The @ MATTANJA HUNTING SAFARIS 2026 group hunt for AH members to focus on dangerous game is concluded. Everyone is home safely having left a lot of trophies in the salt. Dieter and I felt like it was very successful and wanted to create this hunt report to share that success with you. We also wanted to share some thoughts about what inspired this idea. I will also be releasing the dates for next year’s AH group hunt for DG at the end of this report.

Several sponsors have offered group...

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Super late notice but hell it’s worth a shot…. I’m going to Paris in exactly one months time as an extended family trip. It’s me and my wife’s second time to Paris but everyone else’s first time, we’re not too worried on doing all the sights in Paris again as we’ve done a lot of them before so therefore I should have a spare day or two without any plans.

Question I am asking is: Are there any places or outfitters close enough to Paris that you can hunt as a day trip? I’m not too particular...

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I never understood the allure of the Tiny Ten until I set foot on the ground recently on my first trip to Africa. Now, after seeing Bush/Grey Duiker (No shot opportunity), Klipspringer (No quota) and Steenbuck (Photo attached), I am beginning to feel the love. Question for those with experience... What is your preferred caliber for these hunts?

I shot the Steenbuck with my 30-06. Not pretty. I have heard 375's with solids and I have heard 22 Hornets. I would like to hear some opinions.

My...

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I own and shoot and hunt with a lot of rifles and do not really have a true one gun solution. More like this is my favorite of the moment. It is my Sako 85 in 338 Win Mag. This is the same rifle that I used to drop a Nilgai in its tracks in East Texas last winter. It is topped with a 1-8x illuminated optic that works great out to 300ish yards and for me that is enough. It is not a tack driver but with 225g Barnes TTSX ammo it is able to hold 1moa pretty consistently and with the Federal...

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Day 1& 2

Finally I landed in Mozambique after two long days of travel. We started in Little Rock and ended in Tete, Mozambique.

I ran into the usual customs issues with my bow. You would’ve thought it was a nuclear bomb in my luggage—how much attention and confusion it caused them. At one point, I had seven agents looking over my bow with a fine-tooth comb. Two hours later, they determined it was safe, but it would cost me an additional $140 to leave with my bow.

We had a...

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