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Pic of the Day - Africa
      #177760 - 27/03/11 06:11 PM

A thread for African pictures or photos of the day, or whenever another is posted!


Starting off with the


King of the Beasts!

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: NitroX]
      #177773 - 28/03/11 01:56 AM

Awesome!

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #177795 - 28/03/11 02:37 PM

Hey Mike, something one would love to see if hunting one, but not if it just sticks its head out of the grass when one is just having a walk.

Love its eyes.

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: NitroX]
      #177826 - 29/03/11 07:34 AM

Yea, I think I'd have to change my skivvies.

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #177828 - 29/03/11 08:02 AM

I can also imagine a 9.3mm hole between the eyes.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #177889 - 30/03/11 05:55 AM

Quote:

Hey Mike, something one would love to see if hunting one, but not if it just sticks its head out of the grass when one is just having a walk.

Love its eyes.



Do you mean that this is not how you would like to see him.





Von Gruff.

Edited by NitroX (07/05/11 04:45 AM)

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: VonGruff]
      #177901 - 30/03/11 09:59 AM

Probably not. If you can smell his breath, he's waaayyyyy too close.

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #177986 - 31/03/11 01:22 AM

Incredible photo---awesome..

Agree--would not be so cute if just out for a walk without a gun..last time I was in Zim and walked around a bush to drain my bladder--two lionesses were starring at me from about 80 meters--htat was way to close for me let alone this photo...

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Re: Pic of the Day [Re: Ripp]
      #178046 - 31/03/11 06:12 PM

Last season we had to recover a bait chain that had been pulled from a tree along with the bait and dragged into a particularly nasty stretch of riverine forest. It was decided that it would be best to let him finish the meat and come collect the chain in a days time. This however was too soon!
Both myself and Stu the PH checked our rifles and loaded them (FMJ's as there are plenty of bad tempered Elephant in that bush along with some Hippo)as the trackers took to the spoor armed with axes. We had only travelled about fifty meters when we had to squeeze past a thorn bush and enter into a low canopied patch of Jesse bush. As we dropped down into this patch we all seemed to stop at once. There in front of us at about fifteen paces was the Lion fast asleep. As we where hunting for a mature Lion Stu and I crouched down and with the help of the binoculars assessed his feature for sign of age. After what was probably only a couple of minutes the Lion woke up and bloody hell his eyes looked big at that distance through the Leicas, not to mention he looked Pissed Off! As he slowly stood up, we slowly but surly reversed steps with rifles ready!
We left the chain another couple days only to track the chain again, this time with Crocodile spoor to the bank of the river.
Oh well, time for a new chain.
During that hunt we also bumped onto an old lion at ten yards as we inspected a foul smell that turned out to be a carcass of a poached Elephant.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: ozhunter]
      #180961 - 07/05/11 01:42 AM

Pic of the Day



I love a zebra rug as a trophy.

Model and crime fiction writer, Tara Moss, on a zebra skin rug.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181251 - 11/05/11 05:07 AM



When British Airways was run by MEN, not MICE!






Photo courtesy of Top Predator

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181265 - 11/05/11 08:49 AM

If they run that add today PETA would join JI just to shoot the hunters planes down...

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #181302 - 11/05/11 05:03 PM

You mean if BA didn't even food poison their guests! Like they did to me once. Don't touch their prawns! But it was their chicken which food poisoned me.

Let alone being distinctly anti gun in how they treat travelling hunters nowadays.

I like the pith helmet on the poster too.

From the good old days.



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Edited by NitroX (11/05/11 06:17 PM)

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181305 - 11/05/11 05:56 PM

U taking the pith?

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: kamilaroi]
      #181312 - 11/05/11 06:44 PM

The leather boots are cool too. Hunters don't wear leather boots like that anymore.

Why?

Too expensive?

Too impractical?

Too hot?


Actually those look funny, being lace up at the bottom, but not above? Perhaps they are gaitors?

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181314 - 11/05/11 07:00 PM

Looks like Dehner English Riding boots to me:

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: 93mouse]
      #181315 - 11/05/11 07:05 PM

Thanks.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181316 - 11/05/11 07:12 PM

Same goes for pants - vintage jodhpur breeches - guy is dressed as horse back hunter thoroughly

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: 93mouse]
      #181349 - 12/05/11 03:15 AM

The RCMPolice Strathcona Riding Boots (brown) had higher lacing, but of course, were worn with spurs. Used to dig into the carpet underneath the gas & brake petal a bit! - HA!



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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: DarylS]
      #181381 - 12/05/11 12:24 PM

a realy nice boot daryl, is it available on the civil market today?

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: lancaster]
      #181430 - 13/05/11 02:45 AM



Doug Giles Nyala taken with his 1901 Gibbs in 450/400.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181452 - 13/05/11 11:25 AM

A nicely 'Framed / Posed' hunting photo with a Vintage Double Rifle, what more could you ask for....

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #181496 - 14/05/11 01:09 AM

The leather back pack, bag and knife sheath all add a lot to the photo too.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #181572 - 14/05/11 05:13 PM

I add to this post to beautifull pics, i am not a great fotographer...BUT if you take 600 pics... even the worst fotographer takes a couple of good ones...



This is a pic of the Kwando River , in Caprivi (Nambia) , it was taken from the boat meanwhile we where hunting hippos. A really beautifull experience in a beautifull area...





This is the first lights of the day , hunting Cape Bushbucks, in Port Alfred, in the Eastern Cape (RSA). We drive early in the morning, and there was fog like this every day, because we hunted next to the sea, in the dunes of the wild beaches of the Indic Ocean... Amazing place, great rememberings.



I hope you like it
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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: chemarq]
      #181575 - 14/05/11 05:38 PM

The reflection on the water is really spectacular in the first pic.

Wouldn't you love to floating along quietly on an African river right now ....

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #188900 - 31/08/11 01:07 AM



Be careful of a wilde beest of a co driver ...




Photo thanks to Max Weaver

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #188933 - 31/08/11 07:28 AM

Too funny!

Terrific thread, too.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #192625 - 27/10/11 12:17 PM

This is the moon setting early in the morning looking down the Chete gorge.

The morning after taking a bull (on day six) we had gotten up early to go fishing and seeing this view as we were walking out, we dropped everything and I set my camera up on a low stone wall. I did various things with the camera and exposure settings and took about 15 photos, but this is the only one that turned out.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Cazadero]
      #192658 - 28/10/11 12:22 AM

Incredible photo..thanks for sharing

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Ripp]
      #192660 - 28/10/11 02:41 AM

Glad you liked it.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Cazadero]
      #192669 - 28/10/11 07:18 AM

Quote:





I hate to state obvious - so I won't...anyway - thanks Cazadero!

So lets try to describe what isn't obvious - still for someone who has been there knows it - The Spirit of the Place...

