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20 April 2005, 17:53
PeterV
Top Ten Ways to Die on Safari
Can't recall where I came across this but found it funny at the time, I'm pretty sure that the "jokers" Big Grin here can add to the list...

10. Relieve yourself frequently in the bush.
9. Smuggle Serengeti animal artifacts across borders.
8. Eat raw steaks...upwind.
7. Engage in up close, dental, lion photography.
6. Use Calvin Klein's Obsession as a tsetse fly repellant.
5. Reject your mosquito netting as something that obscures the stars.
4. Eagerly display your new set of orthodontics to a silverback gorilla.
3. Use a watering hole as a wading pool.
2. Play fetch with a hyena.
1."Here rhino, rhino, rhino..."


Peter V
www.africanhuntersguild.com
southern Africa
20 April 2005, 18:26
Bwanamich
How about hunting DG with a 45-70 sofa


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
20 April 2005, 18:34
Aspen Hill Adventures
We could use a new 45-70 debate. How many safari goers have been mowed over by DBG whilst hunting with a 45-70? Smiler


~Ann


20 April 2005, 19:16
Ganyana
11 - don't tip your PH well. I have never actually killed a client for this but is IS amaizing what you can live through on the drive back to the airport Big Grin
20 April 2005, 19:18
carmelolisciotto
quote:
Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
We could use a new 45-70 debate. How many safari goers have been mowed over by DBG whilst hunting with a 45-70? Smiler


Hey Ann, Smiler I doubt we would produce a single 45-70 induced casualty despite the overwhelming consensus that one would occur.
LOL

-just figured I would chime in Smiler
20 April 2005, 19:25
Wink
Refusing to pay a Masai for taking his picture when previously informed that he would pose for pay only.


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20 April 2005, 19:34
Pathfinder
Play "croc hunter" and grab a black mamba by the tail! Big Grin
20 April 2005, 20:56
BongoCongo
Imitation of Mark Sullivan
20 April 2005, 21:01
loboga
Ignore the PH, when he tells you EXACTLY what to do, because you know better!
Treat the PH like your personal slave and then not tip him. At that point you may NOT want to take his advice! Big Grin
20 April 2005, 21:11
500grains
quote:
Originally posted by carmelolisciotto:
quote:
Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
We could use a new 45-70 debate. How many safari goers have been mowed over by DBG whilst hunting with a 45-70?


I doubt we would produce a single 45-70 induced casualty despite the overwhelming consensus that one would occur.


You are probably right, but that may be due to guys showing up with a 45-70, but then wimping out and using another caliber. Smiler
20 April 2005, 21:12
T.Carr
That toothless Tonga woman is the best thing I've seen in awhile. I wonder what I can get for $20? Big Grin

Regards,

Terry



Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns]
20 April 2005, 22:19
Atkinson
Tick off your booking agent! sofa


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

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
20 April 2005, 22:39
carmelolisciotto
$20 would be a bargain Smiler
20 April 2005, 23:56
NitroX
quote:
Originally posted by PeterV:

10. Relieve yourself frequently in the bush.
9. Smuggle Serengeti animal artifacts across borders.
8. Eat raw steaks...upwind.
7. Engage in up close, dental, lion photography.
6. Use Calvin Klein's Obsession as a tsetse fly repellant.
5. Reject your mosquito netting as something that obscures the stars.
4. Eagerly display your new set of orthodontics to a silverback gorilla.
3. Use a watering hole as a wading pool.
2. Play fetch with a hyena.
1."Here rhino, rhino, rhino..."


* Chase the PH's pretty wife and catch her;
* Chase the PH's pretty adult daughter and catch her;
* Think that lion cub in the bush is cute and like a furry pussy cat. It needs to be petted and held;
* Ooh that baby elephant is such a darling but it is lost, where is it's mother! we must find her.;
* I bet you $100 I can swim across the Zambezi and back again. I am a strong swimmer and the current is not too strong. If I get tired I can rest on one of those "floating logs".
* Let's have some fun running this warvet road block, I bet it will be a real laugh;
* Hippos are herbivores so don't worry about canoeing through a pod of them;

* The best, I was told by a guy in Australia, prostitutes are cheap in Africa! Hey who needs a condom. Eeker homer (PS I do not partake but was given this 'market report'!)


