AFRICA!!!

[jchief]

So they charge by the animal?

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by jchief

So they charge by the animal?

You pay a daily rate for your PH ( in Africa a guide is called a professional hunter , they are licsenced by the province ) , daily rate for my wife as an observer on the days she's just tagging along . Daily rate includes room and board ( 5 star amenities , we have a personal chef, waiter, and a maid. literally as soon as I throw a towel on the floor after bathing it's picked up and a new one is brought . If I don't have a drink in my hand they are always trying to give us one . Basically the absolute best hospitality I've ever experienced ) , transport , all meals drinks ect. Then I pay for the trophies some are a flat fee some you pay more or less depending on size. The area I hunted first is right under 100,000 acres the area I'm on now is 70,000 acres and I'm going back to the 100,000 acre area Saturday for 2-3 more days then to a costal area that I prolly won't hunt most likely just bum around with Kori on the beach

["W"]

What outfit u used

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by "W"

What outfit u used

Guy from the states that specializes in hunting all over the world http://gwhunts.com/ Gordie white, set everything up for me .

[fishinpox]

Finally!! Stopped him in his tracks!!! Extra bonus that the skin is considered "Grade A" quality. Going to have a rug made

[swamp snorkler]

I hear pickled Zebra Lips are awesome!


That's cool!

[fishinpox]

Big mountain reedbuck my wife shot today , another perfect shot 220 + yards . Shot him n watched him roll down the mountain

[Wide Open]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

Big mountain reedbuck my wife shot today , another perfect shot 220 + yards . Shot him n watched him roll down the mountain

pox, why you wearing your life jacket in that pic?
That pond deep behind ya?

[mriguy]

The pics are really amazing Pox

[bjhooper82]

Trip of a lifetime no doubt!

[AceArcher]

Great stuff.... Some day i am going to do my bucket list hunting trip. Want to do a traditional style hunt in old europe for wild boar, roe deer, red stag and other stuff. (yeah i know you can kill all that stuff in texas) But you can't get the same kind of feel over here.

[youmyboyblue]

Have you seen any wild cats? Are any on your hit list?

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by youmyboyblue

Have you seen any wild cats? Are any on your hit list?

They hunted cats last night with the dogs , a big Lynks was taken last night but not by me

[fishinpox]

Husband and Wife Gemsbok down!!! What an amazing hunt yesterday!! I shot a gemsbok at 400 yards on a walk n stalk , I've been hunting this animal the whole time I've been in Africa , tgey have been the most difficult animal to get . The closest I could get was 400 before they'd start moving, the terrain was extremely rugged and the day was coming to an end so I squeezed off a round 400 yards uphill in 30 mph wind KABOOM .... Tagged it! Animal took off.... Crap! Put my pack back on and we took off up the mountain after it , it went out of sight but when we rounded a corner another herd of 8 was 200 yards away so we set up the shooting stick and my wife tagged one! My wife went in the direction of hers with the PH and another PH and I went off with a tracker and a skinner into the direction of mine . Full of emotion , excitement not only I finally got one but so did Kori, fear it wasn't a good enough shot , worried Kori would get hurt climbing the mountian on pursuit of hers... We get to where my animal was shot but couldn't find blood... Crap! At this time Kori n the 2 PH's are completely out of sight . We search high n low in crazy thick terrain ... Nothing and the sun is going down , starting to get very nervous . I finally start to see Kori and 1 PH in the distance so I begin to make my way to them . Once we meet up I find out one of the PH continued on after koris Gemsbok . So we devised a plan to continue on and leave Kori . After another hour tracking we finally spot mine seeking cover and saftey in the brush on the side of the mountain ... Boom perfect shoulder shot ( take out its 4 wheel drive because I couldn't imagine chasing it any longer) and down it goes!! Now how to get it down !! Bittersweet feeling now since we had recovered mine but koris was still missing , it was dark and we couldn't find the other PH. We load into a land cruiser ( which is the most hardcore work horse vechile I've ever seen) in search of the PH . Within 30 min we find him and plan to come back in the morning since he located good blood . 6 am we start tracking the blood and finally locate the animal at 1:30 ! What a feeling! .. Unfourtantly koris gemsbok was damaged by animals during the night so we don't have a picture of hers but ill post up some of mine later tonight!

[swamp snorkler]

Awesome, what's the time difference there?

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by swamp snorkler

Awesome, what's the time difference there?

8 hours ahead of y'all

[Lil Silver]

Seen any of these bad boys over there?

[fishinpox]

Lol

[fishinpox]

Just got off the helicopter! Holy crap!! That pilot was awesome!! Culled a bunch of springbok and impala. Got a GoPro trying to figure out how to up load this video

[Matt G]

That's freaking sweet! Hopefully you can get the video uploaded cause I would love to see it. I think you win in the best honeymoon ever category. Hell, at least you'll be able to remember yours!