Spent a couple weeks hunting Leopard, Sable and Buffalo during July along with a week "ECO Safari" with Father, Brother and Mate.
Sadly no luck on the Leopard and sable but enjoyed chasing duggerboy.
Also spent an unscheduled night and day in Maputo due to "Moz Air" running out of Av Gas and to top it of, my rifles along with a Mates disappeared for seven days. Another case of "TIA".
Anyway, I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoy yours;

My Forth time to this area;


Loaded Toyota's for a few nights camping away from main camp;


Typical country on the way;


Setting Camp:


PH quarters (Yes there where Lion around camp!);


Beautiful along the Lugenda River. Similar looking to Manna Pools Nat Park;


Chatting with PH Stu Taylor;


New water Pan with Dad and Bro;


Buffalo in the Niassa Jesse;


Stu, Davie and Dad at the Luambezi/Lugenda confluence;


Klaus and Brian enjoying the Sundown;


Hanging a bait with Jean-Wayne;


Showing Dad my playground;



Buffalo with PH Mike Taylor and using a Custom 458Win with Woodleigh 480grn FMJs;


The Grin says enough;



Found this Bushbuck deep in the Riverine. Taken with Blaser 9.3x62 and 286grn Woodleigh Hydro bullet;



The area to the South that I was to hunt Leopard had quite a bit of farming with the overgrown fields full of the notorious "Buffalo Bean's";


Mate, Andrew with his Trophies taken with a loan rifle and PH Stu Taylor;

Sadly, Andrews two Chapuis rifles (in Calibres 470, 9.3x74 and 20ga) did not arrive until his hunt was over.

Good stuff Adam! I killed my waterbuck in that area along Lugenda that you described like Mana Pools. It does look the same, beautiful. Great pix...

It's alway hard to tell size from photos but that buffallo's body looks huge. Lovely bushbuck. Did your father and brother hunt?

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Originally posted by JA:
It's alway hard to tell size from photos but that buffallo's body looks huge. Lovely bushbuck. Did your father and brother hunt?

yes, the Buff was quite big and covered in Lion scars. Dad and bro came just to see the place.

Way to go Oz. You are a real hunter. So fine you could share this with your dad and brother. If you don't mind me asking, how many dagga boys have you shot to date?

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Originally posted by David Hulme:
If you don't mind me asking, how many dagga boys have you shot to date?

Thanks for your kind words.
Not enough yet mate.

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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Originally posted by David Hulme:
If you don't mind me asking, how many dagga boys have you shot to date?

Thanks for your kind words.
Not enough yet mate.

For the junkie it is never enough....

Hey Adam,

You obviously had a fantastic time on Safari but it would have been second to being able to share it all with your Dad and Bro. Good for you.

Damn fine Dagga boy!! Makorokoto!

Nicely done Adam.

Pleasure meeting you in the SAPS office.

Cheers,

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Originally posted by MANDLAZIM:
Hey Adam,

You obviously had a fantastic time on Safari but it would have been second to being able to share it all with your Dad and Bro. Good for you.

Damn fine Dagga boy!! Makorokoto!

Did we meet during the Safari with the Aus Cricket player?

Outstanding, Adam!

Lovely old buff and your Bushbuck looks great, too. 2 of my favorites.

Better luck next time on the leopard and sable.

Thanks for sharing!

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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Originally posted by MANDLAZIM:
Hey Adam,

You obviously had a fantastic time on Safari but it would have been second to being able to share it all with your Dad and Bro. Good for you.

Damn fine Dagga boy!! Makorokoto!

Did we meet during the Safari with Aus Cricket player?

Dead on - have sent you a PM....

Surprised you didn't connect with a Leopard considering Tim Herald and his buddies had them falling out of trees (it seemed like)!! Think they had one feeding at all times of daylight hours after they had all filled their tags.....guess that's just typical of Leopard!

Great pics. It don't get any better than hunting with family.


Mad Dog

It looks like a great hunt. Being with family must have made it even better. Nice trophies too. Some day I'll get to Mozambique.

Beautiful hunt there, nice bushbuck, I was unsuccessful on one this year. I guess I'll have to go back and try again.

Welcome back and loved the bushbuck horns look heavy. Love chasing the buffalo. It gets in your blood.

Mike

Well done Adam... a nice old buff, that one! Love the drop of his horns.

Once more my congratulations to you Adam!
As for me i'm going to come back to Niassa this November just to get a revenge on leopard )

Congrats on a great hunt. Thanks for sharing your report. I like seeing that open sights .458 being used on the buffalo. Nice looking rifle.

Congratulations on another great trip. That Bushbuck is a beauty.

Great hunt and photos, love that buffalo.

Very Nice OZ, the best hunts are always with the one's you love...outstanding...

As always Oz, well done!

Hey Adam,

Looks absolutley awesome, can't wait till next year.

Dear Adam

Well done again.

Will have to catch up some time and go over a few war stories.

Still have not booked a buff hunt yet for next year.

Regards Mark

Another great safari mate and good to see your dad, welldone on an excellent buffalo.

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Originally posted by ozhunter:
My Forth time to this area;

Is there any particular reason for the four trips to the same area?

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Originally posted by Ahmed Sultan:

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Originally posted by ozhunter:
My Forth time to this area;

Is there any particular reason for the four trips to the same area?

Ahmed,
I just simply enjoy this area and what it has to offer. With a little of both southern and east African hunting experiences within a great wilderness area at an affordable cost. Also I enjoy hunting with my Zim mates including Stuart with whom I've enjoyed six Safaris with.
Oh, and I've added a little work on a couple extended trips over in the past.
BUT I do have plenty of other areas I wish to hunt.

Well done Oz, congratulations

Adam
i can why you keep going back there. It's looks awesome.

Beautiful buff oz, I dream of those low droop bulls.

Great once again Adam,once i order and get my 450-400 from Ken I might have to join you and Stu one day

Way to go!!! Congratulations! Nice trophies and report.

Best regards, D. Nelson

Ver nice country and trophies thanks for sharing.

Outstanding!

Andrew from Magnum sports,small world

Great hunt in all respects. Nice looking 458 win. and it looks like you were shooting with iron sights - makes it even better.

You are The Man Adam!

So cool that you had your Dad and brother along. That is one ugly old buffalo...I love him!

Congrats to you and Andrew!

Excellent trophies and some fine looking rifles as well!

Proper hunting that.