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Boomer
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Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet
12/03/07 12:46 AM

Kim -

Congratulations on booking your hunt, and for the wisdom of including your wife in the adventure.

If at all possible, consider extending your hunt to 10 days. Initially my wife and I, like you, had booked a 7 day hunt, and the PH convinced us to extend to 10. Seven days is better than nothing, but it will pass in a flash, and when we got to day seven, we were pleased to have a few more days to look forward to. In truth 21 days would be about right.

I am sure the double will work well for buff, but I would advise taking a scoped rifle for plains game. It is not impossible to shoot an impala at 150 yards with a double but, again from my own experience, the light gathering qualities of a scope could mean the difference of making a shot or having to pass it up in the dying light at the end of the day. If a single rifle is all you are able to take, a .375 with a low powered variable scope would prove to be the most versatile.

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Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	ArizonaHunter	09/03/07 08:18 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	AzGuy	09/03/07 08:43 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	AspenHill	09/03/07 09:08 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	JPK	09/03/07 10:28 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	NitroX	09/03/07 12:29 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	ArizonaHunter	09/03/07 03:27 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	JPK	09/03/07 04:47 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	ozhunter	09/03/07 07:08 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	NitroX	09/03/07 07:26 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	Ripp	10/03/07 02:25 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	Boomer	12/03/07 12:46 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	mickey	12/03/07 01:16 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	Savuti_One_Shot	12/03/07 01:29 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	ArizonaHunter	15/03/07 02:47 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	JPK	15/03/07 03:27 PM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	Savuti_One_Shot	16/03/07 12:52 AM
Re: Going on 1st Safari w/ PH Mark DeWet	shakari	09/03/07 08:35 AM

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