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Wow - definitely a few trips across the pond for you! So much cool stuff, don't know where to start. First a couple requests - can you identify a couple of the animals? Is the eland a Derby variety? They horns seem so long compared to my cape eland. In the migrated room, is that a lesser kudu on the left behind the gemsbok or a mt nyala? I'm assuming the prior. The caribou on the left side almost in the corner in the first picture has what appears to be a B&C certificate hanging to the left of it - is that correct? If so, just how big was it?

Love the life size nyala - I thing they and bongo are the best looking non-predator lifesize mounts! Also nice to se a southerner with a couple big mouths! Wouldn't seem right if there wasn't!

Thank you for welcoming us into your home.

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Snakelover,

You are VERY observant. To answer your questions;
1)The eland is a pretty nice Livingstone (I would love to have a Derby, but they are getting pretty expensive).
2)That is a lesser kudu behind the fringe eared oryx.
3)Yes, that is a B&C certificate next to the caribou. It was #1 in the central Canada barren ground category in the 10th edition of the record book.

You might notice that the animals in my "overflow" room have no record book plaques, as it has been several trips since I entered anything in the book. I still hold out for the best quality animals that I can, but I haven't gotten up the enthusiam to go through the entry process recently. Guess that I am getting too old and lazy . On the other hand, as long as I still have my enthusiam for hunting maybe I am not ready for the retirement home quite yet .


Lorenzo,

Yes, that is an impala. I got pretty lucky on that one, as it was a bit over 29".


Thanks for all the kind comments everyone,
Jim

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Sorry to see you are one of those that enters his trophies in the SCI book!

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To each his own .

Seriously though, SCI has shifted a good deal of it's focus to protecting hunter's rights in North America. The Georgia Chapter is currently involved in a state constitutional amendment issue that will guarantee by law that the right to hunt is a constitutional right in the state of Georgia. This will involve a major battle before the election with both in-state and out-of-state anti-hunting forces, and we will be at a severe financial disadvantage.

Other chapters, as well as national, are involved in equally important fights to protect our hunting heritage. You may not agree with all aspects of SCI (and this is certainly your right), but it is involved in projects that benefit you as well as all hunters either directly or indirectly.

Jim

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Very nice. How many were taken with Tokie?

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scrappy,

Tokkie van der Merwe of Three Ways Safaris in Zimbabwe deserves the credit for most of the African animals in my trophy room. The majority of the African species in my main room were taken with Tokkie, either on his cattle ranch, or on other concessions that we sub-contracted to hunt (mostly in Zim, but also in Namibia, and SA). He acted as PH on most of these hunts, but on the other areas of Zim like Omay, Chewore, central highlands, Matetsi, etc.(and other countries, although we have only done this one time in Namibia and one in SA)we also had a PH from the lease holder along (and these have all been great guys). In my "overflow" room the warthog, one of the impala, the kudu, and the bushbuck were taken on his ranch.

Tokkie is as fine a gentleman as you could ever hope to share a campfire with, and I might just go back this year for "old times sake". I believe that I have hunted with him more times than anyone with the possible exception of Raj Paul. We have had some "exciting" adventures together, particularly on leopard and buffalo. I always seem to be "lucky" when we hunt together .

Jim

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All I can say is "COOL!"

There is one nice pronghorn that looks pretty good!
Wyoming?

In the 1995-1997 23rd Big game awards edition under central barren ground, at Courageous Lake is the story of a hunt we had up there. Did you hunt that camp by chance?

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mobogo375, I thought Tokkie had lost his land due to the squaters in Zim. Do you know if they will be at the GA convention this year?

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Can you tell me what area of Zim you took the buffalo? I am going there in June this year for Buff, leopard and sable and sure would like to find one that looked that good.

CFA

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mbogo375

Jim
My son and I will hunt Chewore South primarily for buff and sable. They dont have many sable there but there are some nice ones there 40+. Then we will go South to the Mokore area of the Save Conservancy to hunt leopard and plains game, they took some nice leopard there last year. I am going with Barrie Duckworths Mokore Safaris. What have you heard about those areas? I have not hunted them before.

Fred

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