" you have just left the camp, your nostrils are still full of mopane camp fire smoke smell...oh - the sounds...deafening screeks of Chickwaris and emerging calls of Ka-tondoras...you don't have to hear the tree broke or eerie cough or splash to know there are true dangers out there...still the warmth of the Valley..."

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: 93mouse]
      #193270 - 07/11/11 10:25 PM

Fantastic leopard photo.



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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #193271 - 07/11/11 10:36 PM

Some very nice photo's there.

Here is my contribution. Taken just after sun up while glassing (or trying to) for Grysbok in the Eastern Cape this September gone.



Not so much a really nice photo, but it has got a few comments that I'm sure you'll work out for yourself.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: controlled_feed]
      #193276 - 07/11/11 11:25 PM

Great , looks like a religious experience!!??...

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Sville]
      #193290 - 08/11/11 02:59 AM

These were taken from Marloth in South Africa over the Crocodile River into Kruger National Park.

They are not particularly flash (no pun intended), but were a pleasure to take and hold some good memories.

If you look closely, on one of the islands in the river is a female Waterbuck and young.







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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: HuntingSchneider]
      #193294 - 08/11/11 03:13 AM



These are from Namibia.

I just love the dunes, but am not too keen on the heat that went with them.





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      #193301 - 08/11/11 06:54 AM

I did go up on the Dunes one morning, the heat didn´t bother me as much as the climbing .....Fantastic landscape, sitting up the Dunes in the afternoon and se the sunset!!! Is it Swakopmund???

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      #193333 - 08/11/11 02:21 PM



A little further south. Down at Sossusvlei.



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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: HuntingSchneider]
      #193336 - 08/11/11 03:18 PM

Lovely dune photos. The only proper desert dunes I have seen were in the South of Egypt, with a picturesque camel train moving along the dunes. Couldn't stop the vehicle for a photo though.

I think it would be nice to do a holiday in Namibia, perhaps a self drive camping (and luxury resorts for the wife) holiday. Plus hunting of course.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #193346 - 08/11/11 03:54 PM



That is basically what we did.

We landed at 6pm on a Friday night. Had not organised car hire or accommodation.

Airport is 35 odd Km from Windhoek.

We got a lift from a guy we met at the Airport. Paid him a couple of dollars for it, obviously. On the way, rang a guesthouse and got some accommodation. He collected us later that night and took us to Joe's Beerhouse. After it closed, we ended up in a Shebeen. You can't organise nights like this.

A couple of days in Windhoek to settle and hire a 4wd. Check out the region and up towards Otjiwarongo, then off.

Down to Karasburg for some hunting at an associates place. Don't like the long open country for hunting (more like long range assassination) and off again.

Across to Luderitz (made a contact for some hunting near Otjiwarongo, north of Windhoek).

Find out about Fish River canyon. Off to it.

Come across Duwisib (German Castle) and stay the night. Get dosed with dodgy food from the Guesthouse owner. Kudu gulasch. With honey. Honey in gulasch? Hmm, honey masks all sorts of nasties. MMmmmmmmm, more please. Spend most of the night shitting ourselves. Don't run to the loo, just casually walk to the shower.

Off to Sossusvlei and the dunes. Shit it's hot.

Head up to Warvis Bay and Swakopmund. Get bogged in crushed seashells just off the Trans Kalahari Highway. Get to Swakopmund. Lovely town

Make our way towards Etosha. Spend some time there.

Head down to the contact we made for some hunting. Spend some great time with real locals

Time to meet our PH at Windhoek (turns up a day and a half late without notifying us), and end up spending a week with a not particularly pleasant person and his not particularly pleasant wife in a lovely area up past Grootfontein near Bushman Common Land.

Cut the hunt short (as I said, not a pleasant person) and head back down to Windhoek. Spend some more time there doing the markets thing around the region.

Purchase too many bits and pieces.

Bugger, time to head home. 9 weeks gone. Time flies when you're having a ball.

As mentioned, purchased too many bits and pieces. Was well over the weight limit. 88kg between us, instead of the 40kg.

The only thing that was organised was the hunt up north. That was the only thing that did not work out for us. Everything else was made up as we went. If we thought we wanted to stay a couple of extra days in an area, we did.

Great way to travel. Can't wait for the next one.



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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: HuntingSchneider]
      #193622 - 12/11/11 12:43 AM



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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #193648 - 12/11/11 02:23 PM

He's just about to rip some a new one !!

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Sarg]
      #193667 - 12/11/11 10:35 PM



Ladies wear for a leopard hunt ... or is a jaguar?

Or should it be titled, "How to enjoy endless hours in a leopard blind" ?

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #193694 - 13/11/11 11:44 AM


Are you sure she's a lady?

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #193851 - 16/11/11 07:30 AM

This is an old pic from Zimbabve. From 1994. I was really close to this little elephant, and even if it is a small one, I was sure of that I was smaller.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: Sville]
      #193882 - 16/11/11 04:19 PM

They always look big when at a few metres, especially when you are not carrying a gun ...

That looks like a young one, wanting to play!

I don't have photos, but I have had an elephant looking at me from over a bush with its trunk up in the air, when I had mine out. I think he wanted to compare sizes ... also another time had them walk past me, when I was lying on the ground, between our tents. Now that would have been a sight to see, looking up, but definitely no flash photography!

And no guns anywhere near in both instances.

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Will she be save to keep as a pet? Could she be tamed?



As you know Jaco my friend, somethings can never be truly tamed and will still bite ...

The "Leopardusleggedfemalalsaurus" (the technical name) is a long legged, sprinter, which ambushes her prey into a corner, with a sudden unexpected sprint, and afterwards the prey is left bewildered wondering what has happened and how they ever ended up in this state. While the "Leoparduslegged ..." saunters off into the sunset looking for more prey.

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Ouch!

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Ouch!!! That's gonna leave a mark.

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One more Elephant pic. I think this was at the same occasion as the one above. I think it´s a rather interesting pic. Sorry for the bad quality, It´s old from Zimbabve 1994 and I didn´t had a good camera.

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Ouch!



Now that's quite a big Croc. I wonder what the outcome was?

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Sorry I can't get this pic to rotate 90 degrees left, but you get the idea.

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Ouch!



Now that's quite a big Croc. I wonder what the outcome was?







An elephant that can reach higher then his mates












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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)

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"I've told you a thousand times .... "

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NOT NOW! I've got a headache.



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NOT NOW! I've got a headache.



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The real Africa.



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Rhino poaching.

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Giant Forest Hog from Uganda.

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The Stare of a Hunter.

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Mozambique spitting cobra

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African surf bum ...





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Very nice......

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Elephant toilet paper.

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Excellent taxidermy in a tourist safari lodge OR visiting elephant?



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Clouds and rain over Lake Kariba, this week.

