The last time we were in Botswana we saw the incredible damage the elephants were doing. It literally looked like a brush hog mower had levels the forest. I have no interest in shooting an elephant but agree they need some control.
Call Dave at Shelter Cove Lodge. He owns a fish guiding business but has a great deal of knowledge about the ins and outs of what you are planning on. He is in Craig. He is very easy to talk to and runs a great fishing/guiding business.
I met Gordon when I was 12 at local high school when he was showing his film about building the boat with the Eskimos. I was hooked on going North and did so the first time when I was 22. I returned 32 times either hunting or fishing. I think I was able to see all of his films and really...
Staying at the best hotel in Colorado Springs for a convention. To my surprise I discovered that the walls in my room were paper thin when a couple went in their room. She was ,it turned out, his mistress and she was not happy. She ragged on him for over an hour as I listened and realized why...
I have attended and purchased hunts at these auctions: BEWARE they do not vet most of the outfitters. You will want to due your own vetting and be-CAREFUL. My first one I thought they were all vetted and when I got to Montana I found that the outfitter was a nice guy BUT he and his guides had...
I climbed it from the airport side...straight up to the notch in the cliff. At the time the only people that I knew that had climbed it were guys that would go in from the west and chase and capture lions. I wa surprised at the wildlife on the north side: Lions, bear, foxes, coyotes, deer...
I think another factor is gazillions of predators. There are lions, bobcats and a ton of coyotes. The destruction of the habitat by removing most of the trees, olives and other brush in the name of improvement has been disastrous. My experience has been in the Swanson Lake area in NE and along...
I have a Ruger 77 and a Remington Safari Grade 700 which was built by Tim McCormick of Remington custom shop. The 700 is beautiful but heavy. The recoil is moderate and I love to shoot it. The 77 was a gift from my brother in law after I took him on an Alaska moose/caribo hunt. I shot a 65"...