Just got Home from South Africa!!!

1SGT Harlin · June 25, 2008, 11:50 PM

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/a..._2007/Hunting/

FrontSight · June 26, 2008, 12:13 AM

Wooooowwwwwwww, that's one hell of a trip!! Thanks for sharing, it must have been amazing! Any write-up to go with the pics?

HOGGHEAD · June 26, 2008, 01:11 AM

Great pictures, thank you for posting them. I enjoyed looking at them. That is some great looking country. I have always wanted to go. I now have the money to go, but my health will not take the trip. My one goal has been to go on a Lion hunt. This is one of the few things I have always wanted to do, but didn't do. Tom.

Sidetracked · June 26, 2008, 03:30 AM

First - Congratulations. I hope you had a great trip.

Second - Which rifle is ported? .338? .375? It looks like it has a Mauser crossbolt and got my attention. I am curious...

Third - Congratulations, again. You took some nice animals.

BillCA · June 26, 2008, 04:21 AM

First & Foremost: Welcome home!

Looks like you had a great trip. And you spent some serious money too. Do they still "price" greater Kudu by the length of the horns?

You have some great photos too. I love your ferocious and fearless hunting dog too.

You really must give us at least a couple of hunting stories to match the photos!

1SGT Harlin · June 26, 2008, 08:43 PM

It wasn't that expensive. A 10 day, 8 days for hunting trip can be done for >9K. I used a Remmy 700 in 338 Win Mag. I wish Id brought my 243 also. A 270 would have worked fine for all the shooting I did.
HUNTINGRAS@GMAIL IS Rich's email. Hes a Farmer 200 days out of the year and hunts for 100 days.

lt dan · June 27, 2008, 01:55 PM

where in sa did you hunt?

BIGR · June 27, 2008, 07:14 PM

Nice hunting.

BillCA · June 28, 2008, 02:12 PM

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I wish Id brought my 243 also. A 270 would have worked fine for all the shooting I did.

When we were looking into it, the PH suggested we should bring a light rifle and a heavy rifle. When told that I'd be using a 7mm Remington Mag, he said that was a fine "light" rifle.

I ended up short of funds and decided not to go.

Everytime I see pics of Africa now, I wish I'd made the extra effort.

DMacLeod · June 28, 2008, 02:48 PM

Great pics. Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

Logs · June 28, 2008, 03:19 PM

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It wasn't that expensive. A 10 day, 8 days for hunting trip can be done for >9K. I

Great pics. I bet the Taxidermy charge would be more than $9K. Did you try any of the meat?

trooper3385 · July 6, 2008, 05:00 AM

Nice animals. Where in South Africa did you hunt. I went last year and we're planning another trip for next summer.

June 25, 2008, 11:50 PM	#1
1SGT Harlin Member Join Date: July 4, 2007 Posts: 21	Just got Home from South Africa!!! http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/a..._2007/Hunting/

June 26, 2008, 12:13 AM	#2
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Wooooowwwwwwww, that's one hell of a trip!! Thanks for sharing, it must have been amazing! Any write-up to go with the pics? __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

June 26, 2008, 01:11 AM	#3
HOGGHEAD Senior Member Join Date: April 2, 2008 Location: Rivesville, WV Posts: 637	Pictures Great pictures, thank you for posting them. I enjoyed looking at them. That is some great looking country. I have always wanted to go. I now have the money to go, but my health will not take the trip. My one goal has been to go on a Lion hunt. This is one of the few things I have always wanted to do, but didn't do. Tom.

June 26, 2008, 03:30 AM	#4
Sidetracked Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2008 Location: Henrietta, FL Posts: 306	First - Congratulations. I hope you had a great trip. Second - Which rifle is ported? .338? .375? It looks like it has a Mauser crossbolt and got my attention. I am curious... Third - Congratulations, again. You took some nice animals. __________________ Feel free to disagree with my opinion. -I do it all the time.

June 26, 2008, 04:21 AM	#5
BillCA Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, Ca Posts: 7,117	First & Foremost: Welcome home! Looks like you had a great trip. And you spent some serious money too. Do they still "price" greater Kudu by the length of the horns? You have some great photos too. I love your ferocious and fearless hunting dog too. You really must give us at least a couple of hunting stories to match the photos! __________________ BillCA in CA (Unfortunately)

June 26, 2008, 08:43 PM	#6
1SGT Harlin Member Join Date: July 4, 2007 Posts: 21	It wasn't that expensive. A 10 day, 8 days for hunting trip can be done for >9K. I used a Remmy 700 in 338 Win Mag. I wish Id brought my 243 also. A 270 would have worked fine for all the shooting I did. HUNTINGRAS@GMAIL IS Rich's email. Hes a Farmer 200 days out of the year and hunts for 100 days.

June 27, 2008, 01:55 PM	#7
lt dan Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2008 Location: south africa Posts: 328	where in sa did you hunt? __________________ If youth is wasted on the young, then Africa is wasted on the Africans

June 27, 2008, 07:14 PM	#8
BIGR Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2000 Location: Mountains Posts: 1,385	Nice hunting.

June 28, 2008, 02:48 PM	#10
DMacLeod Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 425	Great pics. Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

July 6, 2008, 05:00 AM	#12
trooper3385 Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2005 Location: South Texas Posts: 814	Nice animals. Where in South Africa did you hunt. I went last year and we're planning another trip for next summer.