Mike,
I understand your regret.
Might have to rate my Okavango hunt as my best safari, not because of the trophies taken, but just being in such a wild part of Africa.
I usually try to combine any hunting safari with at least several days of touring, especially private or national game parks. But hunting the Okavango was like being in a part of "old Africa," due to the abundance and diversity of everything, from trees to birds to big game of all kinds. It felt like humans were only minor visitors, which is why it made me feel so alive. The only other place I've felt quite like that was on a horse-back hunt in northern British Columbia--but B.C. didn't have the incredible variety in plants and animals found in the Okavango.
