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We look forward to your post hunt report Don. Good shooting to you.
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may the ducks and doves rain in upon yall...sounds like a good choice in guns espically the 32 inch 16 teen... charlie
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Two weeks in Africa in August...no Parkers however just a .470NE double rifle and a leftie M70 in .375 H&H...as Russ used to say, "Ah, the Sporting Life..."
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Worse than Hamlet...
More hand wringing this happens every time...I just filled out the forms...I have to take a 12 gauge...I've learned my lesson too many times in the bush in out of the way places and shooting ducks on big water...I'll take my "travel" 32" A.H. Fox HE 12 gauge and the 32" 16 gauge VHE... I may throw a couple of boxes of paper Western Super X coppered 4s in the duffel just in case there are some 'tall ones' as Nash would say...sometimes those flocks of tree ducks just cruise by at 45 yards...use enough gun...
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06-06-2012, 10:34 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Depending on where your going in Africa I'd take along a shotgun also. Nothing beats shooting Sand Grouse as they come to water in the evening.
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06-06-2012, 10:44 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Thanks Rich. I have shot sand grouse a number of times in the Kalahari and the Namib as well as ducks, geese, doves, francolin and quail. This will be my 7th African safari. We'll be right on the Limpopo in Zim near the border with RSA and Mozambique this time. Although it's 14day trip, I doubt I'll have much time for bird hunting. They'll be a shotgun in camp if I do.
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I just returned from a weeks trip to Argentina, around Lincoln, about 6 hours west of BA. Shot 5 1/2 days and it was the best ever. Lots of open water and mucho ducks. Two guns and we killed 842 ducks and 5 pigeons in total. The limit with this outfitter, Patagonia Outfitters, is six boxes of shells a day. I took a 12 and a 28 with me but long shots and lots of wind so only used the 12.
This trip is getting more expensive every year with the 25% Argentine inflation and rising airline costs. May be my last. Good luck! David |
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