ctures tomorrow.

Hi Larry I heard you had a great hunt. Well done. Can't wait to see the pictures. Been chatting to Brent Leesmay about your hunt today. Some great animals taken. Hope all well at home. Cheers.

Hey Larry,

Glad you landed OK in Harare!!!! Was good to finally meet you - I trust Mary Lynn's surgery went well.

Cheers,
Brent

Thanks for the initial report Larry. Looking forward to the pics and "the rest of the story"!

Thanks Mark.

Brent, I enjoyed meeting you and your family. The flight was a bit hair raising.

Looking forward to your the pics.

Great teaser so far!!

Congrats on a great safari.

Great hunt, lots of adventures and new memories hope all is well at home.

Congratulations Larry.
A super trophy in the Waterbuck,and Buffalo,Elephant as well.
You had quite the adventure!

Larry

Thanks again for taking the time to write another great report. I don't know how you do it between business, family and hunting..but you do!

Larry

Great report! I needed the fix.
That 500 has gotten a workout for it not even being a year old. Isn't that 4 Bull Ele?
Congrats my friend.

Brett

Great report Larry and good shooting. Anxiously awaiting your pics. Congratulations on a great (cut short) Safari.

Larry, enjoyed the report. Congratulations on putting the .500 to good use.

Outstanding!

Now for the pics.

I always worry about hitting game at the Sango airstrip. Too many impala and wildebeest there for my comfort.

Thanks all. The pictures are loading now.

Will, you are right. They are damn lucky it was an impala rather than a bigger animal. We hazed the pilot and told him he had to pay a trophy fee before he left. We all laughed but it was a nervous laugh. This could have been far worse. For me, this is the 3rd airplane problem in 8 charter legs. I will bet Giles doesn't like to see my name.

Several people have been inquiring about Mary Lynn. She had breast cancer a couple of years ago. She discovered some lymph node issues on the same side she had cancer. These were removed on Tuesday. We got the test results this morning. They are negative thank goodness. I appreciate all of the concern for her.

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They are negative thank goodness.

Larry, great to hear.

Larry.......Just got back from my daughters pack in wilderness hunt for Elk. She killed a monster on the next to the last day. We saw a hell of a lot of bulls. Packed six horses, fully loaded, 8 miles out. Damn...it was fun.

Anyway.....got the pics you sent via the phone. WONDERFUL.....as usual. That is all I have come to expect from you! I look forward to the ones you are about to post.

But again - CONGRATULATIONS! When I showed all the folks near and around Elk camp your pics on the phone, they were agast. You da' man!

Great safari Larry.
Hope & pray all is well with Mary Lynn.
Looking forward to some photos.

Larry

Glad to hear Mary Lynn is well

And congratulations on another amazing trip - the 500 is really getting put through the paces. Can't wait to see the pictures!

Orvar

Great report! Sounds like you were able to cram 21 days into 12. Can't wait for the pics.

Well done Larry! You had a bang-up safari, literally. And glad to hear Mary Lynn's results were what you wanted them to be!

The cameraman was a professional photographer. I gave him my camera and he took pictures as he saw fit. He did a good job.

I seem to be missing pictures of my room. I will look for them.

Holy cow Larry...this is the closest thing to the old Kenya...Think about it..the big 5, probably even a BLACK rhino you saw, buffalo elephant and lion everywhere, taking multiple elephant & buff. Ok you got me..no hundred pounders running around and no black rhino on license...but let me tell you it is pretty damn close!

Thanks for showing us here sitting at home that this is STILL possible.

We saw multiple black rhino. No entertaining incidents with them like there was in 2011 when I had to grab Collen by the shirt and pull him in the bushes to avoid a black rhino cow & calf.

No massive elephants but we saw a lot of elephants.

We saw more lions that I have seen in my last 10 safaris combined.

Congratulations on another fantastic safari!

Very nice photos...and especially liked this one as its much different from most TROPHY SHOTS I've done in the past.

I ENHANCED the image for you my compliments

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you computer skills far surpass mine.

I might add an interesting tidbit. I cut the tail off with a knife I bought in the auction to raise money for Owain Lewis.

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you computer skills far surpass mine.

I might add an interesting tidbit. I cut the tail off with a knife I bought in the auction to raise money for Owain Lewis.

That's COOL

Wow Larry! Thanks for the pics and the "rest of the story"!!!!!! Roland: Nice touch up on that photo of Larry and the ele tail!

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Roland: Nice touch up on that photo of Larry and the ele tail!

Thanks Vaughn,...I enjoy just this kind of stuff, business been slow so thought I'd help out

Makes the pic just jump out at you!

If there are any medical/veterinary experts out there, I would like to hear what you all think of the elephants leg injury.

I sure am glad I came back for the pictures! It looks like a great trip, if somewhat abbreviated. Thanks for the report, and congratulations on the trip and outstanding trophies.

Nice work Larry, congrats!

Larry,

Always a good read and fun too.

Mike

Wow, some seriously nice buffalo!

Looks like a great trip.

Sorry some concerns on the home front may have taken away some of your enjoyment.

Glad the test results were favorable.

Looks like you got the double dialed in!

Congrats! Larry!

Out of all the great things in the pictures, I keep going back to the seating arrangement at the dining table. I'm afraid that I've been sitting in Nevin's spot for +/- 60 dinners. Also, Larry, you're in Thierry's chair.

Good to see Chumbe (sp? - "Soom-bay") at the elephant kill. I was there when he was carted off to jail in 2011; wrongly accused of being in cahoots with the rhino poachers. When we saw him in 2012, he was back to old form and clearly moved that we remembered his plight and that we had worried about him.

I believe that I see your favorite scatter gun in there as well.

Will:

Chumbe was the one that shot by my head.

Another excellent Larry Shores adventure. I can't wait to hear the ivory weight on you elephant. Extremely well done again sir.

Jeff

Like Will, I go to the dining table to remember ther excellent meals & conversation at Sango.
Unlike Will, I have not had the pleasure of sitting at MY spot enough to wear my buttprint into the wood.
Larry, you're sitting in my spot.

Larry,

Very nice! That waterbuck is superb as well as all the rest. I have a TSX story for you at some point.

Mark

Great report and well done.

Cheers
Jim