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Bongo in Dzanga Sangha, CAR.

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"Oh WOW! So close to the cuddly beautiful elephants!"


Picture from facebook, where they praise and commend this sort of action by a seemingly unarmed tourist guide taking tourists on foot in between two wild bulls within touching distance.

Photo from Mana Pools.

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For the people that get upset by fetus photos - here is another one. Not mine.

Elephant fetus.

So well formed.

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Quote:



"Oh WOW! So close to the cuddly beautiful elephants!"


Picture from facebook, where they praise and commend this sort of action by a seemingly unarmed tourist guide taking tourists on foot in between two wild bulls within touching distance.

Photo from Mana Pools.



Oh for a .500 there for the one on the right

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Quote:

Quote:



"Oh WOW! So close to the cuddly beautiful elephants!"


Picture from facebook, where they praise and commend this sort of action by a seemingly unarmed tourist guide taking tourists on foot in between two wild bulls within touching distance.

Photo from Mana Pools.



Oh for a .500 there for the one on the right



More candidates for the Darwin Award?

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Toyota love ...

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View from the other side of the camp fire light.

A painting by John Seerey-Lester.

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Nice painting...

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Head shot with a 450/400 3" & wasn't knocked out long enough , only got his tail off

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mike-


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At that angle and distance my 16bore would do just fine!





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Three nice blondes in a row.

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Nile Lechwe

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Taken while heading down to the Eastern Cape a couple of years ago.

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And he probably is as well.

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Suni Mozambique from Traditional Mozambique Safaris

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A close call.



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That's raw nature, but disturbing.

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A Black Lion.

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Wow ! Is that real JH ?

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A Black Lion.




This one is downright scary.



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I think he had a dye job and an airbrush.

Haven't found anything about real black lions.

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Wow ! Is that real JH ?

Would be interesting to find out, probably John is very good at Photoshop???

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Oceleot me thinks John

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That British Airways reference to prawns after claret is almost a non sequitur. Who would want to associate claret with prawns?

Though what I had was OK, one wouldn't really expect great food on a British plane - but upholstery ... maybe. I used to work for a London company that made seats of various designs for airlines around the world. The ones made for BA were the most complex and the best.

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That British Airways reference to prawns after claret is almost a non sequitur. Who would want to associate claret with prawns?



You are a wine snob!

But also very correct.

The poster is an old one of course.

I've flown BA from Bangkok to Sydney and also Harare to London. Unfortunately I did not have a nice pair of leather knee high boots ...

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Some more black lions.





Actually black mud.



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Good one HS.

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Good funny illustration of the "game viewing safari".

It is amazing when in Africa what hunters will see, even if only "game viewing" compared to the urban game viewer who often misses much that is around them.

I remember driving around in Hwange slowly and seeing duiker, other small game or whatever, while other twits thundered along at speed missing everything. Sometimes slowing where we were, gawking like rubbernecks for thirty seconds to see what was there, not seeing it, then racing off.

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Ivan Carter at close range with an ele.

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Giant Sable. African Expedition Magazine. Angola Field Group at Cangandala National Park.

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58 inch buffalo from South Africa.

A great cow trophy?

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Kruger National Park.

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That's a great photo..

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That's a great photo..

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Yes it is a fantastic one. Not mine unfortunately!

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Just some pictures of the skeleton coast in Angola and some on the way to the coast.





















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Fishing boats on Lake Kariba.



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Quote:

Quote:

That's a great photo..

Ripp



Yes it is a fantastic one. Not mine unfortunately!


But still it´s a fantastic pic!!!!

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Pervert monkeys! Not vervets!

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Great Photo's...thanks for sharing them..
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Yep, great thread! Magnificent photos.

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Passengers in Africa ...

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Huge, Huge Horn. WOW!

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Proof Dachshunds are to be feared.

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As the cowboy said....................Get a long little doggie!!!...

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As the cowboy said....................Get a long little doggie!!!...



Groan!

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A very fine trophy zebra mare indeed.

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Proof Dachshunds are to be feared.



Yes thats what Dachshounds are about, they think they are really big...

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That pranged car / rhino photo is pretty cool. A bit of "ouch!" too, I guess.

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Mr Benny Bestard and his 92 lb elephant from Gonarezhou, Zimbawe.

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Some truely remarkable photos.

John I like your thinking when it comes to Zebras

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Mana Pools.

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Some truely remarkable photos.

John I like your thinking when it comes to Zebras



Just doing my bit encouraging the hunting of mares, not stallions.

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Love those last two ele photos, John!

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These Ankole African cattle would be one of the most magnificent ox trophies if they were wild or feral.

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pic of the day sometimes in 1932



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Here's my moon over the Chete Gorge that got lost when I reorganized my photobucket albums

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While stalking a group of three buffalo bulls, at 30 yards away, stepping ever so silently, we realized that we were being watched by something else...

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Quote:

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Some truely remarkable photos. JohnI like your thinking whenit comes to Zebras

Just doing my bit encouraging the hunting of mares, not stallions.



Yes, and you usually know they are your friend when they feel like they are eating oats out of your hand...

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Somalia 1939



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Elephant bulls in the Zambezi, just above Victoria Falls in 2008.



Photo by Belinda Cooke

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When cats clash.

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An elephant towers over herds of impala and zebra at Etosha Salt Pan.

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An elephant bull shaking a feed to the ground. Okavango Delta, Botswana, July 2006



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South Africa 2007. He was almost tame, and he seemed to to ham it up for photo ops as he fed out of a trough (out of frame).

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http://sud-sud-le-soleil.blogspot.de/2011/02/chasse-au-senegal.html

Senegal,probably the White-bellied Bustard

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Yes ! Une grande outarde du Senegal .

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Roan, Matetsi unit 1, 1995.

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Man..thats a nice lookin roan....

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Binga District 2005. Russ Broom Safaris. making due in the bush. kit trailer busted leaf traveling from Zambeze escarpment camp to camp on Kariba. managed to finish 14 day safari with it.

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/romeosierra58/afro%20engineering/scan0036.jpg
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      #225852 - 24/02/13 01:59 AM

I know that you like ! Burkina Faso or Benin are good adress for roan's / koba . Despite a lot of islamist around the countries are safe ( to date ! ) .

http://neerwayasafari.wix.com/chasse-burkina-faso#!tarifs

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http://www.az.com.na/bild-des-tages/elef...tavi.163863.php

elephant wander for two weeks on farms north of Otjiwarongo and Otavi/Namibia now and make very little damage on fences because he's very careful when crossing them

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Photographers Of Africa
A flock of red-billed queleas coming to drink at the same time as an African elephant. Photographed by Antero Topp.

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      #228321 - 08/04/13 07:44 PM

...look at them tusks...Eish

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A trully amazing photo.

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Cat fight.

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A very different Kudu from the net.



