I am mainly fishing in 2018. So no new hunting trips for me.

Swarovski 8x25 pocket binos
Swarovski Z-3

Cool leather whiskey box from Africa Sporting.

All in all a great show.

Thanks Larry Shores for the great dinner - was good meeting Todd Williams, his son Austin and other good people.

Mike

a couple of hunts I was not planning to buy, but I did.

Stone sheep hunt, Kansas deer hunt, miscellaneous things for the ranch and the fur coat for my wife at one of the auctions. Also several Fenix flashlights.

I had the most fun over the coat. My wife kept saying to quit, I didn’t have to buy it. I told everyone that she MADE me buy it. This aggravated her greatly. As we were leaving a couple commented about the coat. With a totally straight face I said “wait until she figures out I put it on her credit card.” They broke up laughing.

I am probably going to buy a few more things once I make sure they will work for me. Fire pit, shooting houses, and a device to load deer on my 4 wheeler.

Just some clothes as we already have our next hunt arranged. Did buy the 3 guys behind me in the beer line a beer. They had me in stiches.

I would like to thank the inventor of yoga pants. :-)

I ended up buying a Heym Martini Express in .404 Jeffery. The wife and I chatted with Tropic Star and a couple outfitters in Zim and the Caprivi Strip. We'll probably get those locked down soon enough.

One thing I did not buy was whisky! Thank you Mike.

I am a weak person..lol..
I booked a few hunts I wasn't planning on...
Two nice hunts at auction that were really good deals (Tholo and Graham Jones)
I'm going to Tipiluke in Argentina this March during the roar as my buddy had a spot open up due to a cancellation.
Also headed back to Zambia next year now...Booked a hunt with Greg Brownlee I've wanted to do for a while....

Bought a hunt to Namibia during the banquet auctions that I was not planning on; clothes; boots; coat for the wife; renewed all my magazine subscriptions.

Best of all, Andrew brought my Rigby Highlander. Marc and the boys did a great job and I loved the upgrades: nicer wood, case color hardening and a bolt peep.

Safe travels to all.....LL

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:
One thing I did not buy was whisky! Thank you Mike.

Your welcome Lane.

Sorry could not meet up and spend time drinking.

Spent a good part of the day ubering around Dallas wiring money from one bank account to another cause I screwed up some administrative stuff.

Mike

Bought:

(1) SportEAR custom fit plugs;
(2) Two magazine subscriptions: Renewed African Outfitter and new Africa Hunting Gazette;
(3) A lot of booze, and;
(4) Two 3000lbs Outback Products corn feeders.

Forgot to buy, an $15 iPhone adaptor for my Trail Cameras from GSM products. Oh, well.

Gave our four Leopard Floating bones to a jeweler to make a pair of earrings to go with Joyce’s Lion Floating bone necklace.

Going to Starwood Motors tomorrow to test drive one of the tricked out Jeep JK’s they had on display.

Talked with Greg Brownlee about a couple future hunt possibilities but not ready to book.

Mostly enjoyed visiting with old friends and making some new ones.

Cheers
J&J

Bought a Paradox 16 bore with extra set of 12 bore barrels from George and two sculptures from Ted Schnack of Denver. The finest I have seen at DSC all these years.

Also bought a 24 pack of 500 grain .458 Swift new solids to try as well for upcoming ele hunt and their A-Frames for the croc.

DSC Life Membership, poacher's spear blade (tip) from Zambeze Delta Conservation and Anti-Poaching, and a canvas/leather rifle sling.

Dakota Mod.10 in 7x57. Commissioned a painting. Sold lots of Tuffpaks thank you. Was good seeing old friends. I have been an exhibitor for 25 yrs. Better tomorrows!

Bell’s autobiography book and a HS Precision .280 AI rifle. Jon Bieber made me buy the rifle. It coulda been worse - he might have made me buy a Blaser.

A Dakota bolt gun in 7x57, another model 10 Dakota this one in 6.5 and setting up a rigby order plus one hunt.

I sold 6 knives so it was nearly break even show for me.

Won the Save Safaris auction hunt for a fraction of the listed value. Also bought a really nice stock blank for my Fox DE grade shotgun. I contracted with a stock maker in the custom gunmakers row to have a stock made from this blank to my dimensions for the DE so I can use the gun for bird hunting.

