Wonder if he bought the firecrackers along on his flights? I sure would not want to be caught with fireworks in my luggage.

Saeed,
What a wonderful memory spot it will make, when you recount to your grandchildren,
how you almost lost your leg to a quarter-stick of dynamite at the hands of Walter!

I am a bit concerned about those red streaks going up your leg.
Hopefully it is just the tape marks from your bandage and not the lymphatic streak of a beginning cellulits.
Do you have antibiotics in the medical kit? Oral? IM Injectable? IV? Topical/ointment?
Surely your tetanus booster is current?
Did the rock actually penetrate the trouser leg and leave dirt in the wound?
So Rene is your surgeon, and has debrided and cleansed/irrigated the wound?
Get some heat on it whenever you can slow down for a few minutes, warm compress/heating pad.
That will help fight infection and speed the healing.

To the latest happy hunters and their dead animals photo installment:

Love those panoramic landscapes.
Home sweet home Tanzania.

Daily wound photos please, human and animals.

Saeed

Bandage your wound properly. Then wrap it with plastic wrap, a cut baggie etc. Then place a fair amount of white toothpaste, hand lotion, mayonaise, etc. Do this just before everybody will be together,say for dinner. Then complain how much your leg hurts, pull up you pant leg and squeeze out all the "infected pus" then scream with "termendious pain", and then "faint".

Have a few convlusions...

Why does Nelson need a gun with knife like that?

thanks for the updates Saeed.

I just loved the first photo.

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Originally posted by Bwanamich:
Why does Nelson need a gun with knife like that

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Originally posted by RobinOLocksley:
I just loved the first photo.

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Originally posted by Bwanamich:
Why does Nelson need a gun with knife like that

You still ask and Walter has how many more "sticks of dynamite?"

We left early this morning to replinish the lion bait.

The lion had eaten, and must have enjoyed himself, as he laid down in several places.

We added more meat to his dinner, and setup our blind. Our plan is to come in the aftrernoon and sit in it.

As we were driving away from the lion bait, Alan saw a lone buffalo on top of a hill about a mile away.

We decided to go and see if we can get a shot at him.

We climbed that hill, and saw the buffalo standing there looking in our direction.

Alan put the shooting stick up, and I got ready on them. I could see the rear half of the bull, but not anywhere where one could shoot.

Hs was facing towards us. There was a clearing to the left of him, should he decided to move in that direction. To the right there was no way to take a shot.

We stood there like that for quote a while, then I think the wind shifted, and he got a whiff of us. He turned to his right and was about to make tracks.

I put a bullet into his neck.
He dropped straight down, we ran up to him and I put another bullet into him.

We left for camp. Our plan is to go and sit at the lion bait in the afternoon.

When we go to about 3 kilometers from our camp, we saw a nice waterbuck, which I shot.

We got back to camp just before 3 in the arenoon, had lunch, and we are going to the lion blind at 4.

Good luck at the blind.

Range on the neck-shot buffalo? Dropped-at-the-shot captured on video?

Walter's punishment? Or did those belong to the buffalo?



Alan working hard as usual, just another day at the beach.
Life is a beach. Is he dragging the remains of a waterbuck or what's left of Walter?



Lion bait!
The perfect use for Walter!
Good luck at lion!

Saeed,

Thanks for keeping us updated. I love your photos. It is obvious that you know what you are doing with a camera.

Rod

Rod: I agree. Saeed is as good with his camera as he is with his .375 wildcat.

Those beautiful pictures truly take us right there with all of you.

Enjoy yourselves as we follow your activities almost as if we are there. . . .

We had a very brief look at the lion about 200 yards from our blind.

He looks good, but he did not come to the bait.

The plan is to go early in the morning and see what happens.

Ron,

Yes, Alan is working as hard as usual. He is dragging the rear end of the waterbuck we shot earlier. We tied that at the river for croc bait.

The buffalo was about 100 yards, and it was recorded on video, so you can look forward to seeing it.

The waterbuck was also neck shot, and he dropped at the shot as well. Also recorded on video.

He was standing at a slight angle, so following that old axiam, I was aiming for the off shoulder, breaking his neck and the bullet breaking the shoulder on the other side.

