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In a mere 48 hrs my bride and I are boarding a plane for Africa. I have waited 50 yrs for this day and it is still unbelievable....... Expected to be MORE nervous about it all but a strange calm has settled and all the homework went flawlessly. Many thanks to Mark Young and the advice and support offered has made the difference, I guess. I know you "old salts" have done this many times and is "old hat" for you. Researched ALL the lists and condensed bags, shot 200 rds thru the summer,sat phone,shots gifts,cameras.....and on and on. Look for this 1st timers hunt report around the 1st of Nov. Zim for Cape, Kudu and bushbuck and ??? If someone wakes me up and it turns out to be "just a dream" somebody's gonna get an asswhoopin. Ravenr Out | ||
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Yep, it's real. Just take a look at your bank account!  I'm right behind you by a day. Have a good one and get ready to become "addicted"! | |||
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You dang guys are making me jealous. You just keep rubbing it in. I still have 8 more months of anticipation. Hope the both of you have one hell of a time. | |||
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I had this same experience in May of 2007, when my brother and I left for Namibia. A lifelong dream and it actually came true. You are going to have a ball! You will fall in love with Africa, I promise. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Ravenr, There is much to be envied about a man about to go on his first safari. I hope your trip exceeds your every expectation. Please take plenty of photos, and do not forget to post them. All the best, "You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world" - J Joplin | |||
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It is not real...the Marine Corps called, you are hereby re-activated. Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Good hunting and Godspeed! Sounds like you have done all the prep work, now comes the time to enjoy the trip and watch the preparation pay off! 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 luck and have fun. Your life is about to change forever. Four years ago this week I returned from my first safari in LU5, it was a trip I will always remember. | |||
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Proper. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Soak it all in,and enjoy every minute. Good luck and safe travels | |||
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Let the Safari flow and don't sweat any small stuff. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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You are making me jealous too. I have been on four but the first one is always the best, its what dreams are made of and enjoy every minute of it, take lots & lots of photos and hasve your PH take photos of you a smuch as possible. Looking forward to your report. Good hunting ! | |||
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Hope your travels and safari go well! I look forward to your report. I agree - don't sweat the small stuff. Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Best of... Enjoy and savor it; goes by super quick, but the memories last forever. Orvar | |||
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Another one bites the dust.....  You are going to LOVE it. Have fun and have a helluva hunt! | |||
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Were you excited (as advertized) before getting married? If you were calm about that don't sweat being relaxed about first time Africa. You'll only know if it is "for you" based on the return trip home. It's something you have to find out... _______________________ | |||
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Like I told my PH when I finished my first African hunt in Namibia this August... "This wasn't my best hunt ever, it was my SEVEN best hunts ever" (I bagged seven animals). I can't wait to go back. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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Ravenr Africa up close. The best Mike... Make the Shot!!!  | |||
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I don't know...all the stuff you shoot in Wyoming...a big six point bull elk doesn't compare to a Cape buff... Have fun anyway! | |||
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Ravenr: Unrequested advice is usually/often unwelcome, so accept it, reject it, or ignore it -- it's worth what you paid for it. When you get there, slow down. Things happen in African time. If you expect to have something happen at 9:00 a.m. and it doesn't happen until 2:30, be grateful that it happened that promptly. In the States, we would be frustrated, irritated, and annoyed. Don't be. It will happen when it was meant to happen. Frankly, expanding that attitude to life back in the States has helped my bloodpressure, but it is essential over there. You might want to practice that attitude, because you will be back. Safe travels. Have a great time. Good luck, good hunting and Godspeed. | |||
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Ravenr and Todd, Good luck and safe travels to both of you. | |||
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Good Luck, Enjoy the Trip, Get ready far an ADDICTION . | |||
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Best of luck Flaco! Have a FANTASTIC trip | |||
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Ravenr: It will be more relaxed your 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-910-11, etc., time!! Enjoy the moment and carpe diem! Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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many thanks for all the well wishes. | |||
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If you are going to "get it out of your system" you can forget about that. That's what I thought ten years and six safaris ago. It will be in your system forever. Have a great trip. | |||
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Best of luck Ravenr. If you forget something, no worries, you'll be on African time. | |||
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Sitting in Atlanta waiting to board. It's starting to "get real" Thanks again for all the well wishes. (Damn! 12 bucks for a drink!) | |||
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In Bulawayo and all the luggage and guns Made it too. Head for camp early in the morning. Chomping at the bit, want to get into the wild country. Last update, be back in a couple weeks. Good luck to everyone else. Ravenr Out | |||
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Let the adventure begin. 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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I did my first trip to Africa, the summer after my 50th birthday. Now I count time by when my next trip starts. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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At 57 years of age, I think about how many safaris I have left, not how many years. Have fun & can't wait to hear from you when you return. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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These folks are right, it's the first draw off the crack pipe! Safari Njema! Phil Massaro President, Massaro Ballistic Laboratories, LLC NRA Life Member B&C Member www.mblammo.com Hunt Reports- Zambia 2011 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1481089261 "Two kinds of people in this world, those of us with loaded guns, and those of us who dig. You dig." | |||
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You go once, you will spend your trip home trying to figure out how to go again,. and again! | |||
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