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      #232369 - 12/07/13 06:48 AM

A serious anti-poaching patrol.



Francis Mollet, French PH, in the Central African Republic.

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Spotted Lightning


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out of africa, this time germany



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WTF is a Zebra doing there ?

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      #233609 - 06/08/13 07:19 AM

A Zebrastreifen ( zebra stripe ) is a Zebra-crossing ( crosswalk ) in Germany !

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Quote:

A Zebrastreifen ( zebra stripe ) is a Zebra-crossing ( crosswalk ) in Germany !



and it just happens to be standing on stripes ...

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      #234076 - 12/08/13 09:34 AM

From Africam.

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      #234087 - 12/08/13 12:57 PM

Has that zebra just been added to the original pic ? Shadows don't really work

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      #234093 - 12/08/13 03:20 PM

Shadows look right to me. Lit from the arseend. Arse lit up, back of ears, shadows of zebra consistent, trees' shadows and truck's shadows all consistent. JMO.

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      #234116 - 12/08/13 09:40 PM

Quote:

Shadows look right to me. Lit from the arseend. Arse lit up, back of ears, shadows of zebra consistent, trees' shadows and truck's shadows all consistent. JMO.



With the arse and the back of the ears lit up the shadow should be the other way around to the right of the photo.

I too think it was photoshopped. The length of the Zebras shadow is of of proportion compared to the trailers shadow.

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      #234134 - 13/08/13 04:58 AM

http://www.google.de/imgres?newwindow=1&...&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:95&tx=107&ty=52

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Quote:

Quote:

Shadows look right to me. Lit from the arseend. Arse lit up, back of ears, shadows of zebra consistent, trees' shadows and truck's shadows all consistent. JMO.



With the arse and the back of the ears lit up the shadow should be the other way around to the right of the photo.

I too think it was photoshopped. The length of the Zebras shadow is of of proportion compared to the trailers shadow.



The zebras shadow is to the right? It is obviously a late afternoon, early evening photo. To the left of the zebra, the shadow is from the trees.

Jaco, I thought the same too at first, but the van's shadow is also to the right.

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      #234168 - 13/08/13 05:56 PM

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Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Shadows look right to me. Lit from the arseend. Arse lit up, back of ears, shadows of zebra consistent, trees' shadows and truck's shadows all consistent. JMO.



With the arse and the back of the ears lit up the shadow should be the other way around to the right of the photo.

I too think it was photoshopped. The length of the Zebras shadow is of of proportion compared to the trailers shadow.



The zebras shadow is to the right? It is obviously a late afternoon, early evening photo. To the left of the zebra, the shadow is from the trees.

Jaco, I thought the same too at first, but the van's shadow is also to the right.

JMO. And not arguing.



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An Oldie but a goodie...
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      #239140 - 11/12/13 08:53 PM

Storm clouds rolling in over the Family farm in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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A great pic, fantastic scenario!!!

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Sunrise Namibia 2011

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THAT is an incredible photo...

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the look of poaching



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Thats awful......

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THAT is an incredible photo...

Ripp



Thanks, under the African sun....

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Thats awful......



We found a bull poached as well the last time I was in Zim...horrible what that has done to some species...

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      #245031 - 04/04/14 05:45 PM

wild boar in tunisia, a landscape like souther italy or spain



http://www.natuxo.com/annonce-voyage-de-chasse-au-sanglier-en-tunisie-du-nord-au-sud-1732.html

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wild boar in tunisia, a landscape like souther italy or spain



http://www.natuxo.com/annonce-voyage-de-chasse-au-sanglier-en-tunisie-du-nord-au-sud-1732.html



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One of the remaining Tsavo elephants and what a whopper.

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Storm clouds rolling in over the Family farm in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.





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Incredible pictures, thanks a lot for sharing.

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Thats a great photo and scenery!

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Quote:

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wild boar in tunisia, a landscape like souther italy or spain



http://www.natuxo.com/annonce-voyage-de-chasse-au-sanglier-en-tunisie-du-nord-au-sud-1732.html



Would be cool to hunt boar there.



it looks most times more african but shotgun only iirc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuXikbTtyI

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      #247638 - 22/05/14 01:49 AM



ivory when Kai Uwe Denker was doing the PH business on elephants
http://www.huntingreport.com/trophy_gallery_list_species_details.cfm?id=184


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Measurement: 93 x 66 pounds
Where Taken: Africa - Namibia, Nyae Nyae Conservancy - (The former Bushmanland)
Hunter: Thomas Ortmeier
Outfitter: Kai-Uwe Denker
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Fax 011-264-64-570595.

More Info:

The right tusk was broken. The heavier left tusk has a length of 193 centimeters (almost 6˝ feet), and its circumference is 54 centimeters (about 21 inches).
http://www.huntingreport.com/trophy_gallery_list_species_details.cfm?id=175

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it looks most times more african but shotgun only iirc




Saw an English guy hunted there, but not sure whether it was with a shotgun or rifle. I think it was with a rifle. The English guy was Michael Yardley, and the outfitter 'Baron' Eckhardt though I would have to check.

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ivory when Kai Uwe Denker was doing the PH business on elephants
http://www.huntingreport.com/trophy_gallery_list_species_details.cfm?id=184



Nice and thick ivory. The shorter one must have been broken off at some point, also two-thirds the weight. (edit) I see the small print description says this below now.

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      #247689 - 22/05/14 07:00 PM


NE's member and friend Mark - "Maximus" - with his cape buffalo bull shot this year.

Hunting cape buffalo is intense. Hunting cape buffalo with a handgun is VERY intense. Here's mine taken ay 33 yards with a Smith & Wesson .460 S&W Magnum revolver.

We got within range by stalking him as he lay resting under a tree. He was awake and looking around a little but very relaxed. At 33 what turned out to be 33 yards I got down on my knees and rested the revolver on low sticks. I sat as still as possible for some 30 minutes until he stood up and I fired almost immediately. The first shot put him down but he needed a few more to finish him off as quickly as possible.

I used Magtech 260gr flat point FMJ bullets in a handloaded round using Hodgdon H110 powder.

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      #247739 - 23/05/14 03:59 PM

in the ennedi moutains in north-east chad

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotosa...-113407-17.html







two of the last dessert crocodiles


you may find it amusing or just interesting but its also the home of the ennedi tiger I learned today

"The Ennedi tiger is a purportedly living Sabertooth cat inhabiting the Ennedi Plateau, located in the east of Chad, in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

There are reports of two different species, one that mainly inhabits the mountains (called Hadjel, Gassingram, or Vossoko), and a Water-inhabiting one (called Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, or Dilali).

