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Me and two other guy's went to Zim and hunted October 15-24 with Nengasha Safaris. We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back! Booking Agent: Ray Atkinson Company: Nengasha Safari's Owner: Danny Friend and Paul Bennie PH's: Wayne Bartlett and Craig Robinson Rifles: Krieghoff Classic 9.3x74R and 318 Westly Richards Animals taken: Bufallo, Kudu, Impala, Zebra x2, Warthog, Wildebeest We hunted the Omay South Concession for Buffalo and we killed Three nice bulls in three days! Our PH's were great guy's and new the area well. One shot from the 9.3 and my buff went 50yds and went down with the death bellow shortly following!   One shot on the Kudu also with the 9.3, he is a 50" Bull  I thought I had lost my Zebra, but we found him the next morning! I hit him once but my shot was not placed well so he ran about a half mile and it got to dark to track so we followed up the next morning!  I had a little trouble with my Impala so I won't tell my embarrasing story but it was with the 9.3 also.  Here's Pumba!  I was able to shoot a wildebeest for the game scouts!  Now I have to come up with a way to quickly recover and get back over there!! DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | ||
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Congratulations on a very successful trip and beautiful trophies. | |||
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Congratulations nice trophies and I am sorry about your new addiction  Zim is the best drug you will ever be addicted to.I've only managed to get there three times so far but am working on that jumbo for next time.If you are dropping a line to wayne or paul say G'day for me I bumped into them while I was hunting with Matt Stanton great guy's | |||
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shawn good to hear you had a great hunt, Wayne was my PH when i went over earlier on this year and he was great to hunt with, and he was just super on those leopards Daniel | |||
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Congrats on your first safari and some nice trophies. Did you use your .318 on any game? On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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I did get a second Zebra and I used the 318 on it. We were checking a waterhole for warthog tracks and this lame mare was there and in horrible condition. She had a broken leg and was walking on the bone so the PH had me put her down. I'll get some pics posted of her and her foot. I wasn't comfortable enough with the open sights to try the 318 on anything else. DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | |||
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Here are some pics of the lame Zebra. Look at the rifle and Zebra, not at me!   I also failed to mention in my first post that Ray Atkinson was very helpful in putting our hunt together and so was Gracy Travel, so I would like to say thanks to both of them!! Also I think we had absolutely wonderful and very knowledgable PH's also! Craig and Wayne are the best! DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | |||
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Did my first in Zimbabwe, its a great place in my mind to experance Africa and not feal like you are in texas, not all but alot of S.A. feal to much like a game ranch in Texas, Congrats and thanks for the pics ! | |||
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Nice trophies. I see the wound on the impala. I'll you bet you had a bit of walking to recover him. | |||
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Great to see the old rifle back over there. I want badly to use my .318 in Africa but my eyes don't allow me the priviledge any longer. Congratulations. FRank | |||
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SHAWN that second zebra that you shot that had the injured foot, Monjoro the game scout wanted me to shoot him but it gave us the slip, and we never saw him again, but at that time the zebra was in really good condition Daniel | |||
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a very nice buffalo. Congratulations mario | |||
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Great hunt! | |||
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Congrats and nice trophies. How is Craig doing? I hunted with him in 2002 and had a great trip. Havent heard from him lately though. Gene Cole III | |||
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Shawn, Looks like you had a great hunt. What scope base's and rings are on the Double, and also what ammo did you use Warren | |||
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The base is a weaver style that I think that Eurogun Imports sold for a while, it has warne rings. I don't like it at all and am going to have Krieghoff put the correct swing mounts on it when I get the money! I won't even be able to feed my family for a year after the Zim trip!! We all needed to loose weight anyway!! DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | |||
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Craig is doing great, as onery as ever! We had a blast with him and Wayne! He will be at the Dallas SCI show. DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | |||
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Congratulations! I am going to my very first safari next year to Zim and I was quite doubted to take my Krieghoff 375 HH as the only rifle. Now I have no doubts  Which bullets did you use in 9.3x74? | |||
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I used Nosler 286 partitions and Woodleigh 286 solids. One Partition is all it took on the Buff, didn't need a solid! DRSS Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!" | |||
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This shocked me, I thought Ray had sworn off booking for Zim???? Looks like you had a fantastic hunt. Congratulations. Jason Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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Another successful hunt packaged by Ray Atkinson!! I hope to get a PG safari done for 2009, Lord willing. FOUR DAYS TIL I HEAD TO ZIM. Got a date with a Cape Buffalo bull. Rich DRSS Knowledge not shared is knowledge lost... | |||
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Way to go Shawn! bet you can't wait to go back and shoot more Cape Buffalo. | |||
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Excellent photos, excellent trophies, congratulations and thanks for sharing it. Merry Christmas, Oscar. I am Spanish My forum:www.armaslargasdecaza.com | |||
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I'm glad i found this thread! I'll be heading over with Nengasha in late August. This site is great. Tom Addleman tom@dirtnapgear.com | |||
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Wow, great pics. Thanks for sharing. | |||
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