Bwana
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Hey Guys,
I have returned from my first Safari. I booked with Hannes Els of Limcroma Safaris (www.limcroma.com)and I couldn't be more pleased!
I took 10 different animals including an Impala that went over 28" in length on each horn. We roughly scored it in SCI and it is about the 3rd. largest ever taken. The other animals taken were as follows: another Impala, Wildebeest, Red Hartebeest, Waterbuck, Kudu, Gemsbok, Eland, Zebra and an old bull Giraffe that was almost black in color. All were trophy book quality animals.
South Africa is an amazing place. The quality, quantity and variety of animals are incredible. I used my Remington 700 in .375 H&H with Leupold 1.5-6 LPS scope. I found this the perfect caliber and combination for all the animals I took. All were one-shot kills at distances from about 70 to 200 yards. Once I get some time and I figure it out, I will try and post some pictures.
Bwana
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mikeh416Rigby
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Welcome back, and congratulations on a fantastic hunt. Glad you had a great time. Please, please, please get those pictures up. Can't wait to see that monster Impala.
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AdamTayler
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Right on. Can't wait to see the pictures and read about the hunt on each animal.
Adam
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Bwana
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Could you please tell me how to post the digital pictures to this site? They came out really well and I'd like to share them with you. Thanks.
Bwana
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mikeh416Rigby
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Bwana, I'd love to help you out, but you're talking to a technological idiot when it comes to that sort of thing. Hopefully one of our resident computer genius's will come on board and help you out.
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500grains
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Bwana,
First go to www.photobucket.com and establish an account.
Next, upload your pics from your hard drive to www.photobucket.com. You can use photobucket's BROWSE key to find your photos on your hard drive.
Then, from your photo portfolio in photobucket, copy the 3rd line of link location for a photo. It looks like this: [IMG].....[/IMG]
Finally, post that link location in your post here at www.nitroexpress.com
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BFaucett
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Everything 500grains said and one more thing: You might want to or need to resize the images before uploading them. They may be so large (in file size and resolution) as they come from the camera, that they won't conveniently display here on the forums. Example: resize a 2500x2000 image to 600x480 pixels or so.
I use a program called VuePrint to resize images. It can be found at: http://www.hamrick.com/upg.html There are other graphics programs that can resize images as well.
Just a thought....
-Bob F.
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Bigfive
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Hey Bwana you better get that pics uploaded as soon as possible pleeeeeeaaaaasssssssseeeeeee!!!!!!!!Well done mate sounds like you really had a good time.In wich province did you hunt????With impala like that it must have been Northern Province??? 
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NitroX
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Send them to me at
Photos @ NitroExpress.com
If you are quick about it I will be able to post them for you.
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SafariHunt
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28" that is a monster which area in South Africa did you hunt.
Congrats on your firts safari but not last to Africa
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Bwana
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NitroX,
I sent you the photos today. I hope you can get them posted for the other guys to see.
I was hunting in the Limpopo Province of South Africa near Thabazimbi. Limcroma Safaris is located where the Limpopo River, Crocodile River and Marico River come together. The combination of these three names is where the name of the safari company comes from.
Bwana
Record Book Impala
(Edited to add photosby NitroX)
Edited by NitroX (01/08/05 07:59 PM)
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Photos
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The start of the photos. I am downloading the large files and will put more up soon.
Giraffe
Hartebeest
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Bigfive
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Great animal taken.Congratulations.
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NitroX
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Very nice impala. Thumbs up. 
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Bwana
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Loc: Monroe, Michigan
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Waterbuck
Eland
Kudu
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Edited by NitroX (02/08/05 12:19 AM)
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Bwana
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Loc: Monroe, Michigan
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Gemsbok
Wildebeest
First Impala
Zebra
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Edited by NitroX (02/08/05 03:44 AM)
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Bwana
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Loc: Monroe, Michigan
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(Post created by NitroX for 'Bwana')
Edited by NitroX (02/08/05 03:41 AM)
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SafariHunt
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Monster impala you can be very gratefull and lucky.
The other animals are also great !
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cchunter
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Congratulations to that Impala and to all other trophies.
I really like the camp.
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