to growing my business. It grew, so did I...

He might have made me wear an AH cap, he was not my PH. He was suppose to be but there was a couple there doing a 28 day 2 x 2 and it made sense for CAWA to put me with a different guy. I spent a lot of time with him in the evening though. We still keep in touch email regularly, he has used some...

Brickburn, Thank you for the welcome. i think you get my point. The Cliques are the exact word I should have used. Hunters should just enjoy one another's stories, pictures,and accomplishments without having to worry about being ambushed. Posting hunt reports on "some other forums" got to be...

You're 100% correct, it is us that has "spoilt them", I'm as guilty as is anyone with that.

The last two responses are sort of my point, I never once said, I was pissed or didn't like it. I love it. I stated "I may be a bit burnt out" and am skeptical. The other forum. Hmmm where to start. There are hundreds of experts over there on everything Africa and Africana. As with...

I have a bit of a different take. For me, the passion is gone. Perhaps just a bit of burnout, but I fear it is not. I have become skeptical of the PH's, the Booking agents, and even others clients in the game. There is an "egofest" involved in hunting I just can't seem to figure out. AR really...

Dargo, I have hunted Zambia extensively, actually have killed every species on quota there (except Jumbo) that is hunt able. My recommendation would be to take the family to see the Kafue Flats, an amazing place and shoot a Kafue Lechwe while there. One day trip perfection. Only place on earth...

Phil, Ya, please don't take my comment wrong, the "other" one is the forum to which I speak. If you get crossways with the "boss" for any reason what so ever, the lynch mob will make it so uncomfortable for you that you just leave. This forum is not that way but there is not much activity here...

I think there are people suffering from "forum burnout" some of the other sites have become boring, predictable and only the members suffering from HPCH (high post count hostility) are active. It has become a mutual admiration society where only the "big dogs" speak to one another. This...

Francios, I met you in Kocho in January. I was with Mike while you had Teresa and Christophe had Jimmy. Great time, enjoyed your theatrics at dinner!!!:)

I was fortunate enough to be on a PG hunt (for the wife) at a combo game farm/sugar plantation in Zambia. We were called to the fields every time they scheduled a burn prior to harvest. The bushpigs come running out ahead of the fire. I had a iron sighted .270 and was able to shot several in the...

Jake, I hunted CAR in January. I had a PH for the first four days named Adam, He is a young American PH that had the same dream as yours. He contacted Erik Mararv from CAWA hunting safaris and was actually given a chance. His first few years, his duties were road building and general...

Christophe, We met in Kocho/Mbari while you were hunting Jimmy/Teresa. I enjoyed your company and your positive hunting attitude, hope to hunt with you soon. The Bongo is truly one of Africas most exceptional trophies. Looks fantastic, looking forward to seeing mine soon. Steve