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I have an in reach explorer I bought off a member here a few months ago. Used in on a hunting trip in Africa. Worked great. Let me know if your interested.

I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to hunt the northern cape this year on a work trip. It was my first trip to Africa. We hunted obout 500,000 acres of De Beers diamond mine property with Madabula Safaris. No fence, free range Africa at its finest. I was lucky enough to harvest a springbok, blesbok, red hartebeest, warthog and grey duiker, all with a handgun.

Are you using a standard G2 frame? If so, any concerns about stretching the frame? Zero concerns. We have built encore and contender barrels in every caliber under the sun and the only thing that will hurt a g2 are belted magnums with factory equvilent loads. I have one contender barrel in 500 nitro express and the barrel and frame are doing fine even after a few hundred rounds.

Yes. It was Rooipoort. What an amazing place. Unfortunately we might have been some of the last people to hunt there. I guess after the whole Cecil thing, Debeers is caving to the do-gooders and is closing some areas to hunting. They just closed an area called Venetia, on the boarder of Kruger nat. Park and I guess Rooipoort is next on the chopping block.

4b........... just kidding. No clue.

Anyone can find big sheds. Only a die hard can find ones like that. If you can match that up I'll buy you a beer.

7e is looking really good. Lots of older bulls running around this year.

That's funny. I have see the exact opposite around flagstaff. I have seen more of the best back ends that I've ever seen but nearly every one seems to have weak thirds.

What? That's some backwards logic.

I think thats only for a potential world record. At least with sci. Not sure about b&c or p&y.

I think that score is really the deciding factor. It's a gamble. Shoot a bull hard horned or give him till his next set before your governors tag expires and others start chasing him. I think most rely on their guide to be able to pick a bull up towards the end of there tag, allowing it to be the biggest it can be.

Unit is pretty flat. Not much migration from my experience. Deer can be found throughout the unit any time of year. Red butte/ Skinner ridge area hold the highest densities from my experience but can be a real zoo with other hunters. If you are holding out for a bruiser buck I would recommend hunting the feeder canyons into cataract canyon on the west side. Methodically work each little finger and I would almost garentee you'll find a good buck. Some guys are hard core and will get on the 10 side of cataract, glass a buck, and drive 60 miles around back to 9 and try and relocate the buck, or vice versa, depending if they have a 9 or 10 tag.

Haha. If you have a heart attack now they get your money and they get to keep their deer That's why they do it!

No Russ. My wife's uncle, 2015 if I remember correctly. Was hunting solo and had the think half packed out before his son arrived 8 hours later to help.

My dad works with Russ at his day job in Flagstaff. I'm not going to say where, as I don't want to put his personal info online. I garentee the Buff hunts are a drop in the bucket to what he makes at his day job. From my understanding he uses every scrap of personal and vacation time to do the Buff hunts. Sounds to me like a man with a huge hunting passion, kind of like a lot on this forum. Everyone who says money is behind the whole situation truly do not know what they are talking about. The game and fish work with Russ because he is the only guide who has devoted the time. Anyone who doesn't like how he does thing can get a guide licence put in the hours, get the clients, and give others another option.

Kind of thin in the bases. I think he hasn't quite hit his prime. But I've been known to be wrong before, just ask my wife.

https://www.fntpost.com/Products/Urines/Mountain+Lion+Urine A few squirts of this every week or so should do the trick.

Congrats on the tag! This hunt was my first choice also so I'm hoping in drew it. Last time I was in 12ae was my first deer hunt probably 15 years ago. I knew nothing about hunting and when my dad asked where I wanted to put in I told him a friend at school said it was a good unit. Well I drew the early hunt with only my hunter ed bp, and knowing nothing about the unit, tagged out on a nice spike opening morning. The embarrassing part was at the check in there were probably 20 trucks with big 4x4s in the beds. When we got to the front of the line one of the g&f guys yelled " we got a yearling. We need a weight." So they had to stop the line and hoist my little buck up a block and tackle for all to see. Oh well. Was still happy to tag out and after about 10 other deer I can still say my smallest deer I have ever killed was on the kiabab.

My first reaction to someone blocking a road for me would be pulling out my phone and recording the interaction or at least take pics. Then you could go to g&f, or another state law agency and prove a law was broken. It's kind of funny that one person makes unsubstantiated claims and everyone takes it as truth without hearing the other side.

That last picture reminds me of a question that pops through my head every so often. The regs say you can't shoot a sow with cubs, but nothing about shooting a cub with a sow? Not that I ever would, but still, the pack out would be easy and would probably be a pretty tasty 10lbs of meat.

You part of the Reeder crew? I acquired an SW in 356 GNR second hand years ago. To this day it's my favorite pistol!!I am. Been working there for 14 years. 356gnr is one of my favorite rounds in a revolver. Lots of power in a little package.

The guns is a T/C g2 with a custom barrel we made chambered in our proprietary caliber called a 280gnr. It's a 405 Winchester necked down to 7mm. Nearly same case capacity as a 7 rem mag but it's rimmed so no extraction problems in a single shot. Bullet was a 140gr Barnes ttsx. All animals were 200-220yards except for the grey duiker which was 65 yards. Recoils like a 38 spl. 30/06 on left for comparison.

Haha! Custom gun maker. It's product testing!

I have a dillon xl650 press. Has electric case feeder and strong mount. Also included are many quick change tool heads with powder measures. I will update all the calibers when I get home, but there are many including 10mm,9mm,380 auto, 44mag, 45 colt, 45 acp. Asking $1500 Nate 928 607 9588 Texting works best during day hours. Located in flagstaff

Can't believe this hasn't sold yet. $800 is a screaming deal on a #1. If I wasn't going to Africa in a couple weeks, I'd be all over this.