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Outfitter: Sprial Horn Safaris http://www.spiralhorn.co.za/ Location: Limpopo province/ mile from Botswana border PH: Louis Van Bergen/Juan Booyse Dates: August 31 – September 9, 2010 Hunt: Whatever and relax Game Seen: Roan, White Rino, Sable, Tessebee, Impala, Blue Wildebeest,Waterbuck,Zebra, Giraffe, Eland, Kudu, Gemsbuck, did I leave anything out???? Game Taken: Tessebee, Zebra, Giraffe,impala Rifle used: Sauer 200 9.3x62, Blaser R93 308 Optics: Leupold 1.5x5 illum, Swaro AV 4x12 Ahh, this hunt started awhile back. I had planned on hunting with Louis and company June 2009, well best laid plans were shot to hell. My 2009--in short SUCKED!!!! In June my sister-in law was DX with breast cancer (none in their family history,my wife helped with her treatment all summer). Then in Septmeber my mother-in-law was hit head on in a car accident, it broke 32 bones. Then in October my wife was DX with stage IIA breast cancer, my life was pretty low!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13  By coachsells at 2010-05-24 I had been in contact with Louis on a daily bases as he had become a close friend. He said take care of your family and the hunting will be waiting for you. I have always wanted to hunt the "brush country" of Africa as it would have a different feel than the east cape. In June of this year my wife treatment had gone well and she got her first cancer free report, she said get out of here and go hunting your driving me crazy. So a short phone call later to Louis at Spiral Horn, and a call to Delta and I was on my way to Limpopo. Louis and crew picked me up at the airport and everything went smooth. I had my camera bag stolen in the police office in the airport so pic's this time are a little thin. We awoke the next morning after a nice meal and stay at Du Du lodge  By coachsells at 2010-09-13  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 And off on Spiral Horns Piper 6. It is very comfortable and made a 4hr drive into a 50 min plane ride. Spiral Horn also has a Cessna Caravan at their disposal so larger groups (up to 6 per charter) can be taken care of also. Little veiw out the window!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 I got the next morning started with a grand Tessebee hunt. Lots of fun on a neat amimal. Shot a really nice bull, I'm very proud of him. He was old and worn down.  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 My PH Juan and I hunted very hard. It was starting to get hot and the animals were holding up. We had many stalks that ended up with nothing, but how much more fun could you have!!!! On the 3rd morning our hard hunting paid off with a toad of an impala. I did not even tape him. He is ALOT bigger than anything I have ever shot.  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 Louis place has tons of good impala. It was nothing to see 6-10 really good rams a day, just getting them is another story! I hunted for Blue Wildebeest until I was blue, but did not put one in the salt this trip. Juan and I did run into a beast of a Zebra the last day and I could not resist another rug. Let me tell you this guy was tough!!!!!!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 We saw a ton of game, on Louis personal farm and on the consessions he hunts around him. We saw Sable, Roan, Buffalo, and Rino. It was just a really fun and relaxing time. Sable in the shade, its getting hot!!!!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 Roan! Hey maybe next time!!!!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 Some views looking out into Botswana!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 Nice sundowner with the sunset!  By coachsells at 2010-09-14 Just wanted to say thanks to Louis and Juan making this a great hunt, and to my wife and 2 year old daughter for making me a happy dad!!!!  By coachsells at 2010-09-13 Ed DRSS Member | ||
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Congrats on your hunt Ed. That Impala is a toad! Best wishes to your family. Regards, David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Good for you Ed! Here's to a better 2010-2011. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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505ED; Congratulations on well deserved and earned trophies. You and your wife are really troopers!! That Impala is a monster. Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Frank, I agree, 2010 is already looking better--I still have everyone and they are on the mend!!!! Ed DRSS Member | |||
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Well done Ed! Congrats on some fine trophies... and great to see the smile on your wife and daughter's faces. God bless and keep your family! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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G'Day Ed Fantastic report and well done on getting to your safari.I sure hope that thinking improve for your family situation and I wish you all the very best  | |||
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Outstanding! God bless and good luck to you and your family! | |||
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Ed, Always up for a heart warming story. Mike | |||
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Great hunt and 2010 is lookin' up for you! | |||
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Very nice, Ed! Congrats on the hunt. I know you needed it. You have had a whirlwind of a year, bud.. Fam is lookin' great. | |||
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