Hi all

27 August 2009, 21:05

umshiniwam

Hi all

Hi all,

new here so I thought I should post some photos from this year's hunts' trohies as an ice-breaker.

17 1/2" blesbuck

and a 21" red hartebeest earlier in the season

I look forward to getting involved in the forum.

Cheers

27 August 2009, 21:06

jetdrvr

Welcome.

27 August 2009, 21:49

kayaker

Jyyyyy, welkom/wamukela umshiniwam! (umshiniwako?)

27 August 2009, 21:53

Vlam

Mshini
Welcome
Do you hunt near Bethlehem

27 August 2009, 22:07

SBT

Welcome, I really like the composition of the first photo.

27 August 2009, 22:17

Sevenxbjt

Welcome aboard! I'm a pretty new guy too and I think you will like being part of the forum.

27 August 2009, 22:37

David Culpepper

Nice trophies, especially that blesbok

27 August 2009, 23:43

OldHandgunHunter

Welcome aboard!

28 August 2009, 00:12

matt u

Very nice Blesbok.
welcome to AR

28 August 2009, 00:14

John Luyt

Mate..... I think your profile name is enough of an ice breaker

28 August 2009, 00:35

trouthunterdj

Welcome!

ddj

28 August 2009, 08:27

Andrew McLaren

Welcome here.

Do I see some of the Eastern Free State escarpment in phots? Please tell alout your hunts.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren

Andrew McLaren
Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter since 1974.

http://www.mclarensafaris.com The home page to go to for custom planning of ethical and affordable hunting of plains game in South Africa!
Enquire about any South African hunting directly from andrew@mclarensafaris.com

After a few years of participation on forums, I have learned that:

One can cure:

Lack of knowledge – by instruction. Lack of skills – by practice. Lack of experience – by time doing it.

One cannot cure:

Stupidity – nothing helps! Anti hunting sentiments – nothing helps! Put-‘n-Take Outfitters – money rules!

My very long ago ancestors needed and loved to eat meat. Today I still hunt!

28 August 2009, 09:30

Aaron Rust

Welkom!

28 August 2009, 09:40

Use Enough Gun

Care to share your profile name with the rest of us uneducated in your mother tongue?

28 August 2009, 12:06

Mike Smith

Welcome, That sure looks like the Free State to me. Where were you?

28 August 2009, 13:01

umshiniwam

Hi again,

thanks for the warm welcome.

The blesbuck was taken on a friend's farm near Vrede in the NE Free State. He himself shot an 18 1/2" ram earlier this year. I saw photos of that animal, an amazing "once in a lifetime" trophy. Mine makes Rowland Ward with an inch to spare, so I am not complaining either.

I live in Pretoria, RSA and have been a avid hunter since I was a young boy hunting with my father in the Eastern Cape -- still my favouruite part of this beautifukl country.

I have three rifles; a CZ .22lr, .30-06 BSA & a CZ .375 HHM and I am looking to add another one to that -- something in the 7mm region, for longer ranges.

As for my username...I have been using it on other forums and it has kind of stuck now. South Africans here qwill know where it is derived from. Our president Jacob Zuma is well known for singing his favourite struggle song Awuleth' Umshini Wami (English, Bring me my machine gun) at public gatherings and my username is a contraction of this. I have no affiliation with JZ though.

I look forward to being involved in the forum!

Cheers