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Here are some photos for your enjoyment which we took while on our April/May 30 day trip to Zim, Tanz, Zanzibar and Kenya. I used my Merkel 470NE and my friend backed my shots up with his custom 404J on the non trophy Jumbo. Some Ele under Acacia trees and Mt Killimanjaro  Jamie with his 404J and a lowvelt Wilderbeast  The morning after a good meal of Elephant Boerewors, Sudsa and a few Castle Beers {note the empty box} at our light camp.     Me on Tsavo Bridge  A Tsavo Bull  My Marauder  More details futher on. Cheers, Ozhunter. | ||
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Wow, Congrats Oz Hunter! Exceptional set-up and picture. I look forward to all the details! | |||
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Must have more info! And a few more pictures wouldn't hurt either.  It sounds like a great trip from what you have posted so far. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Congratultions, sounds like you had a great time. Regards, Terry P.S. I resized the photo so it would load faster.  Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns] | |||
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Very nice! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Great! Looking forward to more! JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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GREAT PHOTO Did your elephant drop like that or did you move him? Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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Congratulations.... WOW sounds like you covered some territory and did well!!! Looking forward to more photos. | |||
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That is simply a GREAT photo! Are ther more to come?? | |||
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Congratulations! How did your driving trip around Kenya/Tzn go? | |||
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That is one big bull! Nice pict. congrats. Steve Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Congrats. He accommodated a good pose! ------------------------------- Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped. “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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I thought the other fellow looked familiar then re-read the post. Congratulations. Great photo! | |||
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Well done! What did you do with your .470 and ammo when you travelled around Tz, Zanzibar and Kenya? "...Them, they were Giants!" J.A. Hunter describing the early explorers and settlers of East Africa hunting is not about the killing but about the chase of the hunt.... Ortega Y Gasset | |||
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Bwanamich etc, The leftover ammo stayed in Zim and we left our rifles at the Guest house in Jo'Burg for our tour which started at Dar es Sallam where we were guests of PH Jonathan Taylor and his wife Lynn {with many thanks}. from Tanga we flew to Zanzibar via Pemba Island where we hung around doing some sight seeing, shoping and diving for three days. Then we flew to Mombasa which was nice {less humid and wet than in Tanz}. The next day with our Avis RAV4 we shot up the road to the town of Voi and into Tsavo east N/P{from Voi the country was really nice through to Namanga}. At Tsavo we saw Gerinuk, Lesser Kudu, common plains game, Ele, Grants Gazele some great sightings of Leopard at Ngulia Lodge and some huge Ele Bulls in the Rino area. After a few days we moved to Ambaseli where the high lights were some huge buff{around 45"} and ele{appox 80lbs} under beautiful Mt Kilimanjaro. Both Tsavo and Ambaseli were quiet at this time of the year and had some great lodges and camps. Some we saw were Ngulia, Severin Safari Camp, Finch Hattons and Tortilis Camp. On the last day in Kenya we left Ambaseli park with no brakes which made driving an auto fun till we got to the border town of Namanga {on the Kenyan side of the border with the Logido hunting area in Tanz} where we were mobbed by Masai woman selling curios. After the brakes were fixed we made tracks for Nairobi for the flight back to SA then on to Aus. Unfortunately again we did not make it north of Nairobi but I know were I will be going next time I get to east Africa. From what I saw of Kenya in particular the Masai land, I ony hope they open to sport hunting one day soon. PS; We needed the cruser to tip the Ele over for butchering and it would be impossible to up right it for photos. ozhunter | |||
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...that is one beauty "butterfly" - congrats  | |||
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Great photo, mate. Well Done. Sorry did not get much of a chance to catch up on the weekend. I will be in sydney on the june long weekend for a wedding, hopefully we can catch up then. | |||
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Nicely done, good photo Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Looks like a great hunt Adam...look forward to the details! Cheers, Russell On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Nice elephant and nice long trip through East Africa. Hamdeni  | |||
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Some more photos have been added for your enjoyment. ozhunter | |||
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Ozhunter, What a great trip! Very interesting. Thanks. Hugh | |||
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Ozhunter some of your photos, esp. of landscapes are nearly ethereal. Nat Geo couldn't beat them at all!! I'm serious. Thanks so much. "In these days of mouth-foaming Disneyism......"--- Capstick Don't blame the hunters for what the poachers do!---me Benefactor Member NRA | |||
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On my way over for the 07 version of this Ele hunt and will be back in May.  Cheers, Adam | |||
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Have a safe trip and good hunting! Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Ozhunter Your pictures are absolutely stunning. The one of the buffalo bull defines the term 'dagga boy'. I honestly think it's the best buffalo picture I've ever seen. You should be selling your photographs. Congratulations on everything. Dave | |||
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Have a good one, mate. Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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Great photo of Kilimanjaro. First time I have seen the rest of the pics. Outstanding! | |||
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Thank you for the great pictures. I especially liked the Tsavo Station photographs. | |||
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Outstanding. I too shoot a Merkel .470 NE Double Rifle and love it. | |||
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I missed this the first time around. Great photos. I love that buff in particular. Good luck to you on this year's trip. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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just got a SMS message from Ozhunter (still in Africa at the moment) "470NE stops jumbo with bad intentions, hi from Zim" | |||
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Too bad the Tsavo bull wasn't the Marauder,  Well one can dream. Great report and really good pictures. Was that the original Tsavo bridge as described in past history? Dak | |||
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Hi JT, I will try to send you some extra photos but not the ones with me flat out in the back of your Cruser... AAAH Tuskers....  | |||
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Sorry I missed this thread first, second and third time round! That would have to be one of the greatest buffalo pics ever! Photos are fabulous. CHeers, Chris DRSS | |||
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Thanks for resurrecting this post and displaying these amazing photos. The buffalo pic is fantastic, as is the Kilimanjaro shot, but that Elephant trophy pic is the best I've ever seen by far...and I look at all of them, 'cuz that's probably as close as I'll ever get to doing it! John | |||
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Ahhhh, to see the pics again! | |||
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