Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Africa We're off to South Africa in 5 days - any advice?

Thanks for all the good advice! Please keep it coming!

Mule Deer,
My bad....

But why does everyone call me KMG?

Marius,
KMG is your screen name, up on the left, the name you log in under.

BTW/FWIW, I just booked with Marius for July 2014.

Haven't been to Africa, YET, but my advice, you paid for his services, TRUST your PH,

Hancock
GreyFox

Isn't it short for King Marius Goosen?

+1!

Yeah, but I thought that's what a signature is for. But I admit I do the like the King Marius suggestion. From now on, please address me as such.

OKay King, no problem, talk with you soon.

thanks for all the advice fellas, we're off tomorrow AM, wish us luck!

Godspeed...bring back lots of pics.....

I thought it stood for Kill More Game

Marius is THE KING!!!! I had such a good time hunting with him in Sept 2012, I am working on my next trip in 2014 with even more excitement than my 1st trip.

Thanks for the kind words guys. But, if you keep it up, I'm going to end up with a swollen head, and those make too much noise moving through the brush.

And your crown won't fit any longer

You've got a long way to go to catch up to Hack.......

LOL

Thanks to all who replied to my question. The hunt was a wonderful experience and a great success. Even though we were going in the peak of S.A. Summer, we had some cool days, and did make use of the warm vest and a rain jacket a couple of times. No ticks to speak of, found only three or four on me over two weeks, and no bites. It DID get very hot some days, short pants were welcome. I used leather boots most days and found they were necessary in on rocky ridges and in thorn brush.
I wrote up a report with pictures and posted it here, have a look!

Thanks for your write up. Most appreciated and will help me until it is my turn next year.

Castnblast

No link appears in the post to that shows to me. Please repost.

Randy

Ignore the last post. I read the report. Thankyou.
Randy

One thing I will definitely recommend is making sure you take the time to work on the details when photographing yourself with your game. Sometimes, everybody is so excited, they just snap a few photo's of you with your kill, load it up in the truck and off you go.

Take the time to stage your photo's and check the details such as: Make sure the tongue isn't hanging out, blood isn't running out the nose, mouth is closed, your hat brim isn't shading your face, what's in the background behind you, do you want your rifle in the photo?, who else do you want in the photo?, brush out footprints or remove debris that'll be in the photo, experiment with different camera settings and scenes to get the best exposure.

The details make the difference.