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Ladies and Gentlemen, Just back in from Zimbabwe and slowly acclimating to the real world. Solid hunt in the Chewore North area... full details in a few days. Shot my leopard on day 6, dagga boy on day 7 and finished with my tuskless cow on day 10. Quite hot in the Valley and very dry... for those hunting there later in the year, game should be concentrated around water. Stayed in a fly camp near Mariatsoro Gorge about 2.5 hours from the Mwanja camp. Nice experience! A few pix... Cheers! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | ||
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Good going. Can't wait for the report and the rest of the pics. Lo do they call to me, They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever. | |||
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Welcome back and great pictures. That cat is grand and the buff looks like an old weathered warrior! Let us know the full details as soon as you catch your breath (and sleep!). Of particular interest are your observations regarding Zim and whether or not they had a negative effect (if any) on your safari. Thanks again. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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bwanamrm, Since time began men have been trying to go to the Moon and achieve a plethora of varying accomplishments. As a member of the Chewore North club I welcome you to the Holy Grail of life's experiences well done! Your Leopard is absolutely gorgeous, but you know that. The Buff and the cow icing on the cake. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing some wonderful photos. Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Russell, Outstanding. You really know how to do it right. You are becoming one of my heros! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I hate you. ------------------------------- Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped. “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Congratulations on your fine trophies. My wife and I hunted Chewore North this past September and it truly is a beautiful area. Looking forward to the full report and welcome home. | |||
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Russell, Congratulations on a great trip. Look forward to hearing the details. Counting the days until my hunt . . . 78 days and counting. Mike | |||
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Well done Russell! Man you are looking lean and mean too! Looking fwd to the stories and lots and lots of picts of some awesome country. So...what's next? | |||
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Russell, Big congrats and well done. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Outstanding!!!! I'm off in 63 days, and I'm just out of my head. So, tell me, is the old hunting camp gone? Did they tear it all down? I heard they were hunting out of the fishing camp instead. Is that why you were up in the fly camp? How many people were in camp? I hear the volume is way down this year, but I'm starting to think they lost about 20 beds if they tore down the old huts, and try to stuff everybody into the fishing camp? Who was your ph? Did you hunt with Ian? How were the provisions, and PLEASE eloborate on the tuskless hunt! I'm sorry, but I'm in a bad way if you knwo what I mean and I'm dying for more information. Did you see a lot of tusless cows? Tell us more, more more!!!!! Mark Jackson | |||
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Is there any graemlin with huge amounts of saliva falling from his mouth ??? As Will said, I hate you. Crystal clear. Well done, beatifull leopard. If I remember correctly last year you also kill a fantastic cat.... L | |||
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Good going Russell , nice cat!!!! Andre Roux | |||
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Congrats is in order for such magnificent animals. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Congratulations on your hunt and very nice trophies. Hamdeni | |||
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Sounds like another great safari That is a nice looking rifle and animals too. ozhunter | |||
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I stayed at the same camp in '05 (I remember how hot it was then), got my tuskless over there. That may be one of the buff bulls I saw in the Chewore River gorge area? Nice trophies, you can't go wrong in Chewore! ~Ann | |||
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Congratulations great buff and spots - would love to hear about that hole on the buffalo's forehead | |||
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Russell, Congrats on the chui... He looks very dark... Buf is an old warrior.. Looking forward to more pics and the stories... Mike | |||
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Congrats! Those are nice trophies. | |||
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Way to go, Russell! Great leopard and buff in particular. Please give us all the details. Congratulations! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Good Show! | |||
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Congratulations!! Excellent trophies. That is a super leopard for anywhere, and even more so since it's a Valley cat. Typically bossed-up bruiser dagga boy - splendid! Dave | |||
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Very nice bag. I've only hunted out of what was then Big Five's camp there twice. Andrew Dawson with Chifuti was building a new camp up river when I was there in 'O5, but it doesn't sound like you stayed there. I'm due to hunt with Ian there in late August, so I am too anxious to hear/see more detials, once you've rested up. Thanks. | |||
