Thoughts on type of camps

[Foxi]

And liver reminds me more of a sewage filter than anything I care to eat.

if we meet again, i will arrest you for grilled liver with onions,grilled apple rings and mashed potatoes. You will change your mind quickly.

 

[revturbo9967]

if we meet again, i will arrest you for grilled liver with onions,grilled apple rings and mashed potatoes. You will change your mind quickly.
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Although that looks tasty, I've never had a liver I wanted to try a second bite of. Heart is about as far as ill go when it comes to organs

 

[rookhawk]

Totally agree. As I have noted here several times, one of my best days in Africa was the afternoon I rolled two warthog for leopard bait and created a respectable mound of sand grouse (they in a frenzied twenty minutes) from the same Namibian waterhole with my Evans Paradox. We had them grilled a couple of different ways and they were superb.

I wish there was enough interest for an AH "Africa Shoot" where we converge on a place for five days of sport: sand grouse at dusk over water, duck/geese, guineas and francs over pointing dogs, maybe a dove shoot with beaters too. Then we all go our respective ways to do big game hunting or fishing for the rest of a holiday.

Africa is a underutilized wing-shooting paradise. It's a shame there isn't a push to have an AH sponsor put together a fun group shoot, 6-8 guns, five days, lots of socializing.

 

[rookhawk]

Although that looks tasty, I've never had a liver I wanted to try a second bite of. Heart is about as far as ill go when it comes to organs

Impala liver is milder than some big game backstrap. It's exquisite as it is tender and mild. My kids were eating it at ten years old when they would not eat venision/chicken/duck liver due to the metallic taste. (they don't like beets for the same reason)

It's a top-5 cuisine for my son. It's a top-20 for me.

 

[Red Leg]

if we meet again, i will arrest you for grilled liver with onions,grilled apple rings and mashed potatoes. You will change your mind quickly.
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Hope you enjoy it my friend. I'll order the schnitzel or chateaubriand.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

if we meet again, i will arrest you for grilled liver with onions,grilled apple rings and mashed potatoes. You will change your mind quickly.
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Looks fantastic!

 

[Rare Breed]

And he’s all yours Gina! You must be so proud!

I don’t care who you are, now that’s funny!!!

 

[Rare Breed]

Guys thanks for some great feedback so far.

I want to try and stayed focused on my question about the camp. I am in SA so for sure I can not make it like zim or moz as far as all the big 5 wildlife they have. I want to give the client who can only afford SA the best hunt I can for them. Some seem to get off topic rather easily.

A tented camp in SA will still more then likely be a step above your typical united states tented hunting camp. I am trying to figure out that part of what is to much or not enough for the camp.

To me simple, flushable toilet, hot shower on demand and sealed from bugs and snakes…good to go

 

[WAB]

I agree fully. In Namibia our PH took me out on the conservatory for an hr to get "southern fried chicken" for supper. He started a bet, we were after guinea fowl, first one to get their 5 won. I was chasing the flocks to get them to fly to shoot, he laughed and shot them on ground. Who does that with a 12 gauge? I managed 6 to his 4, but I did run hard and fast as soon as truck stopped to get them all in the air. Seamed I had more practice at birds on the wing, but we laughed so hard it hurt and had a blast.

OMG did they taste great. So yes eat wild.

MB

You don’t need to chase guineas to shoot them in the air. When you see a flock, send two trackers on a hook root around them to push them back over you. Once they get the hang of it, they can’t get enough. I’ve had some great Guinea shoots in Botswana and Zimbabwe with this technique.

 

[Art Lambart II]

In my opinion a tent camp should be just like a fix lodge without all the taxidermy, recliners, couches, and full bar. Daily laundry is one of the best things about hunting in Africa. All you need to hunt Africa is three changes of clothes, a pair of gloves and a fleece jacket and I can pack all of that in my carry-on, no checked bag required.

 

[buck wild]

I wish there was enough interest for an AH "Africa Shoot" where we converge on a place for five days of sport: sand grouse at dusk over water, duck/geese, guineas and francs over pointing dogs, maybe a dove shoot with beaters too. Then we all go our respective ways to do big game hunting or fishing for the rest of a holiday.

