Africa.. Day 1

[wadu1]

jetjockey; Thanks for the post and cool story, hope you have more photos to share.

[X-Force]

Very cool. Would have never thought of waterfowl hunting in Africa.

[MLBowhunting]

Sounds like a trip of a lifetime.   Enjoy   

[Bucks2Ducks]

Very cool. Would have never thought of waterfowl hunting in Africa.

X2, one more reason I want to go to Africa now.

[jetjockey]

After a 16 hr flight from Joburg to Atlanta, unfortunately I'm back home.  This trip turned out to be more than I ever could have imagined.  Final talley was 7 different types of birds taken (3 kinds of ducks), 86 boxes of shells over 4 days, and one sore shoulder.  We killed egyption geese, ducks, guinea fowl, francolin, doves, and also did some pest control for the farmers and killed crows and pigeons as well.  My favorite hunts were the driven Guinea fowl, and Francolin over the dogs.  Those were also the toughest hunts.  One morning hunt on Francolin produced only two shootable birds and we completly wiffed on both.  Unfortunately I don't have any good pictures of the Francolin on my iPhone, but I have Francolin headed to the taxidermist.  Just like here in the states, timing can be everything.  The Francolin hunting was tough due to the maze still being mostly in, but we still managed to bag 11 Francolin.    For those of you wondering, nothing in Africa is ever wasted (well, with the exception of the crows and pigeons which are pests).   The trackers took most of the edible birds while the doves would go the local schools.  When I say nothingis wasted, NOTHING is wasted.  On our last day as we were leaving camp for the airport, locals were on the side of the road butchering a cow that had been hit the night before by a car. 

[jetjockey]

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[Bwana Bob]

Jet,

Looks like you had more than an awesome trip, the bad thing is, Africa will be in your mind and you will have to go back. I made 4 trips to Africa and would like to do one more buff hunt but I will retire next year and can't justify spending $12,000 on another hunt. Still have my 375 H&H and buying lotto tickets so it may be possible.

Your right nothing is wasted in Africa. I had a wonderful tripe stew made from the stomach of the buff I shot in Zambia. No stomach, heart or liver is wasted there. I never shot any birds there but was offered a chance to kill some guinea with a 22.

Thanks for sharing your hunt with us.

[birddogdad]

84 boxes of shells in 4 days sums it up for me!!! wow.  never burned that through a barrel~

hey shotgun experts, how would this affect that barrel running that hot for a few heat cycles? would you need to replace, check upon return?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Wow that's a lot of fowl!

[DaMitt Mystagin]

Looks like a sweet hunt!  Thanks for sharing.

What outfitter/safari company did you go with?