New from Washington State

[uthisha]

New to the forum from Washington State.

Love guns, shooting and hunting. The local hunting is not that great.

I've made five trips to Africa, three were hunting safaris, two were for work. I absolutely love the place - it is magical for me.

I'm approaching retirement and looking forward to getting back to Africa a time or two or more.

A while back I picked up a Jeffrey 450 No 2 NE and now need to figure out what I'm going to do with it. I am sure the DG experts here will help me sort that out.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Welcome to AH uthisha! Glad you found us and looking forward to having you sharing your experiences.

 

[uthisha]

Good on you for creating this forum. Thanks!

 

[Velo Dog]

Hello uthisha,

Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.

You mentioned sorting out what to do with your new large bore rifle.
When you have a couple spare minutes, have a peep at our video on buffalo hunting within our web site:

Khomas-Highland-Hunting.com

It was filmed up in the far N/E corner of the Zambezi Region, AKA, Caprivi Strip, Namibia.

That recent purchase of a WJ Jeffery .450 No 2 NE indeed sounds interesting.

The double draped across the horns of a buffalo, shown in my avatar here was an Army & Navy in that same wonderful caliber.

Best Regards,
Velo Dog.

 

[cls]

Welcome to AH, cost of admission is a story or two of your previous hunts...

 

[Mekaniks]

from Kennewick

 

[Angelo_orygun]

Welcome to the forum, lets see that rifle!

 

[cpr0312]

Hello and welcome!

 

[kdenn]

Welcome, you'll find lots of useful information on this forum.

 

[nztimb]

Giday uthisha and welcome to the A H forums

 

[Nyati]

 

[Piekenier]

Welcome Uthisha
Many areas in Southern Africa are over- populated with elephants. Many local hunters and nature conservationists can testify to that.

It seems you have just the right medicine in your locker!

Happy hunting.

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

Welcome to AH.

 

[uthisha]

Welcome to AH, cost of admission is a story or two of your previous hunts...

A short one - we were chasing an Eland I had hit.

We were moving fast through the brush. Suddenly, there he was about 40 yds ahead of us.
The Eland was standing under a small tree (the trunk was about 5 inches diameter), facing broadside, and looking right at us.
In the shade of the tree, the Eland was a dark silhouette against the surrounding bright and sunny foliage.
My PH yelled "Give him!"
I raised my rifle, put my crosshairs just behind the shoulder and sent it.
The gun recoils. I think to myself "That's it, I've just bagged a nice Eland."
But the Eland is still standing there...now looking up at the shaking branches above him..my PH was trying to tell me to "give'm again" but he was laughing so hard he get the words out!
I had hit the tree.

 

[Bigry]

Welcome from just south of ya

 

[uthisha]

Welcome to the forum, lets see that rifle!

I just tried six different image formats. What is the trick to posting images on AH?

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

I just tried six different image formats. What is the trick to posting images on AH?

Images will upload automatically by just dragging and dropping them directly into a post.

Allowed attachment file extensions in post: zip, txt, pdf, png, jpg, jpeg, jpe, gif

 

[uthisha]

Images will upload automatically by just dragging and dropping them directly into a post.

Allowed attachment file extensions in post: zip, txt, pdf, png, jpg, jpeg, jpe, gif

Thanks. I did try png, jpg, jpeg, (and tif, HEIC). The message I get for all of those file types is "The uploaded file was not an image as expected."
The file was originally an HEIC taken with a iphone. I then used the 'Save as' to save the files in the other formats. Any ideas?

 

[OldnLazy]

Welcome to AH

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Welcome uthisha, looking forward to seeing that 450!