What an adventure!

Really cool photos and great report, thanks!

I'm very envious, congrats!

Chris

What everyone else said!!! Fantastic report and is certainly feed (or baiting) our African addictions.

Congratulations, D. Nelson

Great report Lane, very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Lane,
You are truely a baddass!!!! Thanks for the email headsup...me and Doc have been talking about you, wondering what kind of trouble you were getting into. We need to come for a visit or you need to come down. We've got some really cool stuff working! Plus we want a slide show and lecture!

For someone like me that loves the different species of game, that jackson's hartebeest is making me drool!!! So awesome..now you just need a coke's, lewels, western..hahah

It must have been an amazing feeling to be somewhere so isolated from the western world, I applaud your sense of adventure...and you have a PLATINUM MAN CARD!

This is the kind of hunt I dream about, with all elements. Thanks very much for sharing. Wonderful all around!

Hi Oryxhunter,

Tell Doc Howdy for me. I definitely need to schedule a visit with you guys down in AggieLand.

He does not know it yet...but I am gonna try and get SGraves155 enlisted into the project!!!

Maybe I can bring him for a visit when I come.

Kidepo Valley National Park Lions:

Lane, what beautiful country. Thanks for sharing this.

When will it be possible to hunt (buffalo) in this area?

Congratulations!

Looks like a real adventure!

JohnDL,
It is possible to hunt buff there now. Contact Nigel Theisen at: nigeltheisen@gmail.com

Rothschild Giraffe in Kidepo Valley National Park.

Nice report with great pics-thanks for sharing !

Thanks for this report. Karamoja! Fantastic!

Love your old buffalo bull, and the horns on that hartebeest are pretty amazing.

Congratulations!

Congrats on a fantastic adventure

It looks like a very WILD country and much to explore!!!

Hope ya got more pics...I'm enjoying them!!!

Thanks!

Any chance for lions on the menu any time soon?

Brett

Great stuff Sir. Kudos to Nig and his team for opening up one of the great old name areas again, and to you and the others for taking the first steps in there. Certainly if it wasn't for the non risk averse such as yourselves hunting in Africa would be in much worse shape.

BTW lets not get started on the UN, here in Arusha they have their own motorcade that you are supposed to get off the road for - like a Head of State!! The arrogance is truly stunning.

Well done again.

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Any chance for lions on the menu any time soon?

Brett

Probably not for a while...but Mr. Philip Chollet could talk on this subject better. Philip post here...maybe he will answer.

Thanks for all of the kudos on the hunt from everyone!!!

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BTW lets not get started on the UN, here in Arusha they have their own motorcade that you are supposed to get off the road for - like a Head of State!! The arrogance is truly stunning.

From what I have seen...the UN is one of the downfalls of Africa...and maybe the world.

Mr. Philip readying one of his hunting cars at his Kampala compound.

Has Nigel removed himself from that pratt Brittingham?

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Has Nigel removed himself from that pratt Brittingham?

Nope...as we say in the States...he has kept his day job.

All around very very cool! Congratulations.

I was hoping some from the forum would be able to take advantage of Steve's offer, and report back. One aspect that strikes me is the ease of getting there via KLM. Looks like yet another new and exciting hunt destination!

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
Any chance for lions on the menu any time soon?

Brett

No lion on the menu for the time being. The lion population in Karamoja is restricted to Kidepo National Park in the North (70-80 individuals in 8-9 prides), and there are only a few individuals further South.

With general animal populations now increasing, and a decrease in poaching, lion numbers should be on the increase in the near future.

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Originally posted by Philip A.:

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
Any chance for lions on the menu any time soon?

Brett

No lion on the menu for the time being. The lion population in Karamoja is restricted to Kidepo National Park in the North (70-80 individuals in 8-9 prides), and there are only a few individuals further South.

With general animal populations now increasing, and a decrease in poaching, lion numbers should be on the increase in the near future.

Lion track around water hole about 20 KM out of Kidepo Park.

Lane how many Leopard tracks did you see while you where there??

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
Lane how many Leopard tracks did you see while you where there??

Quite a few...as well as the cheetah track that I posted.

Just another trophie pic.

Really though there were tons of different kinds of chamelion (sp?) in the area as well as other types of unique lizards.

We stopped to move this fellow off of the road.

A new cook with his first loaves of bread!

Organizing a new company is always a headache. But in Uganda you have generations of people that know nothing of the Safari industry and they all must be trained.

Nigel is the ultimate perfectionist though...

I like the picture with Spotty in it

Very nicely done. Down here in Bridgeport, we appreciate a good hunt. Thanks ledvm

Good stuff Lane!
Uganda is still one of the most game rich country's in Africa that I have ever hunted. I missed this post the first time around.

Great pictures! Great Buff!

Thank you for sharing these pictures and your report. It’s great to be able to actually see the hunting country of a new ‘old’ hunting area with so much history. It looks fantastic. Congrats to you!

I’ve only hunted (4) countries in Africa, and wanted to add Mozambique & Botswana to the list. Now, I have to add three!

Thank you for sharing this great adventure. My favorite pictures are of the two male lions.

Amazing Adventure. A Buff on the last day is Icing on the Cake. Congrats

Wow. Great report and what a beautiful old buffalo. Congratulations.

Just have to add : oh those Lions!!!

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Originally posted by Steve416:
Just have to add : oh those Lions!!!

Small ones

Congratulations on what seems to have been a great hunt
Always wanted to go to Uganda. Even for a photo tour, but hunting would be the ultimate dream! East Africa rule!

Friends of ours took a 28 day safari in Uganda in 1970. The entire family of six went with four of them hunting. Their PH was Nicky Blunt and I remember going to their home a couple of months later to watch the 8mm films of the hunt. Truly an experience of a lifetime topped off by the father taking a leopard 15 ft away.