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Safari Season 2001 |
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| Dear
Friends,
I would like to thank all our loyal clients that
made it back again this year. A very special thanks to our new clients
that trusted us with their first experience in Africa and became
friends in the process During 2001 we hosted 14 hunters including their friends and families. Four of these hunters were old members of the Stan Burger Safaris club. In total they took 93 quality trophy animals in 80 hunting days. This points to the quality of our hunting areas and the great marksmanship of our hunting clients. |
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| "It's
just unbelievable" and "Shoot him!!!" |
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man The next trip saw me hired as a video-grapher, photographer cum barman, confident and ambulance driver for Mike Thourot and his merry men: Phil Martin, Dick Gray, Gary Cleland, The Steffel Brothers, Hutch and Dan the Man. Among many magnificent trophies taken, was a brand new cold room.I won't mention any names. The boys had a grand old time with the only real casualties being Dick and the "Famous Grouse". I'll do it again anywhere, anytime for all of you. Now for the Buffalo, boy's!!Can you imagine having so much fun and still being paid for it. |
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| Cows
and lots of Bull Menuhisha Doi brought us a new Japanese client in, mr. Nakamura. Some hard hunting produced a 40" buffalo bull, 18" and 17 1/2" blesbuck with one shot in the pouring rain. A record book class kudu and gemsbuck in one day. This was a hunt to remember in more ways than one.5 action packed days. |
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| Giraffe
handbag, Suitcase? Mr. Miyahara jr. from Japan came on his 3rd safari with us, this time on his honeymoon. He must have a good woman there. A giraffe, an impala, 2 zebra and a huge warthog, the very one missed by his dad the year before, completed his bag. The marksmanship displayed by this hunter with a .378 weatherby defies description.Have fun on your submarine. Thank you for spending this special time with us. As always it was a great pleasure to hunt with you again. Now for the hippo and elephant with the double rifle. |
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the Tinnins out In May the 5 Tinnins from Albuquerque, New Mexico, invaded the country, Robbie in front, challenging everyone to a P contest. Sorry you had to lose that one, Robbie, try again next year. Tom brought his family to relive an African adventure he had 20 years ago with his dad. For Jacqueline and I, to host such an awesome family was very special. The combination of hunting and photographic safari worked out very well. Both groups,hunters and girls bragging at night around the campfire about who had the most fun that day. We hunted the Northern Province area first, taking record book wildebeest, waterbuck, warthog, impala and a LATE afternoon giraffe; Tom I'll never let you forget that one. Robbie was blooded with his first impala. He then went on to take a kudu bull, a warthog, both with brain shots, a scrubhare then backed his dad up on a waterbuck. Not bad for a 9 year old. This was only the beginning. St. Jamie presented Tom with a giant spoon for his constant stirring of the pot, Tom's biggest hobby. "Be nice Tom or Jamie will sort you out". Then it was off to our most beautiful Western Cape hunting area, Elandsberg Estate. Tom took a 39" Cape eland, a gold medal bontebuck, hartebeest, springbuck, black wildebeest, a gemsbuck and wild boar. The baboons are still running, Tom. Here Robbie showed his mettle again, taking a blue wildebeest, porcupine and a wild boar. Megan(do you know any boys?) and Courtney(the silent one) were not to be outdone by young Robbie. They both produced good shots, after I sorted them out, to take a recordbook springbuck each on the same day, they were blooded and ate the raw liver like good sports. Courtney shot another springbuck which was bigger than her dads!Take that!Dad.What a girl. Thank you all for the vote of confidence in us, the kind letters, advice and encouragement. It should`t be such a traumatic experience to pay upfront next time round Tom.We look forward to sorting out another great trip together next year . |
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| Old
timer Old stalwart, Karl Widl of San Francisco, California, accompanied by mamma Trudy and friends Konrad and Gertie Schuster, on his 5th African safari, came to enjoy the splendour of our beautiful country on a combination hunt/photo safari and collect some of the few species he did not have. A gold medal class 8 1/2" vaal rhebok, gold medal bontebok and at last a South African springbuck. We laughed a lot. Thanks Karl and Trudy for your loyal support over the years. Jacqueline and I appreciate your friendship. |
