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I just want to say thanks to all.
Ray and the rest of the Curmudgeons.
Band of Bubbas and the First Georgia Irregulars
The Way Cool Steyr Owners Club,
The Smiths and Stockers
The PH's and Outfitters
Kathi and Ann and MikeDettore
and a couple hundred other posters who I'd name if I could type faster.

And most of all Saeed, who is the heart and soul center of this universe.

I'm going to Africa!

Probably wouldn't be if not for you all.

40 hours and counting wave

Elmo
 
Posts: 586 | Location: paloma,ca | Registered: 20 February 2002Reply With Quote
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You have a safe and good trip. Good luck.


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Posts: 114 | Location: Lethbridge, Alberta. | Registered: 27 December 2004Reply With Quote
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Enjoy! You will only get one first trip to Africa. D


Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D"
 
Posts: 1701 | Location: Western NC | Registered: 28 June 2000Reply With Quote
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Elmo:

Twenty-six more days for me! Have a good one!

The middle finger of my right hand is slightly swollen, my eyes are partially crossed, there are empty Woodleigh boxes lying around and I step over cans of IMR-4831... If my North Forks will just get here, I'll be ready!

The preperation is almost as fun as the going... Elmo, you'll never regret either. Just start saving for next year.
 
Posts: 7737 | Location: GA | Registered: 27 February 2001Reply With Quote
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Elmo, the first trip is always the best (there will be others). Enjoy it to the fullest, take lots of pictures, keep a journal, and soak it all in!


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Eric Ching
"The pen is mightier than the sword...except in a swordfight."
 
Posts: 1079 | Location: San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: 26 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Elmo...never say Goodbye to Africa.
Better tomorrows.


You can borrow money but you can not borrow time. Go hunting with your family.
 
Posts: 1529 | Location: Texas | Registered: 15 December 2003Reply With Quote
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Slingster is right! The first trip is something special, they are all great but the first is very special. Bet you don't sleep at all on the trip over but you'll make up for it on the trip back.

Enjoy!

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Posts: 5686 | Location: Nampa, Idaho | Registered: 10 February 2005Reply With Quote
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Elmo, you will never be the same...Africa will beckon you again...Memories for a lifetime..

The best,

Mike


Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
 
Posts: 6768 | Location: Wyoming, Pa. USA | Registered: 17 April 2003Reply With Quote
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Elmo,

Since I am a member of more than one of the clubs you mentioned, I think you should take me along Smiler

One trip to Africa will change your life, thats all I have to say.


Billy,

High in the shoulder

(we band of bubbas)
 
Posts: 1868 | Location: League City, Texas | Registered: 11 April 2003Reply With Quote
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Elmo,
Seize the moment!
Enjoy!
Lochi


Hunters pay for conservation. Without funds from hunting the African game cannot survive.
www.affordableafricanhunting.com
 
Posts: 240 | Location: Johannesburg, South Africa | Registered: 07 March 2002Reply With Quote
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First, or twentyth, they are all good, but like potato chips, you just can't stop at ONE!

Take lots of pictures, and pay attention to the sounds, and smells of Africa. Look closely at the plants, and even savor the the damn bugs, because they are as much a part of safari, as Cape Buffalo, only their charge is harder to stop! Wink

Have fun, and keep your eye on the horrizon at day's close. There is no place in the world that will, absolutely, change your life so profoundly, as will Africa! beer


....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1
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"If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982

Hands of Old Elmer Keith

 
Posts: 14634 | Location: TEXAS | Registered: 08 June 2000Reply With Quote
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Elmo,

Hold 'em and squeeze 'em!

Good hunting...jim Wink


if you're too busy to hunt,you're too busy.
 
Posts: 4166 | Location: San Diego, CA USA | Registered: 14 November 2001Reply With Quote
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Elmo, May the Gods of te hunt do right by you, and the dreams which have gotten you this far fall short of the reality of your experience to come. May the trophies fall as fast as your heart beats when seeing them. And may the pure pleasure carry you back once again when the smoke clears. Good hunting.






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DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set.
 
