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  1. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    Here is the training with Cinematir, @ 150 meters This is a VERY good training.
  2. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    The weight of the Gitzo tripod+Primos fork is 1,001 kg = 2,2 lbs
  3. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    This is a muslim country. They do not eat porks, pigs, wild boars. The killed animals remain in the mountains. There are many wolves out there to feed on, several were seen, one at least each day of the hunt.
  4. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    The heaviest was 180 kg, the teeth were 28 cm long. Some 220 kg specimen were taken in driven hunt during the mating season in January. In Western Europe the wildboar latin name is sus crofa crofa. In Eastern Europe and Asia, it is sus crofa attila. Guess why?
  5. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    I train to move the legs around the tripod. I do Cinetir training at my gun retailer, with dry firing. They have a large room dedicated to that. The best position to me is to have one leg of the tripod towards me, and I put my legs on each side of the tripod leg. Repeating the swing hundreds of...
  6. herve747

    TURKEY: 2nd Trip 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey November 4th To 8th, 2021

    From Nov 4th to 8th, 2021, I will go for the 2nd time in the North of Turkey near the town of Amasya, for 5 days of wild boar driven hunt, with the outfitter DHD LAIKA. We will be 10 hunters, hunting wide areas in mid-range mountains, with firing distances from 30 meters to more than 200 meters...
  7. herve747

    375 H&H Question

    Premier bullets with partition or bonded core would do the job. Select 3 or 4, buy one box of each, try them for grouping at 100 m and 200 m and keep the one that provides the best group at 200 meters in your barrel. If 2 loads are equivalent in grouping, take the one that has the flatest...
  8. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    Hello! Back to my post with the first video: first hunt of the first day! Unforgettable first encounter with the wild boars from Turkey.
  9. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    I am back from Turkey. Hunting, people, organisation, landscapes, food were amazing. We were 9 hunters, one group of 4 from the Paris area, one group of 4 from the Lyon area, and I was the solo guy. On 5 days and 10 driven hunts, boars were seen and shot on 8 of the 10th hunts. I saw dozens of...
  10. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    Hello, here is the link to the sticks https://4stablestick.com/?lang=en
  11. Safari Hunting South Africa

    Safari Hunting South Africa

  12. herve747

    Diary of first african safari for Herve, 47, Marie, 47 and Pierre-Antoine, 14, in August 2013

    Hello All, 6 years after the safari, I finally managed to make a short video of the safari hunting actions ! Enjoy! Hervé
  13. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    D-3 days. Training with the rifle/scope/ammunition started on sept 28th. 7 ammunitions tested to select the best grouping : Training ammunition in green : Partizan PPU 180 grains rounded soft nose Hunting ammunition in red : Sologne Klassic with Barnes TSX bullet 180 grains Since 6 weeks, I...
  14. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    Another video of the training and one great learning of how to install my rifle on the Monteria Stick.
  15. herve747

    TURKEY: 5 Day Wild Boar Driven Hunt In Turkey Nov 11th To 17th, 2019

    From Nov 11th to 17th, 2019, I will be in the North of Turkey near Samsun for 5 days of wild boar driven hunt, with the outfitter DHD LAIKA. We will be 7 hunters, hunting wide areas in mid-range mountains, with firing distances from 30 meters to more than 200 meters. Training started a couple...
  16. herve747

    ZIMBABWE: First Caffer Safari In Zimbabwe For 2 Fellow French Hunters - May 2020

    I found it : https://www.africahunting.com/threads/near-that-time-again-headed-to-lake-kariba-with-jacques-spamer-of-jko-safaris.53071/#post-575057 Yes I will follow!!
  17. herve747

    ZIMBABWE: First Caffer Safari In Zimbabwe For 2 Fellow French Hunters - May 2020

    Yes Indeed! Yannick had booked with Mathieu, and while we were chatting on my first wildboar taken with bow and arrow, he wrote that he had booked a safari with Mathieu, for a caffer in Zimbabwe. And he wrote : "would you be interested to come with me?" ha ha ha. 2 days after, it was decided !
  18. herve747

    ZIMBABWE: First Caffer Safari In Zimbabwe For 2 Fellow French Hunters - May 2020

    Hello All, This is it: Syncerus Caffer, the most prestigious big game for me and Yannick, my fellow hunter, is on the top of our 10 day safari planned for May 2020 in Zimbabwe, Chete Safari Area near Kariba lake. The outfitter is Sable Safari, partner of JKO Hunting Safaris. After 3 safaris...
  19. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    Hello. It was with Darryl Bell of Bighorns Safari Hunting
  20. Water Buffalo Northern Territory Australia

    Water Buffalo Northern Territory Australia

  21. Nightscape Northern Territory Australia

    Nightscape Northern Territory Australia

  22. Preparing the trophy

    Preparing the trophy

    Northern Territory, Australia, 2015
  23. Asiatic Water Buffalo Northern Territory Australia

    Asiatic Water Buffalo Northern Territory Australia

  24. Northern Territory Australia

    Northern Territory Australia

  25. herve747

    Free 2x1 Hunt for Two Hunters from Liam Urry Safaris for 2017/18

    I am hungry! Northern Territory, Australia, 2015
  26. herve747

    Free 2x1 Hunt for Two Hunters from Liam Urry Safaris for 2017/18

    Nightscape above the lodge! Northern Territory, Australia, 2015
  27. herve747

    Free 2x1 Hunt for Two Hunters from Liam Urry Safaris for 2017/18

    Preparing the trophy. Northern Territory, Australia, 2015
  28. herve747

    Free Hunt for One Hunter & One Observer from Lianga Safaris for 2016

    A man walks into a zoo. There is only one animal in the entire zoo and it is a dog. It’s a shitzu.
  29. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    Thanks Darryl. I am glad that you liked it! Cheers Hervé
  30. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    In action: on the left, the NIKON D7200/TAMRON 150-600 mm, on the right, the NIKON D200/TAMRON 16-300 mm, and a Gitzo carbon tripod . Overall 16 kilos of stuff only for photo/video/storage/editing/back-up
  31. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    Thank you all for your messages. After the photos, the videos. Here is the trailer...
  32. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    "This is the end..." Our last night in Australia. Tomorrow morning we go back to France. This is my last picture posted when I am in Australia. This picture is amazing. This was at Uluru Sunset parking, one hour before sunrise. I wanted Uluru on a sky full of stars. I am totally delighted by the...
  33. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    Climbing Uluru On the top of Uluru Valley of the Wind. Look for Marie!!
  34. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    En route to the West Mc Donnel Range: Standley chasm Ormiston Gorge Kings Canyon
  35. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    M'y first bull Pig. This one had a thigh injury already.
  36. herve747

    AUSTRALIA: Hunt Safari In Australia Top End Herve & Marie August 2015

    Trophy preparation tonight. The australian way.
 
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