Brilliant Will - really sorry to have missed you and your good lady again!! Timing was bad, again.....

Thierry's record is now 30 for 34.



Great report as usual, Will.

Hope it's ok I fondled your lion skull.

Cheers!

Great report! Thanks for sharing!!

Andy and Glen, here are a few more pics.

Chris' First African Animal


Leopard blind on top of hill, viewed from the bait tree


Exploring Sango


Mokore Baobab


Second Bait Zebra


Chris' Last Morning Impala


Third Bait, beautiful wide black stripes


Visit to Mokore


Pool party


Dated Baobab: "18/04/1940"


View of lion bait from machan


Same lion bait as it went up


Crowd to see the lion, note apprehensive dog in lower right corner


Chris' Eland


Shumba







Memorial


Oncoming traffic


Sizing lion tracks


Leopard


Can you see the lion in the picture?


Meat wildebeest


Bushman caves


Zimbabwean bathing suit


Nyama for the trackers


Doves


Vultures


Our kudu that the lions ate


Leopard set up


Bushman art


Reflections


Nzou on the move


Chris' madala noro


Hitchhikers


Thierry telling CVL about the lion


More shumba


Rhino at pan


Chris' Ngongoni


Braii


Ernest


Photo op


Romeo Labat


Trophy Yard Bird


Home of the bushmen


Upset


Chris' Waterbuck


Shumba


T-bone chaya'd


Lion set up


Girls gone Mokore


Bow blind bandits


Incoming


Kudu Viewdu


Lion machan


Paparazzi


Good luck charms


Still water

Fantastic pictures Will, they make me really homesick, especially the ones of the bait/blind locs...

Anyone popping their head into that bow blind would have thought it a Taliban hideout!

Yes, I spot the lion, but took awhile.

Note how Mr Labat's hands don't rest easy on the ladies' shoulders now that he's a married man...Like the cats he hunts, he has retractable claws...

Love that first shot of you and the lion.

David

Will - Thanks so much for the additional photos. Love it! Really love seeing what Sango looks like, and what your set-up looked like, and of course more pics of you shumba. Now I get a much better feel for what your safari was like. Come on, Saeed, Will definitely deserves a fifth star on this report!

Glen

not fair will - now i really want to be in the save

great pictures

Very nice. Once again, an incredibly successful safari. Congrats.

I had to laugh at how sleepy Collen looked. I will give him some grief in Argentina in a couple of weeks.

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Originally posted by FishN4Eyes:


Hope it's ok I fondled your lion skull.

Cheers!

Just noticed this...


Larry, I'm not surprised Collen looked sleepy, he'd probably already heard the story 6 times! Just look at how Thierry is ear bashing the poor guy!

Awesome stuff Will! Congrats to all involved!!

It looks as Lil' Ernest is doing just fine this year!

Will, congrats my friend! That lion is huge, and a well deserved trophy.

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Originally posted by MANDLAZIM:
Brilliant Will - really sorry to have missed you and your good lady again!! Timing was bad, again.....

Thanks Brent and congratulations on the lightey.

Maybe we will just have to come and see you at Nuanetsi.

Holy crap Will, that Lion is a PIG! Simply fantastic. What a hunt and to have your wife and friends there to share is a true gift. Way to enjoy life. Congratulations.

Simply fantastic all the way around,thank you so much for the pics!!!

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Originally posted by safari-lawyer:

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Originally posted by MANDLAZIM:
Brilliant Will - really sorry to have missed you and your good lady again!! Timing was bad, again.....

Thanks Brent and congratulations on the lightey.

Maybe we will just have to come and see you at Nuanetsi.

Thanks Will - "lightey" is well.

Some more nice pics of that sod lion!!

You are welcome anytime at Nuanetsi. Hunts are going very well - we are 2 for 2 on the Leopard hunts (first was 7ft 1" & the second 7ft 5") both taken before dark!!! Brilliant considering these cats were generally the 'educated' calf killers of Zim's low veld. Labat would enjoy getting busy with some of the Mr Spots around here!!!

That little elephant looked like Bama's BIG AL. Great hunt.

Thanks for the additional photos Will.

Looks like Chris had a bang-up trip as the "bait-shooter" with some really nice trophies. Boy, the lions really did a number on your Kudu.

Congrats again on the cats !

Will, i have no words my friend, you are the luckiest leopard hunter i have ever known and your lion is simply awesome. well done on a fantastic safari.

Is that cat sitting up at the base of the green just to the left of center. Looks like two ears.

Mike

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Originally posted by retreever:
Is that cat sitting up at the base of the green just to the left of center. Looks like two ears.

Mike

Ding, ding, ding. Good eye.

Will, A great hunt that was a long time in coming! You did yourself proud! Excellent all the way around.

I really enjoyed all the extra pictures. IMO, you can never have to many especially for this type of hunt!

See you soon!

Todd

Will,

The added photos are great!
Glad to see you visited "Jorrum's Block" I have some memories stored from that area. Also glad to read you guys got on so many hard bulls, and that a proper buff!

Many Thanks

Brett

not to take away from Will's good fortune, but, is it just the photo angle or is "Chris's waterbuck" an absolute pig?

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
not to take away from Will's good fortune, but, is it just the photo angle or is "Chris's waterbuck" an absolute pig?

Very nice. A thirty incher shot right at dark on day one. Managed to crash into the crocodile infested water before he died. Good action, good show.

Will- Is there any news on Dennis? Was he at Sango and still cooking? If you recall, he fell while I was at Sango and had not returned before Cathy and I left.

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
not to take away from Will's good fortune, but, is it just the photo angle or is "Chris's waterbuck" an absolute pig?

Best one I've taken...but so were the kudu, eland, impala, wildebeest, and one of the zebra-Awesome trip!

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Originally posted by Pegleg:
Will- Is there any news on Dennis? Was he at Sango and still cooking? If you recall, he fell while I was at Sango and had not returned before Cathy and I left.

He is back in the kitchen and largely recovered, though not fully recovered.

Will,

Congratulations on another fine safari.

The Mokore pictures bring back good memories.

The waterbuck is fantastic and so is Mr spots! He is a toad

Seeing a wild rhino must have been a highlight!

Will:

As usual, great hunt - congrats on all, but particularly, the cats!

Congrats, Will.
A dream hunt for you that you fullfilled.

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Originally posted by FishN4Eyes:
Thierry's record is now 30 for 34.

31 for 35 as of today!

If I were a tom leopard in Save, I'd either move or dress in drag!

Speechless.

Fanastic Safari, fine trophies, and a grand Lion. Well done Will.

Cheers
Jim

Three months ago, today, we left very good friends and a little bit of our heart and soul in Africa. Damn, but I'd love to be back already.

Amazing photography; thanks!

Beautiful Cats!!!

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Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
Three months ago, today, we left very good friends and a little bit of our heart and soul in Africa. Damn, but I'd love to be back already.

Just looked back over your pictures again Will. I'm currently 14 days 8 hours and 50 minutes from departing for Zim. But who's counting!!