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2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard #9238578 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia 163bc OP Campfire Tracker
OP 163bc Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia	24 hour campfire members blackdogsrule & myself just returned from a 2 week hunt with Kambako Safaris in Northern Mozambique. We hunted Block B abuting the 10 million acre Niassa Reserve. We had originally booked a Cape Buffalo and plains game hunt. Just before our departure Kambako called us and said they had 2 leopards still available on quota. Kambako offered us an additional PH and his 2 man crew at no charge designated to do nothing but the baiting & checking of baits while we were hunting buff & plains game. They reported their progress and findings to us each evening back at camp so we could make plans to build & sit in blinds when it was the right time. They also offered us the leopard upgrade at a price that was just too good to pass up. We knew it was a risk but after talking to several hunters who had hunted with Kambako before we decided it was a risk worth taking. We figured we had a reasonable chance of one of us harvesting a leopard. It was a long shot that we might both pull it off. To say the hunt was a spectacular success would be quite the understatement. Kambako was 1st class in every way. The PHs we hunted with were absolutely the best hunters & guides I have had the pleasure of hunting with anywhere. The country was wild, free, harsh, and spectacular. The hunting was challenging and not easy by any means which we liked. The PHs & the trackers worked their azzes off trying to put us on game from sun up to sundown every day. It was real hunting in real Africa. I'll post a few pics and add comments as I can. Thanks, 163bc daylight Hyena Last edited by 163bc; 10/08/14.

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Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238589 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia 163bc OP Campfire Tracker
OP 163bc Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia	Bush Lunch every day Cape buff were hunted by tracking old dugga boys that had separated themselves from the herds. Blackdogs buff taken w .375 H&H with 300 grain Northfork solids. My buff also with 375 H&H 300 grain Northfork solids.

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238611 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida	Great hunt! I've heard good things about Kamabako! A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238629 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia 163bc OP Campfire Tracker
OP 163bc Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia	Bushpig A couple salty old dugga boys

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238648 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia 163bc OP Campfire Tracker
OP 163bc Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia	spectacular bush buck

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Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238654 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida	Spectacular EVERYTHING! (even the two old Dagga Boys! ) A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238688 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia 163bc OP Campfire Tracker
OP 163bc Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,249 virginia	We both took spectacular leopards at last light on the last day of our hunt. We both threw up blinds with our PHs on the last afternoon on fresh intel from the baiting PH who had seen big tracks at baits in 2 different areas. The 2 baits that had been hit were about 25-40 miles apart. Blackdogs took the one closest to where he was hunting and I took the one closest to where I was with my PH. It was a last ditch try after coming up dry for 2 weeks. We both shot at last light. It was kinda like scoring a touchdown for the win with no time left on the clock from 80 yards away. It touched off quite a celebration in camp and was the hunting thrill of a lifetime for 2 old hunting buddies. Last edited by 163bc; 10/08/14.

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard jorgeI #9238690 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 29 P PARA45 Campfire Greenhorn
PARA45 Campfire Greenhorn P Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 29	Wow, congratulations, outstanding hunt, it doesn't get any better then that! Thanks for sharing! Last edited by PARA45; 10/08/14.

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard PARA45 #9238713 10/08/14
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,241 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger
JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,241 W. Texas	Wow! Freaking fantastic hunt, and fantastic pics. Congrats to you guys! It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard 163bc #9238723 10/08/14
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,643 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger
SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,643 Midwest	Sam, Wonderbar! Man, that's awesome! Congrats! WWP53D

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Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard SKane #9238769 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,617 Orange Park, Florida	two cats: TOO COOL FOR WORDS! A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard jorgeI #9238839 10/08/14
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal EricM Campfire Tracker
EricM Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal	I think you pushed this hunt into solid UBER territory!! What an epic trip. Congratulations!! Eric

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard EricM #9238902 10/08/14
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 629 W WBill Campfire Regular
WBill Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 629	WOW! What an awesome trip! Coupled with some truely awesome trophies...Lucky bastids!!! And everything shot with the queen of Africa, 375 H&H Magnum, to boot! OUTSTANDING!! Congrats to both HUNTERS!!

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard SKane #9238952 10/08/14
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 992 Eastern Cape,South Africa KMGHuntingSafaris Campfire Regular
KMGHuntingSafaris Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 992 Eastern Cape,South Africa	WOW WOW WOW!!! Congratulations Gentleman! Marius Goosen KMG Hunting Safaris Professional Hunter and Outfitter South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia http://www.huntsafaris.co.za [email protected]

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard KMGHuntingSafaris #9238967 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado B Bighorn Campfire Tracker
Bighorn Campfire Tracker B Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado	Congrats guys!!! I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard Bighorn #9239004 10/08/14
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,177 Clancy, Montana FishN4Eyes Campfire Regular
FishN4Eyes Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,177 Clancy, Montana	WOW! Amazing hunt with some incredible animals taken. That bushbuck is a hog!!!!!! Great job, I've heard a lot of good things about Kambako.

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard FishN4Eyes #9239145 10/08/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,735 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger
Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,735 Palmer, Alaska	Amazing hunt, great trophies it just doesn't get any better than that. Excellent job. Thanks for sharing. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard Cariboujack #9239177 10/08/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 381 Virginia blackdogsrule Campfire Member
blackdogsrule Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 381 Virginia	Thanks so much Sam for taking the time to post these pics. Excellent job and it truly was a spectacular hunt. We are truly blessed that we got to share such an experience like that together. We have hunted together for many years but I don't think we will ever top this one. I for one won't even try. Montani Semper Liberi "Mountaineers Are Always Free"

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard SKane #9239218 10/08/14
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 272 I inkballedtarget Campfire Member
inkballedtarget Campfire Member I Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 272	Man! Thank you so much for taking the time to share. What an inspiration! Calvin

Re: 2 members back from Mozambique. Buff, plains game, leopard inkballedtarget #9239323 10/08/14
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,338 Mississippi and Texas Jeffpg Campfire Regular
Jeffpg Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,338 Mississippi and Texas	Absolutely incredible adventure! Anchored by an insane bushbuck! Congratulations guys. Unreal trophies... ..."I will not tip toe through life, to meet death safely."

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