Jezze mate you didn't muck around in dropping that first Buff. No sooner had Alan pointed him out he hit the deck

Was the hippo that tried to get up the bank sick/old? He didn't look to healthy to my untrained eye.

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Was the hippo that tried to get up the bank sick/old? He didn't look to healthy to my untrained eye.

I thought that was Walter coming back from a bath.

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Originally posted by Fjold:

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Was the hippo that tried to get up the bank sick/old? He didn't look to healthy to my untrained eye.

I thought that was Walter coming back from a bath.

I am so glad that everyone is in the right safari mood!

Everyone of you would fit right in with our hunting lot - not a moment of being serious!

Tony did, he hit the ground running as if he has been at it all his life! Poor man had to share everything with Walter on his first safari!

Actually, it is very nice hunting with Alan being the PH - he does not complain as much as his father previously on my "shooting too quick!"

When I asked him how can it be called "too quick!" when I hit them, he said "you did not give me enough time to put my fingers in my ears, that is why!"

I remember we chased a sable for ages, and never got a chance at shot at him.

Then a couple of days later we saw him as we were driving in the bush.

I jumped out of the truck and took a quick shot at him. The sable took off and disappeared in the bush.

Roy did not have a chance to get out of the truck.

"You did it AGAIN!" he said.

"Did what?"

"You did one of your usual tricks, you shot too fast!"

"I hit him"
"He ran off"


By this time he got out of the truck, and we started wal;king towards where the sable had disappeared.

"I am sure he is dead by now" I said.
"We can only be sure when we SEE him dead!"

Sure enough, the sable was lying a few yards from where he was shot, stone dead.

Another time we saw a kudu bull, and just as I was about to shoot he took off. I fired at him anyway.

"Ah Ah Ah! That was not good. That was not good at all" he said

"It was a bum shot"I said laughing.

"Yes, it was a bum shot. Now we have to chase him for the rest of the day".

He parked the truck in the shade of a tree, got into the cool box and got himself a Coke.

"Come on, let us go find our kudu!" I said.

"I am having a drink first, I don't know how long this is going to take"

I ran towards where the kudu had disappeared, and a few yards further, saw him lying dead. If I had the strength, I would have carried that kudu and hid him!

Roy came over and saw the kudu.

"That was a good shot. It was a raking shot!"
"I thought you said it was a BUM shot?"

"No it wasn't, it was a RAKING shot"

One time it was Walter and Klauas's job to shoot a zebra for lion bait.

We spent all morning chasing zebra, but for one reason or another they never fired a shot.
So it was getting late, and we headed for the camp.

"We will never get a bloody zebra if it was left to those two Germans! They too slow to shoot when they get a chance."

"Alright, I will shoot the next one we see"

No sooner have we said that than a few zebra ran across the road ahead of us.

We jumped out of the truck, Roy put the shooting sticks up, and I lined up on them.

"Which one?"
"The one to the far left."

I fired, and they all took off.

"Did I hit him?"
"YES you did! I heard the bullet hit"

"How can you hear the bullet hit with your fingers in your ears?"

"I did not get a bloody chance to get my fingers in my ears! You shot too fast!"

"Bloody hell, no winning with you and your complaints. We are either too slow or too fast!"

A classic one was one day we were shooting birds for the put.

We were using a Browning B2000 semi auto.

I shot a few birds, and then handed the shotgun to Walter.

He did not do so well, as he kept missing a few shots.

Roy wanted to play a joke on Walter, so he took the shooting stick out so Walter can use it for bird shooting??!!

HE called Walter over, and put the sticks up for him. Walter obliged by resting the shotgun on the sticks, and fired all 5 shots in quick succession!

"Aoh Aoh Aoh you bloody IDIOT! You damaged my ears! I am going to get you for this" Was all we could hear from Roy!

We got into the truck - me and Roy in the front - and I started talking to him in whispers!

He kept saying "I CANNOT HEAR YOU! I AM GOING TO GET THAT BLOODY WALTER FOR THIS!"


Just a normal day in our safari

Would be a good deal if everyone on your safari wore ear protection at all times.
There's nothing funny about wrecking someone's hearing. Time for blood letting if it's done on purpose imo.

George