Recent content by Kano383

For what it's worth, here is my personal list, weeded out over the years. This is for safaris where you do walk miles and miles of bush, not for "hunting" from a pickup in a fenced property. 1) Shoes, 2 pairs (you can get your feet soaking wet in the morning dew, and want to be dry in the...

I hate these videos too. Over the years I met several hunters coming into the wild with their cameraman and own guide (in an area that you don't know, what "guide" are you? - But that's beside the point). They were generally entitled moneybags, with a very high opinion of themselves, and spent...

If you want to shoot a buffalo, all sorts of bargains are available. Just try and keep the fence and the eartag out of the pictures. Now, if you want to hunt a buffalo... 😋 Lots of suggestions in the posts above. One good area I know, wild, elephant and lion country, local tribesmen slightly...

My kids came on hunts since the day they could walk. Of course they'd stay on the vehicle most of the time, but at age 2-3 they'd start stalking guinea fowls or rabbits with the crew. And they knew to stay away from water and crocs, and to never run around the camp after dark...

Get a hat that protects your neck. Either wide-brimmed, or with longer brim at the rear. Ball caps are as useful as non-alcoholic beer. As for quality, Tilley. Light, indestructible, dozens of models for all tastes, that's the only hat that has a tag "Get the same next time" in my books. Living...

Light boots (sorry for Courteney, although they're pretty much indestructible, they're heavy and stiff on the sole). Comfortable for you to walk in all day long, everyone has a different morphology. I have yet to find a space-age material that beats quality leather in terms of comfort. My...

The Act is ineffective in substance and in reality. The only thing it achieves is to deprive African countries of millions of dollars in revenue from what is THEIR resource, because it bans LEGAL trade, and doesn't do squat to address illegal trade. Tell me how well "banning" works for...

Yep. If you get a chance at a running shot on a buffalo, he's not traversing the scenery across you bow... 😋

Find an old Rigby, Westley Richards, or any of the good British gunmakers' doubles. Handle it for a few minutes, swing it, point it, mount it slow or fast, feel the balance. Then go back to that Krieghoff, try to do the same, and feel what a great tool that would be if you had to plant fence...

I don't remember meeting you or anyone from your village while patrolling against poachers in the bush... Besides, there are several countries that suffer from an overpopulation of elephants. Is it your fields and orchards that are trampled? Is it your forests that are destroyed? Again, I...

Here in Uganda, there have been some 40,000 cases, and less than 400 deaths. In the same period of time, there were about 15,000 deaths from malaria, and 15,000 from TB/HIV... Chances to get a bad case of Covid in the region are quite slim.

How would the Brits feel if the US passed a legislation banning the hunt and commercial use of stag in the UK? Elephants are an African resource, and an African problem, none of the Queen's business - or any "conservationist" who's never spent a day under the sun doing real work on the ground.

One little point regarding bows and buffalo... A proper arrow is perfectly capable to kill a buffalo, BUT it would be very close to useless for stopping a charge, whereas a rifle of almost any caliber with the proper bullet will brain a charging buffalo or even an elephant. Herein lies the catch...

You've got a point... Unfortunately, such pristine places are very rare, wish there were more!

A .375 with a good bullet is plenty enough, IF the bullet hits the right spot. In a charge, you have to brain or spine the animal, and for that you need penetration and a straight path - bullet diameter is very secondary. You also need speed and accuracy, that's why I'm still puzzled at the...