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CFA, where are you..? (Picts Added)
CFA, where are you..? (Picts Added)
I heard a rumor that Fred was back from Bots and shot a nice ele. He's only got a couple o' days to get on these forums and tell us all about it. After that I say we get the guilt gremlins to work on him.
-Steve
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I want to hear if he got to meet Harry Selby?
Rusty
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08 May 2007, 04:58
retreeverFred,
Hubba Hubba...cowboy--up getr done...
Welcome back and I sure want to see that ele...
Mike
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08 May 2007, 20:01
577NitroExpressMark (AKA 400 Nitro Express) heard from Fred in mid-April (he called from a SAT phone) and reported that his Holland brought down a 70+ Lbs elephant and that he was changing areas for leopard and plains game.
Haven't heard anything else.
577NitroExpress
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If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... I got an e-mail from him earlier this week. He's back and promised photos. Probably trying to catch up on the home front before getting sucked in here.
-Steve
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www.zonedar.comIf you can't be a good example, be a horrible warningDRSS C&H 475 NE--------
Here's a little sneak peek.
Fred's out of town for a bit but said he'd fill in the blanks when he got back.
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Oh man, them's some nice tusks. Can't wait for the report.
Lo do they call to me,
They bid me take my place
among them in the Halls of Valhalla,
Where the brave may live forever.
Rusty
We Band of Brothers!
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"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.”
Well done Fred! That H&H rifle gets it done evidently! Can't wait to here the particulars!
....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1
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12 May 2007, 21:36
bwanamrmExcellent, Fred! Congratulations and well done!
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Those photos are fabulous! I called my wife in to see the bwana with his ivories and she commented "boy, those are some nice ivories!"
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
13 May 2007, 04:22
KUDUBULLVery Nice!
Congrats on a nice bull!
Ray Matthews
Matthews Outdoor Adventures
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Mansfield, Texas 76063
13 May 2007, 04:27
retreeverOutstanding... I want to hear the story..
Mike
Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting
www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
13 May 2007, 04:49
L. David KeithExcellento!
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13 May 2007, 07:49
400 Nitro ExpressFred:
I see what you meant about the tusks. They really are beautifully shaped. Very impressive.
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Thanks for all the comments guys, I have been out of town and busy since I got back and appoligise for taking so long to reply. It took 15 days but was worth it and the Holland performed very well. I will post the details under Hunting Reports.
CFA
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