Africa is a underutilized wing-shooting paradise. It's a shame there isn't a push to have an AH sponsor put together a fun group shoot, 6-8 guns, five days, lots of socializing.

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[Just Gina]

I also do not do organs. The last thing I want to see is some dish perfected by the PH's Boer grandfather utilizing wildebeest entrails and the like. And liver reminds me more of a sewage filter than anything I care to eat.

And liver is just that!

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

I wish there was enough interest for an AH "Africa Shoot" where we converge on a place for five days of sport: sand grouse at dusk over water, duck/geese, guineas and francs over pointing dogs, maybe a dove shoot with beaters too. Then we all go our respective ways to do big game hunting or fishing for the rest of a holiday.

Africa is a underutilized wing-shooting paradise. It's a shame there isn't a push to have an AH sponsor put together a fun group shoot, 6-8 guns, five days, lots of socializing.

A decade ago Shooting Sportsman magazine was organizing annual Africa Wing Shooting Train trips. I talked to a lady who had done it who highly recommended it.

 

[Albert GRANT]

Hope you enjoy it my friend. I'll order the schnitzel or chateaubriand.

I'm with @Red Leg on this. Liver just isn't happening!

 

[Just Gina]

Hope you enjoy it my friend. I'll order the schnitzel or chateaubriand.

I am with you, Joe! I will just have some green beans though.

 

[Albert GRANT]

I wish there was enough interest for an AH "Africa Shoot" where we converge on a place for five days of sport: sand grouse at dusk over water, duck/geese, guineas and francs over pointing dogs, maybe a dove shoot with beaters too. Then we all go our respective ways to do big game hunting or fishing for the rest of a holiday.

Africa is a underutilized wing-shooting paradise. It's a shame there isn't a push to have an AH sponsor put together a fun group shoot, 6-8 guns, five days, lots of socializing.

It's funny you mention this here and now, I was literally just talking to a good PH friend of mine about this exact thing! He actually said it was easily manageable for up to 16 people. I wonder if we should start a thread to see how much interest there actually is here.....

 

[Tanks]

I wouldn’t argue with that. But not being able to bring meat back does hurt. Where do I go to find a African hunt under $1200? Is it inside a tall fence over a feed trough?

Where in the States can I go get a guided hunt for elk under $1,200?

To be honest, if one can not afford many of the RSA deals here that are less expensive than a guided Elk hunt etc. then one needs to improve their financial situation. That is like going to a Ford dealership and asking for a brand new F150 Limited for $20K then whining about it when told the market price.

 

[Sourdough]

@Kevin Peacocke regarding your initial list for the tented camp, right on. And no plastic including rifle stocks (of which I have a few). A Hemingwayesque camp is perfect.

 

[CRowe]

Where in the States can I go get a guided hunt for elk under $1,200?

To be honest, if one can not afford many of the RSA deals here that are less expensive than a guided Elk hunt etc. then one needs to improve their financial situation. That is like going to a Ford dealership and asking for a brand new F150 Limited for $20K then whining about it when told the market price.

Tanks,
While I’d really love to have my response public, I’ll address that in a PM. I don’t want to disrupt the new direction of this thread. I got a spanking for that.

 

[MarkB]

You don’t need to chase guineas to shoot them in the air. When you see a flock, send two trackers on a hook root around them to push them back over you. Once they get the hang of it, they can’t get enough. I’ve had some great Guinea shoots in Botswana and Zimbabwe with this technique.

We did that exact same trick other times when we walked and had trackers with us, all because we asked for more southern fried chicken. We also got one when driving the blacktop at 80 KM. Big flock on road ahead, PH drove right into them, my poor sister sitting beside me on the back safari seat took one to the chest, like a pitcher she grabbed it and handed to tracker who twisted its neck. I think staff eat that one later.

Ooh the fun had on safari.

For those that will not eat this or that I truly feel sorry for you. Never eaten a food I did not like, and that includes many things that would probably worry you.

MB