Thanks for the photos and updates.

Kyler

Thank you once Again for sharing your Safari with us. It’s hard to believe that you’re on your way home now, travel safe as I look forward to the videos.

Auld Lang Syne:



It was the best of times and the worst of times ...

Let'er rip!

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We are all back home.

Roy and Rene are half way across the Atlantic heading for home.

I am sorry I was not able to answer any questions while there.

We had very little time in camp, and what time we had there were other things to do - like sorting, sizing and posting those lovely ticks on ticks pictures you all enjoy so much


Fire away with any questions or comments and I will be happy to give you an answer.

Wow, that sure was a short, quick hunting trip.

Good to hear n see such fine game was collected again.
Didn't hear of any problems crop up.

Very much enjoyed the fine pictures, especially from the drone of the river beds. Amazing how great they look from up there.

What surprised me most was the pod of hippo's. They sure looked like beetles from above.

Thank you for sharing your trips with us.

George

Saeed,

The drone footage is amazing. Could you please tell us the name and model of the drone? Is the camera on it the one that came with it? Are there restrictions flying with a drone or bringing one into Africa? Thank you very much.

Greg Bauer

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Originally posted by shoulderman:
Saeed,

The drone footage is amazing. Could you please tell us the name and model of the drone? Is the camera on it the one that came with it? Are there restrictions flying with a drone or bringing one into Africa? Thank you very much.

Greg Bauer

We had two models of drone, both from DJI.

One is a PHANTOM 4 PRO PLUS and the other one was a MAVIC PRO.

They both both have inbuilt cameras, but the camera on the Phantom is better quality.

They looked at them at customs and had no objections to them.

I have quite a bit of footage and will post some.

I have added 3 videos at the top of this thread.

Thank you Saeed

After watching those hyenas feeding on the croc bait, with crocs swimming around them,
I cannot decide whether the hyenas look very clever or very stupid.
All I can say for sure is that they remind me of Walter.
So does that female leopard.
Saeed the prestidigitator: How'd he do that?
Next he will be doing a Las Vegas show, putting Walter in a box and sawing him in half?


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The hyenas on this concession are so brazen!

They stand and look at you from a few yards.

We saw two lying in the grass while driving, and stopped to take photos of them.

One got up and went a few yards and ley down.

The opther stayed put.

After we had taken the pictures, we tried every noise we can and by jumping up and down on the truck. Nothing moved! Alan got off the truck and walked over to it, as he got close, it got up, walked a few yards, and flopped down again!!

We shot a buffalo just before sundown, and suddenly there were a bunch of them no more than 30 yards from us.

Fantastic stuff Saeed. The photography from your camera's and drone just keep getting better and better.The Hyenas were just a hoot,superb.
Thank you, Walter and everyone involved for sharing your Safari with us.
Glad you are all home safe and sound. jc

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Originally posted by John Chalmers:
Fantastic stuff Saeed. The photography from your camera's and drone just keep getting better and better.The Hyenas were just a hoot,superb.
Thank you, Walter and everyone involved for sharing your Safari with us.
Glad you are all home safe and sound. jc

Thank John.

I think the improvement in quality is mainlybduevtonthevquality of the cameras we have today.

I remember the days of film, when I took 60 rolls of 36 exposures.

We wanted to use all of them, but they have to last the whole safari!

One had to make judicious use of the films.

And the end results where nowhere near as good as we get today.

Also, credit must be given to all members of the safari - except Walter!

Everyone takes lots of photos, except him.

I got a memory card from him once with something like 180 photos on it.

These include two safaris and photos he had taken in his workshop during a whole year!

Saeed

Congratulation on your hunt
Photos by you and Maktoum are spectacular.

One observation, I liked the photos and video of the hyenas and crocks feeding on the hippo but it was hard to see the loss of the ivory. They make great knife handles.

Again, thanks for taking us along on your adventure.