The Mountain type, according to the reports, is larger than a lion and lacks a tail. The teeth protrude from the mouth, and the feet are hairy. The coloration is red or reddish-brown with white stripes. It is strong enough to carry off large antelopes. It is nocturnal and cave dwelling in the Ouadai district of the Ennedi mountain range. Natives described it to western explorers, who identified it as a Machairodus sabertooth.

The Water type is of unknown relation to the first, although it is also larger than a lion (8–12 feet), very fierce, and has protruding teeth. The animal's color pattern is red with white markings (comparable to mountain cats), to leopard-like with stripes, to uniform brown. Its teeth are always described as "walrus-like" and the tail is always long in reports. Some have suggested an otter as a candidate. Its habitat extends into the Central African Republic. There are also tales of water lions in folklore in Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sudan. A cave drawing that illustrates a walrus-like creature with a long tail exists in South Africa.

A related footnote: the last lions in the Sahara also survived here, until they became extinct before mid-20th century (the last lion was seen in 1940)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennedi_tiger



According to scientific orthodoxy the African sabre-toothed tigers, such as Megantereon and Afrosmilus died out 500,000 years ago. However in certain African countries such as the Central African Republic and Chad sabre-toothed tigers have been seen by the locals in modern times.

The animal is known by the French speakers of the Zagaoua peoples of the escarpments of the Ennedi mountains as "tigre de montagne." They describe it as being larger than a lion but lacking a tail. It possesses red banded fur with white stripes and it has long hairs on its feet. It also has teeth that protrude from its mouth. It inhabits the mountains and caves of Ennedi and it is so strong it can carry away sizeable antelopes.

In the mountainous Tibesti region of Chad the sabre-tooth is known as "nisi" or "noso." It is said to attack hens and slit the throats of goats without eating them. There are completely black specimins. In 1975 Christian Le Noel was leading an eland hunt from Derby near the river Ouandja 25km from Tirongoulou on the Chad-Sudan border when he heard a howling from a cave like nothing he had heard before. His tracker refused to go any further, saying that it was the sabre-tooth.
Sabretooth cat, Smilodon
Photo Ref: T01446 Title: Sabretooth cat, Smilodon

The people of Temki, Hadjeray in south-west Chad call the sabre-toothed tiger the "hadjel." Wounds have been found on hippos corresponding to those which might be inflicted by the teeth of a sabre-toothed tiger. Christian Le Noel witnessed a hippo which had died of strange wounds which could only have been given by a cat armed with exceptionally well developed upper canine teeth."
http://www.cryptozoology.net/sabretoothtiger/english.html

for the first ennedi tiger shoot I pay for taxidermy!

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fantastic photos!

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in the ennedi moutains in north-east chad

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you may find it amusing or just interesting but its also the home of the ennedi tiger I learned today

"The Ennedi tiger is a purportedly living Sabertooth cat inhabiting the Ennedi Plateau, located in the east of Chad, in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

There are reports of two different species, one that mainly inhabits the mountains (called Hadjel, Gassingram, or Vossoko), and a Water-inhabiting one (called Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, or Dilali).

The Mountain type, according to the reports, is larger than a lion and lacks a tail. The teeth protrude from the mouth, and the feet are hairy. The coloration is red or reddish-brown with white stripes. It is strong enough to carry off large antelopes. It is nocturnal and cave dwelling in the Ouadai district of the Ennedi mountain range. Natives described it to western explorers, who identified it as a Machairodus sabertooth.

The Water type is of unknown relation to the first, although it is also larger than a lion (8–12 feet), very fierce, and has protruding teeth. The animal's color pattern is red with white markings (comparable to mountain cats), to leopard-like with stripes, to uniform brown. Its teeth are always described as "walrus-like" and the tail is always long in reports. Some have suggested an otter as a candidate. Its habitat extends into the Central African Republic. There are also tales of water lions in folklore in Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sudan. A cave drawing that illustrates a walrus-like creature with a long tail exists in South Africa.

According to scientific orthodoxy the African sabre-toothed tigers, such as Megantereon and Afrosmilus died out 500,000 years ago. However in certain African countries such as the Central African Republic and Chad sabre-toothed tigers have been seen by the locals in modern times.

The animal is known by the French speakers of the Zagaoua peoples of the escarpments of the Ennedi mountains as "tigre de montagne." They describe it as being larger than a lion but lacking a tail. It possesses red banded fur with white stripes and it has long hairs on its feet. It also has teeth that protrude from its mouth. It inhabits the mountains and caves of Ennedi and it is so strong it can carry away sizeable antelopes.

In the mountainous Tibesti region of Chad the sabre-tooth is known as "nisi" or "noso." It is said to attack hens and slit the throats of goats without eating them. There are completely black specimins. In 1975 Christian Le Noel was leading an eland hunt from Derby near the river Ouandja 25km from Tirongoulou on the Chad-Sudan border when he heard a howling from a cave like nothing he had heard before. His tracker refused to go any further, saying that it was the sabre-tooth.
Sabretooth cat, Smilodon
Photo Ref: T01446 Title: Sabretooth cat, Smilodon

The people of Temki, Hadjeray in south-west Chad call the sabre-toothed tiger the "hadjel." Wounds have been found on hippos corresponding to those which might be inflicted by the teeth of a sabre-toothed tiger. Christian Le Noel witnessed a hippo which had died of strange wounds which could only have been given by a cat armed with exceptionally well developed upper canine teeth."




Interesting. Hopefully it is true!



An interesting topic worthy of a new thread. I'll copy lancaster post to a new discussion thread - here:
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      #247770 - 23/05/14 10:52 PM

That is awesome...I had no idea..

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btw, the aloha rock arch is 200 meter high

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Amazing.

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      #247885 - 25/05/14 10:50 PM

modern technology makes it possible to find such things, dont have the rock arch now but the Guelta d'Archei


The Guelta d'Archei is probably the most famous guelta in the Sahara. It is located in the Ennedi Plateau, in north-eastern Chad, south-east of the town of Fada. The Guelta d'Archei is inhabited by several kinds of animals, most notably the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti). Middle Holocene remains, as well as rock paintings, indicate that this species once thrived across most of today's Sahara Desert and in swamps and rivers along South Mediterranean shores. The small group of surviving crocodiles in the Guelta d'Archei represents one of the last colonies known in the Sahara today; the Tagant Plateau colony in Mauritania has likely been extinct since 1996.[1]

The Guelta d'Archei is a barren place, away from beaten paths; reaching it requires a 4x4 and at least four days' travel from n'Djamena, Chad's capital. The place depicted in the picture can only be reached by a few hours' trek from the nearest point a 4x4 can approach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelta_d%27Archei

its here
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Guelta+d%27Archei/@16.9038448,21.7765477,1898m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x114c7eb7f40f887d:0x7b85723320a4555

click on "earth" and zoom closer

hope you can open this also

if look on this pic you see small animals in the background
probably gazelles


I have a little interest in this beautyful animals and wonder about the one here shoot 1986 in egypt if it was on an official hunting trip.

