Simply outstanding Saeed! Enjoying every pic! Even of Walter!

Dwight shot a buffalo, and Maktoum shot an impala.

We had an interesting day checking baits.

Went to see our croc bait, and found a whole bunch of hyenas and crocs feeding on it.

There were seven hyenas in the water by the hippo, and one on the bank close to us.

This one was so blivious to our presence, at ne stage she was coming to within 10 yards of us.

No sizeable croc could be seen.

We then left and came across the tracks of a herd of eland.

We followed them for a while, it started raining slightly, and the wind picked up.

It was over cast and dark grey, which made it very difficult to see in the thicket into which the eland had gone.

We got to about 100 yards of them at one stage, but not much to see to be able to pick a bull.

Fave up and went to camp.

Simply brilliant. Thank you very much.

Regards

Great pics. Love the bush cooking.

Fantastical !
Buy a donkey, buy a buy a donkey !

Could there be a third .375/404J this time, maybe Dwight's or Todd's?
Or just the usual A & B team rifles, same two as usual ?
IIRC Dwight was involved somehow with that wildcatting during the last century ?
But Dwight has a Ruger RSM with Swarovski scope in Warne QD-lever rings for Ruger ?
Maybe it is a .375 H&H ?
And PH with double rifle is which chambering ?
Alan is still carrying the .450 Ackley ?

Us gunnutts always want to know some gun details, please !

Rip ...

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Fantastical !
Buy a donkey, buy a buy a donkey !

Could there be a third .375/404J this time, maybe Dwight's or Todd's?
Or just the usual A & B team rifles, same two as usual ?
IIRC Dwight was involved somehow with that wildcatting during the last century ?
But Dwight has a Ruger RSM with Swarovski scope in Warne QD-lever rings for Ruger ?
Maybe it is a .375 H&H ?
And PH with double rifle is which chambering ?
Alan is still carrying the .450 Ackley ?

Us gunnutts always want to know some gun details, please !

Rip ...

Keep guessing

Great as always Saeed!

Is that lion old enough?

That leopard is beautiful but I sure can’t see any nuts on it. Any guesses on the age of that lion? I don’t have a clue in aging lions.

Excellent set of photos and they keep getting better.

Wonder what those black pods with orange tips are.

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Wonder what those black pods with orange tips are.

In Zimbabwe we used to call them Lucky Beans because they gave us luck in hunting leopard.

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And PH with double rifle is which chambering ?

I believe that it's Dean Kendall with a Heym 470 NE.

Saeed
Fantastic photos. Loved the twin buffalo.

How du you have time to hunt? Taking all those photos most take all day!!


Good hunting
Carl Frederik

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Wonder what those black pods with orange tips are.

In Zimbabwe we used to call them Lucky Beans because they gave us luck in hunting leopard.

Thank you.

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In Zimbabwe we used to call them Lucky Beans because they gave us luck in hunting leopard

If you can knock off a full pod from the tree and preserve it, it makes an attractive home souvenir.
I salvaged one and still have it 10+ years later.

An interesting day.

Chris and Ray would attest to this.

Three times before, we somehow managed to see the same herd of buffalo as the others have been following, and I managed to shoot one or two.

We spent all morning putting up, and moving lion baits.

The lions have been having a feast on one bait, and we had another bait not far from there.

We put up a blind, and moved the other bait to the one with the blind.

Finished doing this by lunchtime and went back to camp.

In the afternoon we went looking for buffalo, saw tracks but they seem to go down wind into thickets.

We continued looking for tracks, and just after 5 in the afternoon, we spotted a herd bedded down in the valley.

The wind was going across, and we had to make a long detour to get downwind of them.

We got close, and I got on the shooting sticks, as they started feeding.

From our position, all we could see were cows.

Suddenly we hear a shot very close by.

The herd took off.

We ran after them, and as they stopped, we saw a good bull in the clear.

I shot him.

