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Africa
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02/21/24 03:33 PM
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Silver Spoon
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Have room for couple more guys if interested in going to Africa in July for 10 day hunt. Fly out 7/20
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Re: Africa
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#9009432
02/22/24 02:28 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Have room for couple more guys if interested in going to Africa in July for 10 day hunt. Fly out 7/20 I can't go until 2026, but if you go then, hit me up. I've never been and having somebody who knows the process as well as you would be invaluable.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Africa
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
#9009467
02/22/24 03:25 PM
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Have room for couple more guys if interested in going to Africa in July for 10 day hunt. Fly out 7/20 I can't go until 2026, but if you go then, hit me up. I've never been and having somebody who knows the process as well as you would be invaluable. You bet. It is a great time. A lot more affordable than most people think.
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Re: Africa
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#9009473
02/22/24 03:44 PM
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aggiehunter03
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Who is the outfitter and where are you headed?
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Re: Africa
[Re: aggiehunter03]
#9009489
02/22/24 04:19 PM
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Who is the outfitter and where are you headed? Debeers in the Eastern Cape
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Re: Africa
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#9009565
02/22/24 06:33 PM
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Dave Davidson
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Been there. Very unique experience. After hunting, we were driven back toJohannesburg and flew down to Capetown to do some touristing. A unique experience in how the other half of the world lives. When people found out we were from Texas, they got excited and asked a lot of questions.
Went cage diving with great white sharks and saw a whale up close. When a big shark swims by the cage, it looks like a greyhound bus. One stopped and eyed us in the cage. Scared my wife. I have heard that whale sharks have moved into shark island and run the great whites off.
Everybody ought to do it once. But, I know guys who do it annually.
Last edited by Dave Davidson; 02/22/24 06:53 PM.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Africa
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#9009567
02/22/24 06:36 PM
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Re: Africa
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#9009651
02/22/24 09:39 PM
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Black02z28
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Went cage diving with great white sharks and saw a whale up close. When a big shark swims by the cage, it looks like a greyhound bus. One stopped and eyed us in the cage. Scared my wife. I have heard that whale sharks have moved into shark island and run the great whites off.
We are for sure doing the Shark thing next time we go. Looks intense.
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Re: Africa
[Re: Black02z28]
#9009733
02/23/24 12:21 AM
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Dave Davidson
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Check in advance on the sharks before you go.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Africa
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#9009758
02/23/24 12:53 AM
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tlk
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Our Africa trip was incredible - lifetime experience for sure. Only trip we have taken that compares was New Zealand - cannot go wrong either way
You can't fix stupid
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Re: Africa
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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02/23/24 02:13 AM
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Sneaky
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Been there. Very unique experience. After hunting, we were driven back toJohannesburg and flew down to Capetown to do some touristing. A unique experience in how the other half of the world lives. When people found out we were from Texas, they got excited and asked a lot of questions.
Went cage diving with great white sharks and saw a whale up close. When a big shark swims by the cage, it looks like a greyhound bus. One stopped and eyed us in the cage. Scared my wife. I have heard that whale sharks have moved into shark island and run the great whites off.
Everybody ought to do it once. But, I know guys who do it annually. Why would whale sharks run off great whites?
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Re: Africa
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#9009861
02/23/24 03:26 AM
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Dave Davidson
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The reason I say check on the sharks. I have heard that whale sharks have moved in and run the great whites off. I have no idea whether the bigger guys can be chummed in. Also no idea whether it is safe to cage dive around them.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Africa
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#9009893
02/23/24 06:39 AM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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The reason I say check on the sharks. I have heard that whale sharks have moved in and run the great whites off. I have no idea whether the bigger guys can be chummed in. Also no idea whether it is safe to cage dive around them. Are you confusing whale sharks with orcas? I’d heard that killer whales were moving on great whites but I’m not sure which spot along the African coast that was happening.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Africa
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
#9009934
02/23/24 01:06 PM
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skinnerback
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The reason I say check on the sharks. I have heard that whale sharks have moved in and run the great whites off. I have no idea whether the bigger guys can be chummed in. Also no idea whether it is safe to cage dive around them. Are you confusing whale sharks with orcas? I’d heard that killer whales were moving on great whites but I’m not sure which spot along the African coast that was happening. I believe he is. Orcas can and do kill and eat sharks, even Great White sharks. Orcas are the only known predators of Great Whites. I think there's some recent drone video of Orcas killing white sharks off the coast of S Africa. Whale Sharks won't hurt anybody or run anybody off.
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Re: Africa
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#9009977
02/23/24 02:30 PM
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Dave Davidson
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Dunno, just passing on what a guy that lives there told me.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Africa
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#9010032
02/23/24 04:04 PM
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I go to hunt not play with sharks myself
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Re: Africa
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#9010186
02/23/24 08:00 PM
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Tom Tucker
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Be sure to pack a roll of tp. They only have John Wayne paper.
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Re: Africa
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#9011746
02/26/24 10:56 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
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jetdad
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I think Whale Sharks only feed on plankton.
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