Old Guys in Namibia...Africa III
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From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
This is a follow-up tp Buffalo 1's post. My wife and I have also been to RSA twice and decided about 18 months ago to try Namibia. What a great decision! We had a fabulous time at Agagia and thoroughly enjoyed our 6- day tour of northern Namibia after the hunt.
I'll submit some of our trophy photos and a few pix of our tour which featured a day and half at Etosha - literally thousands and thousands of animals were observed very close up!
First photo is one of the three warthogs we took.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Not sure how the double post got there - but I'll continue. Here is a nice gemsbok - the #1 animal on our list!
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
We took this kudu and August 4th - my recently departed Dad's birthday. I told Mary that morning I wanted to take an old bull in honor of the "old bull". This boy cooperated - about a 15 yard shot and a 20 yard recovery.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
We have at home two Burchell zebras - but when the opportunity came at last light to take a Hartman zebra - we didn't hesitate. This will be a pedestal mount.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
On our first trip to RSA, the Blue Wildebeest was #1 on my list - they are still a favorite.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Eland: how can an 1800# animal just suddenly appear? Regardless, this old boy just showed up and the 15 yard shot resulted in him dropping in just twenty-two yards. It all happened so fast we didn't know he had a chipped horn till he was down.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Did someone mention Black Wildebeest? We were delighted to get one - our only opportunity during the entire hunt. A couple days previous, we did have another small herd that wanted to come to water but some ornery gemsbok chased them off before they got in range!
We took everything we had hoped for - except: the Red Hartebeest - THAT is excuse enough to return!
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
On the way to Etosha - we stopped at a Himba Village - a must see if you get that far north!
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Living quarters for the Himba - that is cattle dung on the outside of their huts. We learned a lot; for example - women don't ever bathe with water after puberty, everyone gets their lower front four teeth knocked out with a stick and a rock, men are polygamous and they do nothing but make little Himbas.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Beautiful Springbok - jillions of them and they were everywhere!
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
We were lucky to witness a leopard (few do). Here is a jackal checking out a waterhole that was surrounded by a couple hundred zebra, many springbok, gemsbok, and kudu.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
It's hard to pick a few representative photos as we have hundreds - here is another typical scene at another watering hole.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
The salt pan of Etosha has to be seen to be believed - it looks like a lake from a distance - but is in fact is a great inland sea of salt - probably several hundred sq. miles. Apparently this zebra is in need of an equine dentist.
From: gobble50
06-Sep-13
Here is a lion resting after we witnessed her just missing having zebra for dinner. In all, the trip was pure joy - we were gone nearly three weeks We had a fantastic hunt, saw some incredible country, met warm and accommodating people, drove 1200 miles (on the wrong side of the road), saw thousands of animals and stayed at three beautiful lodges on our tour - here they are if you'd like to look them up: Vingerklip Lodge Toshari Lodge Aoba Lodge
Namibia is a jewel and we hope to be able to go back one day.... (soon).
From: Drop tine
06-Sep-13
Wow, great pictures, that looks like a fantastic trip.
From: Buffalo1
06-Sep-13
These are some super photos. Were we were hunting at the wrong water hole? Ya'll will always be part of a great memory. "Old Model Guys with Old Model Mathews!"
From: Firehuntfish
06-Sep-13
Very nice photos and trophies..Thanks for sharing!
From: mixed bag
06-Sep-13
I went with agagia last May and had an amazing time as well.Wish I would have stayed and done the tour
From: t-roy
07-Sep-13
Beautiful pics. I especially liked the "redneck" zebra!
Sounds like you had a great time.
From: MeanMachine
10-Sep-13
Looks like a great hunt! Congrats!
From: Bud Meadows
19-Sep-13
Apparently this zebra is in need of an equine dentist.
He's an English zebra imported into Etosha
From: Jai Ho
25-Sep-13
Did Agagia in 2011, fantastic outfitter. Tielman and Carin are the best. Looking forward to the next trip. Can't say enough about their place.
From: Mad Trapper
25-Sep-13
Excellent pictures. Makes me want to go. You took some nice trophies!
From: Jerry Russell
24-Oct-13
Great pictures.
From: SDHNTR(home)
24-Oct-13
that is awesome Gary! Glad to see you and Mary still hunting together. Really happy for you!
