Kind of slow right now and I thought this sounded interesting to see and hear from everyone.

What was the first Africa species you put on the salt? Who with?

My first trip to Africa was with the Rudman's at Blaauwkrantz.

I hunted with PH Barry Long.

I did not purchase a package, just wanted to pay the daily rate and go hunting to see what we could find.

As luck would have it the first species we came across was a trophy Warthog boar and before long he was on the salt.

By far the largest body of any Warthog I have been fortunate to take.



I hunted in Levi's and Dr. Marten shoes for the first few days as none of my luggage or rifles arrived until Day 8 out of 10.

My 1st was a black wildebeest with Joof Lamprecht of Hunters Namibia.
Earlier I had missed an opportunity at a monstrous blue bull eland, but I didn't care, I WAS IN AFRICA!

My first was an elephant bull. I did not set out to shoot an elephant the first hour of the first day of my first safari but that's what happened. I'll freely admit being in shock for a couple of days after that. My PH was Robby Martin.

Mark

Blue Wildebeest 1996 with Ronnie McFarland PH, Micheleti-Bates later Johann Calitz Safaris, Okavango Delta, Kubu Camp



Best regards, D. Nelson

Buffalo with Mark Butcher of Matupula Hunters, Zim '95.

To have those days back again, huh? (the exchange rate was $7Zim to $1USD).

Mark

Red Hartebeest, Gras Ranch Namibia

The addiction was born

Warthog with Nic Roets in the Limpopo RSA.Had a blast with a great guy on the last hunt of his year.

Kudu on Day 1 with Werner Lewies and Barend Swart of Motschwere Safaris in Limpopo RSA.

It should have been an Impala but kept getting winded by the animals or afraid the projectile will go through the first and get a second Impala.

Impala with Theo Demarillac in the Limpopo.

2006, Namibia, Astra with Thomas Goldbeck, Red Hartebeast, Steyr Safari, .375H&H

Impala on the first morning of my first safari in 1988 on Sondelani with PH Arthur Jardine, a former Selous Scout. Later that afternoon, I took my first and still my only klipspringer. Both shot with a model 70 in 375

My first African animal was the first kudu I ever saw. I was hunting with Unico Safaris and we were specifically going after kudu. I turned a couple of very nice Impala as that little voice told me to pass. Cassie Potgeiter my PH spotted him and he was browsing in a tree. Cassie asked if I had his shoulder and I said no but I have his neck. He measured 55 1/2 inches. I was ecstatic. Jerry Hoover

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Red Hartebeest, Gras Ranch Namibia

The addiction was born

Aint that funny Heym....I shot my first African animal at Gras too (a blue wildebeest)....and Errol Lambrechts was my PH...

Errol is a very likeable man and a good PH..

Addiction it is...

Eland in '07 in S. Africa.

Impala ram, Natal (South Africa), 2001. Lookimg at him right now. It was a great way to start, and my PH (Tyrone Milne) did a great job making it special for myself as well as my son Brett who was 11 at the time and took his first African animal.

Cape Buffalo

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Aint that funny Heym....I shot my first African animal at Gras too (a blue wildebeest)....and Errol Lambrechts was my PH...

Errol is a very likeable man and a good PH..

Addiction it is...

all the BS in the political forum and this whole time we chewed the same dirt...


wildebeest are probably brothers...

Zebra - Namibia 2008, PH Francois Marais - Ndumu Hunting Safaris (Karl Stumpfe)

301 yards - 300 grain TSX from my Model 70 -375 H&H

September 14, 2016 Save Valley Conservancy Mokore Ranch Cape Buffalo PH Gary Duckworth

I was lucky enough to go on my first safari with the Duckworth clan in Zim last fall. After a couple years of research and meeting Gary Duckworth at DSC I got booked early in 2016 with Mark Young. I couldn't have chose a more spectacular area to go, my brother and I killed 19 animals in 11 days of hunting, many exceptional trophies included. I shot this big old worn out dugga boy on the third day of our hunt. His ears are torn to shreds and he had that big white spot on his side from numerous lion attacks I am sure. He was everything I hoped for in a buff, old beat up and grey in the face, broken and worn tips, couldn't have been more thrilled.

NYALA in Kwa Zulu Natal in 2001.

Did a full body mount.

Red Hartebeest in Namibia in 2009. Part of a 12 animal first safari. Heading back to Zim in 3 weeks. The desire just keeps growing.

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Red Hartebeest in Namibia in 2009. Part of a 12 animal first safari. Heading back to Zim in 3 weeks. The desire just keeps growing.

It's called addiction!!!!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Cape Buffalo, Selous, October, 2010 with Con Van Wyk

Hartman's Zebra Stallion, 10 years ago today, with Jan Duplessis, Sebra Safaris Namibia. 150 yards, prone across a sand river bed.

My first safari was with Onduri Safaris just south of Etosha and my first African animal was, appropriately, a Damara dik-dik. Ever since, the better part of nearly every day is spent dreaming of the next time my boots are on the ground...

Am I the only guy here who's first African species was a baboon? We hadn't yet started my safari, but were eating lunch at Rosslyn Safaris main camp where the Johnstones and Vincent's lived. Peter Johnstone asked me to go get a rifle and return quietly. When I got back, he had the doors opened onto the veranda and instructed me to crawl out and wait until the baboons climbed the fence and were at the orange tree they were raiding. I started shooting at the appropriate time and we had baboons running everywhere. Then, the next morning we headed to Deka to begin my safari and the first 'proper' animal I shot was a zebra.

My first African game was a good buffalo taken with Hilton Nichols and Mokore Safaris in Chewore South way back in 07.

The start of an addiction, and I get back over there on Sunday.

30 minutes into the first hunting day in Africa.

Warthog, Limpopo/RSA, PH Tinus Lindeque - Mkolo game farm.

Torbjørn

Buffalo with PH Dylan Cloete, Saeed as the gracious host. Walter as my trusty back up and bunky.

Silver medal Kudu at Kwalata Wildernes in 2004.
My PH was Bothes van der Merwe, and later on this week Bart Visser was my PH.
I used a Sauer 202 in caliber 3006.
and I also got bitten by the terrible Africa virus.

Hartmann's mountain zebra in Namibia with Vaughan Fulton.

The first morning of my first African Safari. 2005 in Northern Namibia. My PH was very excited about this one. Of course it was basically the first Springbok I had ever seen.

Spring bok in the kalahari desert 1983. Hunted with Terri Palmer with Michelti Bates

Hey Mark you beat me with your bull! My first animal in Africa was an ele cow, 1st day, 1st hour!

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My first was an elephant bull. I did not set out to shoot an elephant the first hour of the first day of my first safari but that's what happened. I'll freely admit being in shock for a couple of days after that. My PH was Robby Martin.

Mark

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Buffalo with PH Dylan Cloete, Saeed as the gracious host. Walter as my trusty back up and bunky.

Man, those are a lot bigger than that dinky chital you shot with me. But that was a good hunt too, Tony. I will forever remember waking up at dawn, having coffee (is Glenda's friend Paul? I can't remember) and listening to the London Olympics on the radio when Bolt won either the 100 or 200 m.

Springbok ram East Cape Tollie Jordan's outfit.

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Mine was a jackal. Hit him running shot off the truck (PH told me to whack him, so I did). Shortly after I shot a red hartebeest.

Blesbok in Namibia with Donnie VanEllewe. That was in 2005

Mine was five years ago, hunting with Jan du Plessis of Sebra Hunting Safaris, at the tender age of 65. I used a Winchester Model 70 in .300 WSM to down this 40" Gemsbok bull at 224 yards.