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Or, "We will make a plan..." Good luck on your hunt, shoot straight, shoot often.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Hippopotamus Hunt With Pawprint Safaris 2017
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Or, "We will make a plan..." Good luck on your hunt, shoot straight, shoot often.
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Good luck, look forward to some updates!
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Charlie,
Best of luck and I look forward to hearing how the cat and predator hunting goes.
I'll be ten days after you on DL 200.
Philip
Best of luck and I look forward to hearing how the cat and predator hunting goes.
I'll be ten days after you on DL 200.
Philip
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Received a good luck call from @Art Lambart II and his dad @Shootist43 this morning. Thanks guys for the support and well wishes. We will get together when I get back a swap hunt stories while sipping some fine liquids from KY. (Bourbon)
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Good hunting Charlie,
All the best!
//Gus
All the best!
//Gus
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Don´t forget to pack a pink shirt
Not on your life sir.....that pink shirt stuff is strictly for @billc
You may recall last year we even got him his own Pink table service to use at meal time. Man was he happy!
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Don´t forget to pack a pink shirt
Wow I thought we were friends and now you bring up the pink shirt. LOL
Charlie acts like he does not want one but I know deep down he does. He was looking at my pink tea set the whole time was just scared to asked if I would share or not.
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The sun hasn't set and this stuff is already in the wife's X5.
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Hate to break it to you Charlie, Your gonna need a bigger suitcase..... no way your fitting a hippo in those ones!
Best of luck pal, Hope you have a blast.
Best of luck pal, Hope you have a blast.
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I may need some special woodwork done Jody!!
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Grz63 wrote on roklok's profile.
Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
Thank you / merci
Philippe
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
Thank you / merci
Philippe
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.