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Shannon and I made it back from Zim after a great wedding and hunt. We bumped into AR member Runas and his wife Steph at Afton Guest House and had dinner with them, they are a great couple and lots of fun. We also spent a night at the campfire in Zim with new AR member Richard Harland and his wife Brita, they had some amazing stories and it was our pleasure to spend a night in camp with them.

Shannon made a perfect shot on her buffalo taking out his lungs and all the plumbing at the top of the heart.

I made a not so perfect (horrible) shot on mine hitting him too high in the shoulder; and spent a day and a half tracking him until he crossed onto Mana Pools.

I did get a huge eland and grysbok, and a very nice impalla. I'll post some pictures later on today.


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Welcome back, looking forward to the story and photos!


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Congrats. I met Richard Harland for the first time at SCI this past January. He's truly a modern ledgend of African Hunting. I would love to share a campfire with him.
 
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Great to hear you are back. Looking foward to your report, and again congrats on the wedding!
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Glad to hear you had a good trip. Sorry about your buff, though.

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Shannon & Lee

Welcome back and congratulations, looks like someone wants to go back for another buffalo soon Cool
 
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after talking to Richard Harland did you immediately start looking for a Mannlitcher 458. dancing Congrats on your hunt. sorry about the buff. Ca ca does occur with hunting tho!


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Wecome back and congrats !
Sorry to hear about the buff, just gives you another reason to come back for another.

Hope you guys had a super honeymoon and campfire with Richard Harland.


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Thanks for the responses.

Here are a few pictures:

The Happy Couple



Shannon's Buffalo. Can you guess why we named him Ducky?



Impalla



Grysbock



Eland. I had to post two pictures of this guy.





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Very nice pictures.
 
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The eland is awesome.
 
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Lee, glad to see your post about your wedding and safari. I called Bill last evening, to see if he had heard anything from you.

You know that Shannon will never let you forget that SHE got her buffalo. Way to go Shannon. thumb

Lee, you did get a great looking Eland bull.

Looking forward to seeing y'all in Dallas.

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Welcome back Lee and Shannon! That's a pig of an Eland Lee. Guessing he's at least 38"? How'd you like Victoria Falls?

Looking forward to your full report and more pictures. (Well, you can skip the report on your honeymoon night but pictures would be good!) Wink

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i think shannon is by far your best trophy! jumping


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Lee,

I'm not sure but your wife may look happier in the pic with her buffalo than at the wedding. Congrats to you both on everything. The eland is real toad and I'm sure it will be one of your best ever trophies. I'm also very envious of the grysbok.

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Sweet! Many congratulations!! I think you landed yourself a good one there, after all, not all newly-weds spend their honeymoon on Safari... This lass has a sister, by any chance?? Wink

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Very, very nice! I too have met and talked with Richard Harland. He reminds you of a well heeled college professor, and you would never know him to be the legend that he is from his appearance and demeanor.
 
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L Diddy,

Congrats to you and your lovely bride on the wedding and safari both!

She killed a fine old buff and that is a great looking eland, too!


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Did your bride shoot the buff in the horn? Congratulations to you both!


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Sounds like you had a great time. Love the eland.

What's the story on the duct taped buff? Did someone shoot the horn off?


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Congratulations! Great looking eland.


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Congratulations,

Beautiful Bride, scenic ceremony, and yes a wonderful safari to boot!

BTW, great eland.

Best wishes for a wonderful life together.

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Congratulations!!!!!!!

Shannon looks beautiful in her wedding dress. What an incredible place for a wedding, (and congratulations to Shannon on her buff).


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Congratulations on all your trophies, especially the one in the white dress.

It ashame about your Buffalo, obviously your mind was on your wife not him. At least that would be my story. Good luck on your next hunt.

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Thanks for the responses.

Here are a few pictures:

The Happy Couple



Shannon's Buffalo. Can you guess why we named him Ducky?





