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03 October 2019, 09:11
Use Enough GunHunt Report Selous 2019! Video Is Ready For Those Wishing To Have A Copy.
Simply outstanding Saeed!
Enjoying every pic! Even of Walter!
04 October 2019, 07:18
EsskaySimply brilliant. Thank you very much.
Regards
04 October 2019, 07:20
BaxterBGreat pics. Love the bush cooking.
04 October 2019, 12:48
RIPFantastical !
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 ...
04 October 2019, 15:09
Saeedquote:
Originally posted by RIP:
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
04 October 2019, 18:19
Safari2Great as always Saeed!
Is that lion old enough?
04 October 2019, 19:26
Bud MeadowsThat 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.
Jesus saves, but Moses invests
04 October 2019, 19:55
RobinOLocksleyExcellent set of photos and they keep getting better.
Wonder what those black pods with orange tips are.
"Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche
04 October 2019, 23:57
Use Enough Gunquote:
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.
04 October 2019, 23:59
Use Enough Gunquote:
And PH with double rifle is which chambering ?
I believe that it's Dean Kendall with a Heym 470 NE.
05 October 2019, 00:09
Carl Frederik NagellSaeed
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
05 October 2019, 02:12
RobinOLocksleyquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
quote:
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.
"Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche
05 October 2019, 09:02
fulvioquote:
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.
05 October 2019, 16:23
SaeedAn 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.
05 October 2019, 16:38
BakesJESUS
bit of excitement!
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A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!"
05 October 2019, 18:26
Bud MeadowsSaeed- How about some pics of the croc, hippo and hyenas?
Jesus saves, but Moses invests
05 October 2019, 20:23
RIPLION 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 ...
05 October 2019, 20:26
RIPquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
quote:
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 ...
05 October 2019, 21:13
Bwana338Great 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...
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"You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne
05 October 2019, 21:18
SaeedI 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.
05 October 2019, 21:27
Bwana338I 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.
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"You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne
05 October 2019, 21:36
crbutlerThat's a lion story!
Congrats on getting him!
05 October 2019, 22:54
Use Enough GunGreat pics!
Love the ones of the blind being ripped by the attacking lion!
Damn, that was a close encounter of the most exciting kind!
05 October 2019, 22:57
RIPDang ! 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 ...
06 October 2019, 00:47
RIPWill Walter get to go lion hunting?
Is there such a thing as a Walterable lion?
06 October 2019, 01:25
ManuelMFantastic 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?
06 October 2019, 05:35
Bud MeadowsAwesome lion, Saeed. The croc, hippo and hyenas aren’t too shabby either. Congrats to Maktoum on his buff.
Jesus saves, but Moses invests
06 October 2019, 05:40
NakihunterGreat pictures and trophies.
Congratulations on your second lion in so many years of hunting TZ.
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
06 October 2019, 06:56
OverlandI always enjoy following along on your safaris. Those croc pics are some of the finest you've ever posted. Fantastic!
06 October 2019, 08:03
FjoldGreat photos as always Saeed, some of the drone shots are fantastic!
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
06 October 2019, 08:31
dukxdogWhat make drone? The photos are outstanding.
Fun filled adventure with friends.
Excellent trophies as well.
GOA Life Member
NRA Benefactor Member
Life Member Dallas Safari Club
Westley Richards 450 NE 3 1/4"
06 October 2019, 11:34
georgeldGreat 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
"Gun Control is NOT about Guns'
"It's about Control!!"
Join the NRA today!"
LM: NRA, DAV,
George L. Dwight
06 October 2019, 15:19
RobinOLocksleyquote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
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!
"Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche
06 October 2019, 15:26
RobinOLocksleyThe latest instalment of photos are excellent. That croc's head is almost cleanly blew off. Held by a few strands of bone and meat.
"Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche
06 October 2019, 16:48
Skip NantzAlways enjoy follow this hunt. Appreciate you sharing with us.
Congrats on some awesome trophies!
Skip Nantz
06 October 2019, 19:42
Safari2Saeed
Congrats on the lion!!
06 October 2019, 21:46
Safari-HuntGreat lion great story and adventure looks like the hunt is going extremely well so far.
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.