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Back from Africa
The wife and I got back from Namibia on Sunday afternoon. We had a wonderful time at Christie's Adventures. I was fortunate enough to take some great animals and experiencing Africa was more than I expected. I'll be back in a few years.
Enjoy the pics.
Sighting in the first day there.
A Monitor Lizard that wanted to have his picture taken.
First blood. A gold medal gemsbok, I love the coloring of these guys.
A nice old blue Wildebeest. These guys are tasty!!
'Nuff said.
Enjoying one of our first nights there.
Me and uncle Scruffy.
My PH J.P. and I with a nice Springbok.
My impala that the vultures found before we did. I shot at this guy the night before and he ran off with the rest of the herd unfazed. We looked for blood and nothing. Found a mark on a branch where my bullet hit and we figured a clean miss. The next day we see a bunch of vultures 500 yards off go and investigate and found him.
A gold medal eland. The best eating!! These guys are big and tough, very fun to hunt.
Wartie.
Jackal.
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07-28-2015, 07:42 PM
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Hats off
Amazing animals. Thanks for sharing. How am I supposed to go back to work now and actually focus?
Dang. Good stuff. Eland is crazy.
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Glad to hear you had a great trip. Thanks for posting up the pics!
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07-28-2015, 08:19 PM
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I've never been interested in Africa, but everyone who goes seems to say they're returning.
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07-28-2015, 08:21 PM
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I've never been interested in Africa, but everyone who goes seems to say they're returning.
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It's like heroin, can't do it just once.
If you go you won't regret it, I can guarantee that.
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07-28-2015, 08:39 PM
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Looks like a great time,
Congrats on the trophies...
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07-28-2015, 08:40 PM
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Thanks for sharing those pics. Looks like a super great time.
Out of curiousity, what caliber rifle do you use on a hunt like this?
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07-28-2015, 08:46 PM
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Thanks for sharing those pics. Looks like a super great time.
Out of curiousity, what caliber rifle do you use on a hunt like this?
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I brought my 30-06 and a 416 Rigby for the bigger stuff like eland.
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Nice pics! I agree completely, Africa is very addicting. Namibia or Mozambique are next for me. I have a buddy that hunted with Christie's Adventures a few years ago before his accident. He had a great time!
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07-28-2015, 09:26 PM
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Thanks for sharing, you just re kindled a dream. I put the dream aside for a while , probably won't happen for another 10 years. I am glad you had a great time especially being able to include your wife.
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07-28-2015, 09:41 PM
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Congrats! It's a blast hunting Africa for sure!
I get my animals back next month, can't wait!!
Going back in 2017.
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07-28-2015, 09:50 PM
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Africa.
Great pics and animals thx for sharing.
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07-28-2015, 09:58 PM
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Great pictures and congrats on what looks like a great time.
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Glad you had a great trip buddy......welcome home 
Great pics and that eland is crazy sweet 
He'll look fantastic across from your moose!!
Any chance your taxidermist is publicly traded?? A guy should buy some shares!!!!!!!
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07-28-2015, 10:34 PM
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thanks for the post, looks like a great hunt, I am headin to Chrisites's this October for 2 weeks to do some bowhunting, you took some great animals!! Any luck with kudu?
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Great shots!
Your comment on how tough the animals are, and that they run off seemingly unfazed was my experience as well.
I highly recommend that EVERYONE goes to Africa at least once in their lifetime 
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07-28-2015, 11:29 PM
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Amazing photos and looks like adventure was nothing less than amazing ...
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07-28-2015, 11:30 PM
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Beauty!
That guy with the hat looks like a hunting machine. Noble and likely left handed.
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Congrats on your adventure.....cool that you could make the trip and the memories with your better half. Nice field photos too......Marco
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Wow!
To say I am a little jealous would be an understatement.
Great pictures and story, even better you get to share those memories with the misses.
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07-29-2015, 06:37 AM
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Glad you had a great trip buddy......welcome home
Great pics and that eland is crazy sweet
He'll look fantastic across from your moose!!
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Not publicly traded, but I'm pretty sure I put his daughter through college 
When you coming down this way buddy? We need to have a beer!
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07-29-2015, 06:41 AM
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Wow!
To say I am a little jealous would be an understatement.
Great pictures and story, even better you get to share those memories with the misses.
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It was our 10th anniversary in March and this trip was out anniversary present to each other. No kids for 3 weeks.
She doesn't hunt and Africa is a great place to go with someone that doesn't, lot's to do other than hunting. She went out to the coast for a few days with my sister and went on the ocean, rode a camel and went sky diving. For some odd reason she wanted to jump out of a completely good airplane. She really enjoyed herself.
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nice pics!
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thanks for the post, looks like a great hunt, I am headin to Chrisites's this October for 2 weeks to do some bowhunting, you took some great animals!! Any luck with kudu?
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We got into some nice kudu, they are called grey ghosts for a reason.
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Great trip report and photos!!!....and belated Happy Anniversary!!!
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I remember that shooting table!! Fun times, looks like you had a blast!
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07-29-2015, 08:35 AM
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Back from Africa
Yo, Chuck !
You are a funny man !! As a matter of fact, I broke my left handed gray laminated 375 Ruger on this trip ... great to see my nephew hunting in Africa - such a passion of mine most of my adult life ...
Came home to find that I had drawn my F300 bull moose tag ... and today I start paying off my big airplane ticket bill so that I can make it back to Christie's in May or June of 2016 ... my lady is still working on that leopard ..
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JP just emailed me a pic of my first warthog from the trip. Here you go.
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Always good to see African trip pics! Thanks for sharing
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Did you get a lion????
Sorry. Couldn't resist😀
Great animals! I'm glad you two had a fun time
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