Home for just over a week, got a call from my PH, opening for Cape Buffalo end of May next year. I said yes. Will be hunting them in this area we saw the giraffe.
I don’t like getting beat up either. My PH said the 275 Rigby AKA 7x57 pretty damn close to a 708 is perfect in good hands up to Kudu, compared it to hunting elk with a 708. Do it right it will work. Wouldn’t be his first choice with Eland. My 375 is accurate and I don’t have a problem shooting...
I’m going back, late May 27 focus on Cape buffalo with a good chance at a southern greater Kudu. As Big Fin has stated “you’ll run out of health before you run out of money”. I’ll be 71 in elk camp this year. I stay in pretty good shape to keep hunting elk and to walk through Africa. Some day...
Im picking on odfw a little, they didn’t outlaw hound hunting, folks in the willamette valley, Portland down to Eugene did). There is substantial science that there are other mitigating factors as well. Cougars are simply a part of the problem.
Well I’ve been blessed. I’ve hunted from Pt. Barrow Alaska to Northern Mexico, the Big Island of Hawaii and east into the Dakotas. At 70 I’m glad I wake up every day. Recently received the two greatest compliments of my hunting career. “Jesus you’re in good shape.” Followed a couple days later...
Wake up before he sticks his head in the tent
The fence works like most things regarding grizz most of the time. We use to use tin cans on a string when I was a kid. If a bear wants in he will defeat bear boards or efences. Bastards are every bit as smart as a border collie. But just like...
I am I suppose, read some of his books as a kid in Alaska. We didn’t have tv up there in the early 60s. While I’ve owned very few 7mms I’ve been keenly aware of them since the 7mm Remington mag started showing up. As I’ve aged out of numerous over bore cartridges I’ve become more interested in...
There are three avenues to fishing in Alaska:
1. Fly to Anchorage, you’ll catch more fish on the Columbia than you will around ANC. But, you can rent a car head south down the Kenai peninsula you’ll catch fish in the various rivers Reds and Silvers depending on timing, kings are pretty well shut...
Yes it’ll work, I always had an Acme Thunder whistle on my vest while guiding on the penninsula. A long hard blast worked just as well as a warning shot, actually better. It was easy to see the bears did not like it.
I had days guiding south of Becharof my clients would put on a small indicator or a piece of yarn and try to land big char with no hook. Love those fish.
Im working my way down, slowly. I don’t have a 708 but I do have a 275 (7x57)Rigby a little more case capacity than the 7/08. I get 140s to 2925 and 60k psi. I’ve taken a few deer with it but no elk-yet. Kinda thinking I’ll take it elk hunting this year. If I pull off another trip to Africa I’ll...