Hunt Date: Nov. 16th - Dec. 6th, 2007
Booked With: Adam Clements - Safari Trackers Inc.
PH: Brian Van Blerk
Hunt Area: Lokisale and Lobo

Animals Taken: Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Bushpig, Dik Dik, Eland, Hyena, Bat Eared Fox, Grant Gazelle, Coke's Hartebeest, Impala, Jackal, Lesser Kudu, Oryx, Steinbuck, Warthog, Waterbuck, White Bearded Wildebeest, Zebra

Guns:
Dakota M-76, 416 Rigby with 370 grain Nortfork Soft & 400 grain Barnes Banded Solid
Dakota M-76, 300WSM with 200 grain Nosler Partition

Comments: We had a great hunt. Adam Clements takes care of the details, from the time they pick you up at the airport to when they return you and walk you through for your trip home, you are in good hands. The camps are clean and well run with first rate accomadations.

This is our 2nd time to hunt with PH Brian Van Blerk (did a 21-day hunt with him in the Selous in 2004)and when I booked with Adam it was under the condition that Brian would be our PH. He is one of the best and my wife and I consider him part of the family.


The Lion was taken on day #2.







My wife struggels to lift his head up for a photo.


Lion skull - notice the left side upper molar is missing and the lower molar has a lot of calcificationn on the tooth. The upper part of the skull also had several teeth marksfrom fighting.



Leopard was taken on day #17.







Too many morning & nights in the Leopard blind.


Buffalo


My wife liked to get in there with the boy's - she would even help us load some of the bigger animals.




Hartebeest


Grants


Lesser Kudu
















Bushpig


Bat Eared Fox




Wildebeest


Dik Dik


2nd Bushpig with Albert - one of the best trackers I have hunted with!


Oryx


PH Brian Van Blerk - this was his 26th lion and 106 leopard. Truly a great hunter and great person -can't say enough about his ability and passion.


Steinbok




Lobo Camp


Lobo Kitchen


Lobo Dining Rm




Leopard track w/ 416 Rigby forscale






Dung beattle - they stand on their front legs and push the ball with their rear legs; about every 18" they stop and crawl on top and look around to make sure they are headed in the right direction.


Walking Stick


Skinning Shed


Salting hides








Lion kill ~1 mile from camp




The hot water tank for our tent -had hot water around the clock








Lokasale Camp


The bush air compressor

Congrats. Looks like you had a fantastic hunt!

MHC_TX

Gorgeous cats. Congrats to you and your wife.

Mark

Awesome - I would love to be able to do a hunt like that one day. Very envious!

Looks like you had a fantastic hunt. Congratulations!

Awesome animals!! Congratulations!!

Well done! What an awesome lion and buffalo.

Congratulations on a wonderful hunt. What a wonderful selection of animals. Kudude

That is what I would call a dream hunt. Money well spent!

465H&H

MHC TX,

Thank you for sharing your fantastic experience. You are extremely lucky. A fantastic trip for you and your lovely wife to experience together.

Brian is fantastic; I am glad to see he still has the right stuff.

Congratulations.

Hugh

Great hunt, great cats and if you will allow some leeway, your wife is a stone fox!!!

MHC great safari and congrats on the cats... Your wife looks like she had a grand time also...

Mike

What a great trip! congratulations. Awesome Lion.

Great pics! Congrats on a wonderful safari.

Great Animals, Congrats to you and your wife

Well done. Very nice trophies.

Looks like a dream safari. Congratulations.

Congratulations to you and your wife for what was a very successful safari to a great part of Africa with an excellent PH and top trophy's.

Wow, congratulations on a great hunt. Lovely photos thanks for sharing.

What a fantastic safari - congrats on some superb trophies and obviously some great shooting.

Your bag was outstanding. One of the most successful hunts I've seen posted here in a long time. Congratulations.

Mike, thanks for sharing your photos; obviously you and Mrs. MHC had a great safari. Yours truly was the safari of a lifetime. The trophy quality looks terrific. The oryx is the one that caught my eye, he looks huge.

I'm ready for lunch so I can see the other 1375 photos and hear the stories behind them.

All,

We had a grand time...my wife cried when we left.

Forrest,

I think the Oryx was 28", we were very fortunate taking nice mature animals. We had a 44" buffalo and a 43" buffalo from the same group of dugga boys on the ground, before 8:00am on the first day.

I'll make sure the battery is fully charged on my computer, so we can look at all 1400 pictures...we may have to order dessert though!

We got the leopard hunt on video and my wife shooting a 470NE. Now she wants her own lion and a 470NE double rifle..I'd better get back to work.

I told Brian (PH) that I wanted to taste the lion, so they cooked some up. The meat texture is somewhere between a pork tendeloin & chicken and it was very good..everyone liked it.

Well done MHC. Doesn't look like you left any animals for the next guy to hunt! Even a Bat Eared Fox!! That'll be a cool mount!

John

Congratulations on a great safari!! I'm looking forward to Masailand in 2009 if the pricing issue gets worked out.

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Originally posted by 30ott6:
Well done MHC. Doesn't look like you left any animals for the next guy to hunt! Even a Bat Eared Fox!! That'll be a cool mount!

John

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I missed a Honey Badger - it kind of startled me....it was making (actually two of them) a lot of racket as it was running off.....Brian was saying "shoot, shoot" and I wasn't sure what it was.

I would love to have a Honey Badger!
I got a Black Backed Jackal two years ago and really like the "smaller" predatory mammals, especially in scenes. Congrats on the Hyena too!

John

Congratulations! That is one of the most diverse, high quality and interesting set of trophies I have seen taken on one safari.

There really is nothing like Tanzania.

Great hunt, I Really enjoyed the pictures. I hope I have enough time to do the same.

Well 1st it was Shannon on her RSA hunt, and now you with your wife. Ijust love to see the women out and involved. It also makes me jealous. My wife is going to have to go through some hunting lessons! [dammit] Great photos and I hope you and especially your wife enjoyed the time.

Outstanding Trophys !

Congratulations specially on this BIG CATS

Seloushunter

Oustanding hunt

I thought that this was worth bringing to the top since Mike's wife will be the proud owner of the Legacy rifle.

Dave

WOW! What an outstanding bag of trophies! And good quality too! Thanks for sharing..

Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

Really Really great photos! If my wife had been half as interested in hunting as yours, I'd still be married.

Your a lucky Man Texas! A wife that hunts and digs in to help. Congrats to both of you on your great trophies. Thanx for posting the pics...super!
Good Hunting,
David