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not sure what you are describing but in Afrikaans it might be "vetkoek" or "pasteikies", not sure though.

Thanks for a great report Afterum

Years ago I did the hardship thing in Africa (Peace Corps); mud huts, muddy water, military coup, malaria, the works....

...and now I live in South Texas which, as it turns out, looks remarkably like South Africa...

Sooo.... by my lights...

...while ANYBODY in Africa is a real weenie if'n they ain't drinking muddy water (and who has the yellow bubbly diarrhea from their giardia to prove it), sleeping in mud huts, twenty pounds underweight, and eating the exact same miserable things day in day out....

....I know for a fact a fence across the middle of nowhere (as per your pics) does NOT make it any easier to find game.


..and as per your pics, I'd much rather see it the way is REALLY is.

Thank you for sharing

Birdwatcher

Nice Steenbok!!

Keep up the good work and excellent writing style. I just wish we all had submitted our reports in this manner.
Also, don't get discouraged with some of the comments here. They beat me up bad for having a little blood on my Springbuck in a picture I posted on another website. I didn't bother with a reply explaining that we had run out of water to give it a bath with.

AFTERUM,

Congratulations on a great safari in RSA, I hope one day I can return to Africa with my wife also!

I took my son and we both hunted PG in Namibia June 2008...

Your excellent hunt report and photographs have brought back some wonderful memories!

Thank you for sharing I'm glad you did!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010
I could really feel the clock ticking now. Two days to hunt. We had breakfast as usual and we headed out to a very large (20,000 acre) property that was not very far from camp. I liked the close pieces of property cause we got to come back for lunch and then a little rest in the middle of the day before we went back out about 2:30 or so. This was another one of those "hard" days. We saw a gemsbok from the bakkie early and we bailed off and gave chase. We tracked him for over an hour thru the thorn and got a glimpse or two but I never even got on the sticks. Back to the bakkie, ride some more, walk some more, just couldn't find the magic. We went back for a nice lunch, and I spent some time writing in my journal. When you go, be sure and journal your adventure. I hope you are better at it than I am, I still have some blank pages and I have been back almost 2 weeks! I promise I will get it all filled in. I tried very hard this day to notice small things. Sights, sounds, smells of Africa that I knew I would miss very much when we left on Saturday. My binoculars were covered in a fine red dust (I still have not cleaned them except for the lenses) and I have never hunted with a dirtier rifle than the one that was in my lap. I figured there would be plenty of time to clean everything when we got home. Craig was getting anxious. You know how we all go thru phases as hunters. When you are younger, its "kill, kill, kill," and as you get older its "come my friend, let's have a drink around the fire and talk about the day". We walked almost all day and I think sometimes Craig would speed up just to see if I could keep up. The thorns must have taken my cap off a dozen times and I was bleeding here and there again. One time, Craig, the great white ph hung his big ole foot in a forked limb and he almost fell on his face. I turned my head to laugh and looked back at Barb. His face got red and I don't think he thought it was very damn funny. I liked him, he was a good kid. We saw some very nice waterbuck and I would love to have one, maybe next trip. I really felt like I earned an animal this day, but I sure didn't get one. Now we were down to one last day.

hunting is hard work

Great Thread, thanks for posting AFTERUM.

I especially liked your description of how the Afrikaans words sounded to your ear, I have been able to work out the actual word in most instances.

Cheers,
Rath

Thanks Rath and I just noticed all thru the thread I spelled it with a "C" instead of a "K" as you correctly have it. It should be "Afrikaans" not "Africaans". My apologies.

Long thread, but enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, thank you for sharing. I can see the benefit of keeping a journal.

Afterrum, nice photos and it's obvious all are having a great time. My apologies for disrupting your thread and being a jackass.

Apology accepted. Thanks Greenhorn.

Thanks Greenhorn, mighty big of you to apologize to Afterum the way you did.

Did you have any luck in your hunting? I haven't noted any posts.

Good on 'ya GH...

Ingwe

AFTERUM, when ya gonna finnish the story. You forgot the last day, and the gemsbok

maddog

Last I heard he went to a football game. Maybe he drank too much alcohol and did not remember the last day in Africa.

Ahh, that could happen....


maddog

Just got back from the big easy. My Ole Miss Rebs beat Tulane in the dome but it weren't purty......I will finish my yarn this week...didn't think ya'll would notice......Stoney, re think the .308.....

I may take the 260rem.