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The croc is alive and well behaved. Allowed me to shake this paws - need to train my german shepherd puppy to do that. Outside Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. | |||
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He must be full! Hmm, where did that tracker go?  Free 500grains | |||
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How much did that Croc charge you to pose with him?  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Tempted by 2 live chickens But sadly they were feed to another faster croc | |||
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It's all fun till somebody loses an arm.  ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Arms are so overrated. Funny thing was as i was sitting on this croc and getting my pictures taken. I had left my brand new nikon slr in its bag like 50 feet away. We were on a sandbar like structure. Two six footer come out and try and take the bag. I get off the croc and run to other to retrieve nikon. Was a strange moment - jumping off a croc and running to get my camera from some smaller younger crocs. Definitely need to check this place if anyone goes to Burkina Faso. Mike | |||
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That second photo where you are holding the leg and looking at the camera was too close for comfort. But hey, if you get up here to Montana, for $50 you can kiss my wolf and cross that off your bucket list also!  "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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I can almost see it eating your arm in the next photo and doing a "croc roll"  A baby croc in Ivory Coast https://www.facebook.com/photo...9600757&l=887d78bab8 | |||
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If you see the croc picture you can see the end of the tail is missing. The alpha bites of all the other crocs tails. There is definitely signs of fighting among the croc in the lake. The lake also has pigs, goats and cattle drinking and swimming in it. Its also full of crocs. The guide said only the alpha hunts and occasional eats a pig. He also said the alpha is very friendly to humans and likes to get his picture taken and paws shaken. I kept my eye one for any large croc with a whole tail but did not see the alpha. I do need to visit Montana. Mike | |||
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I've got to give you props for posing with a live croc. The only way I would pose with one is if a bullet had gone thru it's brain! | |||
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Mike, I thought we agreed that you wouldn't be drinking before 5:00 PM  | |||
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True - I should follow a 5 pm drinking rule. But like the Jimmy Buffett/Alan Jackson song goes - its 5 a clock somewhere. I thought I would be terrified of the croc but I was not. My fear list is Elephants Lions Crocs Great White Shark Shark diving was cool - was more afraid of the cold water than the Great White Sharks. Crocs were cool. Lions still scare me. My encounter with Elephants last week has confirmed my fears. I am terrified of Elephants - especially African Elephants and absolutely terrified and fearful of Forest Elephants. Pachydermophobia - what I suffer from (I googled that). Mike | |||
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A South Africa farm raised croc, perhaps drugged? LOL Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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By god he doesn't have any teeth " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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Now you guys are just being mean - no teeth and south african drugged croc. I will post some videos tomorrow - having trouble uploading them to photobook. I risk life and limb for a cool photo and I get challenged on the claims of the crocs teeth and medicated status - just not good cricket  | |||
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For my honor (and manhood)   | |||
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After watching the clip, the only improvement would have been watching Beretta high stepping if that croc turned. Here, hold my beer, I want to pet this mamba thingy? | |||
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Come on Cal, some of us are not operating like that. PH 47/2015 EC HC 16/2015 EC Ferdi Venter ferdiventer@gmail.com http://www.ferdiventerhunting.com Nature at your doorstep | |||
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It comes with the cold, Cal will thaw out a little in the next few months. | |||
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No drugged South African crocs Cal  | |||
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Real teeth and very active for live chickens. I forgot he was feed after we were done sitting on him. Well mannered fellow - he waited for a proper live chicken.  | |||
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Nothing good ever happens after "Here, hold my beer." | |||
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The croc probably wasn't drugged, but that crazy SOB in the photo with him must have been. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Gents: As to my comments--I was jut plain' In the above photo I think I get it now. Years ago I visited a croc farm in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe. After feeding the eggs were gathered and the crocs were very lethargic. The workers walked among them with ease. Seeing how crocs are very timid in the wild and seeing others in the bank above, I would guess this a croc farm. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Cal Its not a croc farm. Its like a tourist attraction and a religious site. In Burkina Faso - crocs are protected and considered religious symbols. There were a bunch of school buses and tourist buses there. Mike | |||
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In the background you can see herd of cattle. Cattle, goats and pigs were drinking, swimming and wallowing in the croc filled lake. Have no idea why the crocs did not attack them  | |||
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I shot birds in Fada about 6 hours east of that tourist attraction. The guides and trackers had no problem wading into croc infested waters to retrieve a dove or sand grouse. Burkina is the only place in Africa where I have seen that the people were not afraid of crocs. They are obviously not eating people or they would show them a lot more respect. All I know is I made sure I stayed away from the waters edge. DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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