My daughter and me are going to south Africa in the eastern cape next May for plains game hunt. Kudu, zebra, wildebeest, impala, and hartebeest is some of what we're after. I'm take my 300 win mag and my 30-06. My daughter is taking her .270 win and her 7mm-08. I'm working up loads for 180gr sciroccos in my win mag and 160gr scirocco in her 08. In my 06 I am gonna use either 165gr or 180gr partitions. In her .270 win I have worked up a very accurate load with Speer 150 grand slams. I...

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Two schools of thought. I’ve got my opinion, but I’m very interested in reading others perspectives.

The long-running Politics thread is for serious (or at least mostly serious) discussion of political affairs. The thread "On A Lighter Note" is more for non-political memes and funny stuff.

I'm proposing a new thread that combines the two. It can be for any politically oriented meme or headline regardless of party or political orientation.

Here is something to start it off with.

As I'm going through the process of planning my second safari (you know, the typical way where we do so before even going/finishing the first - I don't even leave until August), I was curious, where was your first, and what made you choose a particular destination for your second?

For me, the decision relates to wanting to hunt different and more varied terrain that forces more towards stalking and maybe a little more of a challenge, different conditions and less about the available...

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I just got word four plains critters I shot over two years ago will be arriving in the US next month. Finally, four shoulder mounts are coming home to hang in my study.

Does anyone have experience with OOK Professional Picture Hangers with their taxidermy? They claim to be rated to 100 pounds in sheetrock. I've used them with fish taxidermy and they've worked quite well! Then again, fish are a lot lighter than what's coming back to the US, and I understand my Kudu could go as high as...

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