After a wonderful safari in the Save Conservancy with Guy Whittall last year, I was eager to return with my wife and son. My wife is not a huntress but loves natural history and the outdoors. My son hunts, majored in wildlife biology in college, but is at that stage of life where prudence dictates money be dedicated to his family and buying a house. Instead of waiting for a possible inheritance and finding that quality hunting in Africa had vanished, I thought it better to get him to Africa now and realized that Guy would be the perfect PH. After enjoying wonderful weather in late June last year, we returned in early July 2019.
Guy arranged for us to stay at Turgwe Camp for our ten-day stay and it remains beautiful, comfortable, and blessed with abundant wildlife along the adjacent river. I hunted with Peter Wood. Peter is from Zim, learned his craft at Humani with Roger Whittall, and has been a PH since 1999. He hunts with RWS but also with Northern Operations which offers hunts in multiple locations around Africa.
Peter is a skillful PH, has a great sense of humor and it was a pleasure to hunt and share camp with him and my wife, son, and Guy Whittall. Peter knew my priorities were another Cape buffalo and a nyala, but a kudu, warthog, and impala were also on the license. I was hunting my Kimber Caprivi .458 Lott and a Browning Stainless Stalker in 7mm Rem Mag. Will hunted my Caprivi in .375 H&H and his beloved Tikka .280 Rem.
Last year I arrived in Zimbabwe in good shape but managed to twist my ankle in a deep elephant track hidden in the tall grass on Day 3, but fortunately had brought along my AirCast splint. I preserved my ankles this year, but tore the lateral meniscus (cartilage) of my left knee two weeks before departure. My ace sports medicine buddy shot it full of steroids and set me up with a nice brace, so it bothered me less than the ankle did last year. This is giving new meaning to the saying “Hunt Africa while you can.” Or while I still have a leg to stand upon.
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