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Just returned from Botswana #16103094 05/21/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico	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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Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16103209 05/21/21
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,823 Texas TimZ Campfire Tracker
TimZ Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,823 Texas	Congrats--glad to hear everything is working again.....give us a few pics!

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16103221 05/21/21
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 760 West Ky. S southpawhunter Campfire Regular
southpawhunter Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 760 West Ky.	I hunted with Tholo in 2016. Top notch outfit.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16103762 05/21/21
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas D DocRocket Campfire Ranger
DocRocket Campfire Ranger D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas	Wonderful! Pics, please! "I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16104077 05/21/21
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,250 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter
pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,250 Northern USA	congrats ,i am hoping in the next couple of years of going unless Biden really screws crap up ? LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

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Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16104259 05/21/21
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 457 Georgia J jdollar Campfire Member
jdollar Campfire Member J Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 457 Georgia	Hunted there with my wife 3 years ago. Had a great hunt. The trophy shipment will likely cost more than the hunt......

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16104863 05/21/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico	That’s what I’m afraid of when I get the cost of the shipment back. I will try to post pics soon.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16105038 05/22/21
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 892 M M3taco Campfire Regular
M3taco Campfire Regular M Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 892	Congratulations. You've got a lot of great lifetime memories!

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16105063 05/22/21
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 223 Maine C CWD Campfire Member
CWD Campfire Member C Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 223 Maine	Please post some pics. RLTW NRA Benefactor Member

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16105163 05/22/21
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,238 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,238 Oklahoma	NICE! Congrats, what rifle, loads and bullets did you guys use? Trump Won!

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Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106051 05/22/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico	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.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106071 05/22/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106081 05/22/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106168 05/22/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,224 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger
JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,224 W. Texas	Great trophies sir, congrats. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106356 05/22/21
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,819 SW Pa. R RTSJ Campfire Regular
RTSJ Campfire Regular R Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,819 SW Pa.	Awesome pics bud! Congrats on a great trip! Roy

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106566 05/22/21
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 151 USA - Texas! Dogcat Campfire Member
Dogcat Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 151 USA - Texas!	Love that place. Been once and hope to go again. Great trophies.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106675 05/22/21
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 424 Lake Bluff IL B BulletBud Campfire Member
BulletBud Campfire Member B Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 424 Lake Bluff IL	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 Jesus saves, but Moses invests

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106816 05/22/21
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,845 On a raid Scotty Campfire Tracker
Scotty Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,845 On a raid	Nice trophies. Congratulations.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106837 05/22/21
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 586 NorthDakota NDHuntr Campfire Regular
NDHuntr Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 586 NorthDakota	Great first hunt! Thanks for posting pics. When you going back?? Do or do not, there is no try.

Re: Just returned from Botswana ggarcia85 #16106991 05/22/21
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico G ggarcia85 OP Campfire Member
OP ggarcia85 Campfire Member G Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 SE New Mexico	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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