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Often on AR we see this question posted by someone planning an African hunt. The question is usually accompanied by several qualifiers, contingencies and even a few hypotheticals. What if I wait, what if, what if? Two years ago I took my brother-in-law to Namibia for his first taste of Africa. Like all of us, he fell hard. Each night around the fire he would thank me for introducing him to the experience. He was bitten. As of June he was well into the process of planning a DG hunt for 2010. He had his choices narrowed down to two Zim outfitters. This past Friday he passed away. No symptoms, no signs. Completely unexpected. He was in his office, at his desk with a couple of African hunting magazines nearby. Go now. And go later. If it's your passion, go as often as you can. Don't wait. Go now. 114-R10David | ||
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Sorry to hear about your brother  Go now is the best advice anyone can get. I went on my first at age 31. I wish I wouldn't have waited even that long! | |||
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I'm new to this forum..but have learned a few things in the short weeks I've been involved and for sure go sooner if you can. I have hunted for many years but only big game for 20 years. My first trip to Africa 10 years ago, very few days if any go by that I don't think about returning. I have been able to 3 more times but regret only that I didn't start earlier and go more often. Sorry to hear about your loss. | |||
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Sorry for your loss, and condolenceses to the family. Charl van Rooyen Owner Infinito Travel Group www.infinito-safaris.com charl@infinito-safaris.com Cell: +27 78 444 7661 Tel: +27 13 262 4077 Fax:+27 13 262 3845 Hereford Street 28A Groblersdal 0470 Limpopo R.S.A. "For the Infinite adventure" Plains Game Dangerous Game Bucket List Specialists Wing-Shooting In House Taxidermy Studio In House Dip and Pack Facility In House Shipping Service Non-Hunting Tours and Safaris Flight bookings "I promise every hunter visiting us our personal attention from the moment we meet you, until your trophies hang on your wall. Our all inclusive service chain means you work with one person (me) taking responsibility during the whole process. Affordable and reputable Hunting Safaris is our game! With a our all inclusive door to door service, who else do you want to have fun with?" South Africa Tanzania Uganda | |||
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We are very sorry to hear of your great loss. Our condolences to all the family. Life is so uncertain to put things off for later. Enjoy every minute of it. | |||
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TWL, Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. My prayers go out to you and your family. Kathi kathi@wildtravel.net 708-425-3552 "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." | |||
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Tragic, but so good to hear that the two of you made the first safari together two years ago. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Rejoice in his memory the time you spent in Africa together. Take him with you in your heart wherever you go. My prayers and condolences. "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." -Thomas Paine, "American Crisis" | |||
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Sorry to hear about your loss. Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed away in similar circumstances with brochures on a once in a lifetime flyfishing trip to Montana and Wyoming on his lap. Harris Safaris PO Box 853 Gillitts RSA 3603 www.southernafricansafaris.co.za https://www.facebook.com/pages...=aymt_homepage_panel "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne." - Karen Blixen, | |||
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My condolences on your loss. My brother badgered me for years to go to Africa, finally I gave in and went with him in 1998. A year later he passed away, I treasure the memory of that hunt. | |||
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Sorry to hear this TWL. We as human's are only here for a flash in time, and we never know if tomorrow will come for any of us. Condolences to you and your family. David 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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My sincerest condolences on the loss of your brother-in-law. He died having had one great experience, and you will have fond memories of being with him on that particular hunt. Your advice about going now is also spot on. Thanks for the reminder. | |||
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My condolences on your loss. I believe in going whenever one has the opportunity. I start planning and saving for my next trip as soon as one is done. Caleb | |||
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Sorry for your loss, I think it is Mac37 here on AR and I may not have the tag exactly right so I apologize in advance but in his posts it say to the effect,, "If I die today I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the elephant, and smelled the smoke of africa" You had the opportunity to sit around the fire and smell the smoke of Africa with him. Cherish that special time that was enjoyed with him. I will raise a toast to him! you can make more money, you can not make more time | |||
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My condolences to you and the rest of the family. Last year I was able to convince my father, brother, uncle, father-in-law and brother-in-law to go on a caribou trip I setup. We all talk about the trip everytime we are together. I now have scheduled my first trip to Africa and have my wifes family scheduled to go with my wife and I. I keep trying to get my mother and father to join us, but they are holding back. I have a year to convince them, but I'm sure they will go and we will have another once in a life time trip. Something that will never be replaced is time and I'm not letting any of it slip on by. | |||
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Hi Tom Damm!!!! Sorry to hear about your brother in law, please pass on my condolences to your family. Keep safe. Johann Veldsman Shona Hunting Adventures www.facebook.com/shonahunting www.AfricanHuntingNamibia.com www.conservation-hunting.com Mobile: +264 81 128 3105 P.o. Box 564 Outjo Namibia Africa | |||
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My condolences for your great loss. Your advice is succinct and correct. I have been a very lucky man. Traveled widely around this rock we inhabit and have experienced much. Most of my friends, the few that I have, are ten to fifteen years younger than me because I have outlived most of my contemporaries. I am 66 and just completed another safari and am now planning next year's adventures. I hope I'm around to complete them. I have a friend, an avid hunter, who is putting off Africa for one reason or another, and I have urged him to go while he can. Time is a fickle mistress, and there is only one guarantee in life. | |||
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