Ladies and Gentlemen,

The draw to our buffalo hunt will be held next Thursday.

Good luck to all the participants.

I haven't followed the give away thread for a while. Are the entry qualifications still the same as when it started? 100 posts as of the beginning of the thread? I knew I should have spoke my mind more often....

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Are the entry qualifications still the same as when it started? 100 posts as of the beginning of the thread?

Yes, still the same.

Regards,

Terry

Will winner's handle be posted or will I be notified first?

Good luck everyone!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Saeed:
The draw to our buffalo hunt will be held next Thursday.
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If I'm not mistaken that is one day before the NV desert bighorn results come out. I'll be in shambles most of next week!

Frans

I never quite understood how this hunt giveaway came about. What exactly is the relationship between the commercial sponsorship and this banner free site? Is it simply that some of the good guys here got together to offer the members a great hunt, with nothing in return?

The AR forum is one of the best places on the internet for dreamers and doers alike. I particularly appreciate the banner free format as it allows me easier access during boring work hours.

Thanks, Brian

This hunt is sponsored by our host, Saeed. He contacted Ray Atkinson to arrange the hunt through his son Pierre Van Atkinson.

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Originally posted by btglfer:
I never quite understood how this hunt giveaway came about. What exactly is the relationship between the commercial sponsorship and this banner free site? Is it simply that some of the good guys here got together to offer the members a great hunt, with nothing in return?

The AR forum is one of the best places on the internet for dreamers and doers alike. I particularly appreciate the banner free format as it allows me easier access during boring work hours.

Thanks, Brian

Brian,

Welcome to the forum.

For quite some time now, I've had people asking if they could help support AR financially. Some wanted to buy advertising space, and others were offering donations to help offset our expenses in running the site.

We accepted their donations, on the condition that the donations would be used to offer our members a free hunt.

That is how this all came about.

The people who made the donations are only interested in seeing AR get better. And as we have always offered this site to the hunting and shooting community free of charge, the hunt is also offered free of charge.

We just had to add one condition, and that is the required 100 posts on the day the raffle was announced.

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Originally posted by Frans Diepstraten:

If I'm not mistaken that is one day before the NV desert bighorn results come out. I'll be in shambles most of next week!

Unless you have a good number of preference points, my suspicion is your odds are better here! Thanks again to Saeed!

Best,

JohnTheGreek

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If I'm not mistaken that is one day before the NV desert bighorn results come out. I'll be in shambles most of next week!

Frans[/QUOTE]

It's also the day of the Maine moose lottery.

Just curious.....how is the actual selection going to me done?

I understand that the first step will be to disqualify all of those who so blatantly flouted Saeed's rule prohibiting the posting of anything but an entrant's screen name and number of posts.

Next, the field will be further thinned by eliminating anyone not from Massachusetts, a hotbed of gun ownership and dangerous game hunting.

Then, I will email Kathi for reservations with KLM and the Golden Tulip.

Good luck to all those who have entered. If you call me i will tell you of a 55+ inch buff i tied to a tree some 15 years ago with instructions that he be fed only the best grass and be bathed, curried,combed,and taken well care of until my return. I realy had a very hard time finding someone who would comply to my instructions. Good luck to all. Charlie

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Then, I will email Kathi for reservations with KLM and the Golden Tulip.

Ah yes, the Golden Tulip, nice hotel.

This is certainly going to be an outstanding hunt for the winner. I was so glad I had made 100 posts by the entry deadline.

I hope the winner can share with everyone in pictures and posts how it was in Tanzania.

That's what I plan to do, if I am the fortunate one

good luck to everybody - just wanted to add one more to my count - good luck guys

Well, I'm not holding my breath. Last time I won anything was at a kiddie matinee half a century ago, and it wasn't on my original ticket, either. Traded my kid brother a handful of Milks Duds for the chance on his ticket and won on that.


Hmmm, Milk Duds, anyone?

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
I understand that the first step will be to disqualify all of those who so blatantly flouted Saeed's rule prohibiting the posting of anything but an entrant's screen name and number of posts.