It is quite evident, you picked well! Congratulations Hoss! beer


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Thanks again for all the kind comments!

The eland measures 40" on one horn and 40.5" on the other. I had no desire to shoot an eland as I got a great blue bull with Vaughan Fulton last year, but when I saw this guy I could not pass on him and I think my PH, Alan Shearing, would have hit me over the head with my shooting sticks had I not given it a go!

Shannon's buffalo measures 37", the grysbok 1.75" and the impalla 20.5"


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What is the story on the buff's horn? In the picture it looks like it is held together with some electrical tape. Nice bull!
 
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Sounds like you had a great time. Love the eland.

What's the story on the duct taped buff? Did someone shoot the horn off?


The horn has become quite a point (no pun intended) of contention here in the Hooker household.

Because I made such a mess of my buffalo, Shannon and Alan Shearing decided the only way to stop me moping around the camp was to ask me to back her up on her buffalo. I was shooting my 500 NE and Shannon had my Model 70 375 H&H. She shot her buff at about 25 yards and hit him perfectly in the lungs and top of the heart. The herd ran and he ran in a different direction. We went about 50 yards and he was standing under a tree about 60 yards away looking very sick. Shannon put another shot through his boiler room, and he got better in a hurry!! He ran around the tree and started to charge; I hit him between the eyes with my double at about 20 yards and he nosed into the ground. We were all very excited until I saw the horn laying off to the side of the buff. I said something like, "Oh my gosh, we shot off a horn!" to which Shannon responded, "WE!!!??? I know where all my shots went!"

If you look closely at the picture you can see my bullet hole close to his left eye; the horn was blown off when the bullet exited. You can also see Shannon's initial shot on his shoulder.


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Welcome back and congrats on the wedding and hunting. Too bad about your buffalo, but very nice eland. It was great running into y'all at the airport and from stories I guess your rifles finally made it.
 
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I feel your pain. animal

I didn't know you were hunting with Alan. That explains why you met Richard as I knew he was headed that way. Sounds like some great campfire talk.


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Welcome back and congrats on the wedding and hunting. Too bad about your buffalo, but very nice eland. It was great running into y'all at the airport and from stories I guess your rifles finally made it.


Thanks David, it was great meeting you also! My guns were also lost on the way home. I just got confirmation that United had finally located them and were sending them my way.

Alan said about 75% of their clients are showing up without guns this season. If we hadn't been staying in Vic Falls for 8 days before the hunt, we would have been in trouble.


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I feel your pain. animal

I didn't know you were hunting with Alan. That explains why you met Richard as I knew he was headed that way. Sounds like some great campfire talk.


Alan is still talking about your lever action elephant! I think he was very impressed.


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Aw shucks but that's nothing compared to having your new bride outshoot you and then blowing the horn off of HER buff. You are the one they will be talking about now. Smiler

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Hello everyone! This is Shannon writing - yes, yes....Lee blew the heck off of my buff's horn...and I'll probably never ever let him forget that but I do have to be honest....although I practiced and practiced and pulled off a few "perfect shots", once that buffalo was mad - you would have thought he was 2 yrs. old and at least twice as big! And - well - yes - at that point - I sort of....froze. So - it is the perfect honeymoon story after all with Lee "saving the day" and my newlywed behind! Thanks so very much to Kathi Klimes for helping us to arrange the perfect trip! It was just perfect! I can't wait to go back - to hunt with Alan and such an awesome group of people! Lee and I have seperate hunts planned - so that I can get a buffalo home in one piece!! Thank you everyone for your kind words as well...I look forward to seeing lots of you in Dallas!!


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Welcome to the family Shannon. Might do us good to have a little class and culture around here.


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Congratulations Lee and Shannon on your wedding and safari. Trophées magnifiques! Good hunting in the future, David


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Shannon & Lee very happy for you two....Shannon you look lovely in your gown...

Cheers and many happy years together!!! beer

Lee, that's damn fine shooting between the eyes at 20yds... thumb
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