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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
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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.
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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…”
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Spectacular EVERYTHING! (even the two old Dagga Boys! )
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Wow, congratulations, outstanding hunt, it doesn't get any better then that! Thanks for sharing!
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Wow! Freaking fantastic hunt, and fantastic pics. Congrats to you guys!
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Sam,
Wonderbar! Man, that's awesome! Congrats!
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two cats: TOO COOL FOR WORDS!
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I think you pushed this hunt into solid UBER territory!! What an epic trip. Congratulations!!
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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!!
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WOW WOW WOW!!! Congratulations Gentleman!
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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.
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Amazing hunt, great trophies it just doesn't get any better than that. Excellent job. Thanks for sharing.
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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.
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Man! Thank you so much for taking the time to share.
What an inspiration!
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Absolutely incredible adventure!
Anchored by an insane bushbuck!
Congratulations guys.
Unreal trophies...
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