It's not booked yet, but for my birthday my wife gave me a trip to Texas to shoot hogs from a helicopter and I tend to trust her word!!
Happiness is marrying the right woman.
Where ya headed next? For real?
- Thread starter Dogleg
- Start date
It's not booked yet, but for my birthday my wife gave me a trip to Texas to shoot hogs from a helicopter and I tend to trust her word!!
Happiness is marrying the right woman.
Riflesmith
CGN Regular
- Location
- On The Line
Holy crap I just looked up their website and you weren't kidding about the costs!!! Looks like a hell of an outfit though and as for money well you can't take it with you so good on you. Too bad we mortals have to wait til 2014 for your hunt recap.
Off to South Africa on the 25th! In March, I hunt with some South Africans that I know paying South African rates in Rands and not US dollars and no PH fees! Two years ago, I shot a nice blue wilderbeast just 1/2 inch shy of getting into SCI for all of $400CDN. I had a shot at a record Impala but the guide was in front of the muzzle. I saw a Lion and also a male Leopard at lunch time. I did not have the permits to shoot either one. I will also be shooting some birds while there. It is much better than Argentina as they fly in all directions and the birds go to a good cause, the local village!
Henry
Henry
April and May black bear here on the Island, starting in June boat goes to Ucluelet for the summer will be fishing for Halibut and Salmon most every weekend, off September for a boat hunt up the Tuchodi river for 12 days finally if I have energy maybe a long week in Pentiction for mulie. This should make the summer go by with a bang.
Argentina was a hoot. Brush up on your Spanish, and shoot some doves while you're there. Argentina may be the only true free range blackbuck hunting in the world.
It's not booked yet, but for my birthday my wife gave me a trip to Texas to shoot hogs from a helicopter and I tend to trust her word!!
Happiness is marrying the right woman.
I'm sure that your wife's OK is confirmation enough; a wife's veto ends more hunts than all other reasons combined.
Culling pigs from a chopper sounds like a different experience. I'll be shooting as many pigs as I can from the ground in OZ.
Jasonsmack
CGN Regular
- Location
- Sask - Southwest
Just got my 6NIA back so the Texas hog hunt at the end of March is a go. Can't wait
In on this deal with this character, but I get to leave Monday. I will have the luxury of fishing pin perch off the back deck, red drum from a kayak, and hopefully a hammerhead or ray out of the channel.... while I wait for him and a couple of others to show up in Corpus Christi. Then the pig hunt begins. And I have a two day prairie dog hunt booked in SE Colorado / SW Kansas the first of April, to keep me from getting bored on the drive home.
By the way, I have seldom been to south central Texas and not seen a Black Buck roaming free. Goofy looking goats.
who did you go through for this?
Hunt Australia. I went buffalo hunting with them last July and am feeling pretty good about a return trip.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
I'm booked solid for this falls regular trip to Moose and deer camp.
Other than that, a semi-retirees $ limit my expeditions.
Some day, some day.... Maybe the lottery, if I could afford winning tickets. I seem to be able to afford losing ones.
Other than that, a semi-retirees $ limit my expeditions.
Some day, some day.... Maybe the lottery, if I could afford winning tickets. I seem to be able to afford losing ones.
May 1 Edmonton to London,London to Zurich to Johannes Brug,Then off to Bruban and a 3 week hunt with the owner of the company that I have worked for 20 + years.(It is my bonus) How lucky am I.My loving Wife of 26 yrs is part of the deal.
I almost think that she is more pumped than me.
Until I see my Cape Buff.
Hey Dogleg any input would be great.
I almost think that she is more pumped than me.
Until I see my Cape Buff.
Hey Dogleg any input would be great.
longbranch*
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Victoria,BC.
Hunting 2012
September will find me and my buddies somewhere in BC's Peace region for elk mainly but must get around to sheep/goat and caribou soon while I still have legs for it. Likely back to usual spot in west Alberta for elk/ deer in November. Africa's not in the cards yet, but it will happen. Less than 200 sleeps to go!
