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remington 280
You've been reviving a number of BOSS threads. If it helps the thread pitch is 9/16×24. Several companies make adapters to convert that to a more normal muzzlebrake or suppressor pitch. Like this... -
24 controlled hunts
Nothing for me yet. Hoping lightning strikes twice and I end up on another nilgai hunt this year -
AFRICA! Bucket List nears... September.
Have fun and safe travels!- jt13
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Red dots on riflescopes
I never said it was a good idea! lol. I inherited a few guns with those rings, can't see a damned thing through them -
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
A couple animal encounters that didn't make it into the story. Aardvark. Apparently seeing one in the daylight is extremely uncommon. Bat-eared fox. He was hunting some partridges pecking gravel in the road on the way back from a concession at dusk. I also came upon a newborn gemsbuck...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
Ironically enough, I went out to dinner with my family when I got home. There was a live band playing. The first song I heard them play? Africa by Toto... can't make that stuff up, lol.- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
On the property attached to the lodge they're getting hunted every single day for 6+ months of the year. On the concessions, it seemed like a 2-3 times per week (at least at the ones we visited). I really didn't mind the raised difficulty level though, the added challenge made it a more...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
As I have done with my previous hunt reports heres a quick and dirty pricing breakdown for anyone that may be thinking about this kind of trip for themselves. Roundtrip flights from EWR to JNB were +/- $1400. The four animal package, lodging, and accommodations as described in the flyer in my...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
Our package included a "management animal", so no additional charge for the cull gemsbuck. They did offer another hunter a discounted price of $700 (from $1800) to cull a different gemsbuck that seemed like he wasn't doing well but was still mobile. Yes, as a part of our package hunt we had...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
That must have been an amazing experience. I had done some research on the topic prior to the trip but it was worse than I had imagined. I didnt think that we'd be seeing bodies in the ditches along the highway, but we did. Apparently, its a pretty normal occurance to find murdered mining claim...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
We bought what was shown in my first post from Ducks Unlimited. That is the closest thing to a "contract" we had. After purchase, the outfitter follows up with a 20 page document outlining how things work, prices, accomodations, and a lot of fine print. In there you will find the same verbiage...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
My wife and I discussed our thoughts on our experience at length on the 15 hour flight home. We would go back to South Africa but would probably skip the hunting unless it was the deal of a century. No regrets from this trip, but if there's ever a next time we'll be on a photo safari at Kruger...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
Franschhoek While it's little more than an hour outside of Cape Town, its a very different place. It feels much safer and is absolutely stunning in every regard. Its serious wine country with more wineries than one could visit in a month. We stayed right downtown, walked to the wine tram and...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
South Africa is an interesting place for sure. I witnessed disparity between the rich in the poor that I had previously never seen. Beautiful waterfront areas, the national parks, and tourist attractions all shadowed by the "townships" where the poor live in tiny shacks made of scrap metal and...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
Days 4 and 5 were more cattle pasture hunting at the lodge. My wife killed a black wildebeest. Those critters can certainly soak up some lead. For better or for worse, we got some pretty neat "management" animals. While the rest of the clients got female blesbuck or springbuck, we killed...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
On day 3 we set out for blesbuck at a concession about 2 hours away. This was a large, hilly, and more densely foliated property called Botaskuilen. This farm held a healthy population of Cape Buffalo as well as the normal roster of plains game. We met up with a ranch employee named...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
On day two we were scheduled to hunt the cattle pasture around the lodge. Our PH Divan wanted to chase springbuck and/or blesbuck with my wife up on the gun. His theory was that the springbuck and blesbuck were the hardest to get, so best to get a few of those under our belt before moving on to...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
On our first day in the field the target was springbuck. We hunted a concession, a little more than an hour away. We were greeted by the property owner were provided one of his employees to help navigate the property. It was along a river just below a large dam. A neat thing about this place...- jt13
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12 days in South Africa - Free State, Cape Town, and Franschhoek
The overall terrain of the area we were hunting in Free State, just north of Bloemfontein, was similar to that of the Great Plains. Just beyond where row crop agricultural gives way to grassland cattle country. We utilized the property around the main lodge as well as several concessions, leased...- jt13
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