TANZANIA: Tz Safari Disagreement

[Sideshow]

Yep PayPal won’t have anything to do with our sport.

 

[R.M.C.]

I just wanted to pop in and confess that I can't stop reading this thread lol pure entertainment!!!!

 

[fourfive8]

Since this thread is completely off the proverbial chain and I am completely ignorant of tsetse flies. Would a therma cell work?

I remembered the source I referenced- had a bookmark at the page. Ruark's Horn of the Hunter. I'll take the liberty of using an excerpt from the book. IMO, Ruark's writing skill was on par with Hemingway and Capstick.

......."And the mosquitos and the tsetses. They were there too. In companies and regiments and battalions and divisions and armies. It was the mutual-aid hour, the hour before the tsetses knock off and the mosquitos take over.

"Lots and lots of dudu," Selby said. "That's where the river gets its name, of course. I have seen dudu all over the continent, but the dudu here are incomparable. The tsetses have a special awl arrangement on their bills. They can take a firm grip with their feet and drill through three thicknesses of canvas. All the mosquitos are four-motored."........

 

[CoElkHunter]

In regards to tsetse flies. It is worth mentioning that they do serve hunting in a very important role.... They help big time in keeping wild areas, wild. They kill cattle (and dogs) through the transmission of sleeping sickness. People can get it too...

Thus the tsetse fly is largely responsible for the existence of the big wild hunting areas of Countries such as Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, etc.

I was wondering about that? In photos of Teddy Roosevelt's big Safari, there are a lot of horses present. I guess they were hunting in Africa's dead of winter so the tsetse flies weren't an issue?

 

[Wheels]

I was wondering about that? In photos of Teddy Roosevelt's big Safari, there are a lot of horses present. I guess they were hunting in Africa's dead of winter so the tsetse flies weren't an issue?

Horses that are used in tsetse fly area are considered "salted", meaning they have lived through sleeping sickness and aren't susceptible to the fly bite. Kind of like the wild animals that live in the fly area.

When I was a kid, salted horses had a value that was multiples of a non-salted horse.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Horses that are used in tsetse fly area are considered "salted", meaning they have lived through sleeping sickness and aren't susceptible to the fly bite. Kind of like the wild animals that live in the fly area.

When I was a kid, salted horses had a value that was multiples of a non-salted horse.

Don’t salted mares also pass on immunity to the offspring , seems to me I read that in on of my equine books.

 

[Wheels]

Don’t salted mares also pass on immunity to the offspring , seems to me I read that in on of my equine books.

That very well could be the case and sounds reasonable but I don't know.

 

[JD Noblin]

I noticed in the pic above where you guys are having lunch that @Just Gina is wearing blue. Next time try not to wear blue black Tsetse fly and Mosquitoes are attracted to this colour.
I’ve been using this stuff. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Avon-Mosqu...locphy=9045599&hvtargid=pla-565508473398&th=1
works ok you smell nice and have soft skin afterwards lol but I’m sure there are better products.
Try to avoid the blues and blacks though.

Speaking of using Avon's "Skin So Soft", in 2007, three of us were hunting buffalo in the Selous Reserve in Tanzania. We knew that Skin So Soft did a great job keeping all manner of flies away from our horses in the States and heard that we could use it on our persons to ward off the Tsetse flies in Africa. So we took the Skin So Soft CONCENTRATED liquid with us.

Being the intelligent men we are, we applied the UNDILUTED Skin So Soft first thing every morning.....by the third day I had broken out with a horrid rash from using the concentrated Skin So Soft. Then, at breakfast that same morning, our PH mustered up enough courage to ask us nonchalantly, "What are you guys using?" When we told him, he broke out laughing and said "Now I know why you guys smell like a bunch of fairies!!" We quit using Skin So Soft after that..........

 

[Sideshow]

But the real question did you get bitten? Why concentrate? Lol

 

[Sideshow]

Don’t salted mares also pass on immunity to the offspring , seems to me I read that in on of my equine books.

Didn’t read it in my equine books but did read it in my Wilbur Smith

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

Gosh, I hope no one finds out that we sometimes have sandwiches in our packed lunches. Seriously we recently had a Russian hunter his second visit. He brought his own sausages for lunch, but could not understand why we did not have Russian black bread. Anyone have a good Russian black bread recipe, one not from a Ukrainian cook book.

