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I took a knife, because, well, you always take a knife when you go hunting. So I took a knife with me on my recent trip to Africa. I used it to scrape the mud out of the soles of my hunting shoes before I packed them for the return trip home. It worked better than a stick.

Tiger muskies are a hybrid of a musky and northern pike. Most are created in hatcheries and are planted to control sucker and chub populations, as well as provide a sport fishery. They are sterile and don't reproduce.

my biggest, best and ONLY tiger muskie

Many have said that the ammo is the cheapest part of the hunt and they are exactly correct. I have been in the gun and ammo industry for over 40 years, working for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers. It still amazes me when I see hunters who drive a $100K hunting rig with a $15K 4-wheeler...

I had one back in the 90s and it was a fabulous rifle. but I was young and any safari dreams were put on hold by life, family and a free spending spouse, and I came to believe I would never get the chance to use it for what it was intended, so I sold it. Of all of the rifles I have bought and...

If you have a 2020 vintage 700 then it was made well after the recall of 2014 and should have a perfectly fine X-Mark Pro trigger ,or X Mark Pro adjustable trigger, as both were used toward the end of the production---pre bankruptcy. If you like it and can shoot it well, I would leave it as is.

I bought a set of of the carbon 4 Stable Sticks and I was pleasantly surprised at how well I did with them the first time out. I can surely see the advantage in the field but they are a bit unwieldly for the solo hunter. I have shot about 200 rounds of 300 H&H off of them and at least 500 rds of...

In south central MT it is currently -7 with light snow. On our way to a forecasted overnight low of -24.

I read your first sentence and stopped. Gun collections and logic have no connections to one another. Understand that fact and the rest of your post is moot.

I appreciate the guidance but I leave for SA in 6 weeks and all of my SAPS paperwork for the rifle I'm taking is in process. Maybe next time.

That may have worked for you but it is apparently not universally accepted as the correct process. I had to make a trip to Bozeman MT to get my 4457 signed. I hadn't decided on what rifle to take (one is threaded and one is not) so I filled out 3 4457s, one for each rifle and one for my...

$3200 bucks but you get a "free" safari. nice work on the rifle and i agree-- much improved.

Excellent write up. I leave for the Eastern Cape in 69 days for my first African hunt.. The info you provided was invaluable. Thanks for posting.

This was back in the early 90s when antelope in Wyoming were seemingly everywhere. I remember that a resident could get up to 9 doe tags over the counter, in addition to the buck tag that needed to be drawn. Deer tags were similarly available and this allowed for a lot of terminal ballistics...

300 H&H Please

you need a quarter bore like 257 Roberts , 25-06, 257 Weatherby also missing a nice mid bore like 35 Whelen. And a glaring omission is a sub gauge shotgun. One should actually have a .410, 28 and and 20 ga.

It appears after reading this thread , when I go on my first African hunt next April, I will ask my outfitter if there is anything he needs from the US that is hard to come by or extraordinarily expensive over there and try to bring that. Other than that, seems like a big wad of 20s and 100s is...

maybe late season cow elk in January Coyotes and Cottontails until Mid- February, Eastern Cape plains game in April Eastern MT Merriam's turkey late April a few prairie dogs and gophers in the summer Eastern MT pronghorn in October some kind of deer in November

I suppose Paradise Valley is technically the Yellowstone River valley, but I am 150 or so river miles down stream

its a balmy 41 degrees here in the Yellowstone River valley. No snow in sight.

As a newbie planning my first African hunt, I want to thank "Africa's Son" for imparting such great wisdom. And everyone else who contributed their vast knowledge to this thread- thanks to you as well, for I am not sure I could manage this without all of the excellent guidance found herein. I...

I fly a fair bit domestically, sometimes with gun, and always book those flights myself. Flying out of a regional, non- International airport doesn't leave me with a lot of options, so it's easy. But, as a total newbie flying to a different hemisphere with a firearm, I needed all of the guidance...

I renewed my US passport in September. I sent all of the required documents and payment via Priority mail. The gov cashed my check in less than a week and the new passport arrived literally 10 days later.

I have a 3-9 Zeiss Conquest on my 300 H&H now but for years it wore a straight 6x Burris Signature. I am more of a hunter than a long range sniper and the 6X is simple, and all I ever needed for everything from pronghorns to deer, elk and black bears. I wish you luck on your hunt for ammo. It is...

My first African hunt is booked for April 2025. I've hunted a reasonable amount in the U.S - Pronghorns, mulies and whitetails, elk, bighorn sheep and black bears. I haven't been lucky in the moose license draws and I remain hopeful that grizzlies will be huntable again in my home state of...

Not sure what else I need. I have multiple 22lrs.and a 17 HMR. Several 223/5.56 in both AR and bolt rifles, 6MM, a couple of 25-06s, 7MM-08, a 300 Blackout, a couple 30-06s, multiple variations of 308s, 7mm Rem Mag, 300 H&H, then jump up to a 416 Rigby and a 450 Bushmaster and 45/70. I guess I...

Like many on this forum, I dreamt of hunting in Africa since I was old enough to read about it. I am closing out my fifth decade of life on this earth and that 1st African hunt is now close to reality. At least I think it is. Sorry in advance for the lack of specifics, but I don't want to raise...

I actually leave on March 30, overnight in Joberg on March 31, and start my hunt on April 1 . Returning April 10

In your original post, you mentioned that you have tried handloads. I have been loading and shooting Barnes x- bullets since they were new tech. With every rifle I own, from 6mm through the 30 cals, I have learned that with homogenous bullets like the Barnes X, bullet seating depth is of...

great suggestion. thanks !

This whole string sounds just wonderful. I travel a fair bit domestically on Delta and have had few issues that weren't weather related. I just booked on Delta from Montana through ATL to Joberg for a hunt in April of next year. Overnight in Joberg, then on to port Elizabeth via Airlink the...

This is useful but, a better measure would be returns as a percentage of sales by brand. I have no idea as to the volume you sell annually but for example, If you sell 50 Nightforce scopes a year and send back 2, that's a 4% return rate . If you sell 500 Vortex a year and send back 20, that's...