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For 2011, we confirmed and paid for my daughter's Matetsi 3 hunt with Ross Johnson as her P.H. (Lou Hallamore, of course, for me). She'll be after a buffalo and a kudu and I'll do my usual tuskless. And, I'll continue supporting the booze cruise industry in Vic Falls.  I made the big plunge and put down my deposit for an elephant in Botswana with Ivan Carter at one of Johan Calitz's concessions for June of 2013. Dang if another AR guy wasn't sitting there listening to Ivan and me talk. He'd never even seriously considered an elephant hunt. I could see him squirming some. To my surprise, he asked if I'd mind sharing a camp with him if he could talk his wife into it (which took two seconds). He's a joy to hunt with (we shared a Selous camp before) and I'm in love with his pretty wife, so I encouraged them to join me. I think their deposit will be forthcoming this week. We're going to get us some big elephants! Most importantly, lots of ladies who are non-hunters encouraged Sandy, my girlfriend, to go to Africa, at least for a trip to Capetown, Ngorongoro, Victoria Falls and a game park or two. Ya'll convinced her that her conception of what to expect (safety, comfort, blood sport, etc.) was skewed and an non-hunter can have the time of her life. The jewelry I bought Sandy and Emmy didn't hurt, either, come to think of it.  Thanks again. JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | ||
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Buffalo and elephant with Lou Hallamore for me, Dr. Scott booked a hunt with Clive Hallamore, both with HHK and I'm sure he will post what he booked. Thanks to each and every AR member that attended our convention (which was very successful), I'm sorry I did not get to meet more of you and I hope you enjoyed your get together at Papasitos. I'll try to meet more of you next year! Karl Evans | |||
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I think Lou ordered a case of Excedrin while he was in Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |||
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I signed up for a Grizz hunt in Alaska in "3 months". Holy sh_t; That is 3 months and get my 223 dialed in and to get in shape!! Karl, you are going to have to get the chef at the monthly DSC meetings to have a dietetic entree. EZ | |||
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Finalized a 15 day leopard/buffalo with Shaun Buffee with Martin Pieters Safaris in Omay South. | |||
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Mine is "just" a tuskless (HHK) right now but may be more by the time the hunt rolls around depending on the economy. | |||
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Judge G, I shot a Botswana bull at 7 steps with Ivan in 2009. It will be a hunt you'll never forget!!! 450NE | |||
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Judge Your daughter will be in excellent hands with Ross! We have spent some time with Ross in the field and we had a great time with some buffalo. Also spent some time there in Dallas with Ross and Graham and looking at some late season bulls later this year. Had a great time with Kwan and Karl S, when they get done at SCI I am going to see how many buffalo Kwan has left on quota and make a plan to go clean'em out with him while I am there in June! By golly, I might just get some good buff shooting in this year, about due since I missed the entire 2010 season and I am about to go nuts to shoot some buffalo! Michael http://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/default.html The New Word is "Non-Conventional", add "Conventional" to the Endangered Species List! Live Outside The Box of "Conventional Wisdom" I do Not Own Any Part of Any Bullet Company, I am not in the Employ Of Any Bullet Company. I do not represent, own stock, nor do I receive any proceeds, or monies from ANY BULLET COMPANY. I am not in the bullet business, and have no Bullets to sell to you, nor anyone else. | |||
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well doc M just remember to bring a few good cup and core bullets  best peter | |||
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Peter Too much holiday drinks for you my man!!!!! No way--have you lost your mind--2011 is the year of the "NONCON" HEH Michael http://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/default.html The New Word is "Non-Conventional", add "Conventional" to the Endangered Species List! Live Outside The Box of "Conventional Wisdom" I do Not Own Any Part of Any Bullet Company, I am not in the Employ Of Any Bullet Company. I do not represent, own stock, nor do I receive any proceeds, or monies from ANY BULLET COMPANY. I am not in the bullet business, and have no Bullets to sell to you, nor anyone else. | |||
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Paid some on my 2011 and 2012 hunts with ZH to round out my big four. Started the discussion, albeit very preliminary, for 29 day big four in 2014. I cannot think of a better way to ring in one's 40th birthday. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Will, Need a gunbearer for 2014? My wife will even bake you a cake!! Sounds like an excellent plan. | |||
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Bring it on, but I'll carry my own rifle so that you can carry more cakes. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Met the PH for my plains game hunt with Somerby Safari in SA this year. Left a check with Drom to at least cover the daily and the first shot. Only things left to do is practice, practice off sticks, and pack. | |||
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seems as nobody wanted to give me a mt. nyala or bongo hunt for two bits on the dollar so i guess we're on the way down under next year. this year is full up already. | |||
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   Keith IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Firmed up my July buffalo hunt with African Silwane Hunters. Actually firmed it up with Clive Eaton who set it up for me. Had a great time at the dinner, thanks to DSC for picking up the tab, and meeting with other ARers. | |||
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Firmed up my 2nd Ele hunt in a row with Karl Stumpfe up in the Caprivi. Last year's hunt was about my best ever. Hunting your first Elephant has the same dangers as hunting your first time in Africa....everything after that pales by comparison. | |||
