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Well guys and gals, We are now down to 60 days till the Selous...It all started 13 months ago when I won the buf hunt...planning is over and conditioning is in order and gear...Clothes, ammo and rifles, cameras, batteries, video and digital cards for memories.. Well my wife is as bad as me now bitten by the African bug and one can only appreciate its bite when bitten...You wake up and can't go back to sleep...Your thoughts are of Africa and the animals you have on quota...Rifles 450#2 and 375H&H are ready and practice is still in the picture..Ammo will be loaded and boxed and ready..Lists come out and crossed out and even added too.. Shooting the boomers has been great fun..Doc52, Widowmaker 416, BigFive Jack...My friend BillC and I have discussed the enjoyment and excitement of this safari..Other AR friends have helped and encouraged also... All meds now received...airplane seating arranged thru Kathi at Wild Travel..Visa apps filled out and sent with passports registered mail sent...Amsterdam pass thru paperwork filled out and awaiting the proper time to be faxed to proper authorities...Shoes and shoelaces knives, Ultrathon 3M bug repellant, Pyrithrin spray for clothes to keep bugs dead if they land on clothes..gaiters...hats and skinsosoft for tsetse flies and fly swatter... Have watched many African hunting videos...Larry Shores shared his with me and Frank Martinez shared 2 boxes with me and I will be watching my DVD of Buzz's elephant video for a couple more times...'The Perfect Shot' will be digested again and again.. 4457 filled out and ready and waiting to be attached to my passport..All paperwork is photocopied and will accompany my wife and I to Africa and Tanzania with us just in case...Will spend my time on an airplane for my wife's birthday Amsterdam to Dar...She will never forget that...  My thoughts keep taking me back to 2 buf, zebra, warthog, impala, sable, hartebeaste, waterbuck, Nyasa wildebeaste, leopard, lion, ele, hippo, and croc...and 21 days  This is my life long dream to do full bag Tanzania safari...It is coming true.... The excitement level is off the chart... If you would like to read my wife's thoughts let me know... A generous thank you to all!!! Mike | ||
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Hang in there. The wait is worth it  Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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Retreever; My husband and I are right behind you by another 30 days; we've got 90 days to go!!!! I enjoy sharing your excitement and this will be our 6th safari!!! I don't think the enthusiasm will ever stop for us or the others I read here on AR. I'd love the read your wife's thoughts. Will she be hunting also???? Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Hey man, settle down, be calm. Tic-toc-tic-toc. Before you know it, you will be on your way home. Tell Cherie, Rena said hi!!!! Dulcinea What counts is what you learn after you know it all!!! | |||
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I agree with Dulcinea, settle down, don't have a stroak, I'm still too sick to take your place if you can't go.  GOOD LUCK on your safari Mike! Slamm that Ele with that 450#2! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "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  | |||
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Mike, Have a great time, we are with you in spirit. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Yea Mike, chill!  You'll be in a padded cell before you know it!!!!! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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Mike, It won't be long now my friend! Happy Hunting!! I can't wait for you to come back, and hear all about your hunt! God's speed my friend, Doc52 B. Searcy & Co .577 NE Double Rifle Shooters Society "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote!" Benjamin Franklin 1759 | |||
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Hey Mike, Post your wife's thoughts on the up coming trip! Doc52 B. Searcy & Co .577 NE Double Rifle Shooters Society "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote!" Benjamin Franklin 1759 | |||
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Let go Mike! Use the force! Relax and enjoy your hunt! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Mike: Best of luck...I have $10 that says you already have stuff laid out for your trip in a room in your house! (I know I would!) Doc52, what's with that new Avatar? 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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I'll bet 20 bucks he's packed! Except for the guns and ammo! Gotta keep shooting! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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Boy you guys can read me...  Did have all clothes laid out...Checking which will take and leave home.. luggage and tufpak and soft bags...Had to stow it for grand children will be here this weekend... Mike | |||
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Mike, Best of luck to you and your wife on the hunt. I spoke to Pierre a few weeks ago, and he was very excited about having you hunt with him. Roy, Rene, Alan and Leoni Vincent left us 2 days ago after spending about 10 days as our guests here in Dubai. As usual, we always enjoy having them here as our guests. Alan has taken our details to orgenize the hunting license, so you might say that we are in the final preparation of our trip as well. Make sure you take plenty of photos to share with us on your return. | |||
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Good luck Mike. Take careful notes. We all wish it was us, so enjoy the moment! | |||
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Good hunting and good luck, take lots of pics. I will be there in Sept 07 Steve(NOT Shakari)Robinson NRA Life Member SCI Life Member DRSS | |||
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Way to go Mike, whish you all the best  If MacD37 is to ill to step in if something happen to you, that means I´m the next in line ?????? Holy crap......take care Mike, cool down, cause I´m not ready by a hundred miles !!!  Rading all the stuff you have done, all the prep and packing and filling out forms and...... Think about your wife....she will love this safari....take care, take care....breath slowly in and out.....you can make this !! Arild Iversen. | |||
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Just have a great hunt! | |||
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