That's great to hear you're finding bait! Good luck with the leopardS!!!

Brett

Assani, the man carrying this Impala across the river is over 70.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Used the camp .416 Rigby to take two Impala for bait today. Moving to camp across the river tomorrow and hanging baits. Lost luggage with ammo came to Pemba on Wednesday and will be delivered to camp tomorrow night. Also had someone contribute a box of 7 x 57 ammo in case the luggage didn't make it.

This area is as wild as it gets. We love it!!

Won't have internet after the move tomorrow.

Fantastic

I received a very brief call from Jim last night. No leopard or leopards yet. But they are loving the wild area!

Best regards, D. Nelson

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Originally posted by D. Nelson:
I received a very brief call from Jim last night. No leopard or leopards yet. But they are loving the wild area!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Are they seeing much game in general?

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Originally posted by Safari2:

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Originally posted by D. Nelson:
I received a very brief call from Jim last night. No leopard or leopards yet. But they are loving the wild area!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Are they seeing much game in general?

I will definitely ask the next time he calls. They did not seem disappointed in anyway!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Good heavens, are the Wojo's ever coming home?? It seems like a year ago they left for Zim!? I want to be a Wojo!

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Good heavens, are the Wojo's ever coming home?? It seems like a year ago they left for Zim!? I want to be a Wojo!

I think it is wonderful they are having such a good time, but daily phone calls and emails are kind of out of this world.

I go hunting to get away from the phone, computer and tv for a few weeks.

Bringing the entire world of AR with me is not something I would do. I appreciate the time and energy that is going into this report, and I just hope it is not detracting from the safari.

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Good heavens, are the Wojo's ever coming home?? It seems like a year ago they left for Zim!? I want to be a Wojo!

I think it is wonderful they are having such a good time, but daily phone calls and emails are kind of out of this world.

I go hunting to get away from the phone, computer and tv for a few weeks.

Bringing the entire world of AR with me is not something I would do. I appreciate the time and energy that is going into this report, and I just hope it is not detracting from the safari.

Knowing Jim and Joyce about as well as anyone.......if it was detracting they wouldn't do it!

Brett

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Good heavens, are the Wojo's ever coming home?? It seems like a year ago they left for Zim!? I want to be a Wojo!

Tell me about it! I'm jealous thinking about 2 months away!

Brett

Joyce got her leopard! BAITbabe no more!!!!! More like LEOPARDbabe these days!!!!!! In honor of spots down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-EoVvENrnk

Brett

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Originally posted by BrettAKSCI:
Joyce got her leopard! BAITbabe no more!!!!!

Made my day....much less hers. Well deserved!

Congratulations Joyce!

I missed their call but Joyce's message said, " 1 shot, it ran 20 yards and piled up."
Jim said Bait Babe no more, now the
"Spot-anator"!

Good stuff! Congrats!!

Love the reports, thanks for keeping everyone in the loop Darin! I spoke with Jim this morning and he said she shot the cat at 17 yards!!

Now it's Jim's turn!

Well done Joyce!! Now we'll see how Jim measures up.

Great job!

Joyce,



465H&H

Way to go, Joyce!

Way to get it going Joyce.

Leopard #2 down with 1 shot!!! Jim wouldn't tell me if his or Joyce's was the biggest! 3 more days in camp and they will slowly work their way home. Joyce has taken all the bait animals and will try for a hyena with the old baits tomorrow!

The adventure continues!

Best regards, D. Nelson

So happy for both of them. Can't wait until they get back so I can hear about their adventures.

Welcome to the club spotsx2 on one trip And congrats to both of you, what a trip!



Anton

Looking forward to the reports! Nicely done.

We're just now getting caught up. Congratulations Jim & Joyce!! Got your LeopardS, plural. Man, what a safari you two have experienced. We are so happy for you. Can't wait to relive this with you over sundowners at our house.

Jim and Joyce- Just the BEST news congrats and looking forward to hearing the story!! Cheers Buzz

Excellent news.

Fantastic news. Congratulations to you both. I can imagine the celebrations after this trip. But in all honesty, I doubt any kind celebration would match such a hunt!

God Bless.

Made it to Jo-Berg with all our gear. It's been an EPIC 7+ weeks.

Aaron - It's hard being a Wojo. Hopefully we will draw a couple of Pronghorn tags and suffer some more come October.

Big Wild Wyoming - Brett is correct. We only do what we wish to do and we wished to include a couple of friends along on the trip in spirit.

Darin - Sorry the Sat Phone connection sucked so badly. We were at the end of the Earth looking over the edge.

