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You won the buf hunt!!!
17 June 2005, 02:52
retreeverYou won the buf hunt!!!
Fellas and gals, here is the story...Went to bed late and checked to see if anyone won the hunt and not posted yet...Got up at 6am made coffee checked email erased spam and checked weather to see if any rain coming to Pensylvania and none around poured the java and took my two lab retrievers for their morning walk...Got home and told my wife I was going to diner to talk to my buddy who is going to Dande in Oct...Finished coffee and conversation and headed to dry cleaners with my Dad's clothes..Cell phone rings and wife asks me did you go on puter and I answered yes the weather and nothing else...She says, " there are some posts in email about winning the buf hunt, I need to come home right NOW, and I say get the he.. out of here and I say yea really and I hang up and drive a little farther I call her back is this some kind of April fools joke in June.. I tell here to log on to AR and there is Saeed's post winner
Retreever and I was painting in the house and guess what not a darn thing got done...Today...
To all of you who congratulated me...I am very thankful... All who put this hunt together and their generosity thank you...My wife is the photo taker and she will get lots of pics Mike
Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting
www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
Good on you! The best of trips and adventures to you and your wife!
- mike
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Congratulations to a well deserved winner

17 June 2005, 03:22
BFaucettThanks for sharing that story!! I'm happy for you Mike. Go and have a GREAT time!!
-Bob F.

Congratulations and have a great hunt!!
All the best to you and yours;
Brett
17 June 2005, 03:50
TexasZebraCongratulations to you and Mrs Retreever!! What a great story!
Savor every moment!
Melody
http://www.long-grass.com17 June 2005, 03:54
mehulkamdarCongratulations and may you bring back wonderful memories and fantastic trophies.

Best wishes and Good Hunting!
Mehul Kamdar
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."-- Patrick Henry
Congrats and best wishes to you and your wife to have a great trip! Teachers have shaped and changed many lives, it is only proper you won!!! Have a great time, keep a detailed diary, take tons of photos and tell us all about it!!!!!
Enjoy,
Jeff
When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults!
Gee, I wish it was some bum that had won it, so I could hate them. But you are being so nice about it, I hope you have a great trip, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Have fun (damnit!).

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17 June 2005, 04:24
Bill CMike and Cherie - I am very happy that you guys won, congratulations. Time to dust that Lott off! Best regards, Bill
17 June 2005, 04:48
Bob in TXHey Mike,
Big time congrats!! Have a great hunt!! We will be looking for your stories and photos......
Good Hunting,
Bob
17 June 2005, 05:10
iamgeneCongrats and have a safe trip.
17 June 2005, 06:51
DulcineaMike,
My first thought was" I wonder if he knows yet?"
Then it was " HEY MIKEY, HEY MIKEY YOU WON"
Once again, way to go!!!
Dulcinea
What counts is what you learn after you know it all!!!
17 June 2005, 07:00
ChasseurCongradulations!

Before all else, be armed.
Machiavelli
17 June 2005, 07:34
RattlesnakerDoes anyone know the monetary value of a hunt like this? Seems like a very generous hunt offer for all that's included in the package.
17 June 2005, 07:38
NitroXCool. Enjoy the moment.

17 June 2005, 08:39
300magmancongratulations
17 June 2005, 09:08
LorenzoYeah !!!!
And please, after your hunt don't post just three or four pictures as everyone does!!!!
Make a good story and send it to the AR book makers, you deserve a chapter there
Good Luck!
L
17 June 2005, 09:10
AnotherAZWriterCongrats Retreever!
I told God last night I would trade the hunt if Russell's mother could live.
Who wouldn't?
17 June 2005, 11:35
<mikeh416Rigby>Mike, everyone has been so gratious about your winning the hunt. Well, if I may quote my friends from South Park--
"You Bastard!" Seriously though, congratulations. At least a good guy won it, and not some jerk.

17 June 2005, 12:34
BwanamichReetrever,
You must be over the moon. so to give you something to dream about (as if you need help

) this guy is waiting for you......
"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa
hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset

Retreever,
Congratulations!

Good Hunting!

Cheers,
Number 10
17 June 2005, 13:12
b.martinsCongratulations Mike!

But when over there, in the Selous, don’t you forget what you owe us all (poor four hundred losers

): some good stories and a zillion pics.

B.Martins
What every gun needs, apart from calibre, is a good shot and hunter behind it. - José Pardal
17 June 2005, 14:55
D HunterHave a nice trip!
Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D"
17 June 2005, 16:48
MHC_TXRetreever,
Congratulations to you and your wife on winning!
Anybody who like labradors is a good guy in my book - great dogs!
Have a safe trip!
17 June 2005, 19:14
Frank MartinezMike, I couldn't think of a nicer, and deserving guy.
We do expect lots and lots of photos and stories to go with them. Got your e-mail.
Frank
17 June 2005, 19:25
Michael RobinsonVery nice story. Makes me almost feel good that I lost.
And best wishes for a great safari.
Mike
Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
17 June 2005, 20:14
friarmeierRetreever,
Outstanding and Congratulations!

Loved your account of how the morning unfolded. Have fun--and I look forward to those pics!
Good luck,
friar
Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.
17 June 2005, 22:02
H James WilsonMike congradulations. You and the Mrs. will have a great time. Good hunting!
"And this too shall pass."
Bwanamich
Well of course that buff is waitng for him....
Retreever owes him money!!!!

Elmo
18 June 2005, 02:51
Bigbore 500very good, always nice to know that a good person won somthing, have a great time on that hunt.
18 June 2005, 04:15
RiflemanZCongrats on the hunt of a lifetime!
*We Band of .338 ers*.NRA Member
Congrats, have a safe and wonderful trip.
Congratulations! I look forward to hearing your stories in Dallas next year!
Congradulations Retreever ! We do not do alot of posts so we will proably never qualify for one of these raffles but we watched it and checked it all the time as if we were in the running. We can not imagen such a great gift to have won. Truly good people running this forum. Saaed you are the man! It was fun following.
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Congrats Mike - enjoy the hunt - we will be looking forward to hearing all about it after its completion.

21 June 2005, 21:04
jbderunzCongratulations.
Enjoy it fully.

J B de Runz
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