James

quote:

Originally posted by J Bennett:
Saeed

Congratulation on your hunt
Photos by you and Maktoum are spectacular.

One observation, I liked the photos and video of the hyenas and crocks feeding on the hippo but it was hard to see the loss of the ivory. They make great knife handles.

Again, thanks for taking us along on your adventure.

James

We did collect the skull later on with all the ivory in it.

Brilliant photography Saeed. Thank you so very much.

Warm regards
Saeed

Ditto!

4. Drone footage of the countryside

5. Sunset by drone

6. Hippos running into the forest. See how badly one is injured[/QUOTE]

Might be able to see the curvature of the horizon on #4 above.

And the speed of the sun going down behind a mountain is breathtaking, #5.

Is that Saeed on the sandbar in #6, piloting the drone and taking pictures of the hippos and himself?

This has got me to wanting a drone.
Next best thing to flying like a bird. Every kid's dream.

Rip
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quote:

Originally posted by RIP:
Ditto!

4. Drone footage of the countryside

5. Sunset by drone

6. Hippos running into the forest. See how badly one is injured

Might be able to see the curvature of the horizon on #4 above.

And the speed of the sun going down behind a mountain is breathtaking, #5.

Is that Saeed on the sandbar in #6, piloting the drone and taking pictures of the hippos and himself?

This has got me to wanting a drone.
Next best thing to flying like a bird. Every kid's dream.

Rip
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And you can see two braves running like hell when the hippos ran towards them

Alan and me are not so brave with one a remore control between ys facing charging hippos!

I can highly recommend the DJI Mavic Pro.

Very small, very easy to fly, and has a great camera.

It does not have the same quality camera as its bigger brother the Phantom 4 Pro, but still extremely good.

You can actually carry it on your belt in its pouch.

If you do get a drone, get a high speed microSD card for it - 1800X is just the ticket.

HI Saeed

What do you do with the trophies of the animals shot do you still mount them or only the exceptional ones?

quote:

Originally posted by boerbokrib:
HI Saeed

What do you do with the trophies of the animals shot do you still mount them or only the exceptional ones?

I have stopped mounting most of the trophies, just a few.

The rest we just use the leather for various things here.

Smooth, stable, HD ... see forever and beyond ... swim with the crocs, wade with the hippos, soar with the vultures, run with the waterbucks.
How cool is that drone!

Rip
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I think I have posted around 1,000 pictures so far, and a few videos.

More videos are being uploaded to our server right now.

I am doing the drone footage first, then will get on the hunting videos.

That will take longer, as I am out of country Friday for a bit.

Stupendous photos!

Absolutely amazing.

I want to go back.....

Thank you for sharing these.

More drone videos have been added.

Love it!

An idea for Uncle Walter if he ever learns to pilot a drone. Halloween is coming:



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Rip
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National Geographic quality photos.

quote:

Originally posted by RIP:
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All the others are working fine, including, unfortunately, # 21 "Walter in his safari truck."

Rip
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Thank you for letting me know.

I have corrected my spelling mistake in the link.

It is hard enough for a man from the desert to learn plain English, trying to learn computer language is something else entirely!

Here is a story of good luck and bad luck, as always happen in hunting.

We were driving out of the camp in the afternoon, and saw what looked like a promising waterbuck.

And as the wind was right, we started stalking him.

We got to about 150 yards from him and his herd, and after looking at him closely, we decided that he was too young to shoot.

I laughed, and said "I think we can call this a GREEN HUNT! As I had him in the scope, and the shot would have been very easy"

We left him and continued our drive.

We came across a herd of buffalo, which split right and left as we drove through them.

The wind was straight towards them, and we could only see them at very close range.

We drove through, and stopped about 200 yards further, and walked back to them with the wind in our faces.

We were hoping to see if there is any old bulls among them.

The bush was very thick, and we discussed this and how one would see a bull, let alone getting a chance to shoot him.

As we got back, they were crossing the road.

