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and swamped with 600 e-mails and a pile of work! Play hard and pay the consequences! Had a great hunt but no big lion on bait, just women and children. Shot two buff, one bait bull with lion wounds on his hind leg (yes they were there) and one very nice bull scoring about 114 SCI, a zebra stallion and a very nice tssessebe (an antelope I have wanted for a long time). Martin worked hard to make it happen but the red gods just didn't smile as far as ol' panthera leo was concerned. The jess is still thick, tall and green and the temps warm and humid in the valley so the buff were up close and personal. Will post a hunting report in a week or two but have to get caught up at work first and over jet lag second. BTW, flew SAA through JFK with nary a hitch... Port Authority and Customs folks could not have been nicer! Cheers all! RM 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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Sorry about the lion, but congrats on the buff etc. I am sure you had a great time! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Russell: I was just thinking about you last night (not in that way). Sorry about leo. I was hoping you'd hook a monster. Welcome home. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I was wondering how you did Russell. I am in Dulles now on my way to chase Ele and Buffalo for the next 10 days with our pal John Greeff. If that lion would only wander North my way???? Larry York, SC | |||
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Welcome home Russell.. Can't wait to see your buffalo! | |||
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Silly boy. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Welcome home Russell. I see you are now the poster boy for GHN buffalo hunts! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Welcome home. Looking forward to a full report. Chris | |||
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Welcome home Russel. It is always nice to get an animal that you always wanted. Good luck after the lion next time. Mike | |||
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Welcome home Russell. I know you had a great hunt with Martin. See you shortly. | |||
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Kelly told me that you had failed to get simba in the salt. Despite that I am sure that you had a good time and have plenty of stories to tell. Glad you are home safe and sound. Mike | |||
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Welcome home! Interesting that I too had my very best experience in re-entering the country in DC !! | |||
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Welcome home. Being on the coming home side of a trip is always so much more fun than the going to side. Was this the lion that Martin posted was seen in the Omay recently. | |||
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Welcome home to Texas. No rest for the wicked. 'Look forward to the report. I'm after tsessebe (along with buff) in late July. Congratulations. | |||
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Welcome back. Candy told me that Martin was out hunting until the 11th but I didn't know that it was with another AR member. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Russell, I was hoping for the best for you on that lion. I could almost see the the photograph. I know how it is, though, since I have come home with more than a few unfilled tags on key animals in my days of hunting over there. Still, a couple of buff ain't bad! And a sassaby too! Pretty cool. Can't wait for the report. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Russell, look forward to your report. Sorry about you not getting your lion. I'm still looking for a big male lion, too. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Thanks guys... Larry, Good luck and tell John I said "hi". I hope you get a great buff and ele... take it you guys are hunting Riverside? Scott, Yeah... funny I booked direct through Martin in the AR Classifieds for that hunt and have seen that particular picture on several booking agent websites! I don't know if I should be proud or pissed!  Bwanna, Yes this was the same lion hunt in Omay North. Steve I guess my "holy grail" will be lion now and I will have to hunt a time or two more to connect with shumba! I met a couple of nice guys from Louisiana in Cawston who were coming in as I was leaving... one of the hunters had spent 58 days in a leopard blind and still no cat, maybe I am doomed to s similar fate with lion! Oh well... such is hunting. 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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You might have to bite the bullet and come to Zambia mate. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Yes I agree Andrew... I consider Zambia one of the best, if not the best countries for lion! 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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Sorry to hear you "lucked out" on him. Is he still there? | |||
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Probably long gone and was just on walk about mate. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Welcome back to the Great State of Texas Russell...I won't tell ole Dee boy that you struck out so he can't give you grief in the coffee shop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Glad to see you back, look forward to the buff story.. go big or go home ........ DSC-- Life Member NRA--Life member DRSS--9.3x74 r Chapuis | |||
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