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I also live in the north of England and am equally frustrated by the current UK government and it's tax etc policies, we have half considered moving overseas over the years. My kids have left home, 20 years ago we moved to an area with a state grammar school as we couldn't afford private...

To my mind I would ask myself: is taking two rifles going to be a lot more headache with paperwork or weight? If so then obviously a .404 is relatively flat shooting compared to a .458 or 500 so it depends on what sort of ranges you will be shooting PG at. I don't know the Hwange area (I'm...

If I was to hunt a leopard I would do it over hounds. A friend of mine used to take a lot of clients to Zim to hunt with Mark 'Butch' Butcher who helped pioneer the marketing of the sport, he said it was very exciting, especially when the tom went in rocks (rather than a tree) and a terrier was...

They are the only brand I know of where you can do so. It's via two ways: A. they can be positioned so they spread all the way out and B. (if you have more time) they have multiple adjustable studs so you can reduce their length

Indeed, my TT Proctor .375's serial number is 069

Here in the UK up to the 1990s we deerstalkers used a single stick to take virtually all shots off and rarely shot beyond 125 yards. In the early 90s some bipod sticks appeared and allowed us to consistently shoot a bit further, the late 90s tripods came along and 200 yds odd was achievable...

A friend who lives in Kenya keeps his rifles with his PH in Tanzania, might just be easier

As I understand it most hunting areas in Zambia are unfenced. A number of them offer plains game options.

They are doing a job of killing the brand here in the UK IMHO

Be interested to know what the rifles are guys. Weirdly I didn't take a photo of the rifle with my bull, probably as it was a camp rifle. Winchester Model 90 in .375 H&H with a 4x Leupold. The bull is with the team taken by me, PH David Mann of CMS with his CZ .458 Lott. Zim June 2024

Shaping up Johan, all the best

Yes, finding that 'ignore' button (under their name/avatar) and applying it to him was the difference between me staying and leaving this forum

I guess it depends: Most dangerous - unwounded - ele cow Most dangerous - wounded - leopard

My late father's cousin was in the Rhodesian SAS during the bush wars. He said it was either the heavy, long trousers they were issued with or the gym shorts. It was too warm for the long pants soo.. Many of the ex SF guys went back/on to work as Game Rangers and PHs

I run a 2019 Toyota Hilux here in the UK, 2.4 diesel that gets about 28mpg tops. That’s it with 12 red hinds in the back (only a short trip from the chiller to the gamedealer in the Highlands of Scotland.) They are expensive but having seen how the Hilux performed in Zim (the other picture) I’ll...