Saeed,
You guys live in the "Twilight Zone", a place were reality and imagination sometimes trade places. This is hilarious. I wish you could get a TV show and just show really happens on an African Dangerous Game Hunt....

Nobody would believe all these events are real.

Versus' own t.v. reality show based upon dangerous game hunting in Africa. Perhaps Walter could convince Versus to sell the rights for the show to other planets as well, premised upon his last comment in Saeed's running dialogue. Is his wife from another planet or is she normal?

We left Walter on the truck as we started to track 2 buffalo.

A few hours later, we returned.

Me "How many shots did you hear?"
Walter "10 from that side, and 6 from that way"
Me "You must be deaf as well as blind then!"

Walter "What happened?"
Roy "Nothing happened. We missed all the animals"

Walter "My friend never misses"
Roy "We wounded the animals and they all ran away!"

Walter "My friend never wounds animals! Come on, I want to know what happened?"

Me "We are lucky to be alive! We had a buffalo run straight for us!"

Walter "And then?"
Me "Alan dropped the video camera and ran away"

Walter, laughing "He knows it is easier to run faster without a camera! Alan, you tell me what did you do?"

Roy "He took a video!"
Alan "Saeed shot two buffalo!"

Walter "Yes, but I want to know what happened!"
Me "You should come with us and then you would see what happens"
Walter "Nelson is coming. At least you did not kill him this time!"

Me "We never killed him before!"
Walter "You came very close to it the other day. Just keep on trying, you might have better luck next time!"

This is the sort of conversation that goes on all the time as soon as we get back to the truck.

One day I am going to collect all Walters stories, but I am afraid no one would believe how true they are!

We will believe you Saeed. No one makes up that many stories, believe us, we know. You might publish them. They would probably hit the New York Times' Best Sellers list. I am not sure if they would categorize them as fiction or non-fiction, but we would all know the answer to that one for sure.

Gentlemen,

I've had people sending me PMs asking about the increases in trophy fees in Tanzania.

We paid the old trophy fees, with the understanding that if the additional fees are forced on the PHs, we would pay them.

My situation might be slightly different than other hunters. In that we have hunted with people we have been hunting with for so many years, it would be unthinkable to expect them to foot any extra charges the government might force upon them.

If anything different happens, I will let you know.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have added two more video clips at the head of this thread.

One is of a reedbuck, and one of 3 buffaloes shot.

I am afraid the grass was a bit thick, so it is is a bit difficult to see what is going on.

Just before we saw the first bull standing looking back at us, we were walking about half way up a hillside. We knew the buffalo were close.

We heard thunder coming from the other side of the hill - it sounded like a herd of buffalo coming right at us from above! Both Roy and me turned our rifles to the top of the hill before we realized it was thunder.

Then we saw the first bull standing there, and I shot him very quickly - Alan hardly had the camera going!

You can see how quickly things developed, and we had 3 buffalo bulls dead within a few yards of each other.

More good hunting fun! More good riflery. Thunder from above and thunder in the long grass.
What backup rifle is Roy Vincent wagging around there (action and chambering)?
It has a big barrel hole and fairly slim barrel. Looks fairly light, a good thing since it is mostly carried and rarely shot as backup when Saeed is drawing first blood.

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What backup rifle is Roy Vincent wagging around there (action and chambering)?

RIP, I could be wrong but it looks like Alan's bunduki that Roy is carrying (which was built by Roy of course). If it is, that is a P17 action, 450 Ackley, 21" barrel, synthetic stock...weighs around 9 lbs IIRC.

Cheers,
Canuck

ps: Great clips Saeed!!

RIP,

Chris is right, it is Alan's rifle that Roy is carrying.

He was complaining he did not get a chance to fire it. I told him may be we should get Walter to shoot all the buffalo. He said he did not have enough ammo to make up for all of Walter's screw up!

Walter was present, and was not amused. He said he likes to see the trackers doing some tracking, instead of just loading dead animals into the truck.

Yesterday he came in here while there were people shooting.

One young man had an earring in his left ear. He refused to shoot the 577 T.Rex when Walter offered it to him.