Alan put the shooting sticks up, and I put my rifle on the sticks ready for a bull to walk through that gap.

Suddenly, two buffalo appeared, one slightly ahead of the other. The one in front was a cow, and we were not sure what sort of bull was behind her, as his head was hidden.

They stopped at the side of the road, and the cow continued on.

The bulls was just what we were looking for, and I fired a shot at him.

He took off into the forest, and we ran after him.

Saw him lying down a few yards from us, but, there was no way one could take another shot at him.

We tried to get into a different position to find a gap to shot through, and he got up and ran off.

We ran after him.

He stopped a few yards further, and the only thing I could see was his rear end.

I fired a shot him, and he dropped in his tracks, we walked up to him, and finished him off.

If we had shot the waterbuck, we would have gone back to camp, and not shot the buffalo.

That bull must have had his number up, as if he did not appear on the road, it would have been very hard to shoot him.

That is a neat story of waterbuck and cape buffalo mixed luck. Lucky for the waterbuck, unlucky for the buffalo bull.
But lucky for you on both, as you got a "green hunt" and a "red hunt" on the same sortie.


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is working fine now.
I enjoyed the drone's-eye-view of flying through the forest at human-eye level
and then flying onward and upward for a bird's-eye view complete with cloud shadows on the trees below.
That is pretty neat too.

Rip
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On another occasion we were following a herd of buffalo.

They got wind of us at midday and took off.

We ran after them, and suddenly we see a good sable!

He was lying behind a log, and only his horns were visible.

We had a long wait for him to get up, then shot him

I'm curiou about this years drone.

How high and far will it fly from the controls?

Have you had one crash, or battery die yet? Do they just drop, or send a signal to bring 'em back?

Thanks,
George

quote:

Originally posted by georgeld:
I'm curiou about this years drone.

How high and far will it fly from the controls?

Have you had one crash, or battery die yet? Do they just drop, or send a signal to bring 'em back?

Thanks,
George

We had two types of drone.

One has a range of 8,000 meters, and one 5,000 meters.

They both can go 500 meters from the point of take off.

But, we have not tried flying them more than 3,500 from us.

If you go to the maximum, distance, it is unlikely they will have enough battery left to return.

I have not crashed one, yet.

But have had friends who have, some several times!

Absolutely stunning pics & vids......

Spent three weeks in Tanzania, daily facing lions, hippos, leopards, the tsetse flies, Malaria laden mosquitos and putting up with WALTER.

Not to mention thorns 8 inches long!

Came back unscathed.

A week later, went to a gorgeous island in the Maldives, where they take your shoes off as you arrive.

Beautiful sandy beaches, the trees have no thorns, one walks bare foot all the time.

As far away from danger as one could possibly be.

WRONG!

Woke very early as usual, and decided to walk around the island before sun up.

It is about 3.7 kilometer around the island.

I walk rather fast, and ran into a piece of coral. Apparently it did not like my left big toe nail, so it removed it!!

So no diving.

But I can snorkel with the kids wearing flippers a few sizes bigger.

Reminds me of that old saying “when the brain is dead, the body suffers!”

In Africa we tend to be on our toes.

In the Maldives our toes suffer!

I think I might have some hippo genes, as I tend to heal very quickly.

But sea water and a large wound still painful!

That sucks, heal soon.

Thanks for the drone info too.

After the last back fusions I had my big toe nails removed. He did a lousy job, they're growing back all messed up. I can't reach my feet and nails seem to always need trimming. Something to think about.

Sure would be rough if a drone dropped into the pond with the hippos. Likely gone forever.

George

Amazing photos, as usual

I have been asked about more videos, especially hunting videos.

I will post those as soon as I am back home again next week.

We have quite a few very interesting trail camera videos, including one of two hyenas killing a buffalo cow at a waterhole at night.

Pete and his crew had to drag it out from the waterhole where it was killed so the water does not get contaminated.