Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Africa Confirmed A Few Things

Sitting in Atlanta, reflecting on a few things I confirmed, at least in my mind.

1. In order of superiority......Tafel, Windhoek Lager, Castle
2. Yes, Amarula is great stuff
3. Once again, from best table fare to almost best......oryx, springbok, kudu/mtn zebra steaks, blue wildebeest, hartebeest/Impala. They're all great, some just "more better".
4. A Leupold VX6 is a helluva hunting scope.
5. An 8x32 Cabelas Euro//Meopta Hd is a super great hunting binocular.
6. Namibia has great hunting, great people.
7. Africa Sky Guest House rocks
8. A 160 gr 7mm Nosler Accubond is a fantastic hunting bullet.
9. Gotta give it up to Atlanta......their customs, immigration, gun clearing process is very efficient and painless.

Take it you're back from your safari?

If you had picked up the phone, we could have made your wait a lot better!

Hell Jeff, I didn't want to take a Chance of getting in trouble !

Oh yeah, forgot one......hunting kudu bulls is extremely addicting.

10. YOU SUCK!

Fixt

I look like a complete dolt sitting here in ATL laughing my assss off,

My then 13 year old son used that bullet out of his 7x57 on all manner of African critters in 2011.

Hahaha....where's the "Like" button?

11. You Mega-Turbo-Uber SUCK!

11. The support from the 24HCF enablers is heartwarming.

Good to have you back.

Do we get a great moment by moment narrative with outstanding photos as we've become accustom...??

DF

Thanks DF. Mucho jet lag at the moment....will try to do a quick write up as soon as I can.

You set the bar pretty high, last time...

DF

Amarula is good stuff. Try it poured over vanilla ice cream.

Its also GREAT in your morning coffee.....

+1

Or in coffee out of a Thermos on a cold morning in a duck blind...

DF

Welcome back Johnny, now get off your butt and get to posting pictures.

Haha! Ok Fost!

First and foremost I cannot say enough good things about the folks at Kowas Safaris in Namibia. First class people in every way. They are people you can trust, and between themselves and the neighbors have huge amounts of land to hunt. The crew is made up of people just like most of us. In fact, you may not be able to pick me out from amongst them.........

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I've become fond of the management/cull hunts that Kowas offers, which is what I did last year, as well as this year. I wound up killing a couple of hartebeest like this one......

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The neighbor's 35,000 acre place is overrun with oryx ( I hate when that happens). An aerial survey they did at the beginning of the year counted almost 900 of them on his property alone. I wound up shooting 5 of them, 4 of which were of the size shown in the pic below, and one a slightly smaller, immature female.

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I also managed to take a couple of springbok. I will fess up and say that a small target like this, from the sticks, at 200 yards, is not an easy task for me. It will suffice to say that I made a one shot kill.......after totally whiffing the first try. I don't even know where that first bullet went, but the ram ran off another 1/2 mile before I could take another crack at him. Both springbok looked like this when I killed them.......


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......but eventually wound up looking like this! You talk about mouth watering, tender meat.......these medallions were off the chart great fare.

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I'll post some more pics when I get them downloaded.