Walter "Are you sure you are a man?"
The young man "Of course I am!"
Walter "Then why are you wearing earings like a girl"
YM "I like to wear earrings"

Walter, making that universal gesture of pretending to be a queer "Are you one of these then?"

YM "NO I AM NOT. These guys wear it in their RIGHT ear"
Walter "And girls wear it in BOTH thier ears, so you are half a girl then! Why don't you shoot the gun then?"
YM "Because that gun kicks too hard"

Me "May be if you take the earring off him he might be brave enough to shoot it"

Walter "Or he has the choice of all of us KICKING him instead of that gun"

Walter "Wait, wait, let me pull that earring off your ear. If you don't scream, then we would know you are not one of THEM"

The young man, who was a friend of Walter's son, who brought him here, looked rather worries "Are you all serious?"

Walter's son "These two are always serious when they find a victim. If you really don't want to shoot that rifle, we better go. I don't know what they will dream up of doing to you, but I can assure you they will come up with SOMETHING"

They left in such a hurry, Walter's son forgot his mobile phone here!

Crazinist runs in the family by the looks of things.

Thanks y'all for the Vincent Rifle description,
and for implying that Walter is not as queer as he acts, just crazy.

Great video on the old hippo. Good shooting as well.

When we found this place where this hippo seem to live in, we asked Walter if he would shoot it.

Me "Come on Walter, here is your chance to shoot a hippo. He will be standing still, not very far, and his head is so big not even you could miss it"

Walter "Ha ha ha! No, I am not shooting that hippo! Didn't you hear Alan telling us of that one one of his clients had to shoot so many times! And it STILL it would not die! No, I am not shooting that hippo you go shoot it."

Me "I really don't understand you. Anyone else would jump at the chance of shooting a hippo. You did not want to shoot an elephant, you did not want to shoot a crocodile and now you do not want to shoot a hippo. Don't call yourself a hunter then"

Walter "You only wanted me to shoot a croc because you want to see me miss. Then you will tell the whole world about it. You wanted me to shoot an elephant because you know I cannot walk that far. Now you want me to shoot this old hippo, who is so mad at all his friends. That is why he left the river and living in this little pool here. You better not would him, or we might have to come to find you in little pieces!"

Me "Being scared of a hippo is the last thing on my mind. Anyway, if he does chases us I will climb a tree. Hippos cannot get up trees"

Walter, laughing "Ha ha ha! I can just imagine the hippo getting closer and closer to you, chomping his teeth, and you dropping your rifle, then your shoes, then your shirt, then your trousers, just as you try to get up a tree. He lunges at you, and gets hold of your trousers as they fall off, with you screaming for Roy to come help you! Ha ha ha! I think that is so funny"

Me "Why would I want to drop my rifle and take my clothes off? Is that what you would do?"

Walter "Of course! The lighter you are, the faster you will run"

Me "Well, I can assure you I m not going to run. I will shoot him in the head, and he would not know what had hit him"

Walter "Just make sure you do not shoot him in the balls! Hippos can get very mad if shot in the balls"

Me "That is your speciality. I leave shooting animals in their sexualy organs to you. You seem to be an expert at it"

Walter "Come on Saeed! Honestly, I do not do it on purpose! Its your rifle and your ammo that does that not me. If you let me bring my beautiful, deadly Blaser you would see how good a shot I am"

Me "Shall I get that video of you trying to shoot that warthog and getting yourself tied in knots!?"

Walter "I don't remember anything like that. And I do not want to be reminded either. Go and shoot that hippo. Roy is waiting for you"

Saeed- I have really enjoyed your hunt. Thank you for keeping us entertained! Nice shot on the old Hippo. What time of day was it? Looks like it's late morning and I'm wondering why he had not returned to water.

John

Wow! The old sea cow never knew what hit him. He was probably having a vision of chasing a naked Walter through the Bush when the lights went out...

Thanks for posting all of this. It is good enteratainment. Most of all it makes me want to get out of this office and go hunting or anything else that has to do with shooting sports.......