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Boy The old "daga boy" dr. Thomas Baird and prof. Nancy Baird, from Bowling Green Kentucky, on their 4th hunting safari , hunted the Elandsberg in the Western Cape and allowed us to pamper them once again. A great shot at last light secured Tom a magnificent 28" nyala on our Zululand area. Next we hunted in the Northern Province for a beautiful 55" kudu and at last, after some hard hunting and a brilliant shot, that big waterbuck fell.You can if you want to Tom. For many years Tom has set his mind on the most elusive of them all,spots, the leopard and his big brother, Shumba. This time we had a date with mr. Spots. We worked very hard for him, Tom burnt a lot of midnight oil and finally we bagged a one shot leopard. Just to finish things of nicely, a long maned, dog killing kind of a lion came along and made our day, to make Toms pussycat collection complete.A large amount of adrenalin and a perfect ending to a perfect safari and another dream come true. It was wonderful having you two in my Africa again and Jacqueline and I appreciate your continuing friendship and support. |
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and Mr. Asakawa in Zimbabwe Mr. Asakawa of Japan, joined us for his second safari. This time it was a short trip to Zimbabwe hunting the beautiful sable. The black prince of Africa. We thank you for hunting with us again. We look forward to your buffalo hunt in Mozambique next year. |
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| "That
warthog must die"- Don Stan. Steve Cito of Albuquerque, New Mexico arrived with his clan. Three generations of Cito men decended on Africa for their first ever safari here. What a privilege to have Nono at 84 - with son Stephen and his 3 sons Mike, Mark and Joseph with us.As a result of good preparation, excellent areas and superb shooting the clan took 24 record book trophies including zebra and giraffe in 7 days of hunting. It was a very successful safari, every trophy was of top quality and it just kept getting better. All were blooded and they assured me that the raw liver was very good. Highlights -Jacquelines salad dressing, the gourmet catering, Nono shooting his 17" blesbuck - this was a great event for all of us and we were honored to be able to share this special moment with you all. Result: 2 gold medal hartebeest, 2 gold medal black wildebeest, 3 blesbuck over 17", a 39 1/2" gemsbuck bull, 38" gemsbuck bull, mother of a warthog and everything else in the record book. Then there were, inevitable with the Italian background, the personalities. Mike can you really count to three? Joseph the gamehog and all round golden boy, Mark cool, laidback and in charge.Stephen, the main man with the $3000-00 model F binoculars, lost and found. Nono, the dignified old gentleman watching his boy's have the time
of their lives while having one himself. I don't know how you kept
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| Mozambique Dottori Antonio Nobile, Angelo Benso and Luciano Grini of Italy booked a buffalo hunt with us through Gastone Santini. It doesn't get much better than this, buffalo everywhere. We hunted out of Kafukudze camp - Mozambique on the banks of the mighty Zambezi. Two buffalo in 2 days, what a hunt. The ultimate challenge for Luciano Grini:hunting an old daga boy in the jesse - a "solitaire classic". You wanted him, we got him fair and square. Thank you for full-mounting your magnificent Chobe bushbuck. I don't think I will ever see another shot like you pulled off, in my lifetime. A 42" bull, shiny wet with mud was taken after a very good shot at 120 yards, by Antonio Nobile. You made your own luck with some of the best shooting it has been my pleasure to see.Your reward a monster Buffalo.It pays to listen to the guide. It was great to hunt with such gentlemen. Don't forget the parmesan cheese next time. Thank you for your support and kind words - you are part of the "family" now. See you in Italy in April next year. |
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| References mentioned in this newsletter | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dr. Thomas Baird and Prof. Nancy
Baird Bowling Green, Kentucky Tel: 270 - 843 3656 E-mail: tbdoc@accessky.net |
Dr. Mike and Alys Kaihlanen Comfort, Texas Tel: 830 - 497 1422 E-mail: pmichael@ktc.com |
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| Kenny and Zena Kaihlanen San Antonia, Texas Tel: 210 - 497 1422 E-mail: wwgs@sprynet.com |
Dan and Betty Brewster Fort Lupton, Colorado Tel: 303 - 857 3993 E-mail: brbrewster@us.ibm.com |
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| Steve Cito Albuquerque, New Mexico Tel: 505 - 344 2662 Tel business: 505 - 398 5522 E-mail: rickshaw741@yahoo.com |
Robert Greene Aromas, California Tel home: 831 - 726 2454 Tel business: 831 - 726 1152 E-mail:cindy.greene@earthlink.net |
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| Jim Wilson Gilroy, California Tel home: 408 - 842 3950 Tel business: 408 - 283 2381 E-mail: wilsons_meadow@hotmail.com |
Tom Tinnin Albuquerque, New Mexico Tel: 505 - 342 1105 Tel business: 505 - 342 1106 E-mail: ttinnin154@aol.com |
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| Steve DePetro Jupiter, Florida Tel: 561 - 626 2327 E-mail: sdepetro@thebearsclub.com |
Karl and Trudy Widl San Francisco, California Tel: 650 - 968 5722 E-mail: wtrudyc@aol.com |
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