Nelson shot a Nyasa wildebeest today.

Saeed, that waterbuck photo is one of the best I have seen. Superb.

Here's hoping you get your lion.

Neck shots at 100 yards: Only for "Experts."
Crocodile Nelson: Now that's a knife!
Be sure and take Nelson along for protection while checking the the Croc baits.
And Walter is forgiven, and has not ended up as the croc bait ...
Home sweet home Tanzania.

Great report so far,keep it coming

This is excellent. Great photos and a great hunt.

You sir are a superb photographer. I look towards your daily postings. Good luck on the remainder of your safari.

Saeed
The first picture in your latest string is magnificent. It makes want to go there and see it in person. Take care of that leg.

Awesome! Looks like a great block.

We left camp at 4 to go to the bait.
We got there but it was too dark to see anything. We could hear the lion at the bait though.

As the light came, we saw that a yoing male was feeding on the bait - and I took a photo of him as he walked away after feeding as yopu can see above.

We then saw the larger male lying about 15 yards from our blind, but in such a position that we could not take a shot.

He got up and walked away, and we thought that was that.

We waited for the truck to come for us at 7:30. We debated going after him on foot, and decided against it, as we did not want to scare them away if we could not get a shot.

The area is quite thick.

We got into the truck, and our trackers said they saw him walking away as they drove by.

We were less than 200 yards from the blind, when we saw him lying down in some thicket.

We thought we might as well try to see if we could get a shot.

He was about 50 yards from us, and all we could see was his head. He was lying on right side, looking at us.

We tried moving around a bit trying to get a clearer view of him. He stood up, and was about to walk away. I fired a shot at him, he disappeared.

We saw the younger one a bit further, then heard our lion growling. Alan had a great big smile on his face, saying "he is dying". We saw him lying on his side, with his eyes closed.

It is ten years since we managed to shoot lion, despite the fact we hunt for them every year.

We went back to camp, got the news that a leoprad is feeding on one of our baits.

May be this is going to be the cats year.

We are all at the camp, having an impala roast for lunch.

Saeed,

Congratulations on a fantastic Safari. The Lion standing under the bait, has to be the fattest wild Lion I have ever seen!!!

Thanks for the reports Saeed. Awesome lion!

Wow....! This is great!

Thanks for the report. I can't wait for the next.

Congrats Saeed. Awesome pictures, as usual.

Evious as always, Great Pic's Congrat's on the trip.

Congratulations Saeed!

What an incredible Lion!

Best Regards,
Dave

And Walter would have something to do with that mask????

Kabubi kabubi! KABOOBEE KABOOBEE!

Mokorokoto, Bwana Saeed.

That is a fine Selous lion.

Well done, now on to Chui.

Hearty congratulations. Great lion, especially for the Selous!

Excellent job on the lion! May the remainder of the safari be as successful!!!

The picture of Alan and Roy on the edge of the cliff shows the wisdom that comes with age! Roy, very wisely lies down to look down

Hongera on your lion Saeed. How old does Alan and Roy estimate him at? Interesting that he was with a much younger male; they are obviously not brothers...

Well done!

Well done indeed!!!

Not many in your shoes would have passed on all those immature males for all those years.

It is 4:30 here right now. We are going to a leopard bait at 5. The leopard is feeding right next to our camp.

We sat at the bait yesterday, but he did not come.

The lion is thought to be about 7 years old. The second one looks roughly the same age, or slighly younger. We don't think they are brothers.

A bit of information about our concession. For those who have been to Zimbabwe, at certain places, it looks like Chete, with its rough, hilly terrain. In others it looks like Matetsi, with its long grass and relatively open spaces. And with so many boabbab trees on some of the hills, one is reminded of the Deka valley.

Our camp is on the river bank. Yesterday Garry and myself walked across to the other side to take some photos and a video of the camp. Theriver is very shallow in most areas.

Walter is beginning to feel really worried of what I might do to him - and everyone is making sure he keeps looking behind him!

Walking back to rthe mess tent yesterday, I heard some one saying "You don't know what Saeed is planning for you. But I can guarantee you will remember it for the rest of your life"

The look on his face as I walked into the tent was priceless!

Everyone is suggesting all sorts of things I can repay him back with.