O.K. Saeed knows how to brain a hippo, obviously well practiced.

Very funny getting the snake to strike at the camera lens repeatedly!!! Running alongside a slithering serpent for a few giggles from the cameraman.
What sort of viper was that?
That viper vanted to vipe the smile off the cameraman's face!
Who is the foolhardy cameraman? Alan?

Just a harmless python.

It was the second one we saw that day. The first one was already in the water, and we were not able to get it to strike.
This one was lying on the sand, close to the water in teh river bed. We had just shot 3 buffalo, and were on the way back to the truck. We had a rain storm, which got us soaking wet.

The fun of hunting in Africa!

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Originally posted by 30ott6:
Saeed- I have really enjoyed your hunt. Thank you for keeping us entertained! Nice shot on the old Hippo. What time of day was it? Looks like it's late morning and I'm wondering why he had not returned to water.

John

This hippo lived in a pool in a dry river about 12 ks from the main river. Obviously he liked it there, as he seemed to have been there for quite some time from all his tracks.

He must have heard us, and left his pool to hide in the bush. Today was the first time we actually went following him. On several previous days, we have stopped at his place, and followed other animals up the hills. Sometime passing within a few yards of his pool. I am sure we must have come very close to him before, and never saw him.

It was late morning, and after we shot him, we sat and had lunch about 7 yards from where the trackers were cutting him up!

Again, the joys of hunting in Africa!

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Who is the foolhardy cameraman? Alan?

I can't tell from the clip, but I'd bet on it. He seems to really enjoy playing "silly bugger" with the wildlife. He got Don and I some great photo ops at angry elephants and a very pissed off lion cub...although I have to admit being a little nervous about it!! A life in the bush clearly gives one a little confidence around dangerous creatures.


Cheers,
Canuck

I'm still chuckling at the Walter stories.

I really enjoyed the buff video with music and replay action. Saeed had good muzzle control around Roy and a nice little snap shot after. Good stuff.

Pity that I'm unable to watch the videos on a Mac

How silly of me to be concerned, it was just a baby python that Alan was teasing. Good clean fun. A cinematographic brainstorm in the rainstorm.

And I think I have the Saeed-Walter comedy team figured out.

Walter is not crazy nor lazy. He is just too physically infirm to "put out" like he used to. He diverts attention from his frailty with his silliness. And Saeed enjoys the comic relief as well as getting to do all of the shooting.

I suspect Walter is going blind and deaf from all the Trex shooting of his youth. He also likely has a terrible flinch from that Trex. Having Walter shoot at game is like a game of "pin the tail on the donkey." Just done every now and then for laughs.

Carry on.

That hippo literally bit the dust. Nicely done.

And I don't care if it was "only" a python. That camera would have to have a looonnngggg lens before I would take those shots.

Pretty cool.

Thanks, Saeed.

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
That hippo literally bit the dust. Nicely done.

Yep, hippo "bite of dust" plus hippo saliva equals hippo mouth full of mud, and he surely had a mouth full of mud! Dusted!

A few years ago in Tanzania, we saw a black mamba slithering along. We stopped the truck, and Alan ran off after it to take a video. Everyone was screaming at him to stop, as it might turn around and attack him. The snake was more interested in putting as much distance between us and himself, rather than attack.

I jumped after him and tried to take some photoes as well.

We both got a good tung lashing for be so "rash" with a black mamba from everyone except Walter.

Walter "Ha ha ha! Two men got beaten by a baby snake. Why didn't one of you catch it by the tail?"

Me "We had the cameras. You should have ran after and caught it. You would have been our hero!"

Walter "I am a HERO! What do you call surviving all these years with you and your friends takes! Pure heroism! I will go STRAIGHT to heave when I die. I have suffered enough with you!"

Alan "The snake has gone into a hole, come and help us dig it out"

Walter "Good. I will be the dig up leader. I will sit on the truck and shout encouragement to Saeed while he digs, and you should be ready with your video camera. As the snake comes out, Pierre will catch it by the tail, and hold it for you you video"

Pierre "NO I HATE snakes! Especially mambas. Do you know how dangerous they are?"

