Forum Sponsor Eric @gizmo and I have discussed the possibility of a Group Hunt and Big Bore Shoot at the Rockin G Ranch. No date or even month has been set, as we'd like some input and ideas from members first.

My rough idea was two or three days of hunting for Big Game or Exotics and hogs that Eric has on the Ranch. One day of fishing (makeup day for anyone that hasn't scored their target animal) followed by one day of Pheasant and Quail hunting with the Rockin G Ranch dogs. The last...

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I’m doing research and getting ready to book a plains game hunt. I’m open to anything, but mostly interested in antelope species up to waterbuck or maybe zebra. I’m thinking I will wait on eland for next time.

With that said, I should be ok with just about any rifle/cartridge/load that is suitable for elk, right? I live where there are both Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk and have taken them with no issues using standard cartridges and would love to take my 7x57 to
Africa.

But, part...

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I’ve got some hours to kill before my flight leaves JoBerg headed back Stateside, so I thought I would make a start. I didn’t bring my laptop, so excuse my bad thumb typing on my phone.

Due to the great friends I have made on this forum- @cpr0312 introduced me to Strang Middleton at an AH Dinner at Gilley’s 5 or 6 years ago. Then I looked up and read Charles and Michael Maynor’s hunt reports, and thought, man if I ever get to hunt buffalo it would be fun to do it in the Luangwa Valley...

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I was going through some old records of my Grandfather's and found this run-down of the all-in costs of his 32 day safari in 1970. He took something like 35 animals, including lion, elephant, black rhino, buffalo, lesser kudu and on and on. What was then Ker, Downey and Selby were the outfitters, so it was as high-end as it got. He spent $8,930 all in, including air fare, taxidermy etc. A quick on-line conversion puts the all-in costs in today's dollars at about $65,000.