I was sure they would do that! That will help the odds quite a bit. I would imagine that would include any one who posts pictures along with their screen name also. I need to save that hotel name, looks like a great place to stay!

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Originally posted by T.Carr:

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Then, I will email Kathi for reservations with KLM and the Golden Tulip.

Ah yes, the Golden Tulip, nice hotel.

When I was last in Dar, I found a really nice dirt paddock somewhere, actually near the beach, can't remember where it was. Second thoughts the "Goldie Tulips" looks better.

Well... I've never been to Africa except in my dreams. I've been reading about it in books almost all my life and have met several people that have been, including Judge G.

I hope that whoever wins will be kind enough to provide us all with a serious video record of the trip and will provide DVD/CD photo and movie discs of the trip for all of us that wanted to go and couldn't.

It'd also be great if they kept a detailed journal starting the day they are notified that they win to include gun purchases, travel plans, etc.

Thanks to Saeed, Ray and everyone else that has donated their time and money to bring this "dream trip" to the AR community. This is EXCITING!!!

$bob$

Next Thursday? This means that I´ll need to get two things before that: a) a bottle of good champagne for celebrating my winning b) a bottle of cheap whiskey in case I don´t.

Good luck to everyone who is taking part.

AR is the best huting fourm on the web by FAR, even without the chance to win a free hunt.

Keep up the good work Saeed and co.

Thank you for allowing me to participate not only on this great board, in all of the many raffles, contests and fund raisers that have been allowed here as well.
This is one of the most diverse boards I participate in and so many people give freely of themselves and their time for many causes and deeds.
Thank You all
Derrick Stone
Coues

Howdy Y'all!

You can just withdraw yer name and posts count. Don't lose yer time and go back home now, you forgot to read the small lines ' The winner has to be French '

Not only should they disqualify anybody that didn't follow the required entry format, they should also disqualify anybody that is not a redhead, seeing how few redheads there are in the world to start with and how few go to Africa.

I think the journal idea and the video idea is a great one. I promise right now when I win I will take my video camera with me and will journal entry all of the important pre-hunt events, probably do a blog, then will do a written during the trip.

honestly I won't hold my breathe, I did win a pipe once about 4 years ago, but that's about it, don't normally win anything

Red

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Originally posted by cewe:
I´ll need to get two things before that: a) a bottle of good champagne for celebrating my winning b) a bottle of cheap whiskey in case I don´t.

I think a better bet for most would be a bottle of cheap champagne just in case they win, and a bottle of GOOD whiskey to drink when they don't.

Well, I'll be out of town Thursday and Friday so don't any of the satndbys get their hopes up when I don't acknowledge winning for a day or 2. I will accept.

Yee haw Giddy up its like Christmas to a kid, Love it when a plan comes together...

All our thinks to our most generous host, Saeed.

Good luck, everyone. i hope that the winner will provide pics and details after the hunt has concluded.

I'm not even in the draw, but I'm excited too!
Good luck you guys!

Dave

If the drawing is Thursday morning in UAE it will be Wednesday night home in Bakersfield but Friday here in New Zealand.

When do I have to be on my computer?

I'm so confused!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Fjold:
If the drawing is Thursday morning in UAE it will be Wednesday night home in Bakersfield but Friday here in New Zealand.

When do I have to be on my computer?

I'm so confused!!!!!!!!

You shouldn't really need to ask, as any respectable AR member is always logged onto AR!

And constantly hits the "refresh" button incase something interesting pops up!

I have never won anything in my life so I in fact I'm not really feeling lucky about this one either. I do have one request however. I ask the winner to do his utmost to let all the rest of us live vicariously this hunt through good photographs, a detailed journal, and to look at it with the eyes of a discoverer whose main legacy will be to let us all know what the experience felt like.

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I have never won anything in my life so I in fact I'm not really feeling lucky about this one either

Just like me, but if I am the winner, you will have to carry the spare rifles, ammo, cameras and you will be the 'scribe' don't worry