Got back yesterday.
Fishing sucked due to outrageous sandstorms.
Traveled all over Namibia and South Africa in a Land Rover 110 Defender Turbo diesel driven at insane speeds on the wrong side of the road. We averaged about 75 mph on the dirt roads, and about 90 on tar roads. With an offroad trailer in tow, no less.
Met a lot of wonderful people. Ate a lot of sandy food at the fishing camp, and a lot of great food at the hunting camp thanks to Celeste Tromp, the wife of Nico Tromp the game Rancher that hosted us in Okahandja, Namibia.
Had a great hunt. Two (modest) Kudu and a Warthog of large proportions, as well as various other small game and miscellaneous adventures.
All of my game was taken with a Remington VSSF in .308 with a 3-9X scope. All shots made offhand with scope set a 3X due to the VERY dense bush conditions. Warthog was taken on the run in a farm road at three hundred yards, probably my best shot ever.
(Distance was paced off by PH on level ground.)
My companion and host, Aubrey More, made a superb shot on a Kudu bull at 358 yards, UPHILL at about 40 degrees, drilling it in the back of the head. I lasered the bull where it lay from Aubrey's shooting position, and verified the distance twice. It was the longest shot any of us made, and the Remington Sendero .300 Mag heavy barrel did it's work well. The muzzle brake on it helped reduce recoil dramatically, rendering it about as easy on the shoulder as a twelve gauge shotgun with skeet loads. Very nice to shoot.
I am already planning my next trip, and can't wait to go back.
I will elucidate as the pictures become available.
Fishing sucked due to outrageous sandstorms.
Traveled all over Namibia and South Africa in a Land Rover 110 Defender Turbo diesel driven at insane speeds on the wrong side of the road. We averaged about 75 mph on the dirt roads, and about 90 on tar roads. With an offroad trailer in tow, no less.
Met a lot of wonderful people. Ate a lot of sandy food at the fishing camp, and a lot of great food at the hunting camp thanks to Celeste Tromp, the wife of Nico Tromp the game Rancher that hosted us in Okahandja, Namibia.
Had a great hunt. Two (modest) Kudu and a Warthog of large proportions, as well as various other small game and miscellaneous adventures.
All of my game was taken with a Remington VSSF in .308 with a 3-9X scope. All shots made offhand with scope set a 3X due to the VERY dense bush conditions. Warthog was taken on the run in a farm road at three hundred yards, probably my best shot ever.
(Distance was paced off by PH on level ground.)
My companion and host, Aubrey More, made a superb shot on a Kudu bull at 358 yards, UPHILL at about 40 degrees, drilling it in the back of the head. I lasered the bull where it lay from Aubrey's shooting position, and verified the distance twice. It was the longest shot any of us made, and the Remington Sendero .300 Mag heavy barrel did it's work well. The muzzle brake on it helped reduce recoil dramatically, rendering it about as easy on the shoulder as a twelve gauge shotgun with skeet loads. Very nice to shoot.
I am already planning my next trip, and can't wait to go back.
I will elucidate as the pictures become available.