Going to try and put everything down here so please be patient with me, still need to load my pics to photo bucket but hoping to get it all done this weekend.
Many people say that making that first trip to Africa for a hunt starts the plan for the second. My name is Ian and i have a problem......
2 years ago i made my first trip, had an amazing time, met some wonderful people and had some life changing moments. Within weeks of my return the planning for my next trip started. A few people here have hunted the "Kudu camp" and know the quality of animals there, plus the type of hunting expected. That is what i wanted, some spot and stalk hunts, push my old "husky" body to the edge of exhaustion, to feel like i earned whatever i was able to take (made me wish a few times that i was sitting in my tower stand in NWO though lol)
A hunt was offered here on AH https://www.africahunting.com/threads/rhinoster-hoek-cull-hunt-special.24232/ and since i had spent some time here i knew the area and had met Warren and family i jumped at this offer. A few emails and chit chat the hunt was booked, once that was completed the news to my son was sent. My son has been in college the last 5 years so hasn't been able to go deer or moose hunting, have snuck him for bear hunts before school started though. So he has earned this hunt, doing us proud in school and almost finished. So the plan was a graduation present (thats how i sold it to the wife, she doesn't need to know anything different)
Not sure how many text's i sent my son with pictures of the countdown clock app on my phone, but each time i did it was less days waiting.
The drought in SA was bad and there was concern about this, but Warren kept me updated almost weekly, and when checking the weather network on my phone for his area and i saw rain we would talk.
The communication over the last year was truly amazing, and any concern about the condition of the animals was quickly removed
The closer the time came it was making sure all my stuff was good to go, had some major banking issues and at one point i thought i may have had to be forcably removed from one due to their inability to provide customer service. How a 10 day hold on a cheque turns into a 21 day hold still confuses me lol (work in the US but live in Canada, banking is occasionally a pain in the butt)
anyway more to come later, apparently i have a list of items to still complete, not sure why i ever bought the wife a lawn mower if she expects me to use it, should have bought one for myself instead
Many people say that making that first trip to Africa for a hunt starts the plan for the second. My name is Ian and i have a problem......
2 years ago i made my first trip, had an amazing time, met some wonderful people and had some life changing moments. Within weeks of my return the planning for my next trip started. A few people here have hunted the "Kudu camp" and know the quality of animals there, plus the type of hunting expected. That is what i wanted, some spot and stalk hunts, push my old "husky" body to the edge of exhaustion, to feel like i earned whatever i was able to take (made me wish a few times that i was sitting in my tower stand in NWO though lol)
A hunt was offered here on AH https://www.africahunting.com/threads/rhinoster-hoek-cull-hunt-special.24232/ and since i had spent some time here i knew the area and had met Warren and family i jumped at this offer. A few emails and chit chat the hunt was booked, once that was completed the news to my son was sent. My son has been in college the last 5 years so hasn't been able to go deer or moose hunting, have snuck him for bear hunts before school started though. So he has earned this hunt, doing us proud in school and almost finished. So the plan was a graduation present (thats how i sold it to the wife, she doesn't need to know anything different)
Not sure how many text's i sent my son with pictures of the countdown clock app on my phone, but each time i did it was less days waiting.
The drought in SA was bad and there was concern about this, but Warren kept me updated almost weekly, and when checking the weather network on my phone for his area and i saw rain we would talk.
The communication over the last year was truly amazing, and any concern about the condition of the animals was quickly removed
The closer the time came it was making sure all my stuff was good to go, had some major banking issues and at one point i thought i may have had to be forcably removed from one due to their inability to provide customer service. How a 10 day hold on a cheque turns into a 21 day hold still confuses me lol (work in the US but live in Canada, banking is occasionally a pain in the butt)
anyway more to come later, apparently i have a list of items to still complete, not sure why i ever bought the wife a lawn mower if she expects me to use it, should have bought one for myself instead
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