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WOW !!! Got an email from a friend who sent pics of snow in Joberg... His exact comment on the picnic table " bloody cold "... Remember it's winter in Africa...  Mike  | ||
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Again? They had the same issue last year with snow in Jo'burg. Interesting to hear of it two years in a row. | |||
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I've just spent the last month in Botswana and the early mornings were well below freezing.  .....and it's not much warmer here in White River. I'll be damn glad to get to the heat of the Selous.  | |||
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Global warming is a bitch. | |||
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Ain't it though. Semper Fi WE BAND OF BUBBAS STC Hunting Club | |||
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We are off next week to the northwest area of RSA, I ma thinking it will be like hunting in October this far north only it will get warm earlier inthe day. high 12-20C low -3 to 5C | |||
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I would take a fleece jacket and vest also...A pair of cotton gloves the brown ones they sell cheap... Once the sum comes up you will shed in an hour.... Mike | |||
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Just got off the phone with one of my PH's in the Eastern Cape and he said it was snowing now. He is in the Stormberg Mountains. Global Sportsmen Outfitters, LLC Bob Cunningham 404-802-2500  | |||
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I know last year they had a few inches of snow in the Port Elizabeth area... NRA Life Member | |||
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I started in the NW Province in late May...cold at night, early mornings. As mentioned, when the Sun came up it would get warm to hot unless the wind was blowing. On the Eastern Cape it was windy and blowing most of the time with cloud cover and some rain. Half the time you could see your breath in the early morning. Yes, best bring some warm layered clothing. LDK PS: Shakari, White River was a beautiful place. I enjoyed seeing it. Damn, I meant to get some oranges! Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Hunted Rhino on Tuesday. Loaded the last one at 23:00 when the snow started falling!!!! Man that was cold. Gerhard Gerhard FFF Safaris Capture Your African Moments Hunting Outfitter (MP&LP) Proffesional Hunter (MP&LP) History guide Wildlife Photographer www.fffsafaris.co.za | |||
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Question for you African members. How do the critter do when the cold weather hits? Are some susceptible to winter kill? | |||
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We are based about 10km from Johannesburg International airport. Johannesburg has not received snow in 26 years.   | |||
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For snow in South Africa in 2006, including reports of it in Jo'burg, see the August 3, 2006 AR report, entitled: "It's Snowing!" | |||
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That's great. I'm sure they're acting like my kids do on the rare occasion we have snow in Vegas. | |||
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UEG, They called it snow in 2006 but most of the flakes melted before they even hit the ground.It was not even visable on the ground. Snow is fairly common in the Eastern Cape, Free State and KZN mountains but it is the first time this amount has fallen in over 26 years in JHB. | |||
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I was 4 hours north of Johannesberg at the time of the "big snow-fall of 2006." A few flakes was how it was described to me. Where I was there was frost on the bakkie windshields and that was about it. The PHs wore their long pants and wrapped in blankets on the back of the trucks when moving. I got a Gemsbuck, impala and wildebeeste that day.Piece of cake for a Canadian. | |||
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ghundwan: Sounds like what they claim to call a snow fall in Las Vegas, as well! | |||
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Just across the Tuli block in Botswana where teh Mogalakwena river joins the Limpopo river was there for the last almost 3 weeks nice weather but must say temperatures dropped there as well after the snow fell. SDhunter When in the bushveld in limpopo and it suddenly drops in temp. then the animals hide in thicker bush and move less but dont worry the next day they are up and going again as they cannot stand long to still without feeding. Saw it now one day lots of game to be seen after the cold night they are hiding in the thick stuff untill it blows over. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Anyone else besides me wonder what Al Gore's take is on this? --------  www.zonedar.com If you can't be a good example, be a horrible warning DRSS C&H 475 NE -------- | |||
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I'll be in the Elisras area on the 5th. I hope it's snowing like crazy! Living in Texas I rarely get to see snow so wouldn't it be a hoot to tell my buddies - and show them the pics - about my hunting trip to S. Africa while it was snowing? Nothing like 'safari' pics with me posing with a huge kudu and snow all over the ground. | |||
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bluefin, The only changes you will have of having a kudu and snow in the same picture is in the eastern Cape no way you will get snow in Ellisras area. Sorry Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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We have been feeling the effets of the snow in Jo'burg here in Maun - it's freezing for a change!!! Sure beats the heat! Cheers Gail "Tackle all stressful situations like a dog –if you can’t eat it or roll in it then piss on it and walk away." | |||
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