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For my youngest daughter's 20th birthday I offered to take her to Namibia from the 5th to the 18th of July (later I mentioned that I would like to hunt a few days while there). We hunted for one week with Francois Marais and then we camped for one week in areas south and southwest of Windhoek. The hunting was arranged by Karl Stumpfe (Ndumo Hunting Safaris). First, the trophy pictures: The Gemsbok  The Springbok  The Mountain Zebra, the PH Francois Marais and his dog Crumble (or Crumbs or bread morsels or something like that but lost in translation).  A typical view of the Kalahari landscape where I hunted  I used my Winchester Model 70 in .375 H&H, shooting Nosler 260 grain Accubond bullets which I handloaded with 72 grains of VihtaVuori N140 propellant. The scope is a Leupold 1.5 to 5. I also could have taken Red Hartebeest, Steenbok and Duiker in the area I hunted but decided to leave something for another trip and because my wife has increasing doubts about the esthetics of our interior decorating as time goes by. Do people shoot ostrich? The Namib Desert is more than your average collection of dunes and I enjoyed being there immensely. I was told it is the oldest desert in the world. Proof for this amazing statement is that it was already there when Ray Atkinson first hunted in Namibia. Here are some photos taken in Sossusvlei: My daughter walking through Deadvlei  The rest are just pictures of the desert at Sossusvlei (the nearest sleeping accomodations are at Sesriem).    I haven't had time to really enhance the colors with Photoshop, and for the photo-jealous I have let Photobucket downgrade the quality automatically before posting. This is one technicolor desert, even with the camera on point-and-shoot automation, you have to see it to believe it. Photographs taken with a Nikon D90 and the Nikkor 18-200mm lens and a Nikon D60 with an 18-105mm. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | ||
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Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing Gerhard FFF Safaris Capture Your African Moments Hunting Outfitter (MP&LP) Proffesional Hunter (MP&LP) History guide Wildlife Photographer www.fffsafaris.co.za | |||
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Beautiful pictures of the country which I also have the previlege to live in. You can be proud of your trophies. I know Francois very well as well as his younger brothers. We live and hunt in the same area and together with his brothers, we did a lot of shooting together. They know how to shoot and know the animals! That is obvious when one looks at the trophies you harvested. MCD Uitspan Hunting Ranch, Namibia | |||
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Michael, Gerhard, thank you for the kind words. From Gochas (what we call in the Western USA a one-horse-town) to the South African border I think everyone knows Francois. In fact, I thought about calling my post "Everyone Knows Francois". We couldn't poney-up to the bar at Stoney's without someone offering us a drink (having my daughter with us didn't hurt) and striking up a conversation in Afrikaans. As Francois told me, "they only speak English in self-defense." Did eleven years with the Namibian Police Force colour his humour? I must say, we got along just fine. From the row of shooting medals in his home I also figured he knew how to shoot, and he is enough of a gentlemen to have refrained from any comments on my shooting. Since I filled out my dance card on the 5th day, Francois asked if I would like to do some wing-shooting, ie. sand grouse, over a water hole on his ranch the following morning. It was a very windy day. For those of you who haven't done this, prepare yourself for a few (or a lot of) misses. I shot around 30 birds but won't admit to how many empty shells were at my feet. I'm hoping Francois will keep this information confidential. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Beautiful photos and animals. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Great pictures. Looks like an excellent trip. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Beautiful pics Wink, maybe you can post a few more? Congrats on your hunt, 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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Someone does a good job taking photo's. I really like the zebra picture. Thanks for sharing. | |||
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David, at your request: Another dune view  By the way, this dune stuff could go on forever       Tunnel vision of the bar at Tsauchab on a white hot day?  This has to be the youngest giraffe I have ever seen, probably only one or two weeks old.  Some ostrich in Sossusvlei  The hotel zebra at the Rostok Ritz  Our 4WD camping car at the Rostok Ritz campsite.  I think anyone going to Namibia should consider taking a couple of days to visit the Rostok Ritz and Sossusvlei. It would be a shame to miss them. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Great pictures! I hunted with Francois last year and Cremmel took a liking to my boot.  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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Great photos. It looks like you had a great hunt. | |||
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Congratulations, you took some nice animals, and great photographs, I enjoyed them very much. Regards Aziz  | |||
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Great pictures !!!! Thank you very much. Walking up and down those sand dunes after game must be very tiring for a lazy flat country guy like me  !!! L | |||
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Good stuff.Felicitations! | |||
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Great photography and animals. Those dunes are somethin' else.....WOW! | |||
