I'm off to RSA for a week of wingshooting tomorrow.

I've got as far as cleaning the guns and ringing ahead to order 10,000 12 Gauge shells for the week. That's about it

It's strange how things creep up on you!!

I'd better get cracking.

Kiri

Take a spare pair of trousers.

Not for you, for Dennie.

(Shudders)

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
ringing ahead to order 10,000 12 Gauge shells for the week. Kiri

If any of 'em are 2 1/2 inch cartridges and you have any left, leave 'em with Denny and I'll buy whatever you can leave!

They're as rare as rocking horse doo doos here!

Don't forget your tooth brush and wallet. rest of the stuff you can pick up in duty free.

All the best there and wish you loads of fun.10,000 shells,that must be serious fun!

Best-
Locksley,R

Steve,

I will be in Nelspruit on some non hunting business until next Friday so if you want a cold beer and a bit of a braai one evening, give Dennie a call and we can arrange something.

I have a RSA mobile but can't for the life of me remember the number!!

Robin, the team last year shot 16,000 shells in the 5 day hunt so I thought I would take it a bit easier!!

Guns, ear defenders toothbrush and pants are packed. For everything else there's Mr Amex.

I keep threatening to go on a proper safari but these bird hunts are just so much damn fun I struggle to say no. Just booked my flights today for a ten day hunt in August too with a bunch of mates!! Time to order another 10,000 shells...

K

Kiri

I'll call him tomorrow and arrange a visit to the only decent pub in the lowveld.

If you get time....do me a favour and pack a couple of those small boxes of beef oxo cubes please!

My number is 0832 777 114.

Kiri,

Best of luck with the business and the shoot. I'll take good care of Douglas in the meantime. Yes! You do need to do a REAL safari soon.

Mark

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Originally posted by shakari:
Kiri

I'll call him tomorrow and arrange a visit to the only decent pub in the lowveld.

If you get time....do me a favour and pack a couple of those small boxes of beef oxo cubes please!

My number is 0832 777 114.

And I if you have time I need a new transfer box and as set of rims for my Landy.

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Originally posted by RobinOLocksley:
All the best there and wish you loads of fun.10,000 shells,that must be serious fun!

Best-
Locksley,R

+1. Wish you all the best. I would love to see some videos of the shoot.

Thanks Guys,

The Video camera is packed and the I-Kam glassess are in my bag so I'm hoping to get a couple of good minutes of footage through the week!! (My video skills really are poor as I get distracted by the shooting...)

Steve, I will call you when I'm over there and I think we will be looking at Wednesday night or Friday night if that works for you? I think the other days are already booked with work.

Fairgame, I'll see what they have in the duty free in the way of landrover parts.

Kiri

Righto mate.... either sounds good for me and I'll bell Denny today.

Travel safely.

guys
can you enlighten me on what sought of high volume wingshooting is available in SA .
I didn,t think it was comparable to south america! Are you shooting doves, sand grouse?

hot barrels!!
Nick

Lekker skeet buddy, remember to give me credit for the top secret francolin marinade I showed you Dennie last time!

Kiri,

Have fun and burn through all 10,000 rounds. Oh, once in a while connect with a bird.
WH,

Don

Nick.

South African shooting is excellent. We do trips for doves only or mixed bird shooting where you still shoot two hundred shells per day. I'm packing the video so hopefully I'll be able to show you exactly what it's like.

This trip is just getting better. I got on the plane and got upgraded so I'm typing from my bed with my pyjamas!!!

I'll be dreaming of the doves and perhaps my first natal francolin.

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
ringing ahead to order 10,000 12 Gauge shells for the week. Kiri

If any of 'em are 2 1/2 inch cartridges and you have any left, leave 'em with Denny and I'll buy whatever you can leave!

They're as rare as rocking horse doo doos here!

Hey Steve,

I've sent you 6 slabs of 250 up to Dennies. That was all that was left at the end of the week, which is justr as well as we nly ended up shooting one session per day on the doves and a bit in the afternnons!!

They are Hull 28g 7.5's and are pretty much as good as they get.

Final tally for the week was a little over 2,000 doves. Doug shot 500, Christine finished on about 350, Guyan shot about 500 and I finished close to 700 for the week (not bad out of 5 slabs!! )

I'll post some photos when I get home tomorrow and I'll let you know what dates I'll be back in June so we can have a rematch round the Braai.

K

Righto mate.... I'll look forward to it.

7 1/2s eh...... that'll be interesting!

Yep, they really do the business. In fact last year dig shot everything with them including Egyptians!! (Geese that is...)

K

Strewth.... I'd have thought the guineas and ducks would have shrugged it off but guess I must be wrong.

hahahaha kiri... just read this thread as i have been diving. we are headed up there in 2 weeks, we have booked about 20k in shells , 12s and 20s looks like it will be fun fun fun as usual.

much love to denny and guyan and the crew

guy

Guess you are flying Brit Airways,,,,Delta would lose whatever you take not in a "carry-on"...

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Yep, they really do the business. In fact last year dig shot everything with them including Egyptians!!
K

So thats what caused the uprising!!!!

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Originally posted by zimFrosty:

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Yep, they really do the business. In fact last year dig shot everything with them including Egyptians!!
K

So thats what caused the uprising!!!!

Those old mummies turn to dust with those 7 1/2's.

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Originally posted by Scriptus:

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Originally posted by zimFrosty:

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Yep, they really do the business. In fact last year dig shot everything with them including Egyptians!!
K

So thats what caused the uprising!!!!

Those old mummies turn to dust with those 7 1/2's.

Well technically I could also claim an Ostrich but considering It was immobile and at 10 yards I'd need a degree of artistic licence more than I'm comfortable with even on the internet!!

I've been going through the videos and pics and they look pretty good.

Here's one from my phone with a part of the bag after a couple of hours.