Sale A0614 Lot 203
A FULL-MOUNT OF A DORCAS GAZELLE




Other Notes: the vendor has confirmed this was shot in the Red Sea Hills, Egypt, 1986

Estimate Ł200-250
http://auctions.holtsauctioneers.com/asp...0&saletype=

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      #247915 - 26/05/14 11:39 PM

Great Buff by Maximus.

Tell us the whole story please! - (Or is there a full report in another section already?)

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Great Buff by Maximus.

Tell us the whole story please! - (Or is there a full report in another section already?)



Photo only.

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This is a fantastic photo!!!

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Yes indeed,that young bull is gonna hit her hard by the looks of it.

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Awesome!

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      #248573 - 07/06/14 12:32 AM

Man--looking at that photo, you can almost hear the buffalo making their sounds, the water swashing and the lions voices in all the commotion ...awesome pic...certainly stirs the soul...

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Man--looking at that photo, you can almost hear the buffalo making their sounds, the water swashing and the lions voices in all the commotion ...awesome pic...certainly stirs the soul...

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My thoughts exactly.

Quote:

This photo is amazing. Looking at it one can hear the calls of the buffalo, the shrieks of the birds, the growls and roars of the lion, the muddy splashing of the water, the commotion of the battle. JJH






Also the print is reportedly available from the photographer:
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http://www.bencranke.com/galleries/1721/Lion%200135391b8948e56c.jpg

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Wow!

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Sometimes the little guys are the toughest!


Marina Lamprecht's "Jack" of Hunters Namibia Safaris.

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The first thing I am thinking about, letting my two dogs go to Africa for a hunt ..... A fantastic pic!

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The first thing I am thinking about, letting my two dogs go to Africa for a hunt ..... A fantastic pic!



There will be enough animals to hunt without taking more...

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If a back kick connects, the owner wont have to worry about bringing that one back home..

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Ooooooh, how I love a belly scratch !!!



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What a cracker!

Photo credit: Alex McDonald Jnr of McDonald Safaris

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Sometimes the little guys are the toughest!


Marina Lamprecht's "Jack" of Hunters Namibia Safaris.



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Thanks for that--took me back ...nothing quite like it..

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still 57 days and I'll be there!

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      #257100 - 23/11/14 02:19 PM



ethiopia

what do think about the teeth? could only be hippo



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      #257126 - 24/11/14 11:59 AM

I would say Warthog.
Daunting looking fellows, hey.

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I would say Warthog.
Daunting looking fellows, hey.



Would say Warthog as well..
Daunting indeed..

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http://www.az.com.na/natur-umwelt/wilderei-f-rdert-l-ndliche-armut.422767

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http://www.ouvalalgerie.com/news/183-Des...%A9rienne!.html

article about the resistance of local population against "hunting tourist" from VAE and Quatar who killing gazelles just for fun and without brain in south algeria

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I can smell the cool early morning dust and the hear the lowing of the buffalo herd. Their shuffling hooves ...

Photo by Alex McDonald of McDonald Safaris.

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Ahhhh - nice shot!

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Once again, because of You, a violent envy to hunt Africa again. Actually once You try Africa, You're f*ucked, no end dreaming of Africa. Africa hunting is a serious disease, Africa as well. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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see also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_rsuGp_tas



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...es-behinds.html

I've got eyes in the back of my herd: British scientist stops lions hunting cattle in Botswana by painting faces on their behinds so the predators think they've been spotted

He believes lions are less likely to attack if they think they've been 'seen'
Dr Neil Jordan is trying to stop farmers killing lions in retaliation attacks
He draws eyes on the back of cows to 'intimidate' the big cats
He hopes the method can be used by local farmers to save their cattle

By Sarah Dean For Mailonline

Published: 15:16 GMT, 5 July 2016 | Updated: 18:24 GMT, 5 July 2016


A British scientist has begun painting intimidating eye-patterns onto cows' behinds in a creative bid to stop lions from hunting them.

Dr Neil Jordan believes if he can stop African lions killing farmers' cattle, then farmers will stop killing the endangered lions.

'Farmers currently have very few effective tools to prevent this devastating lion-livestock conflict. Unfortunately shooting or poisoning predators is not only used as a last resort, farmers often feel it is their only resort,' Dr Jordan said.

The conservation biologist, who works with the University of New South Wales and Taronga Zoo in Sydney, is trialling his theory in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.




Dr Neil Jordan is testing a theory that drawing eyes on cows' behinds will stop lions attacking them

The idea is to trick the big cats into thinking they have been seen by drawing eyes on the back of the cows, so that they do not attack.

He has labelled the ingenious idea 'i-cow' and hopes it will provide local farmers with a low-cost and non-lethal tool to reduce livestock losses without having to kill lions.

In a video posted online, Dr Jordan explained that he is 'testing the hypothesis that painting intimidating eye patches on to cows reduces predation'.


The idea is to trick the big cats into thinking they have been seen by drawing eyes on the back of the cows


Local farmers have been known to kill lions in retaliation attacks after their cows have been killed





Dr Jordan hopes the method will provide local farmers with a low-cost and non-lethal tool to reduce livestock losses without having to kill lions

'Lions are supreme ambush predators, they rely on stealth. When seen they lose this element of surprise and abandon their hunt,' he said.

The scientist has already carried out a small 3-month sample test of his theory, which gave promising results.

'While 3 out of 39 unpainted cows were killed by lions, none of the 23 painted cows from the same herd were killed,' he said

Dr Jordan is now fundraising to be able to buy more of the equipment needed to carry out further tests.

African lion populations are in decline throughout most of the continent.

'In 1975 there was an estimated 250,000 lions in Africa, yet today the continent wide population stands at a mere 25 – 30,000 individuals.

'This staggering 80-90 per cent decline combines with the fragmentation and isolation of those remaining sub-populations with little long-term viability,' World Lion Day reports.

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some pics from the vintage air rally 2016 http://www.vintageairrally.com/

"Following in the footsteps of the pioneering flights in the 1920s – we’ll connect some of the most beautiful and evocative points in Africa. Flying low along the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum, past the highlands of Ethiopia before the plains of Kenya and the home of African aviation in Nairobi. Then off again past Kilimanjaro into the Serengeti – and on to the spice island of Zanzibar. After a short pause to enjoy the Indian ocean, we continue, crossing Zambia to Victoria Falls, before continuing to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. Our final days take us into, and across, stunning South Africa – to the Cape, journey’s end."










































































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      #292358 - 21/12/16 01:32 AM

Absolutely incredible pics---thanks so much for posting...

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      #292371 - 21/12/16 07:28 AM



Wow ... tigers in Africa. Whoda thunk it.

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      #292400 - 21/12/16 09:44 PM

I would give my eye teeth to have flown one of the Tigers on that trip.

