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JPK
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Re: second rifle for zimbabwe...
      27/04/08 01:46 PM

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yes, thats what african hunting has turned into these days; money, vanity and bragging rights at the next sci convention.




Yes its terrible isn't it, so your better off not hunting there..




My first instinct when reading post like the one Oz Hunter quoted, or Poprivit's is to practice Irish Diplomacy, as I believe Oz Hunter is doing. (Irish Diplomacy: To tell a man to go to hell so that he looks forward to the trip)

But in situations like this, where the original poster or other posters are looking at their first safari (and fortunately, have booked with a Class A, top of the line outfit) and must harbor all of the anxiety that I did prior to my first trip - and probably most others did as well, and some additional anxiety because of 1.) the current trouble 2.) unresposive and unhelpful post like Poprivits, Rscott's and other's, I think it is more than appropriate to make it clear that nay sayers' and shit slingers' opinions and experiences are theirs and not nessecarily shared by others. Maybe even that their negative experiences and opinions are unique to themselves.

And Rscott, to the extent that your pretty shitty post was directed to me, and I assume it must have been, I've never gone to the SCI convention, find the "record book" a poor reason to hunt, and hunting for a tape measure an abomination. And why the apparent envy directed toward some other guy's money spent on a hunt? If you had half an idea of how to play within the system, you'd know that hunts like my last one can be remarkably cost efficient. But to learn how to do that you must be more than a follower dragged along by a PH. Either way, why the bitterness and envy, eh?

And as far a bragging, well, two things, first, I'm damned proud that I have the grit, the determination and the mental toughness to keep walking, keep tracking, keep humping, day in and day out over terrain from pretty flat to terrain where the map names mountains over a long hunt to take advantages of opportunities as they arose, second, if you've done it, it ain't braggin, it's just story telling.

JPK

Edited by JPK (27/04/08 02:24 PM)

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* second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx 24/04/08 02:19 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   27/04/08 10:46 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   24/04/08 03:39 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... WyoJoe   26/04/08 02:17 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... jorge   27/04/08 06:04 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   27/04/08 01:34 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... poprivit   27/04/08 06:06 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   27/04/08 09:19 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... rscott   27/04/08 10:03 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... ozhunter   27/04/08 10:36 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   27/04/08 01:46 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... NE450No2   27/04/08 02:11 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... albertan   27/04/08 03:34 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   28/04/08 07:34 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   28/04/08 10:09 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   28/04/08 11:08 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... poprivit   30/04/08 07:00 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... EricD   19/05/08 08:55 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   18/05/08 06:44 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   19/05/08 07:29 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   19/05/08 09:51 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   19/05/08 07:56 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   20/05/08 12:28 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   10/06/08 07:37 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   19/05/08 12:17 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... mickey   02/05/08 12:22 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Anonymous   02/05/08 12:45 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... EricD   02/05/08 04:35 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   03/07/08 10:16 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   04/07/08 01:19 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   28/06/08 02:55 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Ripp   02/05/08 11:35 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... albertan   02/05/08 12:51 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JabaliHunter   02/05/08 06:24 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... Plains99   25/04/08 12:16 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   25/04/08 12:50 AM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... bigmaxx   25/04/08 01:16 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... JPK   25/04/08 01:40 PM
. * * Re: second rifle for zimbabwe... albertan   24/04/08 02:53 PM

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