It was a surprise for me to see PVT at the Rambouillet Game Fair (actually it's in Mantes-la-Jolie this year), but yes, there he was in booth C41. He looked like he needed help so I promptly blew up his mini-beer-keg, spraying beer all over the place. I still haven't figured out how that happened but I hope he'll forgive me.

Wink, you really blew up his beer keg?

Wow, I'm looking at the horns on that buff in the photo behind him!

I was at the African Hunting Gazzette show in Calgary in January and he had a booth there as well. I had a long talk with him. I was very impressed with him and his outfit. He seemed very easy-going. Just a little pricey for me but I'm pretty sure it would be a great safari. Maybe next time!
Bill

Wink,

Please give Pierre my best regards.

Five safaris with the guy. Can't wait to go again.

Myself as well....fun hunt, good Buff.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Wink, you really blew up his beer keg?

Wow, I'm looking at the horns on that buff in the photo behind him!

Yes, I really did. It hadn't been tapped yet (there are only two pull taps to pull and twist) and I pulled the wrong one first. Sprayed beer all over me and his booth and bled the mega can of all its CO2. I now feel obligated to book a safari with him: Selous in July.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Wink,

Please give Pierre my best regards.

Saeed, I'll see him again before he leaves so you can count on it.

This man is an old friend and we are members of the same gun club. I'm showing his picture because one day I think most of us will be using his invention: biodegradable shotgun wads. He's got his patents and production is under way. He and his partner are selling their shells under the name J.C. Shotwell (the J.C. are his initials, for Jerome Chiesa).

Wasn't Mike there?

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
Wasn't Mike there?

Nope, but he's in half the pictures in Pierre's photo albums.

Maybe he can explain to the French how he ended up with an accent aigu over the second "e" in his first name.

Parle-t-il français?

Great idea on the wads, assuming that they work as well as those made of normal polymer. Good luck to the inventor.

I asked Pierr'e that question. He told me that that was just the way his mother wanted to spell it??

I huntad 7 times with Pierre will go back this April

Pierré's french seems a little basic to me, so I guess two years in Geneva wasn't the solution. He has assistance at the stand in the person of Pascale, who is a French woman who has hunted with him several times. I think Pierré's french gets better around certain women, but then so does mine.

Hi Wink,
That's because I am one heck of a shot. But to be honest, I have been humbled a few times also.

Mike