Excellent photo's. Lancaster, thanks for posting those.

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Love the biplanes !

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      #292982 - 01/01/17 11:17 PM

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is beautiful. Thanks so much for posting it.
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      #292983 - 01/01/17 11:27 PM

Wunderbar Graf von Lancaster!

I have a secret love of WW1 era planes and bi-planes. How wonderful to fly in an open cockpit with the wind in one's face, and nothing but the horizon and the great expanse below. Have never flown in an open cockpit, but have felt the wind more than a few times standing on the wheel strut.

Infact regarding WW1 era planes I sourced more than a few dozen images to share sometime in the future only last week.

But these modern day African flying circus expedition photos, Wunderbar!

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      #293010 - 02/01/17 09:54 AM

Awesome photos, great planes & views !

I flew over the Masi Mara in Kenya last year in a Bloon a couple of times , it was fantasic, then one morning in a Gyrocopter we flew over the Mara & Serengeti, super amazing going up to the high country where the Bloons can't go saw all the big 5 & some monster buffalo & truly huge Eastern impala !

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      #294215 - 24/01/17 04:55 AM

"17 January 2017
Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild

Scimitar-horned oryx in Chad


By Alice Klein

They’re back. Scimitar-horned oryx have been reintroduced to the wild after a two-decade absence and are flourishing in their old stomping grounds.

The desert antelopes were once widespread across northern Africa, but were hunted to extinction in their natural habitat in the 1990s.

Since then, the species has been kept alive in captivity in the United Arab Emirates, the US, Europe and Australia. Several hundred have also been reintroduced to fenced areas in northern Africa.

To test whether scimitar-horned oryx could survive in the wild once again, 23 individuals were released into a remote part of Chad last August. Based on early signs of success, another 23 will be released this week.

The animals have been fitted with GPS collars to monitor their movements. “So far, the animals look exceptionally healthy,” says Jared Stabach from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC, who is involved in the project. “They seem to be adapting to the environment really well.”
First baby in the wild

Some of the released oryx were pregnant and, in September, the first calf was born in the wild since the species went extinct. “He seems very lively and healthy, so that’s encouraging,” says Stabach.

The next test will be whether females that became pregnant after release will produce healthy offspring, he says. “We’re expecting some births in the next month or two.”

The oryx were reintroduced in the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim reserve, an expansive of unfenced wilderness in central Chad, which used to be the species’ stronghold.

A group of about 40 to 50 of the antelopes were taken from this area in the 1960s. Most oryx alive today are thought to be descended from these animals.
Fewer threats

Although the newly released oryx all come from this small population, their genetic diversity has risen because separate captive populations were kept around the world. This has allowed them to genetically drift apart from one another.

Reintroducing oryx to the wild is less challenging than doing so with many other animals, says Carolyn Hogg at the University of Sydney, Australia. One reason is that they eat grass, so they don’t need to be taught how to hunt for food. Another reason is that their natural predators – lions and cheetahs – have gone extinct in the area.

Hunting by humans is also not a problem so far, says Stabach. “There’s a lot of excitement in the local community about this animal being returned. They want to protect it.”

“Conservation scientists are all giving big thumbs up and cheering over this,” says Hogg. “Animals are often bred in captivity in zoos with the view of releasing them back into the wild, but then there are always lots of challenges. It’s pretty amazing to know that you can put them back.”

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      #294244 - 25/01/17 01:40 AM

Isn't that Tiger Moth the ultimate design of the de Havilland "Moth" series, beginning with the Gipsy Moth, in which Denys Finch Hatton met his untimely end?

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      #310296 - 12/01/18 06:04 AM

Snow is falling in the Sahara desert for the third time in 40 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...26.html#gallery




"Snow has fallen in the Sahara, covering desert dunes in a layer up to 40cm deep.

Snow started falling on the Algerian town of Ain Sefra in the early hours of Sunday morning, giving children an opportunity to race each other down the slopes. Rising temperatures meant it began to melt later in the day.

It is the third time in nearly 40 years the town, known as “The Gateway to the Desert”, has seen snowfall.
In 1979, a snowstorm lasting half an hour stopped traffic. Two years ago, snow settled for around a day, and the town saw snowfall again last year.
Sahara snow
Snow in the Sahara is “unusual but not unheard of”, a spokeswoman for the Met Office told The Independent

“It seems like the snowy pictures were taken across the higher areas in the north of the region, towards the Atlas regions, so it’s not surprising that the area would see some snow if the conditions were right.

“With the setup over Europe at the moment, which has given us cold weather over the weekend, a push southwards of cold air into that region and some sort of moisture would bring that snow.”

Ain Sefra, which was founded in 1881 as a French garrison town, sees average high temperatures of over 37C in summer and has seen record lows of -10.2C in winter.



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      #310336 - 12/01/18 07:13 PM

Interesting.


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It is the third time in nearly 40 years the town, known as “The Gateway to the Desert”, has seen snowfall.
In 1979, a snowstorm lasting half an hour stopped traffic. Two years ago, snow settled for around a day, and the town saw snowfall again last year.
Sahara snow
Snow in the Sahara is “unusual but not unheard of”, a spokeswoman for the Met Office told The Independent

“It seems like the snowy pictures were taken across the higher areas in the north of the region, towards the Atlas regions, so it’s not surprising that the area would see some snow if the conditions were right.




I was surprised years ago when reading about extreme cold and snow in Tunisia as well.

Shows weather varies all over the place for all sorts of natural reasons. And snow in mountains is not uncommon.

Here we never have snow, but there has been three or four "snow" falls I can remember. Usually more ice or hail collections than snow. From a distance looks like snow. Perhaps snow melting on the way down? Lasts a few minutes to half an hour. Time for a camera. Missed seeing the last one, which supposedly was the best with good photos.

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      #320443 - 07/10/18 08:55 PM

miss trumph in africa











whatever happen she has a good hand for her dress, in africa safary style and stilettos

of course, the cultural bolshevis slobber and whine that this is the hat for a rassist

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miss trumph in africa





What a stylish woman.

I think she has been watching "Out of Africa".

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whatever happen she has a good hand for her dress, in africa safary style and stilettos

of course, the cultural bolshevis slobber and whine that this is the hat for a rassist



cultural bolshevis slobber and whine

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      #322301 - 08/12/18 05:57 PM

for the lee enfield lovers


A No.5 Mk.I Jungle Carbine as used by British troops during WWII in 1945, and carried by a Kenyan game warden in 2008 showing the distinctive buttpad.

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Yowser! The boots, breeks and white blouse!!!!! Lovely lady.

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Domestic goat of the Galla Somali race climbing an Acacia tree in search of food on the island of Dahlak Kebir (Eritrea). The paucity of food and water on the Red Sea islands makes life hard for mammals (photo by Giuseppe De Marchi)


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honey badger had a bad day



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Quote:

honey badger had a bad day


Doesn't seem to give a sh!t though.....

