Booked Another African Hunt

hoytcanon said:
Why did you even ask the question? That is darn purty and darn near ideal for your next SA trip... bring the .470 NE as a backup.












But, you should still snag Ardent's Merkel...
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Hoyt......I just couldn't resist posting a pic of her again.........kinda like a drop dead gorgeous girlfriend.......gotta show 'em off, right? Otherwise what's the point in having them, you know, use a little or a lot and show off the rest of the time, just to make other guys envious.......Is it working?
 
c-fbmi said:
Hoyt... just to make other guys envious.......Is it working?
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Yes, it is working... but I am fickle, and easily swayed...

She is a beauty... would look spectacular alongside Angus' Merkel... same ammo, back each other up... exceedingly cool set for your trip... you only live once.
 
hoytcanon said:
Yes, it is working... but I am fickle, and easily swayed...

She is a beauty... would look spectacular alongside Angus' Merkel... same ammo, back each other up... exceedingly cool set for your trip... you only live once.
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Now I'm totally convinced that Angus has offered you a commission...........don't try to deny it, you're grinding me way harder than he is..........he hasn't even PMd me with his sharpest pencil number yet...........
 
c-fbmi said:
Now I'm totally convinced that Angus has offered you a commission...........don't try to deny it, you're grinding me way harder than he is..........he hasn't even PMd me with his sharpest pencil number yet...........
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Let me work on him... for nothing more than a sick, vicarious gratification... ;)
 
c-fbmi said:
Well I couldn't resist............and a couple of the operators were quoting in Can dollars..........

Still finalizing details but it looks like late Sept to late Oct, 14-20 days somewhere in there and a very specific list of trophies.

Female lion.......Mr. Fuzzy needs a mate I decided.

Kudu bull 60"......outfitter was running his mouth off, so I pinned him on it and he guaranteed me a 60"+ Kudu....free range as well no fences

Gemsbok bull 40"......same as above......Kalahari hunt for the lion and gemsbok

Mountain Zebra......(Hartman's)

Grysbok.......another of the tiny ten I need and he said they had lots of 'em.

Now I'm contemplating calibers, I can take 2 rifles but I really don't want to...........would love to whack the lion with my double but that would necessitate 2 rifles for sure. Could quite nicely do it all with my 300 Wby, or 340 Wby.

Decisions, decisions decisions................


Given that I have almost every caliber and cartridge known to modern man, what 2 rifles/cartridges would you guys select for this extremely diverse size trophy list. And what single cartridge would you guys select to do it all..........
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For everything on that list - just take a 30-06, and maybe a 375 for the lion if you feel you absolutely have too...

I've killed Gemsbok, Kudu, zebra with 7x57's - 30-06's and 9.3x62's as for the little grysbolkie, just use a 223

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I've just stumbled back into this and assure you hoyt appears to be acting on his own volition to remove temptation. For either of you, $7,250 shipped including unused rings / mounts. And I really mean it when I say only for you guys, and perhaps one or two other trouble makers I like here and don't despise doing a favour. Or three casks of good rum, hogsheads of tobacco, or a rebuildable 427 side oiler. Placer gold I have a stash of too as any good aspiring though hopeless pirate ought to, but it's always interesting. Or THE deal of the century, you don't even have to pay me. I'm serious, it's yours without giving me a cent, just pay the deposit to Jerome on my Leopard hunt and it's YOURS.

Think how much quicker your unfired .470 bullets and the fired cases will return in a box with a .375 Merkel!
 
Kudu......I too have shot everything on the list or at least equivalent size critters over there.........Previous male lion I used 375 H&H and for everything else I have used 300 Wby mostly and a 300 WM. I'm sure I would have no problem dispatching a female lion with a 200 gn 30 cal bullet. I'll have to check with PH on how he feels about it........he may insist on the 375, I don't know him. Were I to take a sub caliber for the grysbok it would be one of my 234s, but I would prefer to just take one rifle.
 
A 60-inch free-range kudu...guaranteed??? Hmmm...

Rifle choice is easy...it must be that Sako .375H&H. In order to fully appreciate and enjoy it's virtues all throughout the trip...bring Gatehouse as well!

Or don't they bait lions in SA?
 
c-fbmi said:
Kudu......I too have shot everything on the list or at least equivalent size critters over there.........Previous male lion I used 375 H&H and for everything else I have used 300 Wby mostly and a 300 WM. I'm sure I would have no problem dispatching a female lion with a 200 gn 30 cal bullet. I'll have to check with PH on how he feels about it........he may insist on the 375, I don't know him. Were I to take a sub caliber for the grysbok it would be one of my 234s, but I would prefer to just take one rifle.
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Sounds good, let us know how you get on....

