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Excellent! well done!
Now I need to think how I am going to save for that trip! After dreaming thanks to your report we have got another mission. Going to CAR


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Ahmed,
Great pics and trophies you've opened my mind to possibly hunting CAR in the future.


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Fantastic safari... thanks for sharing !

Very nice eland... WOW !


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Dear Ahmed & Francois,

Thanks for sharing your experiences! The pictures and story were wonderful, and lets me share a little bit of a great adventure.

Your thoughtfulness about the buffalo, Ahmed, is admirable. I too, have taken shots that, in retrospect, I wish I had not. The fact that you reflected not so much on yourself, but also on behalf of those hunting with you, reflects the wise and kind person you must be.

Again, congratulations, and thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for sharing Ahmed.

Now I want to go to CAR too Smiler


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Ahmed, Outstanding report and as always good shooting. Great photos also.

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Great looking safari!
 
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Ahmed
Great LDE. Congrats
Your reports are always informative and interesting.


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Congratulations on your hunt and thank you for a fantastic report!


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wonderful trophies!


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Way to go Ahmed!!!!
 
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Nice report, Excellent Trophies, thanks.
 
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Thanks for the great report on an excellent hunt. beer
 
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Very nice trophies.
 
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Great stuff.

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Fantastic animals Ahmed! What a fabulous eland!!!

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Congrats on a great hunt! Smiler


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Ahmed, I never really gave any serious thought to hunting the CAR, but after reading your post it's now on my African todo list. Thanks for a great story.



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Francois, tell us about that double rifle?

P.S. Ahmed, stunning eland, congratulations!


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Looks like a Merkel double.
Ahmed, Did you recover and RWS bullets and if so how did they perform?
 
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Fantastic report and photos, this is a my dream hunt!
 
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Francois, tell us about that double rifle?

P.S. Ahmed, stunning eland, congratulations!


Yes, my double is a Merkel 470 NE. I've been guiding with it for ten years now, it is a great tool, strong, simple, and the barrels are excellent. To me, 470 is a great caliber, with a good stoping power, but also a very flat trajectory for that kind of caliber. To me the perfect compromise. A double should be heavy, and not kicking to much, so you keep the advantage of shooting the two shots quickly if necessary.
 
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hats off ahmed u really r full of surprises,congratulation my friend yet another feather in ur hat.regards


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Thanks for the great report on your memorable safari. Congratulations, those are fabulous trophies, excellent photos and priceless memories.
 
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fantastic trophy.
way to go!
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Congrats on a fine safari!


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Great report, Great pics and as usual for your hunts great trophies
Congrads!!!


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Congratulations!!


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Congratulations Ahmed on some outstanding trophies! Your choice of an outfitter couldn't have been better.
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Very nice. I must say I am very envious at the moment. Well done gentleman. This calling buffalo thing has me intrigued.


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Ahmed,
Congratulations on a fine hunt and thank you for sharing the details with us. The pictures are really great, I especially like the preperation photo for tsetse and mopane flies.


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Ahmed, Did you recover and RWS bullets and if so how did they perform?

Adam, we recovered one bullet each from Eland and Buffalo and they both performed perfectly.


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I never really gave any serious thought to hunting the CAR.

Me too, the only reason of going there was my love for the LDE trophy. However, once there, I found that it has great hunting potential. It is a beautiful country, the terrain is a mixture of Savannah land and forest and the list of animals that can be collected here is extensive.


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Thank you for sharing your trip with us. THat eland is unbelievable! Congratulations to both you and Francois.
 
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Ahmed :

If you have any video of the buffalo calling, please post it. That sounds incredibly interesting to me. I would love to see that.

Thanks.
 
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Ahmed, what a great hunt. I love your reasoning on picking the area. (Paraphrasing) "C.A.R is more dangerous, but typically has better Eland, so CAR it is!"

Beautiful trophies.
 
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Yeah, Wendell's right. The potential for real adventure was there. That's the sort of thing I enjoy. Great hunt and excellent trophies and the country looks really great. Beautiful place. Thanks for the report.
 
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Super Lord Derby Ahmed - good show!

Your bag looks a lot like mine from Cameroon, and I agree that an LDE hunt is special not just because of the animal/trophy (which is truly majestic!) but because of the overall adventure and experience. I never felt further from home than I did on Day-15 in Cameroon…and looking back, it was one of my greatest trips.

I appreciate the camp and general pictures too, very nice.
 
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Ahmed, congrats on a wonderful hunt, and a hell of an experience, great report, and pictures.......Butch
 
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Wow beautiful trophies!
 
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