I had a good time, even thought I had pneumonia 3 days into the trip.

Trophies were good for gemsbok, steenbok, and red hartebeast everything else was small or average.

Here's the list, photos to follow when I get home.

kudu 50 inches tight spirals looks bigger 55++++!
gemsbok 34 inches heavy old warn down bull
gemsbok 37 inches heavy scimitar horned bull
red hartebeast 23 inches heavy 68 points(A Spanish hunter killed one that scored 77&3/4 while I was there)
steenbok 4.75 inches
steenbok 4 inches
blesbok 13 inches
springbok 13 inches
springbok 12.75 inches
springbok 12.75 inches
chacma baboon huge 80 pounds
mt zebra huge male no scars
african wild cat, skunk, and spring hares were killed for fun but not skinned, I gave them to the trackers for food
ostrich huge male take on the run!

saw but didn't take
livingstone eland
cape eland
blue wildebeast
giraffe
warthog (missed)
jackal (too fast)
waterbuck
bat eared fox (protected)
leopard ($$$$$$$) saw tracks and heard calls in the am didn't actually see!
I also saw several gemsbok that were over 43 but all were cows. I did see one goofy horned bull that was over 40.
tons of kori bustard (protected)
secratary bird
and 3 kinds of eagles, 2 hawks and 2 owls.


Good PH, lodging was perfect.

let me know if your interested they don't have a booking agent now that Da'Costas aren't selling there buisiness

Congratulations on a successful trip. Hopefully the pneumonia is better. Looks like you were quite angry with the Springbok.

Welcome back,

I was a little anxious about you return.

Welcome in KHS brotherhood. I really hope that it has been a good experience for you. Were you alone? This has been my only "problem" in my trip, it has been a full immersion, sometime too deep

Waiting for the photos of yor hunt (Johan is very demanding as photografer ).

Can you send me a PM on booking agent story? I'm interested for various reasons.
Thank you

You shot everything in sight!

And now for pictures...

Congratulations!! I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures.

Sounds like a good hunt, hope you got to feeling better.

Very straight forward report, we need more like that.

Send us some pics, love to see them.

Thanks for the report, what kind of rifle were you using? Did you load your own ammo or use factory? Just curious. Thanks Joe

D99,
Congrats on what sounds like a great hunt (besides being ill, of course)! Look forward to your pictures.

For the record, I rented a rifle from KHS it was a 308 Musgrave mauser with a Nikko Sterling 4x scope. I used factory PMP 150 grain ammo and recovered only one bullet it was on a oryx.

The baboon, and kudu were killed at over 350 yards. Not bad for 4x!

I am at Stansted airport with a layover till 5pm, if anyone is in the neighborhood!

D99,
If you can, and also approximatively, when will you be in Italy? And where will you be in Italy (Northern, Central or Southern or also the region is enough).
Maybe we can organize a meeting

Steve, sometime in October is when I am moving to Italy. I will be living in Sicily near Catania.

Italy is damn big! 800 miles from top to bottom, kind of like Kalifornia!

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Nice pictures -- an interesting pose with the baboon.

That was my PH, I had some with me but they are really dark. It get's dark quick in Africa.

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That was my PH, I had some with me but they are really dark. It get's dark quick in Africa.

I figured it was the PH as it was clearly someone different from the other pictures. People seem to do more non-traditional poses with the baboon pictures, and I think it makes for a nice contrast.

I killed him about 350 yards away on top of a big cliff. He dropped like a rock but wasn't dead, so we hiked up to him and stuck a knife into his heart. Of course we were using our feet to hold down his hands and his neck.

When we got back to the truck it was dark and I noticed the log and thought "man that's too good to be true!" So log it was!

I shot him at about 5:30 and it was almost 6:00 when we got back, we had about 10 minuites to have enough light for photos and my flash was acting funny so the ones with me didn't turn out as well.

One other thing about that big nasty baboon. He stunk like an outhouse, horse sweat, and baby diapers mixed together. I washed my hands 3 times, and still smelled him. It wasn't until I took a shower that I couldn't smell him anymore.

The Bushman and Wantu trackers were deathly afraid of him.

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I killed him about 350 yards away on top of a big cliff. He dropped like a rock but wasn't dead, so we hiked up to him and stuck a knife into his heart. Of course we were using our feet to hold down his hands and his neck.

Down here the accepted practice is to use 1-4 tough dogs to hold the sharp-toothed ones while you put a knife into them.

A 6'4 250 pound Afrikaaner stepping on their neck worked pretty well.

Congratulations on a very successful hunt. I hate to ask, but what kind of snake is that?

Puff adder! While I was there the staff and I killed 3 puff adders and 1 cape cobra!

Congratulations on a great hunt and wonderful pics. That's quite a few snakes to kill on one Safari. Were they in camp or while hunting? Give us some of the details on the nasties that you and the staff dispatched.

Two in camp and one in the bush.

Cape Cobras are pretty spooky, the puff adders were pretty tame.

Not enough meerkats around camp.

we have time to plan something, even if Italy is so long
Well I was interested to see a snake but it was too cold, you had even one in your hand! What did they do with it? was it possible to prepare the skin?

And, please excuse my persistency, can you send me a PM on booking agent story? I'm interested for various reasons.

Hope to meet you here in Italy

I didn't want the snake for anything, so they threw it in the sand. The bushmen are afraid of them and won't eat them.

You will get a PM today.

A band made with snake skin around a hat is something that I like. How the temperature during your hunt? I had cold in the night and a 25°C during the day.

I had 2 to 11 at night and 25-33 during the day.

Is my steinbok as big as yours? Where did you kill yours?

Very nice,sir! Thanks for sharing!

Maybe mine is just a very little bit bigger than yours, 4.8inches. Where? on the red sands of Kalahari, few dunes far from that wonderfull Lapa (cottage), in Johan Farm

Jeans cottage was nicer, did you see it, it was behind the ranch behind Johans brothers place. Rock with a thatch roof. Thatch now that's Africa!

Make sure Johan takes you to Jeans weekender before you leave it's really beautiful.

I killed my little one on Johan's brother's place, and my monster on the old man's place, near Johan's second farm.

Make sure you kill a bunch of Baboons, the damn things are worth killing.