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A friend and I went on our first Safari the latter part of June. We went with Antonie and Melinda Louw of Makalaan Safaris. We hunted near "bushmanland" for a variety of plainsgame and harvested some real nice trophies, in our eyes anyway. We each got a nice Kudu, Gemsbok bull, Eland among others. Our kudu were 60" and 53". One of the gemsbok bulls was 38", our eland were both very nice also. We had a wonderful time. Antonie and Melinda made us feel as if we were part of the family. The food and accomodations were excellent. the Game quality and qauntity were very good. troy and Lori Ginn of " International Outdoor Cunsultants" in Montana took care of our trip, all the details and arrangements from beginning to end. They can be reached at 800-808-4868 or iochunts@montana.com. We thought this would be the trip of a "lifetime" and it was, but we are already figuring out how to get back. The pictures, If I can get them to come through are some of the animals I took. I'll try to get some of my partners pictures if I can get these on here.  | ||
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 These are a few of the animals we got. Antonie is in the Zebra and Gemsbok pictures with me. | |||
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Congratulations on a great first trip and cheers to you on planning the next. Thanks for the photos also and especially the eland. We don't see enough of those around here. _______________________________  | |||
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Another American bites the dust! Congratulations on becomming an African Safari-goer! Nice trophies and well done! In good hunting. Andrew McLaren. | |||
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Great Kudu. | |||
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Awesome trophies! Once the Africa bug has bitten you there is no cure. | |||
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Tell us more about your trip! Congrats and welcome to the fraternity. LDK 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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GREAT Kudu and Eland!!  _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Thanks for the report. Great loooking animals! My first trip will be May of next year and I can hardly wait! Post some more pictures! ______________________ I don't shoot elk at 600 yards for the same reasons I don't shoot ducks on the water, or turkeys from their roosts. If this confuses you then you're not welcome in my hunting camp. | |||
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These are some pictures of, John, my Partner's, animals.  | |||
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 Real nice Wildabeast!!! | |||
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 53" Kudu. | |||
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Congratulations on a great hunt. What guns did you use? | |||
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John used a winchester 70 in .338 and I used a remington 721B in 30-06. He used 225 grain triple shocks and I used 180 grain swift A-Frames. Both bullets worked extremely well. | |||
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Congrats, Great trophies. Looking forward to my first trip in May '08. Thanks for sharing. Jeff No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. | |||
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elk338, That is a hell of a KUDU!!!! Bloody nice way to start your African hunting career  Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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Glad you had such a nice time. Excellent trophies too! I hunted with Antonie in 2004 and I'll be back at his place in a few weeks for 18 days in September. Great operation and absolutely wonderful people. Did you have a chance to go to Etosha? Antonie offers trips there and they are certainly worth the time spent. | |||
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There is only one "first" safari and it looks like yours was a great success. Here's wishing you many more in the future. It looks like you got your picture captions mixed up on the hartebeest, rather than a wildebeest. I mess up on my picture posting pretty frequently so don't take me for a perfectionist, just a sympathizer. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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You are right I did get my caption wrong---Oh Well, no harm done and I don't mind you bringing it to my attention and thanks for taking the time to let me know that you looked at our pics. | |||
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I hunted with Tony and Melinda in '05. They run a great operation. Was Fritz there for your hunt? Getting to watch a bushman track was the highlight of my safari!! They are truly amazing!! Congrats, Bob There is room for all of God's creatures....right next to the mashed potatoes. http://texaspredatorposse.ipbhost.com/   | |||
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Elk- Did you guys hunt at Makalaan farms or did you hunt at a remote location? We seldom get to choose But I've seen them go both ways And I would rather go out in a blaze of glory Than to slowly rot away! | |||
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Hunted with Antonie and Melinda August 06. I will return and am booked for August 08. Great place to bow hunt and truly wonderful people,,, Fritz's tracking pulled me out of the fire several times. Truly amazing how these guys track. you can make more money, you can not make more time | |||
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We hunted on Antonie's ranch. His father's and Brother's ranches are available also. | |||
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You did well. Great pictures. | |||
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I'm going back in 2010. Thanks to all here for the info before the first hunt, I'm sure I will have more questions before the next. Thanks again, Mike | |||
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Wonderful animals and great photos. Congratulations. "Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult." | |||
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