I'm going to Zim this year and I want to make sure I avoid the most dangerous mistake, could it be one of these or did I miss one?

1) Skip your Malaria med. a few days
2) Working the working girls at the airport
3) Publicly supporting Mugabe at a popular PH pub
4) Snatch a mans DR out of his hands
5) Sneaking up on the most dangerous animals on the planet

Lots of boo-boo's will get you a ass-whoopin but what's more likely to get you killed?

6- Leaving your gun in the truck while you go and inspect your bait.
7- Decide to cool off in one of the many croc infested waterways.

8--posting a photo of an animal you have taken that someone on AR thinks inferior to a "true" trophy
9-- not telling the "whole" story and being crucified by innuendo via folks with way too much time on their hands

Admitting your trophy was shot within 50 miles of a fence, bait or waterhole.

using a push feed rifle.

Picking up a very cold snake and carrying it into the dining area, then asking "what kind is this?"

Takeing a young mistress on your hunt and passing her off as your wife. PH sending copys of his pictures to the house. Ouch!!!

Using a 45/70 or a rifle with the wrong twist rate. Using anything other than a Zeiss, Kahles or Swarowski scope.
Peter.

Not posting photos here when you get back.

Remove the last three words from number 2.

Well, I think sneaking up "behind" the most dangerous animal in the world, depending, of course, what you had in mind!

Not having rust bluing and exhibition grade Circassian walnut on your DG rifle.

Good one Ray .... spoken like a man who grew up on a Montana sheep ranch.

Asking one of the trackers at lunch, "Hey, that looks good, let me have a bite."

Can you say, Lomotil?

Seriously, getting injured/shot/mauled and needing blood.

RayRay,

sorry for getting this off track on your most serious of subjects. NOT.

I'm getting quite a chuckle out of these.

10. Sleeping with the PH's wife.

Allowing the PH sleep with your wife, girlfriend, niece, um, I mean this girl who just followed me from the airport. I never saw her before, I swear!

Failure to tip a PH for a good hunt and then expecting to make to the airport in one piece.

forgetting to bring your hat with the zebra skin band.

A 100 yd low crawl in the Kalahari.

"Let's just take a little walk over there' turns into a 20K slog thru the jesse...and you left your water back at the Landcruiser. Don't ask me how I know.

Asking your PH "How big is it" instead of pulling the trigger.

When in zero visibility bush, not immediately putting rifle to shoulder when the tracker on point goes sprinting by in opposite direction.

You may be terminally late in realizing you're hunting hippo that day.....

Mixing up your ammo and loading a soft instead of all solids.

Not catching and passing the tracker in Stunt Pilot's scenario.

JPK

Not understanding that "mounting a trophy":
1. Is something not performed on live animals; and
2. Is a process performed by a taxidermist and has nothing to do with the Kama Sutra

Hey, Jim, I don't want you maligning my friends in New Zealand like that!
Peter.

Peter,

My apologies! I had no idea the Kiwis referred to them as "trophies" - I always thought they called them "dates"...

Now that Jim, is funny!!! Silence from down under....
Peter.

The following is a grouping of all responses, so far, serious or tongue in cheek.

1) Skip your Malaria medications a few days
2) Working the working girls at the airport
3) Publicly supporting Mugabe at a popular PH pub
4) Snatch a mans DR out of his hands
5) Sneaking up on the most dangerous animals on the planet
6) Leaving your gun in the truck while you go and inspect your bait.
7) Decide to cool off in one of the many croc infested waterways.
8) Posting a photo of an animal you have taken that someone on AR thinks inferior to a "true" trophy
9) Not telling the "whole" story and being crucified by innuendo via folks with way too much time on their hands
10) Using a push feed rifle.
11) Picking up a very cold snake and carrying it into the dining area, then asking, "what kind is this?"
12) Taking a young mistress on your hunt and passing her off as your wife. PH sending copies of his pictures to the house
13) Using a 45/70 or a rifle with the wrong twist rate. Using anything other than a Zeiss, Kahles or Swarowski scope.
14) Not posting photos here when you get back.
15) Well, I think sneaking up "behind" the most dangerous animal in the world, depending, of course, what you had in mind!
16) Not having rust bluing and exhibition grade Circassian walnut on your DG rifle.
17) Asking one of the trackers at lunch, "Hey, that looks good, let me have a bite."
18) Seriously, getting injured/shot/mauled and needing blood.
19) Sleeping with the PH's wife.
20) Failure to tip a PH for a good hunt and then expecting to make to the airport in one piece.
21) Forgetting to bring your hat with the zebra skin band
22) A 100 yd low crawl in the Kalahari.
23) "Let's just take a little walk over there' turns into a 20K slog thru the Jesse...and you left your water back at the Landcruiser.
24) Asking your PH "How big is it" instead of pulling the trigger.
25) When in zero visibility bush, not immediately putting rifle to shoulder when the tracker on point goes sprinting by in opposite direction. You may be terminally late in realizing you're hunting hippo that day...
26) Not understanding that "mounting a trophy" is something not performed on live animals and is a process performed by a taxidermist. And also has nothing to do with the Kama Sutra.
27)

Posting photos of you and your trophies and mistakenly showing the end of your rifle which includes the muzzle brake which you installed without first coming out of the closet.

Wendell Reich on Malaria and working girls:

Posted 09 May 2006 20:54 Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Wolfgar:
I do not want to take anything before I go. I'm only going for 14 days, what is the incubation period for Malaria? I'm thinking that by the time I get it, I will be home already and I will just treat it IF I get it. Does this make sense??


About as much sense as not using a condom on a South African hooker and hoping they will find a cure for AIDS by the time you get real sick.

Wendell Reich

Old Coyote,

talk about cuttin to the quick!

I enjoy living on the edge, as i think most of us do, but Wolfgar is flirting with disaster, ormisery in the least.

Good one on ya, you old song dog you.

quote:

Originally posted by Peter:
Now that Jim, is funny!!! Silence from down under....
Peter.

Only because us Aussies are laughing as you yanks stick it to our southern brethren, the Kiwis, who are most likely acting rather 'sheepish' about it all!

It is nice to have someone else take up the kiwi-sheep joke challenge for a while.

No word from the Kiwis. Must be shearing time....

Is it true that the top two romance songs in New Zealand are Art Garfunkel's "I only Have Eyes for Ewe" and Joe Cocker's "Ewe Are So Beautiful"?

here's one of the working girls from Kiwiland