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In three days my wife Kathy and I will drive over to Jackson and meet up with SBT and his wife Pam. Then on the 29th we all fly together to the Upper Luangwa River Valley in Zambia. We will be hunting with Johnny DuPlooy for 21 days in the Chanjuzi Game Management Area. On the menu is Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Hippo, Croc , Hyena and various plainsgame. From what I am able to find out the temperatures will be around 95 F during the day with around 90% humidity. Something we are not accustomed to. I will be taking a 375 H&H and 416 Rem. Scott will be using a 375 H&h and 416 Rigby. I spoke to Laura DuPlooy yesterday and there is a good lion on a Hyena bait right now. Scott will be the first in camp with the opportunity to hunt him. We wish you all the best and am sorry I will miss more of Retreever's and Saeed's stories! John | ||
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'06: The VERY BEST of luck to you! My friend Steve (AKA) is on a lion hunt right now in Zambia. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Good hunting in the Luangwa Valley 30ott6, wish I was there with you, I'd feel at home! ....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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Can we get real or slightly delayed reporting from you two guys. I really have enjoyed AR this month!!! Dulcinea What counts is what you learn after you know it all!!! | |||
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You fellows, please leave your wives. You know that I'm in love with them and will find them some entertainment while you are gone...  Seriously... I know how long you have been planning and awaiting this trip. I hope it is as successful as can be. And tell the ladies I'll see you all in January for a full play-by-play! BTW, I'll bet you don't sleep much between now and gear-in-the-well. Try dinner at the Vic Falls Hotel! Great floor show! and 100 different meat choices that will be cooked to order! JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Have a great time John, I hope you guys come back with lots of pictures, memories...and of course some dandy trophies including a few old battle-scarred cats! Bill | |||
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To my friends, Dallas will be a hoot with all of our adventures... You will be carrying the right medicine... That humidity is like here in the east..But not the high nor that often...Take the gatorade and I will let you buy me a beer in Dallas for the tip... Great trip and success, Mike | |||
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John, I wish you success on your leopard...........but, I'm gonna butt stoke you when the Roland Ward Roan appears! This is going to be the safari of our lives. The excitement builds. I'm pumped and can't wait. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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30ott6...Go into the archives, and pull up a hunt report by J.L.Schott which took place August 2003. Regarding the heat question, I can only relate the temp was not any significant problem during our stay in Chanjuzi. However, we were there three weeks earlier in August, and as I recall, no one complained about the day-time heat. Best of luck, J.L.Schott; JLS; Tsibindi | |||
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John, Travel safe and have a great 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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SBT, I hope the Ruger serves you well. Best of Luck! Tim | |||
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Tim, The more I shoot your old Ruger, the more I love it. It is truely a "one-holer". She'll be the first rifle up as the plan is to take a hippo on the day of arrival for lion bait. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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you're going to fall in love with that area it's very beautiful - 2 things of note - watch out for the flies and elephants - the eles there are a bit cheeky | |||
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Enjoy your safari, shoot straight and take plenty of photos!! | |||
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Here is a link to tsibindi's report: https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=955109101#955109101 "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I'm so excited I can't concentrate on anything right. Down to last minute stuff- bank, haircut, mow yard, irrigate, shoot rifle again, pack and so on. Really have no way to make daily or delayed reports but you'll hear an earful when we get back! Mike- I got the Gatorade and will buy you a beer in Dallas. There's gonna be some great times in January! John | |||
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John, you guys will have a great time there as it is a great area. I have 4 clients in there right now hunting buffalo, so should have plenty of baits there for you when you arrive. All my clients that have already been there this year have had great safaris. I communicate with Laura almost daily, but give her my regards for me if you remember. If anyone is interested in going to Zambia this year still, just got news that there is a 7-day buffalo/hippo/crocodile hunt open starting October 16th forward. | |||
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Best of luck on your trip! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Our flight leaves in 24 hours. Thanks for all the help in preparation, guidance and well wishes. Now it is time to take it as it comes and shoot accurately. See you guys in a month! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Good Luck! 465H&H | |||
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Good Luck John! Was thinking it was about time for you to go. Hope the cats are as good as you dream! Work hard and be nice, you never have enough time or friends. | |||
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