 

[PARA45]

Well, one is supposed to be downwind of the animals hence the "ash bag", so how one smells doesn't really matter.

It does to a point. It could be the difference between being able to stalk those animals again, vs. them being three countries away because of how good/bad you smell.

 

[Sideshow]

This is why you always get the window seat on the bus! That was when they could open……..now its face mask time wtf

 

[CBH Australia]

Gosh, I hope no one finds out that we sometimes have sandwiches in our packed lunches. Seriously we recently had a Russian hunter his second visit. He brought his own sausages for lunch, but could not understand why we did not have Russian black bread. Anyone have a good Russian black bread recipe, one not from a Ukrainian cook book.

I think Rye bread in the Light and Dark varieties originally came from Russia as they can't grow wheat so well in the cold climate.
As for making it it is a very sticky consistency so you need to work fast if kneading by hand . It is different to the typical breads made of Wheat flour that contain Gluten.
Gluten contains glutenin and gliaden that give the dough it's elasticity and extensibility.
Anyway, I'm siding with the Ukraine. No offence to your client but I imagine Russians do not form a big part of your clientele.
Im sure Russia has its motive for invading the Ukraine but I think they should back up and accept they can't just take it.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I think Rye bread in the Light and Dark varieties originally came from Russia as they can't grow wheat so well in the cold climate.
As for making it it is a very sticky consistency so you need to work fast if kneading by hand . It is different to the typical breads made of Wheat flour that contain Gluten.
Gluten contains glutenin and gliaden that give the dough it's elasticity and extensibility.
Anyway, I'm siding with the Ukraine. No offence to your client but I imagine Russians do not form a big part of your clientele.
Im sure Russia has its motive for invading the Ukraine but I think they should back up and accept they can't just take it.

Actually, the Russian immigrants here in the US brought with them their “winter wheat” variety seeds when they arrived. They showed the farmers here how to plant wheat in the fall and have wheat ready to harvest in June. Before that, the only wheat available here was planted in the Spring and harvested in October. Really amazing from my perspective.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Actually, the Russian immigrants here in the US brought with them their “winter wheat” variety seeds when they arrived. They showed the farmers here how to plant wheat in the fall and have wheat ready to harvest in June. Before that, the only wheat available here was planted in the Spring and harvested in October. Really amazing from my perspective.

When we take politics out of the equation we can learn something from everyone.

 

[BourbonTrail]

On the Russian and “being downwind” fronts, I roomed with a Russian in college that showered once a week. He educated me that, “women love man stink, it evolution.” I returned the favor and educated him that American women prefer men that shower every day and that’s probably why he was still a virgin.

See, we can all learn something from each other.

 

[sestoppelman]

My favorite way of making coffee is fast!
I have a commercial Bunn coffee maker. I have used that type of coffee maker for years. I also have a Keurig, but I use that for the occasional flavored coffees.

Gine, your sandwich's for dad story reminded me of the old joke.

Two workmen on lunch break at the job site. One breaks out a sandwich from his lunch box, unwraps it. "WHAT? Cheese sandwich again?!?!"
Buddy says, "well tell your wife to make something else then".
He says, "oh, well I make my own lunch"..

 

[sestoppelman]

I was born in Nicaragua, and my grandpa had a small coffee plantation midway up of an old inactive volcano, and I helped pick coffee. One of the ladies from the farm would roast, grind, and make coffee in an old coffee can, over an open fire, and it was the best coffee I had, ever. The closest coffee to what I remember is brewing coffee on the coffee pot I listed over an over fire.

Oh, and yes, I would love to take you up on that offer and smoke a cigar with one/two or three cups of coffee.

Like the best kudu steak I ever had. My PH was grilling it in one of those two sided hand held grills with a handle on it. It fell apart over the fire and he quickly fished it out with tongs and unceremoniously dumped it on my plate and said "there you go, dive in!" Fantastic!

 

[sestoppelman]

Gina ( I meant to say), your sandwich's for dad story reminded me of the old joke.

Two workmen on lunch break at the job site. One breaks out a sandwich from his lunch box, unwraps it. "WHAT? Cheese sandwich again?!?!"
Buddy says, "well tell your wife to make something else then".
He says, "oh, well I make my own lunch"..

Gina,,,,,