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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


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Beautiful pics! I like the turnback on that Springbok.


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Thanks for sharing, and congratulations with great trophies.
I also love that springbok, a real beauty tu2


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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.


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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.
 
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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.


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Very nice trophies,but that springbok and the Hartebeest are studs tu2
 
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Thank you Matt.


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Vary nice congradulations
 
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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
 
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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
 
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Good stuff Van Heerden. And Frank.


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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


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Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures.
 
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That is one FINE Springbok...


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Great looking Kudu, congratulations!
 
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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.


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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


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Congratulations! tu2
 
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Which van Heerden is this?
 
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SFH,

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



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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.


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What an awesome safari! Congrats!


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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.
 
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Steve,

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


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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.
 
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Awesome Trophies well done


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Steve, I thought you were a detective. LOL


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Congrats on a wonderful safari!!!
 
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Originally posted by fairgame:
Good stuff Van Heerden. And Frank.


Thanks Andrew!


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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


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Congratulations on taking some wonderful trophies. Well done.


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Two more pictures



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Nice report.

I was hunting with Hentie in October.

It was a blast.


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Hentie has some great areas, and is a blast to hunt with. Congrats on some great trophies!
 
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Well done sir - outstanding trophies!!!

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


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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


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