Posts: 3611 | Location: LV NV | Registered: 22 October 2002Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by 308Sako:
Elmo, May the Gods of te hunt do right by you, and the dreams which have gotten you this far fall short of the reality of your experience to come. May the trophies fall as fast as your heart beats when seeing them. And may the pure pleasure carry you back once again when the smoke clears. Good hunting.


I can't say it any better than that.
Looking fodward to the report already.
ENJOY
Gene


Semper Fi
WE BAND OF BUBBAS
STC Hunting Club
 
Posts: 1684 | Location: Walker Co,Texas | Registered: 27 August 2004Reply With Quote
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Curmugeon to Elmo, over . . .

Just remember that this trip won't get anything out of your system, rather it will embed itself into your system.

Good hunting, brother,
We be of one blood, you and I.


Sarge

Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years!
 
Posts: 2690 | Location: Lakewood, CA. USA | Registered: 07 January 2001Reply With Quote
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Elmo,

Just keep shootin till they're down and aint movin.


Mike

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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
Posts: 10145 | Location: Loving retirement in Boise, ID | Registered: 16 December 2003Reply With Quote
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Have a great hunt!
We expect lots of pictures when you get back.
 
Posts: 9797 | Location: Missouri City, Texas | Registered: 21 June 2000Reply With Quote
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elmo,

Enjoy! Take lots of photos. Report back afterwards.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren.


Andrew McLaren
Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter since 1974.

http://www.mclarensafaris.com The home page to go to for custom planning of ethical and affordable hunting of plains game in South Africa!
Enquire about any South African hunting directly from andrew@mclarensafaris.com


After a few years of participation on forums, I have learned that:

One can cure:

Lack of knowledge – by instruction. Lack of skills – by practice. Lack of experience – by time doing it.


One cannot cure:

Stupidity – nothing helps! Anti hunting sentiments – nothing helps! Put-‘n-Take Outfitters – money rules!


My very long ago ancestors needed and loved to eat meat. Today I still hunt!



 
Posts: 1799 | Location: Soutpan, Free State, South Africa | Registered: 19 January 2004Reply With Quote
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Elmo,
be Blessed, Be safe, Shoot the wiggle out of the game, and safe journey...



Jeffe


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Posts: 39874 | Location: Conroe, TX | Registered: 01 June 2002Reply With Quote
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Congrats !!
 
Posts: 7505 | Location: Australia | Registered: 22 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Elmo
Take twice as many pictures as you planned.
Keep a journal - write everything down no matter how mundane.
look at sun up - sun down - and the southern cross.
pay attention to your PH.
And remenber, long after everyone at home is bored stiff with your stories, we'll be glad to relive them with you.
21 days - I'm counting down myself.
TerryR
 
Posts: 1903 | Location: Greensburg, Pa. | Registered: 09 August 2002Reply With Quote
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TerryR has good advise there, you can't take enough pictures
 
Posts: 77 | Location: Hopefully out in the hills somewhere | Registered: 21 October 2003Reply With Quote
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jump

Someone has just addicted another poor soul!

Once I get a client his first Buffalo, he belongs to me...he has become addicted, he's gotta have more! clap

Why deal drugs when you can deal Cape Buffalo is my thinking! beer


Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
 
Posts: 42182 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000Reply With Quote
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CB are way more fun and completely legal. Just don't tell the Democrats or they will find a way to tax all this fun.


square shooter
 
Posts: 2608 | Location: Moore, Oklahoma, USA | Registered: 28 December 2003Reply With Quote
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Ray, does that mean you're a pusher?

Razzer
 
Posts: 18352 | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA | Registered: 20 April 2002Reply With Quote
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Good Luck!


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Posts: 415 | Location: Milwaukee WI USA | Registered: 07 April 2002Reply With Quote
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500,
What can I say, it keeps the wolves away from the door, shit happens, thats the way the cookie crumbles comes to mind!! jump


Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
 
Posts: 42182 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000Reply With Quote
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Smiler Have a great hunt, Elmo! Looking forward to your report.


~Ann





 
Posts: 19577 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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CB are way more fun and completely legal. Just don't tell the Democrats or they will find a way to tax all this fun.

Also don't tell the Republicans because if it is FUN they will make it illegal!

jump

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