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20 April 2005, 23:58
NitroX
quote:
Originally posted by 500grains:

You are probably right, but that may be due to guys showing up with a 45-70, but then wimping out and using another caliber. Smiler


Dan,

Surely not! Eeker homer
troll
21 April 2005, 00:12
ErikD
*Yanking on the extended lower lip of a Mursi tribeswoman in the Omo Valley.

*Anouncing that you're an Israeli citizen while in Sudan.

*Half opening your tent, and then sleeping with your head or feet sticking out "because it's so hot", in a hyena infested area.
21 April 2005, 03:38
1115
Standing up to take a leak out of a moving safari vehicle after a few "sundowners". Ask JudgeG 'bout that one.
21 April 2005, 05:09
<mikeh416Rigby>
Visit a Zulu village, and yell out "Shaka was an a.. hole".
21 April 2005, 08:20
Michael Robinson
Try sneaking up on, surprising and killing, on his turf, one of the four or five most dangerous animals on earth.


Mike

Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
21 April 2005, 13:04
ibexebi
Not getting an iron clad every possible situation covered contract from your booking agent.

mike


"Too lazy to work and too nervous to steal"
21 April 2005, 15:38
Marterius
What about taking a stroll in darkest Jo'burg with a wad of dollars in your breast pocket and some designer clothing. Or perhaps wearing a t-shirt with the text "Bring Mandela back to Robben Island"?

Not healty... thumbdown

Regards,
Marterius


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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling
21 April 2005, 15:49
Wink
Deciding to go and give "those poachers" a lesson.


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21 April 2005, 16:21
Boghossian
Bright yellow "I am not a tourist" T-shirt + those stupid wallets people wear around their neck, after dark, in Jo-burg whilst listening to your ipod...
21 April 2005, 18:34
Bwanamich
Taking a dip in rapids as "crocodiles avoid strong currents and rapids"


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
21 April 2005, 18:35
Bwanamich
parking the car downwind when setting a bush fire


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
21 April 2005, 18:38
Bwanamich
neglecting a tourist sign that states "Do not venture on foot beyond the camps perimeter"


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
21 April 2005, 18:38
Bwanamich
trying to hand feed the camps "pet" bull elephant


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
21 April 2005, 18:40
Bwanamich
leaving your gun in the truck whilst inspecting a fresh lion kill


"...Them, they were Giants!"
J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa

hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset
21 April 2005, 20:05
Fjold
The single most dangerous part of any safari is driving to the airport.


Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite

21 April 2005, 20:12
Bwanahile
Or, driving from the airport once you land to the hunting camp/lodge. Those RSA ph's drive like a bat out of hell!!
24 April 2005, 16:16
Charles Mc Williams
1.Using those "bargin" rounds you bought on E-Bay 2. Skinny dipping 3. While in a Lepoard blind telling your P.H. "yes i see the shot" ,when you dont have a bloody idea which end is which. Charlie
24 April 2005, 19:45
Charles Mc Williams
Forgot this one; Not telling your P.H. about your sleep walking problem. Charlie
24 April 2005, 20:07
Oldsarge
Getting out of the safari car to take a closeup photo of a pride of lions in Kruger . . . or anywhere else!


Sarge

Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years!
24 April 2005, 20:17
wimpie
Comming home late asking the wife @ the front door with broom in her hand wether she is cleaning or flying some where.

Wimpie
Winter is comming to SA
24 April 2005, 20:26
Charles Mc Williams
quote:
Originally posted by wimpie:
Comming home late asking the wife @ the front door with broom in her hand wether she is cleaning or flying some where.

Wimpie
Winter is comming to SA
thumb Charlie
24 April 2005, 20:45
Iron/Mtn
Not realizing a snake is a black mamba and climbing back in your pit blind for another look see... not to bright.


Like your freedom...Thank a Vet.
24 April 2005, 23:43
Kamo Gari
"...not to brite."

Oh, the cruel irony! Wink


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25 April 2005, 00:02
charger
All this gun size crap.HUH. I was goin to go for buffs with the 22/250..See I got a plan..If I get that fella on his knees by blowing his bag off,I otta be able to run up and slit his throat.Anybody willing to pay for the film.
25 April 2005, 06:11
Thumpper470
Telling your wife what the safari REALLY cost
25 April 2005, 07:42
notmenotnow
quote:
Originally posted by Iron/Mtn:
not to brite.


nut Cool beer

--Edit--

Oops, didn't see Kamo Gari's post. But, I'll leave mine up.