Video- Cape Buffalo Hunt, Zimbabwe

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01 April 2010, 22:04

wankell

Video- Cape Buffalo Hunt, Zimbabwe

The Hunt

Cal Pappas takes on Cape Buffalo in Northern Zimbabwe.

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02 April 2010, 03:33

Idaho Sharpshooter

before you shot-counters start in, you must all realize Cal is a senior member here. He was actually born in early 1919. His American Father was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, and his French Mother was a Red Cross nurse. They met in a convalescent ward at a hospital in Marney, France, while he was recovering from wounds suffered when his Spad was shot down.

Rich

03 April 2010, 20:06

cal pappas

Good Day.
Idaho. I was born in 1920, not 1919. Please don't make me older than I am (or look).
Regards from Alaska,
Cal

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Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska
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www.CalPappas.blogspot.com
1994 Zimbabwe
1997 Zimbabwe
1998 Zimbabwe
1999 Zimbabwe
1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation
2000 Australia
2002 South Africa
2003 South Africa
2003 Zimbabwe
2005 South Africa
2005 Zimbabwe
2006 Tanzania
2006 Zimbabwe--vacation
2007 Zimbabwe--vacation
2008 Zimbabwe
2012 Australia
2013 South Africa
2013 Zimbabwe
2013 Australia
2016 Zimbabwe
2017 Zimbabwe
2018 South Africa
2018 Zimbabwe--vacation
2019 South Africa
2019 Botswana
2019 Zimbabwe vacation
2021 South Africa
2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later)
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05 April 2010, 07:31

SGraves155

Cal,
Your web-site tells us you graduated from High School in 1973. Must be a record!! A 53 yo Senior in High School!! You really look more like folks born about 1955 do.

Enjoyed the video.

Steve
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22 August 2010, 23:53

22WRF

quote:
Originally posted by cal pappas:
Good Day.
Idaho. I was born in 1920, not 1919. Please don't make me older than I am (or look).
Regards from Alaska,
Cal

From the looks of it you have lived a long, varied, and fantastic life that many here, including me, could only dream to live. Congratulations!

30 August 2010, 19:19

Bill/Oregon

jsl: No, he is not 90. Rich and Cal are having us on.

Good hunt, Cal. It is amazing the punishment those buffalo can take. Sure hope to hunt them some day.

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author

04 September 2010, 19:39

JBrown

Thank God you were using the 600 and not some small bore such as a 375! He would've never went down.

Jason

"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.

Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.

-Jason Brown