Got back from Tanzania Thursday night. Here's a quick preview of how things went:









Tough conditions made us work. It was very dry and game was somewhat scarce. Trophy quality was excellent and I came home with much more than I expected or deserved.

Nice going ForrestB! Looks like you had a great hunt with Ridge.

Forrest,

Congrats... on a job well done... Very nice trophies and want to hear how...

Mike

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Congratulations! Great cats and tremendous buffalo.

Kathi

WOW!

Holy shit, Forrest

Congratulations!

Likewise, WOW!!

Forrest,

Congratulations. Fabulous trophies.

Regards,

Terry

Forrest,

You struck gold! Wonderful cats and big buff too. Just excellent.

What David W said!!!

Congrats on a fantastic hunt.

I hope you have more pics. and the details of your hunt........

Regards,
Dave

Forest... Did you get a chance to use those 250 gr solids in your 338? Tell us about your bullet preformances!

Great trophies......... were you hunting Masailand by any chance?

Forrest,
Congratulations!

Tell us about the leopard hunt? Which areas did you hunt? Did you have 2 ph's with you as I see 2 different people in your pics (or are they friends?)?

happy hunting!

Stunning trophies, Forest .. congratulations!!
Please ... email a larger photo of your buffalo? Just Fabulous.

Weidmannsheil! Forrest

WooooooW! Great trophies! Wonderfull speciments!

The whole story please...

Good to see you had a first class safari.

Franz

Wow!!!
Ditto on the story request.

Thank you for sharing. Like everyone said, a story is definitely required.

Very, very nice! Like the others, I can hardly wait to hear the stories behind each animal. Congratulations!!

Thanks for the responses. I've been really looking forward to sharing this with all of you.

Struck gold is an apt description. Copious amounts of luck were involved in every animal I took. Someone was looking out for me.

I have lots of stories and pictures to share, but I'll spread them out into other threads so the picture downloads don't get to be a burden.

We were hunting in Masailand about 120 km outside of Arusha. I split time between two camps, Lobo in Masai West, and Lokasalie. The hunting blocks were on the eastern boundry of Tarangire National Park. Lokasalie was mostly open savanah and looked like "Out of Africa". Lobo was mixed brush that looked like "thornbush hell".

My PH was Ridge Taylor, the camo guy in the leopard photo. The other guy is my friend from Botswana, Ronnie Blackbeard, who is also a PH. Ronnie was an "observer" on this trip. By the second day, Ronnie was also lead tracker, truck mechanic, elephant-attitude adjuster, and staff entertainer.

I took the solids for the 338 thinking I might run into a big buffalo while hunting plains game. It never worked out that way, so I only used a few solids for coup de grace shooting.

Best shot: Second shot on the lion - running dead away, my shot hit him at the base of the tail and rolled him in a ball of dust. Just like in a movie.

Luckiest shot: Killed a lesser kudu with a 190 yard offhand shot.

Worst Shot: Flat missed a greater kudu standing broadside at 50 yards.

I was totally unprepared for the distances I had to shoot on the plains game. Almost everything was 200 to 300 yards. I wish I had taken my 300 as my light rifle.

I'll post some other stuff later. Here's a pic of the full bag.

Add me to the "WOW" list. You can take an "Attaboy" too.

Thanks for the "appetizer" on your hunt! Le tus hear more....

For a minute I thought that Ridge was Sullivan

Congratulations once again!

WOW, not that is a great lesser kudu you have there, can you please post a picture of it? If you hit it at 190yards offhand, I take my hat off to you!

Doing all right is quite an understatement. Congratulations.

It's great to hear such a positive report, congratulations!

I think we have a clear leader in the "AR Best Hunt of the Year" award

Forrest,

Wonderfull!! and great of you to share with us. I know you put much thought into your rifle selection, and it sure looks like you and they performed.

Many Thanks

HBH

OK add me to the WOW! list too

DGK

Very fine trophies! (full bag), but four very fine exaples of the big five on one hunt! Looks like a real hunt indeed! Congratulations!

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