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It's time!!! The minutes are ticking by and we will be leaving for a dream come true safari... I will ask Saeed or Don to keep this post at the top while I am on safari, for my daughter or son will update how we are doing...When we can contact them by sat phone. After our return, I will write about our experiences on safari and have 5 gig cards of photos...  Mike & Cherie  | ||
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Mike, Have a greet time. Make sure and slow down and take it ALL in. I know your wife and you will enjoy everything. Be safe and take good notes. Global Sportsmen Outfitters, LLC Bob Cunningham 404-802-2500  | |||
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Have a great time, buddy. I bet you had a hard time sleeping last night... 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Mike, The best luck for you and your wife, enjoy the trip and bring us lots of pictures !! L | |||
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Good luck Mike. Shoot a big one!  ______________________ Age and Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth and Skill | |||
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Mike, Good luck to you and Cherie. We all hope you two have a great hunt. I have made this thread "sticky" at the top for your updates. | |||
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Mike, Have a great time! I'm looking forward to the stories! ____________________________________________ "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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Your enthusiasm is contageous.... Can't wait to hear your report. Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Wiedmansheil, keep us posted. It's the next best thing to being there. I can't go this year. Have a good time. Glad your wife is interested enough to go with you. Some are not. You are blessed. Shoot straight........ at least some of the time. Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D" | |||
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Mike and Cherie, Have a safe and sucessful safari! I want to see what all the double shooting did for you Mike! Have fun!!!!!! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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Have the ball of your life  Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Give em hell Mikey! Happiness is a warm gun | |||
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Have a great time!!!!! | |||
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Keep a diary. We're all envious and will live it vicariously when we read it on your return. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
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Mike, We all know that when you are on safari days seem to be much too short.  You will see that those 21 days will pass faster than last week did! Have the hunt of your life!  B.Martins  What every gun needs, apart from calibre, is a good shot and hunter behind it. - José Pardal | |||
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Mike, You and your wonderful wife have the time of your lives. Thanks for helping me out with my double buy. And if you get any decent peirodgies in Africa, let me know! Jim SCI Life Member DSC Life Member | |||
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 Mike and Cherie have a blast!!!Shoot us a big TUSKER Mike and a big black maned LION!!! Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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Mike and Cherie, Wish you safe travels and have a great hunt! Y'all deserve the very best! 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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Good luck! | |||
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Enjoy every second of the experience the kill is a bonus. Hope you have a good first shot, that is the best charge stopper. Wimpie | |||
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Mike should be on the charter flying in to the Selous as I write. | |||
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Good Afternoon to all!! I just got off the phone with my mom and dad...Cherie and Mike!! They have arrived in camp and my dad's grin is getting larger each minute as hears the hippos yelling. He said he can see them along the river directly from camp. His message to you all, "The guns are sighted in and the adventure of a lifetime begins!" In addition, they met AR member Joel Wells. The weather is 75-80 degrees...beautiful, as is camp. I expect another phone call in a few days, and will keep you all updated. Victoria | |||
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Victoria: Thanks for the update. But please tell your pop to quit worry about us back here and instead worry about his own enjoyment!!!!!!!!!! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Wish we could hook up in Harare again this year. We'll be watching for your posts... Mark Jackson  | |||
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Mike, To you and your wife, Happy hunting my friend! Doc52 B. Searcy & Co .577 NE Double Rifle Shooters Society "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote!" Benjamin Franklin 1759 | |||
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Mike is the best. And his wife is the ultimate. The trip could not have happened to a better person. And Mike, we need pictures. Not of you but of the game you are hunting. I know you will bring the bullets back. And I know that you will recreate every shot. There are a lot of us here living vicariously through you. Go get 'em! SCI Life Member DSC Life Member | |||
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Have fun Mike. Looking forward to the pictures. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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**Update from the Selous** Good afternoon to all! My mom and dad called today. The hunt is going well...anyone surprised? Not much sleep due to the noisy hippos, but that didn't stop the hunting! Yesterday morning my dad got a waterbuck...approx 28 inches...nice size for the area they are in. They chased a buff for 5 miles, but nothing came of it. On the way back, saw a large bull elephant, but was told to hold off, there will be many, and much larger. He did take out an old baboon. The GREAT news is that this evening he got himself his first trophy. A 38 1/2 in Dagga Boy. He said is was an old bull, but impressive. Bill, he wanted me to let you know he got him with the 450, 2 shots!! In closing, the bait is out for the leopard and I'm sure there will be many updates to come! What ever did we do before cell and sat phones??? Victoria | |||
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Cool! Thanks for the update! ____________________________________________ "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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I don't doubt that Retreever's early success is largely due to his determination and dedication in becoming fit and and totally competent with his rifle(s). The man worked hard to "deserve" the largess of Saeed and the good luck he had in winning the contest. No more worthy man could have been chosen... Ain't it grand when a plan works out. Now let's all keep our fingers crossed for the lion, leopard and elephant... Hurrah for Mike! JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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 What a great beginning. Of course it all began a year ago and it has been great fun following along. Nothing ensures success like planning and practice. Go-Go-Go Mike. Frank | |||
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We sit at our computers, living out safari dreams through Retreever's adventures. Thank you for the update! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Mike and Cherie...have a fantastic time...it is surely the hunt of a lifetime...can't wait to see the pictures and trophies... be safe... kris | |||
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BIG NEWS TODAY!! At approximately 5pm, my dad bagged a beautiful leopard. 7 ft, 8 inches...most importantly, 1 shot. He is excited beyond words. To add to the count, he also bagged 2 impala, one zebra, and a kongoni, or hartebeest. Oh, don't let me forget, another baboon...this time with some nice sharp teeth! I'm sure this update will bring a smile to all of you! Victoria | |||
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Attaboy..............A lot of people wish you and your family continued success. | |||
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Victoria, I have a message from Walter for your dad. Walter says as Mike is so fond of shooting baboons, please make sure Pierre is standing BEHIND him. As from certain angles it is very hard to tell him from a big baboon! | |||
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Great going Mike! Don't forget, now!, if you you don't feel like hunting one or two days, My passport is up to date and I can fly over and give you a rest for a few days! ....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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Way to go Mike!! John | |||
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Here kitty kiity. Nows wheres that lion? Global Sportsmen Outfitters, LLC Bob Cunningham 404-802-2500 | |||
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Great news about the leopard, as well as the other game. Keep the updates coming Victoria, and please tell your folks we are thinking of them and wishing Pop continued success. Bill | |||
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