Now it's 6:40 in the morning at my place. I just woke up. I dreamed last night that I was hunting in Africa. All of you from this forum were with me. It was very realistic. I even smelled the fire while we were sitting after the hunt. I caught something, but when we went to see the trophy, I woke up.
I'm really sorry that this night wasn't a little longer, to sit with you by the fire and listen to hunting stories.

After attending the Duluth MN outdoor show I am looking at booking a hunting safari to Africa. Looking at booking with Grindstone African Safaris or Dinkwe Safaris and taxidermy.

Has anyone had experience with them.

Other suggustions? I am looking at hunting Blesbuck, Impala, and Blue Wildabeast or equivalant. I would love to hunt a black Buffalo but the cost for this is way more then I can afford. Just purchased a Merkel 470ne double rifle. But the double rifle hunt for the black...

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The long-running Politics thread is for serious (or at least mostly serious) discussion of political affairs. The thread "On A Lighter Note" is more for non-political memes and funny stuff.

I'm proposing a new thread that combines the two. It can be for any politically oriented meme or headline regardless of party or political orientation.

Here is something to start it off with.

What pack do you use in the mountains to hunt sheep, Ibex, goats, tahr, chamois?

How does it carry your rifle?

What do you like about it?

What have you added or changed?

I am reaching out to all those AH members who have hunted Eastern Europe for your opinion. @skydiver386 and I are thinking of a driven hunt for anything that walks by our stand and less concerned with trophy size. We possibly would also like a driven bird hunt, plus a week of sightseeing. After the SCI convention we are thinking of either Czech Republic or Slovakia.

We would like detailed opinions, cost comparison, sightseeing options, animal possibilities in each region, food...

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