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Over the years I have been very lucky to have been able to hunt different Guineafowl species in different African countries. They are tough birds and I like to use #4 shot high brass for them. Meat is not bad at all, a good chef can do wonders with it   | ||
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Guineafowl meat pies...the best...yummy. Mike Legistine actu quod 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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Cool.....strange birds.  | |||
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I have shot them in Zimbabwe, to eat, and I had a few here on my place in Texas and ate them too. They are one of my most favorite animals to eat, along with Mountain Grouse. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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I love hunting Guineas!! I'm off in three weeks for our first bird hunt and will follow it with two weeks in September. I'm hoping this year to get my first orange river francolin which I would like to get mounted. I managed my first greywing last year but it got lost in the game share at the end of the day so I didn't manage to keep that one. The other one I'm hoping to bag is the great snipe.   Rgds, Kiri | |||
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Kiri, Good luck with your trip. Orange River Francolins are awesome.  | |||
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Thanks collector, We managed To shoot 18 species last year and I fluffed my three or four chances at the orange river's. Dig and Jon got theirs and I took some feathers from jons and tied him some salmon flies with them. I will see if I can find the pictures. K. | |||
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Guinea hen are delicious ! Few raise them ,yes they are weird. One fellow bought some and he said nobody told him that they would fly over his barn.They are supposed to eat lots of ticks ,Fatten them up on ticks then eat them -revenge on the ticks ! | |||
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