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Shame you didn't keep the .416 Rigby. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Booked a coastal blackbear for my wife and I with Parger guide service. Neither one of us have ever hunted anything much bigger than a West Texas whitetail so it should be a good time. Thanks to Mark Young for answering all of our questions, and hopefully we'll be headed to Africa in the next couple of years. | |||
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I love the Selous and will be heading back with my wife for our 3rd 21 day safari in 2012. Simba beckons me back. I am planning to use my double for most animals. Mike Yea yea,I know it is not a double but a 500 Jeffery. Looks cool though.  | |||
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Signed up for red stag and fallow in Ireland of all places. It should be a trip that the wife will also enjoy. | |||
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Talked to the Guys at Zambezi Hunters and went over a few things since I am booked for 12 days with them in 2012 for buffalo and sable. Bought at auction and booked a Peacock Bass fishing trip for two down on the Amazon. Mink and Wall Tents don't go together. Especially when you are sleeping in the Wall Tent. DRSS .470 & .500 | |||
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Will take my wife to visit my good friend and hunt with Louis van Bergen at http://www.spiralhorn.co.za/ We will hunt June 25-July 4th--plains game and such. Also met and talked with Karl Stumpfe about an elephant.. Maybe when I get Biebs money I can go! To Biebs and Larry--I'm sorry I had to leave, I had to help my sister in law move on Sunday, it was good to se ya! DRSS Member | |||
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I bought a DSC membership! Already booked for 2011 but will book for 2012 with a Tanzanian outfit for lion. ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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Firmed up the dates in July 2011 for my safari in Zambia. This will be my third safari with African Classic Safaris and ph Craig Maartens. Will be hunting buffalo, leopard, hippo, croc, roan, and various other plains game. | |||
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Judge, Not knowing Sandy I can't say for sure but my wife is a non-hunter and she's gone to Africa with me several times and she has loved it. We specifically plan for her so she'll enjoy her time there. She doesn't go to the real remote camps when I go just because the only thing to there is hunt and she's just not into that. I'm sure you guys will work it out and she'll have a great experience. I didn't make Dallas, I'm doing Reno. | |||
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Had our hunt booked, but worked out a lot of details with Shaun Buffee of Martin Pieters Safaris. Also spent time with Steve Turner, on travel/transit details. Mad Dog | |||
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Still kicking tires... Zambeze Delta in Moz was booked for the dates we had planned but lining up for 2012, maybe ibex maybe bear, maybe late season special for '11. Fortunately, I went back on Sunday for a couple of hours until the snow and ice turned us into geese and we headed South. Stopped by Doug Turnbull's booth and shot the breeze with him for awhile and ended up taking possession of one of his Grade 1 .475 Turnbull '86 Winchesters! The more I handled the rifle the more I liked it! Made me feel like a kid again (hard to do at 52!) so what the heck, would make a great bison, bear and Aussie buff gun! 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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Russell, It was good to see our young buddies book the buffalo hunt. We need more good young hunters like Trice and Cory. | |||
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Congratulations and welcome to DSC!! "....but to protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not of soundness of heart." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Not at Dallas, but I spoke with Alan Vincent a few days ago and asked him to orgenize another 21 day safari later this year. | |||
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Amen Mike! Good seeing you and the Missus as well...good luck on Mr. Spots! You and Buffee will have a blast. 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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Still trying to sort out a leopard/sable hunt for 2012, but I did re-up my DSC membership. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I already had 2011 in the bag and was going to look for something different for 2012. I live within 90 miles of Dallas so I was going to go up on Sunday then fly out Sunday night to Atlanta on business. The weather caused the Atlanta meeting to cancel and the ice forcast scared me off. Seems like the DSC weekend always has a bit of really cold weather to deal with. Thinking about taking my son over for his first africa experience, he isn't real fond of long plane rides or he would have already gone....He is out of college s and is a good hunter so lots of great options through our friends here that post on AR. you can make more money, you can not make more time | |||
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I thought there was one on auction that went for a pretty good price but that could have been for Lord Derby. My memory is a bit hazy as I was having a good time most nights. Mink and Wall Tents don't go together. Especially when you are sleeping in the Wall Tent. DRSS .470 & .500 | |||
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Buffalo Hunt At Fridays nights dinner I purchased a ten day buffalo hunt with Pelandaba Huntinng Safaris. The hunt concession is in the South East Limpopo River Valley and adjoins the Kruger National Forest. One of the owners, Aubrey Kent post on AR. My other two Africian trips have been for plains game in Namibia so I'm green at this buffalo hunting. Needs suggestions: When is the best time of year to hunt this area for buffalo? Anyone had experience hunting with Aubrey Kent? What other trophy's would you focus on in this are? Your feedback is appreciated. Tom | |||
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