Some photos on this thread would be a kindness for the less fortunate who could not attend ...

Martin and I discussed buying this:



But in his heart of hearts I knew he really wanted one of these:

Booked 16 days in Masailand with Pierre Von Tonder for plains game, 7days in South Africa with Johan Herman for buffalo.

The wife and I are jazzed!!!!!!

Also bought a pulsar thermal scope, the pigs in Barksdale won't be real happy.

.

Lane, it is very plain to see that Martin was "greatly pleased" with that tracked tank thing. It reminds me of some of the fabulous toys in the old Neiman-Marcus catalogs.

Booked a sable/ plains game hunt with Neil Duckworth /Mokore in Coutada 9 in early September. New gaiters and a rifle case.

quote:

Originally posted by Cajun1956:
DSC Life Membership, poacher's spear blade (tip) from Zambeze Delta Conservation and Anti-Poaching, and a canvas/leather rifle sling.

Loved the “hand made in Africa by Zambezi poachers” sign they had to sell them.

Sounds like MISSOULA added straight flights to Dallas coming up this yearso I’m sure planing to attend next year

Being an ex-KGB guy, not sure the Texans will let you in the Lone Star State!!!!

I was only there on Friday and I only bought some books - a couple by Peter Flack (Hunting the African Buffalo and Hunting Icons of Africa); a couple by Craig Boddington (From the Cape to Kasserine and Deadly Encounters) and one by Kenneth Czech (An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 to 1950).

I had the good pleasure to meet dogcat and his wife. I talked with Arjun Reddy about muskox hunting in Greenland.

Bill/Oregon asked for some photos. Here are a few snapshots.

quote:

Originally posted by Flipper Dude:
Booked a sable/ plains game hunt with Neil Duckworth /Mokore in Coutada 9 in early September. New gaiters and a rifle case.

You will most definitely not be disappointed!!

Our pleasure to meet you as well!!
Great show and lots of fun!

Mostly just walked around and enjoyed the show. Visited about some hunts but I hate to book a new one when I don't have my mounts back from the last one yet! Got a good deal on tanzenite so I bought my wife a very nice ring.
kh

Two Banovich prints from his Big Five Series: Buffalo and Elephant. I also booked a buffalo/sable hunt with Charlton McCallum for this August.

I arranged a meeting between Pierre von Tonder and Butch Manasse of Hunt-Nation.com to handle bookings for Pierre in the US. Pierre has expanded since my first hunt with him in the Selous, and now offers hunts in RSA, Namibia, and in the Massailand. I'll be right on JTEX's heels for Gerenuk, Grant's, Thompson's, and Lesser Kudu :-)

And that's why I don't go. I'd come back with a few guns and a few extra trips.

quote:

Originally posted by dogcat:
Being an ex-KGB guy, not sure the Texans will let you in the Lone Star State!!!!

I will slip in one way or the other Ross

Milan, Having associated and shot with you at the Safari World Championship in Libby, I'll be happy to sponsor your trip to Texas, You will fit right in!

12 days in the BVC with John Sharp.

quote:

Originally posted by boarkiller:

quote:

Originally posted by dogcat:
Being an ex-KGB guy, not sure the Texans will let you in the Lone Star State!!!!

I will slip in one way or the other Ross

Certainly on Milan! We'll be glad to have you.

.

quote:

I'll be right on JTEX's heels for Gerenuk, Grant's, Thompson's, and Lesser Kudu :-)

I will make sure there are a few left

I thought Pierre didn't allow Blowsers???????



.

Thanks guys

Kind of got in trouble this year. A buffalo hunt in October with a focus on roan, kudu, defassa waterbuck, and crock in Lukwati with Blake Wilhemi of Michel Mantheakis Safaris, a spare set of Courtneys, a Banovich print and some books, including Peter Flack's buffalo book. Very good convention, thanks to DSC.

Bought aCooper Backcountry 6.5X284 Norma. Europtic had a great deal on these. Alex has really grown his company the past several years. Met with John Wamback Pro-Hunting Namibia as I already had a plains game hunt booked with him for plains game in Nambia Erongo Mountains.