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My younger brother and my self just returned from an excellent Safari with Tholo. I cannot say enough good things about this outfitter. The travel was a little rough, other than that everything went great. I could not ask for a better first experience in africa. The target was plains game. Animals harvested were Kudu, eland, oryx, blue wildebeest, impalla, zebra, warthog, and a few others. Now just to see the price on getting everything back.
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Congrats--glad to hear everything is working again.....give us a few pics!
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I hunted with Tholo in 2016. Top notch outfit.
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congrats ,i am hoping in the next couple of years of going unless Biden really screws crap up ?
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Hunted there with my wife 3 years ago. Had a great hunt. The trophy shipment will likely cost more than the hunt......
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That’s what I’m afraid of when I get the cost of the shipment back. I will try to post pics soon.
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Congratulations. You've got a lot of great lifetime memories!
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NICE! Congrats, what rifle, loads and bullets did you guys use?
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We used the guns at camp both Blaser R8’s is 375 H&H and 300 Win Mag. 300 gr and 180 gr bullets. The use of camp rifles was free and just pay for ammo used. All were with leupold glass.
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Great trophies sir, congrats.
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Awesome pics bud! Congrats on a great trip!
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Love that place. Been once and hope to go again. Great trophies.
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Some fine looking trophies. That Eland is a little unusual- fine horns but a body the size of a Gemsbok. Maybe it’s the camera angle or it’s a dwarf Eland
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Nice trophies. Congratulations.
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Great first hunt! Thanks for posting pics. When you going back??
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He’s working dates for 2023, I’m saving up for New Zealand. But I would not hesitate to go back in the future. I would do Botswana again. Then go after the Cape buffalo.
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Congratulations. You got some dandy critters.
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Congratulations on a great first safari! You were fortunate to take some excellent animals.
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Congratulations, thank you for sharing.
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Looks like you had a great trip. Wife and I hunted with Tholo in '18. Loved every minute of the hunting. Took every animal I was after. Camp was great, PH was great and so was our San tracker and driver (Charles and Sam). Food was good but not great. No biggie, though. Accommodations were quite nice at 'Hippo Camp'. From out of the dark every morning, a woman's pleasant, high-pitched voice called out: 'KNOCK KNOCK!" Nice, if kind of weird wake up call. Are Riann, Stefan and Steven still PHing there for Clive? We had Christo and we hit it off great. Great dude and great hunter and teacher. I don't think he's with them anymore. He used to PH for Calitz for elephant and other big stuff. For me, some of the most fun I had was knocking down about ten guinea fowl with Clive's old 20 ga double he let me borrow when Christo told him he had a bird crazy guy in camp. About 1 out of 3 of the old shells he gave me didn't fire, but that just made it all the more interesting. And yes, prepare yourself for sticker shock on getting your stuff shipped home. It cost me about 75% of the whole safari tab just to get my raw shipment in. Ouch. Thanks for sharing.
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Riann is still a PH, but he was not in camp while we were there. Stefan and Steven were both in camp. We hunted with Steven and had an excellent time. The bushmen were excellent trackers, we were with Besa. They have a few more PH’s around. They all got along great and made evenings around the fire a memorable time.
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Congratulations on a great adventure!
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I, too, was at Tholo. In 2011.
Besa was my tracker. Did some things which truly amazedme. He was also quite a character.
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Besa was awesome, the made the fly swatters for me. The bushman were amazing trackers.
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Now just to see the price on getting everything back. That is the hurdle that turns me a away from such.
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Congratulations.Nice animals,I like the Eland.
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Don't tell me you used Leupold scopes on rifles shooting at critters that could kill you? The sky's gonna fall I tell ya!
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Great animals! How big were the Kudu?
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The one I harvested was just under 55”
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That's a nice Kudu, congrats!
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ggarcia85, Congrats on your safari, you got some great animals! Don't tell me you used Leupold scopes on rifles shooting at critters that could kill you? The sky's gonna fall I tell ya! Not to hijack ggarcia85's thread, but just some more proof of the ability of Leupold scopes... And this fall I'll be using another Leupold scope on my .375 RUM for a Brown Bear hunt in western Alaska.
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Just got the invoice for the dip, pack and vet certificates for 7 animals. Shipping from Ghanzi, Maun, Johannesburg then Chicago. A little under $3,300. Is that high or about the norm?
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Sounds about like the norm nowadays
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My younger brother and my self just returned from an excellent Safari with Tholo. I cannot say enough good things about this outfitter. The travel was a little rough, other than that everything went great. I could not ask for a better first experience in africa. The target was plains game. Animals harvested were Kudu, eland, oryx, blue wildebeest, impalla, zebra, warthog, and a few others. Now just to see the price on getting everything back. Sounds like a nice time. Here in Maine we are harvesting sweet corn right now. Funny but we dont harvest animals. Because they are not fugging corn. Can we just say you shot whatever animals please? Keerist.
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Excellent trophies taken on this trip sir! There's nothing like that first safari, I'm hoping that you are half as addicted as I was!
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The crate should ship out mid October. I’m pleased with the turnaround time, I figured it would have taken longer.
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My younger brother and my self just returned from an excellent Safari with Tholo. I cannot say enough good things about this outfitter. The travel was a little rough, other than that everything went great. I could not ask for a better first experience in africa. The target was plains game. Animals harvested were Kudu, eland, oryx, blue wildebeest, impalla, zebra, warthog, and a few others. Now just to see the price on getting everything back. Sounds like a nice time. Here in Maine we are harvesting sweet corn right now. Funny but we dont harvest animals. Because they are not fugging corn. Can we just say you shot whatever animals please? Keerist. Uh what??
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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The skins and skulls cleared customs and USFW. They are headed to the wildlife gallery close to 6 months to get everything back to the states. I am impressed with that turnaround time. Now just need to wait on the tannery.
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