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I'm hunting with Ian in the third week. When do you get into camp? Mark Jackson | |||
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Russell, Congrats on a great safari. Looking forward to the details... | |||
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Congratlations!!!! I too am jealous!!! Regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Russell, Congrats great leopard, buffalo and ele. Hope to read the whole report soon. BigB | |||
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The "old" Big 5 camp is gone and in its place Billy Rauttenbach is building a private lodge for his personal use. I don't know if Mwanja was the old fishing camp or not but I had all of Chewore North to myself! Just little old me! Chifuti is putting alot of work into the Chewore North concession, opening a number of new roads and improving others to make the area more acessible for hunting. Ian commented some of the roads haven't been traveled for 10 years now. The Fly Camps, one built at Mariatsoro Gorge and one approved by Parks to be built soon will give folks the option to stay in areas that are very productive but 2 or 3 hours from main camp. This also spreads the hunting pressure out from main camp and divides it more evenly across the concession. I don't think volume is down at all... Chifuti has 140 clients hunting Sapi, Dande North and Chewore North this year. They are undershooting quotas in same areas on purpose but were still scheduled for 45 buff in Chewore and 65 in Dande North. I hunted with Brent Leesmay who is a solid young PH and enjoyable to hunt with. He hunted quite abit for Buffalo Range before moving to Chifuti. Met Ian and Andy Hunter who had clients hunting leopard in the area after I left. Good guys all. You should have good hunting late as dry conditions should concentrate animals around remaining water. Will give details on tuskless hunt in hunt report to come. Thanks to everyone for all the compliments on my trophies... I must admit, I underestimated the challenge of hunting leopard!
Jorge, Zim is Zim and things are still tough there for most folks. Fuel is still a big issue and the logistics of getting fuel into camps as well as food on a regualr basis is a huge headache. That said... camp was comfortable, food was adequate and except for scrounging for petrol for the boat on the last day of the hunt, things went smoothly for the most part. Once again I never felt threatened or unappreciated. Folks are resolved to make the best of a bad situation. Have to tip your hat to them. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Bwanamrm: Thanks for the update on the area. I thought Rauttenbach had lost that area to politics, but he apparently came out just fine, as usual. It is truly amazing and admirable how the PHs and staff adapt to the situation in Zim. N'gagi: Our hunt starts the 23rd of August, out on Sept. 2nd. Sable and some PG they haven't had left on quota when I've been there before. I want my wife to see the Zambezi and the gorge before Zim falls down around their ears. 'Hope I haven't waited too long. | |||
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Welcome back homeboy...Job well done! Cocktails & cigars on me; photos and details on you. Cheers buckwheat "How do we inspire ourselves to greatness when nothing less will do" -- Invictus | |||
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Good news, thank you. I have spent time in camps with ian and Andy both, and i agree they are good guys. I heard the same thing about building a private compound, and quite frankly, if they want to reserve some quota for a friends and family, I'm quite okay with that, and in fact, it will probably be a boon to the area! I used to love that hut down on the NW end by the skinning shed, and will miss that spot, but I'm sure whatever will be available, will be just fine. As I've said here before, i just make sure to bring along my "give-a-shitter" and go with the flow. It's a beautiful area, and I can't think of any place i'd rather be, even in the worst of times. Did you see a lot of tuskless??? Cheers, and thanks again for the updates!!!! Mark Jackson | |||
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Russell, Sounds and looks like you had a great hunt and congratulations. I still don't have my leopard so darn guess I will have to go back again, did take a good ele bull however. (see "The Lady and the Bull" under reports) Fred *If you are not hunting in Africa you are planning to hunt in Africa* | |||
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Almost every day on the Chewore River. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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russell, great to meet you in cxamp ...its seldom that i have heard trackers and a ph boasting as much as yours were about their clients shooting ability ...i guess you pulled off some excellent shots amid some hard days of walking ...these are the rewards of practice and fitness...and thats what makes it for a ph ...well done on a set of awesome trophies ... "The greatest threat to our wildlife is the thought that someone else will save it” www.facebook.com/ivancartersafrica www.ivancarterwca.org www.ivancarter.com ivan@ivancarter.com | |||
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Russell- Glad you had such a good hunt. I really like your Leopard. I want you to know that I don't hate you. I despise you! John | |||
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Hey Ivan! Was that $20 or $50 I owe you for the shooting ability comment? On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Russell, What a hunt! Glad you had a great trip. Awsome animals. I hope to see you again at Don's in the near future and get the details in person. | |||
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