SCI convention

[Altitude sickness]

Hedge, thank you for the thank you. But. I did not help help Rare Breed with the AH dinner.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Hedge, thank you for the thank you. But. I did not help help Rare Breed with the AH dinner.

You were obviously his inspiration

 

[Russ16]

I checked in with CMS about my Buffalo hunt coming up in August and wound up booking and elephant/buffalo hunt with them for August 2028.

Narrowed down some choices for a mid-Asian ibex in 2027.

These shows are the most dangerous game for my wallet!

 

[Green Chile]

Riaan is in Nashville. Likely has copies. He can mail you one

Contact info?

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

Sent you a DM with it

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

Contact info?

I wasn’t sure if it was against the rules to openly post his number. Hopefully you got my DM?

 

[Adipose]

No doubt. No one is getting in or out of the NE for at least three days. There are worse places to be stuck. Nashville is a great city.

Looks like there may be snow later in the week also, so it may get cancelled again come wednesday.

 

[VAHunter]

We only had one day at the show, but made the best of it. The vendors and crowd were awesome. We made it out early this AM, but are stuck in Chicago at the moment. Hoping our connection leaves on time.

 

[Fatback]

Just got home. I drove up Friday for the dinner Friday night and spent all day there yesterday. Had a great time connecting with old friends and made some new ones as well.

Against my better judgement, laid the ground work for a return trip to Alaska for Mt. Goat and possibly a bison.

Also booked a PG hunt in the Caprivi with an option to possibly add an own use buffalo or hippo in 2028.

Also spoke with a couple of outfitters to begin discussing/planning a possible LDE hunt in Cameroon.

So now I back home and back to work so I can make these dreams into reality.

 

[Green Chile]

Just got home. I drove up Friday for the dinner Friday night and spent all day there yesterday. Had a great time connecting with old friends and made some new ones as well.

Against my better judgement, laid the ground work for a return trip to Alaska for Mt. Goat and possibly a bison.

Also booked a PG hunt in the Caprivi with an option to possibly add an own use buffalo or hippo in 2028.

Also spoke with a couple of outfitters to begin discussing/planning a possible LDE hunt in Cameroon.

So now I back home and back to work so I can make these dreams into reality.

Fantastic. I would love to hear more about your LDE plans.

 

[Green Chile]

I wasn’t sure if it was against the rules to openly post his number. Hopefully you got my DM?

Yes, thanks! He is in response already.

 

[Andrew62]

Fantastic. I would love to hear more about your LDE plans.

Me too!! I hunted LDE in 2002 I believe it was, did not connect.

 

[Green Chile]

Me too!! I hunted LDE in 2002 I believe it was, did not connect.

Wow...I think Boddington told me he didn't connect on his first effort. Very expensive hunt.

 

[Andrew62]

Wow...I think Boddington told me he didn't connect on his first effort. Very expensive hunt.

Sadly, it also took 2 trips to get my bongo, lol, I've hunted Cameroon 4x.

My girlfriend once said, 'you'll end up dying with just 8.00 to your name', to which I replied, 'that'll be 7.00 too much!' lol

 

[Green Chile]

Cats have been my curse. 2 hard hunts to get
Mountain lion. 2nd hunt coming next year for leopard, which would finish my big 5.

 

[Rare Breed]

You and me both with the same vision with only our leopard left!!!

 

[Fatback]

Fantastic. I would love to hear more about your plans.

Me too!! I hunted LDE in 2002 I believe it was, did not connect.

I am in the very early stages of considering/planning. I spoke with two site sponsors that do LDE hunts just to get some basic ideas of their areas and procedures for their hunts in terms of travel arrangements, bringing rifles, best time of year, current anti-poaching efforts and asked for some references to speak with regarding their hunts.

I also spoke with a very well respected AH member who has hunted LDE with a different outfitter for his advice and his experience.

The general conclusion I’ve come up with so far is if I want to hunt LDE it probably should be sooner rather than later. So, I am starting that process now.

I may or may not be able to make the hunt come together while opportunity is still available. One thing for sure is it won’t happen on its own, so I am going to try and make it happen within the next 4 years.

@Green Chile and @Andrew62, feel free to shoot me a DM and we can discuss further. I’d be especially interested your advise and experience @Andrew62 related to your unsuccessful attempt.

I probably only have one shot at this (at most) and I’d like to maximize my chances for success. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming about how cool the SCI conventions is.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

The general conclusion I’ve come up with so far is if I want to hunt LDE it probably should be sooner rather than later. So, I am starting that process now.

At the risk of coming across as a used car salesman, I think you're spot on with that comment. It seemed like every other visitor to the @JKO HUNTING SAFARIS booth came in to ask about hunting Cameroon for either LDE or Bongo, and I would say it weighed a little more towards LDE.

If memory serves, for LDE we are sold out for 2026 and most of 2027. We took initial smaller deposits to hold bookings for 2028. The area we are hunting LDE has limited quota of 4-5 bulls per year. We are keeping it low to keep quality high is the first reason. The second is that we don't want too much pressure in the area to avoid pushing the cows out. If the cows leave, the bulls will follow. So the 2nd reason is to also keep shot opportunity high.

 

[buck wild]

Got tangled up with our early morning flight and had to push leaving til tmrw at 5 am. There wasn’t an empty plane leaving Nashville today I dont think.
I didn’t book anything but did put in a solid 14 miles walking over 3 days!

 

[Mekaniks]

I was seated next to an Alaskan Outfitter when leaving Nashville this morning. He has had a booth for many years. He said this was top selling year by far....