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My first hunt in Africa was in Ouganda in 1994, where I also shot my first cape buffalo. I had before hunted buffalos in Southeast Asia.

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Is Ouganda the French spelling of Uganda?

If so, another GV exotic hunting location.

Intravelled in Kenya in 1989. I shared a train sleeper car with two kiwis. Who were intending to travel to Uganda soon after. They had an acquaintance in Entebbe, I think this was not long after Idi Amin, or maybe Obote, but Uganda was then starting to open up. I'd have loved to accompany them.

I too hunted first time in 1994, but in Zimbabwe, for my honeymoon. A honeymoon safari! One week out of 30 days anyway. Lots of excellent sightseeing.

I think 1994 was a good year for first African safaris. GV, NitroX, I think either Staffan/Sville or EricD. Plus someone else I forget which member.


I'm very intrigued by your SE Asia hunting. Malaya, Borneo?, Did you get to ex French IndoChina? But maybe no hunting there in the 1980s.

I remember you posting water buffalo, maybe Gaur? Gaur is an unobtainable dream hunt of mine. Unless bred elsewhere I doubt it would ever now happen legally.

Please post on hunting SE Asia on a thread somewhere. I see an outfitter or agent HuntGeo, is now selling water buff and croc and ? hunts in Borneo.

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I'm feeling my age.

My first hunt was in 1971, in Kenya, with Ker, Downey and Selby. It lasted five weeks and I arranged to arrive several days in advance ... Snipped

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It was a wonderful five weeks and I took most of the plains game I was after, plus two elephants and
a rhino. The last two weeks were spent looking for a really big elephant and involved a lot of walking and coming back empty handed, but it all worked ouot in the end and I was anxious to go again the next year, to Tanzania, where I got among other things lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, greater kudu and sable in the course of three weeks in the Selous.

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Wunderbar. I'd really like to hunt the Selous one day. I don't think it will be some 21 day safari alas. A week or , preferably two weeks. Probably a buffalo. Maybe. Probably need to start growing some illicit cash crop ... Ha ha.

I learned a smattering of Swahili words when in East Africa in 1989. Sometimes it works better even when dealing with locals speaking some English. It's cool too. I'd love to learn some, something "Out of Africa", the Golden Age. Probably pretty useless now though.

Funny, when hunting in Zimbabwe, the OH speaking in Sindebele mentioned "that was where we saw the leopard" (Chui, I think) and pointed. I asked him "how big was the leopard?" He asked startled, "Did you understand what I said?" Him wondering what else I might have understood when no doubt they were saying nasty things in the African language. Rude ffffers, stick it to them.

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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"

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