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Tim Decker
Retired professional US Army Soldier who has been lucky enough to make eight safaris (so far) to Africa. I have been blessed enough to take a good Cape buffalo, a bull elephant in the Caprivi, and a hippo along with a fairly broad range of plains game. I claim no particular expertise for there is still so much to learn!
- Birthday
- Mar 10, 1954 (Age: 70)
- How did you find AfricaHunting.com?
- Web search
- Gender
- Male
- Have you hunted in Africa?
- Yes
- Number of times I have hunted in Africa
- Eight
- My favorite African country
- South Africa
- Hunted
- USA, Russia, Canada, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe
- Species I have hunted in Africa
- Gemsbok, Southern greater kudu, Cape kudu, Cape eland, common and Kalahari springbok, white and black springbok, blue and black wildebeest, Hartmann zebra, blesbok, warthog, Cape buffalo, hippo and elephant
- My best African Trophy
- 40" gemsbok cow taken near Kimberley, South Africa
- My favorite African trophies
- Elephant, Cape buffalo, and kudu
- My preferred weapon(s)
- Mauser-styled bolt action rifles (Mauser Model 98, Winchester Model 70) and double rifles
- What weapon(s) do you hunt with?
- Rifle
- My preferred optic(s)
- Swarovski binoculars, Swarovski, Zeiss, and Burris rifle scopes
- Gear I cannot live without
- Good boots!
- My best hunting tip
- Practice - a lot - away from a bench rest. Every round you fire preparing for the hunt makes success that much more assured.
- My other interests
- Reading, restoring a 1967 GTO, boating, and fishing