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Cops aren't cheap. We are pooooooooor. Unfortunately there is a difference.... 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Cops aren't cheap. We are pooooooooor. Unfortunately there is a difference.... And then there are the rest of us. I believe it was Pat McManus that penned the line (I'm paraphrasing I'm sure), "He was almost at the poverty level - and he could have reached it with a little more income". 
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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Cops aren't cheap. We are pooooooooor. Unfortunately there is a difference.... Sadly, I'm both cheap and poor so I know what you're talking about.
"This duty fell upon me and was the worst job I ever had in my life.
I have known men I would rather shoot than the worst of dogs."
Frank Wild
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Endurance 1914-1916
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Yep, I've been back less than two weeks from my first. My PH says he has an elephant hunt in Botswana for this year which was not yet booked. I'm seriously considering it, even though I definitely can't afford it. Damn bankers and good credit rating!
Dale
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I suggest before heading back you give north BC a go for elk, moose, goat, what have you via fly in and horse. Nothing compares...
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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I dunno about that. I did a 10-day northern BC hunt for moose, elk and caribou in 2002, and it was one of the best hunts I've ever made, with a very good moose, a decent 6x6 elk, and many adventures with grizzlies and other animals. (Saw some caribou too, but not one I wanted to take.)
But I would still rate it behind a 10-day hunt I made in the Okavango Delta of Botswana the next year, which is wild Africa at it's finest. Got my first buffalo and several nice plains game trophies, but just being there among elephants, lions, leopards, hippos, wild dogs, and far more other animals (not to mention birds) than BC holds was amazing.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I dunno about that. I did a 10-day northern BC hunt for moose, elk and caribou in 2002, and it was one of the best hunts I've ever made, with a very good moose, a decent 6x6 elk, and many adventures with grizzlies and other animals. (Saw some caribou too, but not one I wanted to take.)
But I would still rate it behind a 10-day hunt I made in the Okavango Delta of Botswana the next year, which is wild Africa at it's finest. Got my first buffalo and several nice plains game trophies, but just being there among elephants, lions, leopards, hippos, wild dogs, and far more other animals (not to mention birds) than BC holds was amazing. Just a wild azzed guess that the next trip he suggested is not for buffalo... I considered a buff hunt when I did my first BC hunt with Stone Mountain Safaris five years ago and opted for the latter. No regrets. I was considering a proper buffalo/sable hunt upon retirement in a few years but have decided a BC trip, maybe grizzly as well. When I can no longer climb mountains I will go chase Africa's big game. Cost is a push I suspect.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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