Derek Littleton is an amazing man to spend some time with in the bush.

Teaser..... Joyce's at 17 yards, mine at 19 yards, both in broad daylight.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Made it to Jo-Berg with all our gear. It's been an EPIC 7+ weeks.

Aaron - It's hard being a Wojo. Hopefully we will draw a couple of Pronghorn tags and suffer some more come October.

Big Wild Wyoming - Brett is correct. We only do what we wish to do and we wished to include a couple of friends along on the trip in spirit.

Darin - Sorry the Sat Phone connection sucked so badly. We were at the end of the Earth looking over the edge.

Derek Littleton is an amazing man to spend some time with in the bush.

Teaser..... Joyce's at 17 yards, mine at 19 yards, both in broad daylight.

Congratulations to the both of you on what turned out to be an incredible safari. When you get a chance to catch your breath I would be interested in what you thought of L7 in terms of the quantity and quality of the overall game including the " big four" and the various plains game.

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Originally posted by Safari2:

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Made it to Jo-Berg with all our gear. It's been an EPIC 7+ weeks.

Aaron - It's hard being a Wojo. Hopefully we will draw a couple of Pronghorn tags and suffer some more come October.

Big Wild Wyoming - Brett is correct. We only do what we wish to do and we wished to include a couple of friends along on the trip in spirit.

Darin - Sorry the Sat Phone connection sucked so badly. We were at the end of the Earth looking over the edge.

Derek Littleton is an amazing man to spend some time with in the bush.

Teaser..... Joyce's at 17 yards, mine at 19 yards, both in broad daylight.

Congratulations to the both of you on what turned out to be an incredible safari. When you get a chance to catch your breath I would be interested in what you thought of L7 in terms of the quantity and quality of the overall game including the " big four" and the various plains game.

My Mozambique license number was 01. We were the first two people to hunt Moz this year and the bush was very very thick. Game was difficult to spot and the wet roads limited where we could go.

Impala and Waterbuck were plentiful and seen daily. The game act like animals you see in parks with no hunting. Derek limits the quota and rotates the camps. L7 is 4,500 sq. Kilometers with over 200 kilometers of Lugenda River front.

We saw Elephants but I believe Derek has removed them from quota. The adjoining blocks do little anti-poaching and have been hammered.

Lions called regularly and we saw tracks almost daily. One lion hit one of our old baits before we cut it down and his mane hairs were dark and about 10 inches long.

Leopards are everywhere and totally unschooled. We watched a female and a young male in broad daylight on the bait I took my male from. I shot mine 14 minutes in the blind after the truck left us off. No sneaking in. Joyce shot hers about an hour after sunup.

Derek likes to get up close. I can't speak for David or Garth.

We saw Buffalo sign and bumped a group in tall grass with about 5 feet of visibility. Again we were very very limited as to where we could get to.

Saw a small group of Eland and Zebra. Also saw Sable. Derek remarked that later in the season the Sable outnumber the Impala. Derek does not strike me as someone that exaggerates.

He was confident we would get two daylight leopards in 14 days but gave us 21 since we were heading in so early. Plus he really wanted to hunt with Joyce after following her battle.

He's a very good man!!

If you want to chat PM me a number in about a week.

Cheers
Jim

Jim and Joyce I knew you would have a great time! So glad for both of you.

John

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Made it to Jo-Berg with all our gear. It's been an EPIC 7+ weeks.

Aaron - It's hard being a Wojo. Hopefully we will draw a couple of Pronghorn tags and suffer some more come October.

Big Wild Wyoming - Brett is correct. We only do what we wish to do and we wished to include a couple of friends along on the trip in spirit.

Darin - Sorry the Sat Phone connection sucked so badly. We were at the end of the Earth looking over the edge.

Derek Littleton is an amazing man to spend some time with in the bush.

Teaser..... Joyce's at 17 yards, mine at 19 yards, both in broad daylight.

I love the beard Fredrick Courtney Wojciehowski!

Brett

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Originally posted by BrettAKSCI:

I love the beard Fredrick Courtney Wojciehowski!

Brett

And I'm shaving it off right after you see it in person.

Jim, did my Harris-McMillan 416 Rigby take part in the festivities?

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Jim, did my Harris-McMillan 416 Rigby take part in the festivities?

Nope!!

I shot the first two Impala with a camp CZ in .416 Rigby and then Joyce's Ruger Tang Safety 7 x 57 killed everything else once the bag with the ammo arrived.

My Army Navy 450 3 1/4NE killed the Elephant in Zim.

A delightful 7 1/2 weeks Jon....I never saw a Blaser.

Cheers
Jim