Anybody ever been to the Dark Continent?

My wife bought me a trip to Africa for our five year anniversary back in 2005. Sorry for the dated experience, but I cannot stop reliving the experience!

Used my Model 70 .375 H&H and Winchester 1895 .405 Winchester.

If anyone wants more specifics, I'd be happy to pass them on!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ildebeeste.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20.../springbok.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/gemsbok.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/impala1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/kudu.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/zebra.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/impala2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/mtn.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...x/bushbuck.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/13Fox/warthog.jpg

Did you mount any??

Flat skin on the zebra, European on the warthog, all others are shoulder, wall pedestal or pedestal mounts.

Very nice,although I don't think I could shoot a zebra Myself,It would be a cool rug.

Hump,

Hunting zebra is nothing like hunting horse in the corral beside the barn. It is a hunt, not a shoot, if that is what you mean.

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Originally Posted by 13Fox

Hump,

Hunting zebra is nothing like hunting horse in the corral beside the barn. It is a hunt, not a shoot, if that is what you mean.

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LOL,I have no doubt!I am an avid Hunter of just about anything I can eat and some pests,I have no reason other than the first thing I see when I see someone take a Zebra is that I have no desire.I don't fault Anyone for doing it,I just have no desire......ps,I don't care for Horses :)

Cool!

I too, as you have probably realized, am all about hunting! But for me, the list of things that I don't want to hunt is quite small... What's wrong with me? I don't have a desire to hunt a walrus... But I do realy, really want to hunt giraffe and so many other things! Ele... that's my number one!

That looks like a nice Kudu! Did you have a difficult time getting a shot on that one?

I love seeing photos of this stuff but I have no desire, at this time, to hunt anything anywhere else but in America or Canada. I just don't trust other nations with my safety. I also don't really don't care for hot weather. This all said, my desires change frequently and I wouldn't be surprised if I suddenly got a hankering to go to Africa at a later time.

Did you and your wife go? If so, what was that like? Were the accommodations fit for women? Does she recall the trip "fondly"?

Nice animals.
I love that gemsbuck. That and a kudu are on my bucket list.