Typical honey badger!


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Quote:

Quote:

honey badger had a bad day


Doesn't seem to give a sh!t though.....

Typical honey badger!


{you should have seen the other guy!}



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honey badger had a bad day





Its a disguise, camouflage. Its a porcupine not a honey badger.

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      #350093 - 06/02/21 01:51 PM

Wow ! them there Honey Badgers are very clever ! might try it the next time I go hunting and see if it works ! ouch !smarter than the average Bear !

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      #350128 - 07/02/21 06:15 PM

Revisiting and enjoying again this great post.


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some pics from the vintage air rally 2016 http://www.vintageairrally.com/

"Following in the footsteps of the pioneering flights in the 1920s – we’ll connect some of the most beautiful and evocative points in Africa. Flying low along the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum, past the highlands of Ethiopia before the plains of Kenya and the home of African aviation in Nairobi. Then off again past Kilimanjaro into the Serengeti – and on to the spice island of Zanzibar. After a short pause to enjoy the Indian ocean, we continue, crossing Zambia to Victoria Falls, before continuing to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. Our final days take us into, and across, stunning South Africa – to the Cape, journey’s end."












































































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      #350129 - 07/02/21 08:33 PM

Excellent pics, amazing scenery.

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      #350130 - 07/02/21 10:19 PM

And amazingly that was how many of these old timer planes got to East Africa and even Southern Africa in the old days. Flown all the way!

Hopping across Europe. Over Egtpy. The Sudan, Uganda then Kenya.

One should know how to fly it after all those hours!

I read an account where on PH was asked to drive a truck from Europe across North Africa to Kenya. The truck to be used to build a safari hunting car.

I would love to learn to fly, and acquire an open cockpit plane. What great fun that would be. I have piloted a plane to take off twice! But not landed as a pilot.

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      #350155 - 08/02/21 08:48 AM

Those old Tiger Moths apparently are quite easy & simple to fly.
I had one flying lesson in a 172 Cessna. That was fun, however I did not take off, nor land the plane. I had the opportunity to land it, but
elected not to and asked the instructor to land it. Brought it around to final, then chickened out. I mean, it was only a 1 hour lesson.
I've flown a lot of RC stuff, but this was somewhat different.
Oh yeah - I've crashed a lot of RC planes, too, almost every one I ever built and some of them, a couple times.

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      #350162 - 08/02/21 12:04 PM

Beautiful Pics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
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Quote:

I had one flying lesson in a 172 Cessna. That was fun, however I did not take off, nor land the plane. I had the opportunity to land it, but
elected not to and asked the instructor to land it. Brought it around to final, then chickened out. I mean, it was only a 1 hour lesson.
I've flown a lot of RC stuff, but this was somewhat different.
Oh yeah - I've crashed a lot of RC planes, too, almost every one I ever built and some of them, a couple times.



Well it was my first flight. I WAS offered to take it off, was quite simple. Just hold the plane straight, and ease slowly on the "accelerator". Slowly lift. All done by instruction of course.

I think landing is more dangerous.

I have taken off and landed plenty of WW1 biplanes in Age of Aces or some such WW1 air battle computer game. Even performed the Ludendorf manoeuvres to take out Britischer aircraft. The pity of the game was I could not machine gun trenches! Fun games flying WW1 biplanes but does not have the wind in one's hair.

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      #350173 - 08/02/21 05:58 PM

Generally flying a simple aircraft is easier than driving a car when conditions are good. The take off is far easier in a nose wheel plane, a tail dragger takes a bit more skill and judgement. Landing is a totally different story. I had a private pilots unrestricted licence with aerobatic endorsement. Flying became to expensive to maintain once I was married. Still miss it.

I would have given my eye teeth to have flown one of those Tigers on that trip.

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      #358541 - 25/11/21 07:42 AM

I wonder nobody try to make a comment

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      #358580 - 26/11/21 06:32 AM

In French, when one helps big portions of food but doesn’t clean his/her plate, one says « he/she has bigger eyes than stomach ». In this case I would say that the lady has a libido bigger than her mouth or vagina, depending on the way she would dream to enjoy the elephant’s treat.
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      #358581 - 26/11/21 06:41 AM

well, I am not 100% sure this is a real animal

I would not sit between elephants feet, who know what he will doing next and trample you to death.

well, common tourists do the most foolish things.

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Quote:

Generally flying a simple aircraft is easier than driving a car when conditions are good. The take off is far easier in a nose wheel plane, a tail-dragger takes a bit more skill and judgement. Landing is a totally different story. I had a private pilots unrestricted license with aerobatic endorsement. Flying became to expensive to maintain once I was married. Still miss it.

I would have given my eye teeth to have flown one of those Tigers on that trip.



Wonderful. Marriage stopped a lot of "stuff" for me. Piloting an aeroplane was not one of them. LOL - I wish, though.
I "almost" tried for a pilot's license back in Smithers in the late 70's. Had an opportunity to buy a Taylor craft with both wheels and floats for $3,500.00.
Just married and struggling to make a living. So- no pilot's license and no aeroplane.

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      #381608 - 29/12/23 05:20 AM

realy old if from 1728, not made in africa but a nice decoration for sure





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Quote:

Generally flying a simple aircraft is easier than driving a car when conditions are good. The take off is far easier in a nose wheel plane, a tail dragger takes a bit more skill and judgement. Landing is a totally different story. I had a private pilots unrestricted licence with aerobatic endorsement. Flying became to expensive to maintain once I was married. Still miss it.

I would have given my eye teeth to have flown one of those Tigers on that trip.



That's pretty impressive. And also SAD!

Rediscover your wings!

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: lancaster]
      #381624 - 29/12/23 05:58 PM

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Climb ac0 tree to get away from the lions they said ....

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: lancaster]
      #381625 - 29/12/23 06:03 PM

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realy old if from 1728, not made in africa but a nice decoration for sure





https://eaukce.antiques-auctions.eu/en/d...nt/?idimg=33444



Indian.

I like these old or old styled wooden targets. They would make cool decorations for the wall.

Nowadays could be made from circular cut marineboard, or similar, glue on a printed target scene. The shooter pays for it in the fee, and gets to keep their target with an "excellent" score.

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: NitroX]
      #381634 - 29/12/23 09:04 PM

collecting old wooden targets is a hobby in itself. when make a new one I would allways go the right way and let the target paint by someone.
it shows the moment is to important to take something printed. otherwise you could ending with something known under many names like "swiss officer shoot" ( playboy pinup girls).

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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa [Re: lancaster]
      #381638 - 30/12/23 01:34 AM

L,

Maybe where you are, but here these picture targets are pretty much unknown and never ever seen.

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