My old man used to shoot tons of lions with his old 7x57, the bastards would come under the fence from Kruger and eat his tollies.... An old 4 x "D cell" every-ready torch - a flask full of coffee and his Mauser.... That's all he ever used.....

I personally don't think a lion would touch Gatehouse, even they are particular with what they eat!
 
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Good one JJ..............actually we haven't discussed hunting technique for the big girl yet, don't know if they bait or track. The guarantee isn't as much a guarantee as it is a consequence for him if we don't find one...........
 
jjohnwm said:
A 60-inch free-range kudu...guaranteed??? Hmmm...

Rifle choice is easy...it must be that Sako .375H&H. In order to fully appreciate and enjoy it's virtues all throughout the trip...bring Gatehouse as well!

Or don't they bait lions in SA?
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Using Gatehouse as lion bait reminds me of a story;

When we were first married (pushing 30 years back), my new bride decided to make me some fresh, homemade bread while I was at work... when I walked through the door, the smell of fresh bread filled the air... on the kitchen counter were six fat, golden loaves... my mouth started watering... the first sign of trouble, was trying to cut it with a bread knife, then the first bite revealed a flavour akin to dish soap... all the while, my wife was standing by, awaiting my response... I extracted my, more or less intact, teeth placed the bread on the counter, gave her a big hug, told her she was the most beautiful woman in the world, the center of my universe... and that she had just made the worst batch of bread in the history of the human race... she burst into tears... until she took a bite and the burst into laughter...

Here is where "Gatehouse" comes in...

Back in those days, I was guiding Ontario bear hunters... spring bait and fall spot n' stalk... it was spring bear season, so I took my wives six loaves of bread out to the bush and dropped one on each of six baits... bears have an incredible constitution and will even eat a rancid strike bait... long story short those loaves were still on the ground at the end of the season... with one bite out of each...

We have been laughing about that for almost three decades...

Hence... Gatehouse as lion bait...
 
Good for you to going on an African hunt [again]. I just would be very happy to own one good double rifle in 375 Mag.
Maybe you could send me a few pics of your game room and make an old man drool.
 
hoytcanon said:
Using Gatehouse as lion bait reminds me of a story;

When we were first married (pushing 30 years back), my new bride decided to make me some fresh, homemade bread while I was at work... when I walked through the door, the smell of fresh bread filled the air... on the kitchen counter were six fat, golden loaves... my mouth started watering... the first sign of trouble, was trying to cut it with a bread knife, then the first bite revealed a flavour akin to dish soap... all the while, my wife was standing by, awaiting my response... I extracted my, more or less intact, teeth placed the bread on the counter, gave her a big hug, told her she was the most beautiful woman in the world, the center of my universe... and that she had just made the worst batch of bread in the history of the human race... she burst into tears... until she took a bite and the burst into laughter...

Here is where "Gatehouse" comes in...

Back in those days, I was guiding Ontario bear hunters... spring bait and fall spot n' stalk... it was spring bear season, so I took my wives six loaves of bread out to the bush and dropped one on each of six baits... bears have an incredible constitution and will even eat a rancid strike bait... long story short those loaves were still on the ground at the end of the season... with one bite out of each...

We have been laughing about that for almost three decades...

Hence... Gatehouse as lion bait...
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Funny story.
Bet the same thing would happen..........puhhteewwwie.
And then the lion would come after you.
 
hoytcanon said:
Using Gatehouse as lion bait reminds me of a story;

When we were first married (pushing 30 years back), my new bride decided to make me some fresh, homemade bread while I was at work... when I walked through the door, the smell of fresh bread filled the air... on the kitchen counter were six fat, golden loaves... my mouth started watering... the first sign of trouble, was trying to cut it with a bread knife, then the first bite revealed a flavour akin to dish soap... all the while, my wife was standing by, awaiting my response... I extracted my, more or less intact, teeth placed the bread on the counter, gave her a big hug, told her she was the most beautiful woman in the world, the center of my universe... and that she had just made the worst batch of bread in the history of the human race... she burst into tears... until she took a bite and the burst into laughter...

Here is where "Gatehouse" comes in...

Back in those days, I was guiding Ontario bear hunters... spring bait and fall spot n' stalk... it was spring bear season, so I took my wives six loaves of bread out to the bush and dropped one on each of six baits... bears have an incredible constitution and will even eat a rancid strike bait... long story short those loaves were still on the ground at the end of the season... with one bite out of each...

We have been laughing about that for almost three decades...

Hence... Gatehouse as lion bait...
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what nothing on the 375 ruger .....
 
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