I’ve got some hours to kill before my flight leaves JoBerg headed back Stateside, so I thought I would make a start. I didn’t bring my laptop, so excuse my bad thumb typing on my phone.

Due to the great friends I have made on this forum- @cpr0312 introduced me to Strang Middleton at an AH Dinner at Gilley’s 5 or 6 years ago. Then I looked up and read Charles and Michael Maynor’s hunt reports, and thought, man if I ever get to hunt buffalo it would be fun to do it in the Luangwa Valley...

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Gentleman my wife and I are headed to C10 on June 30 for Leopard and Buffalo. My daughter is going to join us for the first week for Buffalo and Plains game. She will travel with us on the way down, hunt 7 days and come home. I am taking 416 Rigby for Buffalo etc and 300 WM for Leopard and whatever else she gives us. We will likely hunt the flood plains of Marromeau together (she handles 416 fine) but obviously the Leopard is my primary target. Question: is traveling with 3 guns any more...

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I’m doing research and getting ready to book a plains game hunt. I’m open to anything, but mostly interested in antelope species up to waterbuck or maybe zebra. I’m thinking I will wait on eland for next time.

With that said, I should be ok with just about any rifle/cartridge/load that is suitable for elk, right? I live where there are both Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk and have taken them with no issues using standard cartridges and would love to take my 7x57 to
Africa.

But, part...

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Location: Bubye Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe


Outfitter: Martin Pieters Safaris




Dates: May 10–20, 2026


Animals Taken:

• Cape Buffalo
• Zebra
• Impala
• Warthog
• Baboon

Weaponry:

• Ruger RSM 416 Rigby – 400gr Swift A-Frame handloads
• Winchester Model 70 30/06 – 180gr Swift A-Frame handloads

Optics:

• Trijicon accupoint on both rifles
• Old Nikon 8x binos

Ammunition Performance:

• Almost boringly perfect

Travel Route:
TRI → ATL →...

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The first day I ever hunted I was 29 years old. But on that morning, 10 minutes into the hunt, I took a 7 Point Kentucky buck with an open sighted SKS... and I got consumed. Deer hunting became my number one passion in life. I started an Excel spreadsheet back then that every mammal I have taken is a part of. It has the species, the date, doe/how many point buck/etc, the weapon I used, the time of day, the yardage I took it at, and if I was in a climber, a ground blind, spot and stalk etc. I...

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