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Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris #5826375 11/19/11
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida G gsarria OP New Member
OP gsarria New Member G Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida	I want to share some pictures from my safari to Namibia. Outfitter: Van Heerden Safaris Travel Agent: Stever Turner PH: Frank Friederich Tracker: Matias Country and Area Hunted: Komas Hockland and Eastern Areas, Namibia Date of the Hunt: October 2011 Rifle: Blaser R8 375 H&H Mag Optics: Scope Swarovski Z6 1.7-10x42 Leica Geovid 10x42 RF Ammunition: Barnes TSX 300gr Barnes Solids 300gr Wish list: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Warthog, steembuck,Hartebeest, klipspringer. Animals seen: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Warthog, Steembuck,Hartebeest, klipspringer and Duiker. Animals taken: Kudu, Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbuck, Hartebeest, klipspringer. [img:center]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6047/6342186771_99d1f53f84_b.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6342182379_1780f6d1b6_b.jpg[/img] Last edited by gsarria; 11/20/11. gsarria

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Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5827186 11/19/11
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jpj3 New Member J Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 17	Very nice, mature trophies! I like your choice of caliber and bullet for plains game! And your rifle bolt is on the correct side! Best, jpj3

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris jpj3 #5827233 11/19/11
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OP gsarria New Member G Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida	jpj3, Thanks. I'm left handed!! gsarria

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5827773 11/19/11
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Fjold Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,038 Bakersfield, CA	I love Namibia! Another lefty. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5827974 11/19/11
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luv2safari Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 28,172 Here Or There	Great trophies! Thanks for sharing them with us. Hunt with Class and Classics Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”

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Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris luv2safari #5830040 11/20/11
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trouthunterdj Campfire Tracker T Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,087 Northwest Iowa	Fabulous! ddj Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris trouthunterdj #5830250 11/20/11
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wyoguide Campfire Regular W Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 988 Wyoming, USA	Namibia is wonderful! Your pics of the mountains look just like where we hunted Zebra in 2010. I think about going back every day!

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris wyoguide #5830390 11/20/11
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OP gsarria New Member G Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida	Namibia is indeed wonderful. We saw a lot of zebras, but they were very difficult to get a shoot at them. It took me three days to get mine. gsarria

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5834945 11/21/11
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Gun_Nerd Campfire Tracker G Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,011 Northern Virginia, USA	That springbok is great! Thanks for sharing. How was the weather that late in the year?

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris Gun_Nerd #5835026 11/21/11
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OP gsarria New Member G Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida	john, The weather was cool in the mornings and evenings and very hot at noon. gsarria

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Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5835430 11/21/11
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AB2506 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada	Beautiful pictures. Congrats.

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris AB2506 #5835857 11/22/11
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,080 Pretoria, South Africa PieterKriel Campfire Regular
PieterKriel Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,080 Pretoria, South Africa	Congratulations looks like you had a great trip! Did you eat enough when you were there? http://www.huntinginafricasafaris.com [email protected]

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris PieterKriel #5835872 11/22/11
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AFTERUM Campfire Tracker A Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,858 CENTRAL FLORIDA	very nice....Africa will continue to call....thanks for sharing...

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris PieterKriel #5840975 11/23/11
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OP gsarria New Member G Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 24 Florida	Originally Posted by PieterKriel Congratulations looks like you had a great trip! Did you eat enough when you were there? Thanks. Yes, the food was great. gsarria

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris gsarria #5854197 11/27/11
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DLALLDER Campfire Regular D Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,036 Pittsburg, Texas	My wife and I were there late Sept. about 20 miles SE of Windhoek. We had a fantastic time and were successful at taking everything on our list plus an extra oryx. It was our first time in Africa hope my health holds up to make a 2nd trip some day.

Re: Namibia trip with Van Heerden Safaris DLALLDER #5854982 11/27/11
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toltecgriz Campfire Ranger T Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 19,816 Likes: 1	Nice pictures of some really dandy animals. "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett

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