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Hi All, We just got back in the wee hours of this morning from a month in Tanzania and I am now in the office catching up on work. After so long away, that will take some time and effort. We had a terrific time scuba diving the Mnemba Atoll off of Zanzibar and hunting in the Selous with Frederic Herbain of Tanganyika Wildlife Safari. We spotted dolphins, green sea turtles, groupers and thousands of indigenous fish of every kind while diving the atoll. And we had sometimes difficult but successful hunts in the eastern Selous for elephant, three dugga boy buffalo and a hippo on land - as well as for a good variety of plains game, including East African greater kudu, waterbuck, impala, warthog, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, Nyasa wildebeest and plains zebra. We hunted everything using classic, hard core, spot or track and stalk methods. We had no luck with the big cats, although we we certainly tried. At this time of year, lion and leopard hunting are tough in the Selous, with so many easy-to-kill totos of every species running around. But we did succeed, mostly by luck, in spotting and tracking a big lion for a time. That was a lot of fun, even though this particular simba was very smart and eventually managed to give us the slip. We had no luck either on sable, bush pig, eland or bushbuck, although we did spot and chase all of these but sable on several occasions. I will post a report and photos as soon as my head re-enters the civilized world and I catch up on all the accumulated work! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | ||
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Welcome back! I look forward to a complete report in the fullness of time. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Welcome back MR. Glad to hear you had a good safari, but sorry to hear there were no cats. I look forward to hearing about your elephant! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Welcome back,bring on the photos "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Sir Winston Churchill | |||
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Welcome back. Looking forward to your tasty report. Global Sportsmen Outfitters, LLC Bob Cunningham 404-802-2500  | |||
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Sorry about the cats. Sounds like a great experience. Can't wait to see the report. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Great to have you back. Not much has happened in your absence.  | |||
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Welcome back Mike! I look forward to your hunt report, both the hunting and the diving aspects of your adventure. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Mike, Welcome back! I'm glad you had a good time and am looking forward to the full report. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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MR, Welcome back and congratulations and do look forward to your pics and report... Mike | |||
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Mike - Welcome back. I look forward to the hunt report! David | |||
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Sounds like a complete adventure, good for you and I eagerly await your stories and pictures! | |||
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Welcome back Mike. Sounds like a great trip. I'm looking forward to reading the report. "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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Thanks, all. I have posted the full report in the Hunting Reports - Africa forum. Here is a link. Tanzania 2008 Hunt Report Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Wow! Great report. You made it back in time for THE GAME... Go Harvard, Beat Yale! | |||
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Thanks, Ross. The Crimson (8-1) ought to beat the Bulldogs (6-3), but we shall see . . . Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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