Walter "They are not very dangerous. Not as long as I sit on top of the truck and let you brave people catch it. I think it will be very funny"

Me "I can see how funny it will be if we do catch that snake and throw it at you"

Walter "Shit! If you do that you will see me go into warp drive! You will have to come find me by following the burn marks in the grass I leave behind"

Me "Now instead of all this yep yapping, shouldn't we go catch that snake"

Walter "Pierre does not like snakes. Forget about it and let us go shoot something. Preferably a buffalo which you ahve to follow till lunch time, because I am already tired and need a little sleep"

Pierre "You just woke up an hour ago! How the hell can you sleep so much"

Walter "I did not sleep so well last night. Nelson was snoring louder than the hippos".

That is how Walter's typical hunting dayt starts.

Saeed, what kind of snake was it??

Mike

Retreever,
Do you not read Saeed's posts? Just look at pictures do you?
He said it was a python.
Do you want to know what kind of python?
I can tell you it was not a Colt Python, but it might be a rock python.

It seems many people do not look at my first post - which I edit and add links in to hunt reports and videos.

I have uploaded our hippo and croc report, which you can all see by clicking on the relevant link at my first post at the head of this thread.

An AR member we know?

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Originally posted by Sunshine:
Pity that I'm unable to watch the videos on a Mac

I don't know why not. I just click on them and they work fine on a Mac.

I say that we nominate Saeed for the 2007 Patrick McManus Award and then have you publishers of the AR Africa Book, publish Saeed's memoirs of Walter in a new book. I am sure that it will sell like hotcakes here on AR, just like the other one has. I would then suggest that Saeed then take the proceeds from the sale of the book and use it to offer a free hunt in Africa with Walter and a new winner to be determined in another AR contest. By the way, I like the croc photo. It just lacks the grey hair and beard. . .

I keep checking page one, post one.

The above photos are great but what they don't show and which will be seen in the DVD's is what Saeed is doing to get photos of the Croc from all around. You can hear the voices in the background asking what in the world he is doing!

I am copying the discs and will be mailing this week I hope.
Frank

Saeed,

I have to say great weapon handling!!! With the Buffalo that was running to the right(2nd Buffalo??) as you swing your rifle to follow the buffalo and raise it up and WELL over the PH. I have been a police officer for over 15 years and I would like to use that video as a training aid. It would go something like this, if he can use proper weapon handling while trying to shoot a buffalo why cant you guys do the same just walking up to a building or even on the range??

Great pictures and videos!!

I like this Hippo Clip with the Perfect Shoot...Congrats

Seloushunter

Hi Saeed

Just want to say thanks for the videos they were great.

Looks like you guys had some good fun.

I can also see why you and Walter are friends. After all the reports and writings about Walter I wondred why you stay friends.

But one clip stands out for me after you got back to the car after shooting the buff. The PH says to walter you missed.

without hisitation walter replies my friend does not miss. The PH then says you wounded them. Without hisitation Walter replies my friend does not wound.

Now that is a friend worth having.

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Originally posted by boerbokrib:
Hi Saeed

Just want to say thanks for the videos they were great.

Looks like you guys had some good fun.

I can also see why you and Walter are friends. After all the reports and writings about Walter I wondred why you stay friends.

But one clip stands out for me after you got back to the car after shooting the buff. The PH says to walter you missed.

without hisitation walter replies my friend does not miss. The PH then says you wounded them. Without hisitation Walter replies my friend does not wound.

Now that is a friend worth having.

Walter is using himself as an example.

He hardly ever shoot anything without missing, and compared to him I hardly ever miss.

That is hat he meant

Saeed, I am a 50yearold, slightly overweight deer/duck/bird hunter living in northern Minnesota - at 10amCST it is a balmy -8F! Your images and writing bring a great deal of joy - I've read just about all the books about African hunting available, and thoroughly enjoy your first-hand accounts - they make the whole African experience so real.

Just a big thank you, without getting all teary-eyed, you know. Great stuff, brother - thanks for sharing.