Howboutthemdawgs
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Well…I need that story now! You can’t tease a gun fight between poachers and good guys in the African wilderness and just leave it!
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Are the glory days of deer hunting coming to a close?
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westonwhitetail
5 year old buck +
This is a good book about African trackers with some life lessons mixed in. This and the meateater podcast got me more interested in African hunts when I never was before
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Watching the trackers work was the most amazing thing I have ever seen related to hunting. Us US hunters are at the bottom of the skill level compared to African trackers. If a hunting safari is in your future, I would suggest you go somewhere besides South Africa to experience a more classic hunt. But South Africa is typically a lot less expensive than hunting in the more primitive areas - and still an experience to remember.
This is a good book about African trackers with some life lessons mixed in. This and the meateater podcast got me more interested in African hunts when I never was before
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It was about 35 years ago my girlfriend and I were hunting Zimbabwe on a rather large concession. We were driving thru a valley in an open air jeep with the PH and a couple trackers when they spotted smoke coming from below. A camp fire. After a brief huddle they told us not to leave the jeep under any circumstance and they would be back shortly. Off they went heavily armed leaving me and girlfriend alone in jeep. About 30 minutes later 5 or 6 rounds were fired from a heavy rifle followed by several short bursts from a machine gun. Shortly several more shots followed from the heavy rifle. Then silence.
I didn't know where we were. Had no idea where to go. Zero clue what to do. After another 30 minutes the PH and crew still had not shown up. I got kinda scared not being sure who won the gun fight and what would happen if the poachers came our way. So I grabbed the .300 Weatherby , 2 boxes of shells and we climbed a couple hundred yards up a hill and hid. I really didn't want to kill anyone but I figured I could take legs out if required.
After about an hour the PH returned like nothing had happened. When I asked he just said they fired some shots to scare the poachers off then stayed a while to clean up the camp and take pictures for the authorities. I still have questions? My suspicion --S.S.S. But who will ever know.
Not the only camp I've ever been in where seriously spooky shit has happened. There was that time in Mongolia... :)
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Why that is crazy!!! Guarantee that wasn’t just some pop shots over their head.
Speaking of Mongolia, guy I was with today was looking into a sheep hunt in Mongolia next year.
Mongolia is a fascinating place to hunt. Nomads. Marmot hunters. Superstitous people. Witch doctors. Camels Very old mountains so not nearly so strenuous as sheep hunting N.America. The largest sheep in the world. Ibex in the Gobi desert. A bazillion square miles without a road. All a very wild adventure. And there is still a jeep there totally crashed that fell over a cliff off the mountain with its driver in it. Ask me how I know
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
It’s always caught my eye for tiamen fishing. For whatever reason I’m not much of a traveler to hunt but i would like to go all over the world to fish.
I’ll be damned - me too. Just finished my worlds billfish slam of all nine species in 2024
Telemark
5 year old buck +
Was it in Nashville?
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Telemark
5 year old buck +
I've been hunting and fishing in Mongolia. Back before I met my wife, I dated a Mongolian gal for a while.
The fishing can be amazing if you get away from other people. A lot of Mongolians don't seem to know the difference between the river fishes, and I saw people keeping taimen under 18", which I believe was illegal. Also, a lot of the fish had weird parasites.
We hunted marmots and gazelles. I was warned not to touch the wildlife because of the risk of plague.
The landscape has changed a lot due to mining activity. Some places that used to be pristine, beautiful, and wild, are now covered by mountains of overburden from strip mining. You can still find some amazing untouched places, but it requires more work these days. I was mostly fishing for grayling, and I found some nice spots I could have to myself. Guided taimen fishing and the ibex and maral stag hunts are way out of my price range. But it's loads of fun to just take a tent and a fishing rod and go camping somewhere near a river. There are also abandoned Soviet military bases where you can scrounge for souvenirs.
The fishing can be amazing if you get away from other people. A lot of Mongolians don't seem to know the difference between the river fishes, and I saw people keeping taimen under 18", which I believe was illegal. Also, a lot of the fish had weird parasites.
We hunted marmots and gazelles. I was warned not to touch the wildlife because of the risk of plague.
The landscape has changed a lot due to mining activity. Some places that used to be pristine, beautiful, and wild, are now covered by mountains of overburden from strip mining. You can still find some amazing untouched places, but it requires more work these days. I was mostly fishing for grayling, and I found some nice spots I could have to myself. Guided taimen fishing and the ibex and maral stag hunts are way out of my price range. But it's loads of fun to just take a tent and a fishing rod and go camping somewhere near a river. There are also abandoned Soviet military bases where you can scrounge for souvenirs.
When hunting dangerous game, a so called “game scout” from the game and parks commission will accompany every step. Supposedly, to insure there are no infractions concerning the taking of game. However, he carries an AK47 - and Zimbabwe does have a “shoot to kill” law in effect now for poachers. My PH buddies said it is having a positive effect on game numbers.
Like everywhere - game laws could be better - they are way over populated with elephants - now destroying the habitat - and over populated with lions in many areas - causing a decline in plains game.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
My African hunting trip was awesome. Cant recommend it enough.
