My Namibia Trip with Van Heerden Safaris

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14 November 2011, 07:00

gsarria

My Namibia Trip with Van Heerden Safaris

I want to share some pictures from my safari to Namibia.
Outfitter: Van Heerden Safaris
Travel Agent: Stever Turner
PH: Frank Friederich
Tracker: Matias
Country and Area Hunted: Komas Hockland and Eastern Areas, Namibia
Date of the Hunt: October 2011
Rifle: Blaser R8 375 H&H Mag
Optics: Scope Swarovski Z6 1.7-10x42
Leica Geovid 10x42 RF
Ammunition: Barnes TSX 300gr
Barnes Solids 300gr
Wish list: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Warthog, steembuck,Hartebeest, klipspringer.
Animals seen: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Warthog, Steembuck,Hartebeest, klipspringer and Duiker.
Animals taken: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Hartebeest, klipspringer.

Mountain Zebra

Warthog

Springbuck

Klipspringer

Kudu

Hartebeest

Oryx

14 November 2011, 08:43

Fjold

Beautiful pics! I like the turnback on that Springbok.

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

14 November 2011, 12:12

Arild Iversen

Thanks for sharing, and congratulations with great trophies.
I also love that springbok, a real beauty

14 November 2011, 18:04

gsarria

Frank and Arild,

Thanks for the compliments. It was my first trip to Africa and I had a wonderful time there.
I went with my brother and I got to confess that I made a mistake and 2 pictures are his (warthog and zebra). We are identical twins and I didn't notice the mistake until the pictures were already posted. I apologize.

14 November 2011, 19:05

BRICKBURN

Nice trophies. I certainly like the shape of that Springbok.
Identical... I have never encountered anyone expanding their trophy photo list that way before. Most people have to get out of the picture.

14 November 2011, 19:18

gsarria

It was an honest mistake. I got my own zebra and warthog, but I didn't know how to post the pictures and my daugther picked the wrong ones.

14 November 2011, 19:21

matt u

Very nice trophies,but that springbok and the Hartebeest are studs

14 November 2011, 19:27

gsarria

Thank you Matt.

14 November 2011, 20:54

Aspen Hill Adventures

Very nice bag, bet you are hooked!

14 November 2011, 22:24

shotgun46

Vary nice congradulations

14 November 2011, 23:23

Boabab

quote:
Originally posted by gsarria:
I want to share some pictures from my safari to Namibia.
Outfitter: Van Heerden Safars
Travel Agent: Stever Turner
PH: Frank Friederich
Tracker: Matias
Country and Area Hunted: Komas Hockland and Eastern Areas, Namibia
Date of the Hunt: October 2011
Rifle: Blaser R8 375 H&H Mag
Optics: Scope Swarovski Z6 1.7-10x42
Leica Geovid 10x42 RF
Ammunition: Barnes TSX 300gr
Barnes Solids 300gr

Mountain Zebra

Warthog

Springbuck

Klipspringer

Kudu

Hartebeest

Oryx

14 November 2011, 23:32

Boabab

It was a great pleasure nad honour guiding you guys on your hunt while I was at van Heerden Safaris. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Frank

15 November 2011, 00:56

fairgame

Good stuff Van Heerden. And Frank.

15 November 2011, 01:36

gsarria

Thank you Frank. We really enjoyed it. You were very professional and knowledgeable about the area and the animals. You worked very hard. I am sure we will hunt again.

Regards,
Guillermo

15 November 2011, 04:35

dla69

Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures.

15 November 2011, 10:42

Eland Slayer

That is one FINE Springbok...

15 November 2011, 18:45

Orvar

Great looking Kudu, congratulations!

15 November 2011, 22:35

gsarria

thanks. Believe it or not the easiest animals were the ones that were supposed to be the most difficult. Kudu and Klipspringer were relatively easy, while The zebra which I thought was going to be easy turned out to be very, very difficult. Frank and I had to work very hard for almost three days to get a shot at them. There were plenty of zebras, but they were just very wary and difficult to approach.
Anyway it was a great safari with a great outfitter and an excellent PH.
Thanks everybody for the compliments.

16 November 2011, 03:14

SemperFiHunter

You weren't joking when you said "identical" twins!!! Wow, I've never seen more identical!

Heck, even your daughter has a hard time telling you two apart.

Congrats on a heck of a hunt, and the hard ones are always more memorable.

Good Hunting!
SFH

16 November 2011, 03:34

Use Enough Gun

Congratulations!

16 November 2011, 06:06

KimR

Which van Heerden is this?

16 November 2011, 07:25

gsarria

SFH,

I wasn't joking. We are indeed identical twins.
This is the picture of my zebra.

16 November 2011, 07:30

gsarria

KimR,

this is the link to their website.

http://www.vanheerdensafaris.com/
let me know if you need any information.
They are very nice people.

16 November 2011, 08:45

trouthunterdj

What an awesome safari! Congrats!

ddj

17 November 2011, 02:37

Steve Richards

Beautiful trophies! Namibia is a wonderful hunting destination.
BTW, it's pretty easy to tell you guys apart, you're the left handed one, your brother the right handed one.

17 November 2011, 06:14

gsarria

Steve,

You are right. I am lefty and my brother is right handed. The only one who noticed it. You have a good eye.

17 November 2011, 06:36

Steve Richards

LOL. Don't have a good eye at all, just was in the firearms business for 32 years. Couldn't help but notice the rifles.

17 November 2011, 14:55

leopards valley safaris

Awesome Trophies well done

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17 November 2011, 17:06

gsarria

Steve, I thought you were a detective. LOL

17 November 2011, 18:27

Heym 450/400

Congrats on a wonderful safari!!!

18 November 2011, 18:44

Hentie van Heerden

quote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
Good stuff Van Heerden. And Frank.

Thanks Andrew!

18 November 2011, 18:51

Hentie van Heerden

quote:
Originally posted by gsarria:
thanks. Believe it or not the easiest animals were the ones that were supposed to be the most difficult. Kudu and Klipspringer were relatively easy, while The zebra which I thought was going to be easy turned out to be very, very difficult. Frank and I had to work very hard for almost three days to get a shot at them. There were plenty of zebras, but they were just very wary and difficult to approach.
Anyway it was a great safari with a great outfitter and an excellent PH.
Thanks everybody for the compliments.

We appreciate the feedback and we are glad you had such a good time by us!
Regards from Hentie, Denise and the kids

18 November 2011, 19:05

MJines

Congratulations on taking some wonderful trophies. Well done.

20 November 2011, 03:20

gsarria

Two more pictures

20 November 2011, 06:29

Texas Blue Devil

Nice report.

I was hunting with Hentie in October.

It was a blast.

21 November 2011, 09:03

Jeff Thomason

Hentie has some great areas, and is a blast to hunt with. Congrats on some great trophies!

21 November 2011, 09:15

Matt Graham

Well done sir - outstanding trophies!!!

Good work frank - and Hentie - we will soon have a beer together brother!!

16 December 2011, 00:20

Hentie van Heerden

Matt & Jeff
Looking forward to that beer in Dallas!!! Wonder if Fairgame is going to be around...
Tx Blue Devil it will be nice to see you and the Saria's at DSC!
Hentie