Geoff
Victoria,BC.
September will find me and my buddies somewhere in BC's Peace region for elk mainly but must get around to sheep/goat and caribou soon while I still have legs for it. Likely back to usual spot in west Alberta for elk/ deer in November. Africa's not in the cards yet, but it will happen. Less than 200 sleeps to go!
Geoff
Victoria,BC.
- Location
- North side of the moon
Just drew a Grizzly LEH. So time to start some planning!
For where?? You know that you must be careful when your hunting those big bears?? It's not just another jaunt into the woods chasing bambi you know.
For where?? You know that you must be careful when your hunting those big bears?? It's not just another jaunt into the woods chasing bambi you know.
Last edited:
I used to go up to the Queen Charlotte's for salmon and steel-head fishing. Discovered it was the single best way to use up my Aeroplan points. Always got a seat, and used the short haul ticket out of Vancouver. Best bang for the buck on Air Canada's rip off loyalty program.
OK:
-Use softs.
-Take twice the money and half the ammunition you think you need.
-Take half the clothes you think you need.
-Check references.
-Remember that everyone that hunts Africa either thinks they are, or wants to be a booking agent. Remember that when you get offered the same deal. And again when you check references.
-If a PH tells you to not shoot it again its done, shoot again out of spite. You're the one that pays for mistakes.
-If the PH tells you to take a shot that you aren't confident in don't take it. Same reason as above.
-Roll with the punches. Something will go wrong everyday. Don't let it wreck your day or trip.
-Don't smile at the local girls. Just to be safe, don't smile at anyone.
-Use lots of gun.
-Forget about your long and cherished string of one shot kills. If you can get a 2nd shot into your buff do it. If you can get the whole mag into him, do that. Pay the insurance.
-Shoot between the trees not through them.
-Have fun.
-Take lots of pictures. Burn more into your retinas.
-Travel in clothing/shoes that you could hunt in if you had to. Take a set of hunting clothes and your binos and camera in your carry-on.
-Put half of your ammo in your partner's luggage if you have a partner. Take half of his. That way if either of you lose your luggage the other will at least have something to start with. Even one box might get you through.
-Expect widely varying reactions from people when you get home, everything from unbridled enthusiasum to disapproval to resentment. Some react with disbelief. Be prepared for someone to stop you in mid-sentence to ask what you do for a liveing. Which responses come from which people is often a surprise.
-Have fun. I know that was covered earlier, but its worth saying twice.
-Start planning your second trip before you finish the first one. Everyone else does.
Last edited:
Excellent advice, every word !!Above all "take 1/2 the clothes and twice the money"
If you plan to take your own firearms, reb, contact a company named Air 2000, they will take care of all your firearm lisencing needs for about $150.00.
Importing firearms into SA isn't difficult but it is daunting if you've never done it before and there is quite a bit of "red tape" and I highly recommend (as do most of the PH's and operators) that you go through Air 2000. They then meet you at the airport of entry (Jo'burg) with all your necessary documentation and walk you through Customs. It's woth every penny!!!
Take a ziplock baggy to carry your gun lisence in so it doesn't get wet and fall apart and you won't have all the grief I had when exiting SA.
Douglas
UPDATE...........UPDATE..........UPDATE
Cancelled Bongo in CAR for 2014, got deposit coming back. Booked for Bongo in Congo for THIS Oct and the PH got me a permit for a Kalhari lion in the same package. If one believes all one hears this Bongo should be good, new area never hunted for last 40+ years and supposedly Bongo running helter skelter all over the place.
Plan is to fly into Jo'burg and then private plane owned by PH over to NW Namibia to camp, hunt lion for 10 days (they track them with the San, bushmen). PH says lions in this region make the MGM guy look almost bald, we'll see I guess.
Then private plane back to Jo'burg and commercial to Brazzaville and then bongo, red forest buffalo, forest sitatunga, blue duiker and yellow back duiker for the next 14 days.
Last edited:
