Yes, I used a 375H&H, and wouldn't hesitate to use it again. On the otherhand, I would prefer a larger calibured double if I happend to own one, and could thus choose between the two.

As for me sticking my head into the hippo mouth, I choose not to as the stick was kind of rotten! No point in having my head chomped off shortly before going home!

We did skin the hippo, but found that the skin was too ripped up by other hippo bulls to be worth tanning. So it'll only be the teeth that I will have sent home. I have to find out how I'm going to set up the teeth here though. On some sort of plaque perhaps?