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The Photographer:  The Producer:  We also took pictures with a pocket camera:  The End  _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Thanks, thanks and more thanks Beatiful pictures. From the six african countries I have been so far, Namibia is my favourite !! L | |||
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Wink, Thank you and your Daughter for posting some of the best photos of Namib I've ever seen. Absolutely stunnng! You should publish these. No doubt they would sell. Cheers, 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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Wonderful, Wink - now I know I just gotta go back! | |||
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Thank you for posting your report and such great pictures Wink! It stirred a lot of fond memories about Namibia and also reminded me of the excellent trophy potential for Gemsbok (what a beautiful animal you got BTW), Springbok, Mtn Zebra (d.o.) and several others are concerned in that part of the world. Best, Chris Regards, Chris Troskie Tel. +27 82 859-0771 email. chris@ct-safaris.com Sabrisa Ranch Ellisras RSA www.ct-safaris.com https://youtu.be/4usXceRdkH4 | |||
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Wink: Wow! Exceptional photos from an exceptional country. Thank you for sharing them with us. Kim Merkel Double .470 NE Whitworth Express .375 H&H Griffin & Howe .275 Rigby Winchester M70 (pre-64) .30-06 & .270 "Cogito ergo venor" René Descartes on African Safari | |||
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Very nice. I love the color of the sand there. | |||
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Looks like a great trip... Can I ask who did you use for the truck rental etc.... thanks Dinsdale | |||
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.........and I thought there was something to this genetics thing........  Great pics and a beautiful daughter......I suppose SOMEONE had to serve as the foil......  xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Beautiful Pictures!!! ddj The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back - Robert Ruark | |||
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Beautiful trophies and OUTSTANDING Images!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! | |||
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Dinsdale, for the week of camping and touring, arrangements were made for me by ATI Namibia through Mariette: mariette@infotour-africa.com They used Advanced Car Hire for the vehicle: http://www.advancedcarhire.com/ Hope this helps. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Nice one Wink, looks like you really enjoyed the trip. That one dune is most probably the most photopraghed dune in the world, it stay beautiful. I notice a new look, some facial camo  When are you stopping over in RSA again? There are a couple of margurita's haunting me. Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Wink outstanding photos... Good to see you make a trip back to Africa a hunting trip also... Tell the pic taker fantastic job... Mike | |||
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Great fotos Wink, thanks for sharing. Sounds like you's had a great time. What day were at the Tropic of Capricorn? Must have just missed you, was just there 14 July! This sign was just north of Kalkrand, looks like the same one you were at, Waidmannsheil, Dom.  -------- There are those who only reload so they can shoot, and then there are those who only shoot so they can reload. I belong to the first group. Dom --------- | |||
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Dom, we took the Tropic picture on Saturday 11 July, on our way to Windhoek, coming back from Gochas, at most likely the very same spot, but on the other side of the road. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Hi Wink Thanks for a nice hunting report, was nice having you and Claire over here, you guys are welcome to come back anytime. To get back to the sand-grouse, lots in your favor, windy, mickey-mouse gun, skeet loads and much more, don't feel tooo embarrassed, you did well. Very nice photos, looks like you guys had a nice trip after I left you. You are right, our photo is just on the other side of the road. Francois Marais PH Namibia sfm@iway.na | |||
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Well done Wink... beautiful pictures and great trophies along with spending time with your daughter on a trip you both will treasure forever! 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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Nice report, Wink! congratulations! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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I wonder, is Francois related to Louis Marais of Eastern Cape, RSA? He had a heck of a backyard... Andy | |||
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Earlier in this thread I mentioned that François never made any disparaging comments about my shooting. That wasn't entirely true. Below you will see the entrance hole on the zebra I took. Francois told me the shot was "supposed" to be about an inch to the left, at the apex of the triangle made by the stripes. I promise to try harder next time.  _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Great pics taken by your daughter!! Looks like a fine safari was had. | |||
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That's funny! Francois says to aim for the top of the white triangle on the shoulder. I got the same talking to about shooting one inch left.  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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Andy No relation of mine (Louis Marais)as far as I know. Fjold/Wink Both very good shots, and very dead Zebra, must say somthing, couldn't let you guys get of so easily. Fjold, yours was only about 150 yards further. Keep well guys Francois | |||
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