He took a few steps and dropped, and started bellowing.

For a minute we though some was doing to me what I did to both Chris and Ray.

We looked towards were the shot came from, and saw Maktoum and Pete.

They shot a buffalo too.

They have been following this herd since 8 in the morning!

So by sheer luck, we both managed to get a buffalo.

Today has been crazy.

The lion attacked our blind!

Almost collapsing on top of us.

He was very beliggerent, and we Alan had to fire a shot through the roof of the blind.

We got saved by the truck, as he would not leave us alone.

Quite an excitement, as it was pitch dark.

This morning Dwight shot an impala.

I shot a croc, hippo and 2 hyenas.

JESUS bit of excitement!

Saeed- How about some pics of the croc, hippo and hyenas?

LION on top of the blind OH MY!
Any pics of a lion paw reaching into the blind?
Just kidding, never hurts to kid someone who can put up with Walter.

Rip ...

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And PH with double rifle is which chambering ?

I believe that it's Dean Kendall with a Heym 470 NE.

Thanks. Went back to look at Dean Kendall's well-used Heym 470 NE and it was gone. Not kidding.

Rip ...

Great story to share sometime.. very nice trophies with pictures to share.

What a wonderful trip.

maybe you could let Walter know that any licenses not used by him are up for grabs... let him know that you have spare ammo to fill his quota...

I have plenty of picture, including photos of the tears by the lion in our blind.

I forgot to mention that after that little fiasco, we thought we might be able to get a shot at him after sun up.

We heard him calling in the reed bed by the river close to the bait.

We went after him, and after a while decided it was not worth the effort, as the reeds are quite thick, and there were two males and one lioness.

We went back in the afternoon and sat at the bait.

He came a few minutes later, was looking straight at us in the blind.

A few minutes later, it was kabobi kabobi time.

I like your style of adventure. You know when to call it quits.

Sounds like a nice putty cat in the salt...

cannot wait for the picture to arrive.

That's a lion story!

Congrats on getting him!

Great pics! Love the ones of the blind being ripped by the attacking lion! Damn, that was a close encounter of the most exciting kind!

Dang ! This is even more fantastical !
Those lion tracks on the top of your blind are some interesting viewing.
HA ! Five claw marks in one poke.
Can't get much more exciting than that and still be fun.
Shooting the sky to scare the lion off your blind top ! FUN !
And I thought this was living dangerously:



Rip ...

Will Walter get to go lion hunting?
Is there such a thing as a Walterable lion?

Fantastic Saeed, that is what you call a safari! Great lion and other animals taken, incredible to shoot to hyenas and a croc together! How long has it been since you last shot a lion?

Awesome lion, Saeed. The croc, hippo and hyenas aren’t too shabby either. Congrats to Maktoum on his buff.

Great pictures and trophies.

Congratulations on your second lion in so many years of hunting TZ.

I always enjoy following along on your safaris. Those croc pics are some of the finest you've ever posted. Fantastic!

Great photos as always Saeed, some of the drone shots are fantastic!

What make drone? The photos are outstanding.

Fun filled adventure with friends.

Excellent trophies as well.

Great pictures as always.

You sure brained that dragon!
Damn, it don't even have eyes left.

You need to show the cat tracks to the
stupid woman standing a few feet from another
lion waving at it trying to make friends with it.

Keep everyone safe, don't pet the kitties!

George

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An interesting day.



The lion attacked our blind!

Almost collapsing on top of us.

He was very beliggerent, and we Alan had to fire a shot through the roof of the blind.

We got saved by the truck, as he would not leave us alone.

Interesting is an understatement!

The latest instalment of photos are excellent. That croc's head is almost cleanly blew off. Held by a few strands of bone and meat.

Always enjoy follow this hunt. Appreciate you sharing with us.

Congrats on some awesome trophies!

Saeed

Congrats on the lion!!

Great lion great story and adventure looks like the hunt is going extremely well so far.