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SafariHunt
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: ozhunter]
      #61615 - 24/08/06 01:10 AM

It would be nice to know if he did bag an ele before we see him next friday.


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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: SafariHunt]
      #62020 - 02/09/06 06:29 PM

Congradulations are in order for an Ele hunter.
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: ozhunter]
      #62025 - 02/09/06 10:27 PM

At Jaco's PC at the moment.

In Jo'burg but heading to Cape Town next.

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Had a very successful hunt in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Took two tuskless cows with frontal brain shots in the Omay. One was free it having lost a large part of its trunk to a poachers snare and having trouble breathing. The rest of the herd was a bit cheeky after it was downed and rumbled the bush several times. In the end they won and we had to come back the next morning.

The second ele was on the last day and we had some fun with elephant herds that morning and the previous afternoon. A frontal brain shot downed this cow as well. The one to two kilometre of bush track that needed cutting to get a vehicle in for recovery was a little bit of work for the team and locals.

I had an opportunity at a PAC elephant as well on the first day but a truck turned over on a mountain road blocking our way so that didn't work out. Also a bull elephant stuck in the mud (challenging!) might have happened.

I was offered a cape buffalo left (or two) left on quota as well, but we concentrated on elephant and while we found a nice herd of sixty buffalo none were hard enough in the bosses.

The day driving out our Landcruiser dropped a wheel still in the Omay driving out so we ended up flying out the next morning.

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Namibia was fun too. Karl S (Ndumo) provided a great plains game hunt with a couple springbok, a couple gemsbok, a hartebeest, and seven warthog - one trophy. The other six warthog were for leopard bait for a problem leopard on the property. I hunted both in the Kalahari and near Windhoek.

Namibia is a great place to have a plains game safari.

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Lots of photos (I had flashcards adding up to 11 Gbs! but thankfully not used up yet!), some stories to come when I get back. Plus Shaun Buffee took over 4 1/2 hours of video on the ele hunt so hopefully some nice footage there to share later on.

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Jaco hosted a dinner at his house last night and it was also good to meet some of the local guys and members of NE.com. A pleasant evening with good food, nice wines, excellent cigars and fine company.


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500Nitro
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62030 - 03/09/06 01:43 AM


Well done NitroX, congratulations.

Look forward to the photos and stories.

500 Nitro

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: 500Nitro]
      #62045 - 03/09/06 09:09 PM

Sounds like a great time. Congrats!!

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62398 - 12/09/06 07:16 AM

Congradulations and looking forward to pictures and story!!

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62447 - 14/09/06 12:19 AM

John,

Congratulations on a fine hunt. After you work off the safari hangover please do post a detailed report on your hunt.



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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62489 - 15/09/06 12:01 AM

congratulations John, that's a fantastic hunting journey with a fine bag and many "souvenirs".

Don't forget that some problems are ahead of You
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: larcher]
      #62494 - 15/09/06 03:46 AM

The latest news via his cellphone; They are now in Addo Nat. Park, after having spent time in the wine regions.

Erik

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: EricD]
      #62633 - 18/09/06 04:11 PM

I got a call from John yesterday afternoon. He took a earlier flight back fron PE to have enough time to pick up his rifles at Securicor. I wanted to go and see him and his wife off, but I had friends over at my house. I am sure John enjoyed his stay in RSA. I wish him a safe journey back home.

He should be well on his way back to Oz by now.

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: SAHUNT]
      #62641 - 18/09/06 11:08 PM

Congrats on your succeses John,
Hope you enjoyed it and sorry I missed you at the party.
Can't wait to see the pics.

Regards
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: Bigfive]
      #62741 - 20/09/06 03:47 PM

Arrived back home last night, after a night in the city to get a few things done, including a much needed haircut!

The three flights to get home took over 24 hours in total including stopovers in two airports which isn't the most fun, however worth it in the end.

The hunting was great fun and I am now addicted to elephant hunting .....

Was good to meet various members including hunting with KarlS (Ndumo) in Namibia, meeting Jaco and staying at Jaco's house, meeting "Safari-Hunt", Andrew McLaren and also another member (Grant) whose 'alias' I am not sure of. Jaco provided us with a nice dinner at his house near Pretoria/Jo'burg. As always happens some members were off hunting or had emergency commitments but there are always future opportunities. Thanks to Jaco for organising the get together and also great to meet the other gentlemen.

Also had an interesting trip on the Southern Coast of the Cape which is a lovely area to visit, and very European in atmosphere rather than what one expects as typically African. Managed to get some private tours of several wineries through a Kiwi winemaker contact, now friend. This provided us with a dilemma as we had so much wine to drink (some given and some purchased) we had about two bottles per night to drink so ended up bringing some back and giving some away.

I hired a video cameraman to film the elephant hunting and he said he shot over 4 1/2 hours of film, and during the Namibian, Zimbabwean hunts and South African trip I took over 8 Gb (edited: corrected) of photos so lots of photos to go through. Will post some as I go through them and sort them out, delete them etc.



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Edited by NitroX (21/09/06 01:11 AM)

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EricD
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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62750 - 20/09/06 05:20 PM

Welcome back! I'm looking forward to reading about your trip, and seeing all the pictures!

(you wrote "8MB" of pictures, but I assume you mean 8GB? That's a hell of a lot of pictures! )

Erik

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #62758 - 20/09/06 08:31 PM

Welcome back.You seem to have had a real good time.Waiting for all the details.

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: iqbal]
      #62869 - 22/09/06 08:35 AM

That must have been an outstanding hunt. Congratulations!

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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: DPhillips]
      #63381 - 03/10/06 02:20 AM

I have been busy working on the photographs and have reviewed and edited the Namibian part of the safari. Certainly brings back memories. Looking forward to posting them soon,


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Re: NitroX's southern African odyssey! [Re: NitroX]
      #63437 - 03/10/06 03:08 PM

Sounds like a grand time. Congratulations on your hunts. I can't wait to hear about the Kalahari.

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