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click for video....whole lot of build up it being loaded and bea175 is the one shooting IIRC Click here
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A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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Wow, many thanks for the welcome homes and congratulations men. A clarification to make, maybe my excitement or bad cell reception was to blame, but the Kudu was taken with my 400 Whelen not my Sharps, it was simply to thick in the Mopani thorn thickets to allow time to handle a long Sharps rifle, along with vision and time to sight, it was plainly impossible. Pics to follow soon, again Thanks everyone, I am forever a changed man for that trip.
Trump Won!
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Congrats gunner500, glad you finally got to fulfill a dream. Can't wait to see the pics and hear the story. Congrats, and glad you made it home safely.
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400 Whelen! Still awesome! Well done Gunner!!!
Welcome home too!!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Way to go, Gunner! Can't wait for the pictures.
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Thanks guys, I have never worked [walked] so hard in my life to spend money [trophy fees]. We tracked that Gemsbok for over 8.5 miles in the 38 to 42 degree celsius heat for the 25/30 yard shot in the thorns, for those that have ever been blessed to watch a native African tracker at work, it's simply mind blowing, we do NOT compete.
Trump Won!
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All true.
Now get to work you skunk and start feeding us photos and narratives, pronto!!!!
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Gunner I'm glad you got to live your dream. Congratulations.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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for those that have ever been blessed to watch a native African tracker at work, it's simply mind blowing, we do NOT compete. Amen to that Brother!
My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan"
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Most excellent adventure Gunner! Beats the heck out of working!!!
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Most excellent adventure Gunner! Beats the heck out of working!!! If he had to work that hard, making a living, he'd for sure have something to complain about... But, this is a different kinda work, don't you know... DF
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Congrats on the hunt! Now quit screwin around.... lets see some pics!
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What if that ole buff had wanted a piece of gunner while the air was all full of white smoke, the smell of burnt gunpowder still strong... DF Having met the man I suspect the Buff might have said something along the lines of "I'm sorry sir, I thought you owed me money but perhaps it's me that owes you"
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Awesome Gunner...can't wait to see the pics.
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Sheesh, you would hafta bring that up..Now those of us with the big guns will never hear the end! Jerry all kidding aside an outstanding hunt of a life time.. well done and piles of style points for the PP bricks. I know you stood on the compression die to max out the little engine that could.
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You better be afraid of a ghost!!
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What if that ole buff had wanted a piece of gunner while the air was all full of white smoke, the smell of burnt gunpowder still strong... DF Having met the man I suspect the Buff might have said something along the lines of "I'm sorry sir, I thought you owed me money but perhaps it's me that owes you" You may have a point... DF
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Gunner,
Well done!
So, another instant Africa addict?
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