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Title: 5 days to go!
Post by: robtattoo on June 25, 2008, 05:13:00 PM

Just one more week. 7 more sleeps & we'll be in Namibia!    :clapper:      :clapper:  

Andy (Tradtusker) James (Tradman25) & I  (Along with Andy's Parents & big Sis & another Andy, shooting a HUGE compound!) are scooting over to Afrika Jagd Safaries (prop. Piet Mostert) for a week of Eland, Gemsbok, Impala, Dik-Dik etc....

I'm probably not going to sleep from now until I get on the plane!

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: fatman on June 25, 2008, 07:51:00 PM

go get 'em, Rob...just as well sleep on the plane...  :D

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: katman on June 25, 2008, 10:18:00 PM

Man am I jealous, been once and can not wait for a return. Good luck getting much sleep. Hope your hunt turns out to be all you dreamed.

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: hunt it on June 26, 2008, 05:48:00 PM

Have a great time Rob, looking forward to the pics and stories.

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: chrisg on June 27, 2008, 02:10:00 AM

Good luck Rob you might have heard how beautiful Namibia is...  :D  
To me it's the ultimate remote and dramatic wilderness. Hunting there is the best dream you can have!!Shoot straight!
chrisg

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: LEOPARD on June 27, 2008, 06:48:00 AM

Good luck mate! Have a good one!  ;)  I can't wait to see the pics and hear the stories!  :D  Enjoy!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: Ric O'Shay on June 27, 2008, 08:41:00 AM

Rob -

Please take lots of pics to share and have a great time doing it!

Danny

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: robtattoo on June 27, 2008, 04:09:00 PM

Got all my kit laid out ready to pack, camera & video camera charged & ready.....

Best part is, I get back home 7 weeks before anyone else, so I get to lie through my teeth & claim all the glory for two whole months!   :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: BUFF on June 27, 2008, 04:30:00 PM

good luck.... I know your gona have a blast

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: tradtusker on June 27, 2008, 04:32:00 PM

ha ha yip iv got everything charged and ready to go.

gonna be a while before i get back and post so robs gonna have to lie a bit for me to   :bigsmyl:  

but hey being in the dark continent for an extra 7 weeks is not exactly a kick in the teeth   :D   , gonna have an african adventure to share when i get back.

see you at the airport buddy

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: Falk on June 28, 2008, 10:33:00 AM

Have a great trip all of you guys!

There might be one thing to check before you go?! Don't know which arrows each of you will use, but I used wood (birch) the last time - which is also a little while ago now.
Well, the day before yesterday I used some of my veteran African birch shafts in a new to me bow with quite bad results! One off the few shot, made a big jump and missed the target by 3ft. on 20yrds. Okay - my fault, something with the release or so, I thaught. Do it again! Same dangling in the bow, with hitting the sight window by the nock and speeding away in an awfull wrong direction!

After putting this particular shaft on the spine meter I had to notice [NOW], that in my bunch of all self made hunting arrows, one is underspined by 10-15#   :eek:  
Even though my then used Kodiak T/D seems to be more forgiving in this respect then the now tested bow, I have no excuse for this fault and don't understand how that could happen to me   :confused:  

I guess I wanted to say: Double check all the important stuff! There are 5 days to go - so plenty of time!

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: robtattoo on June 28, 2008, 11:02:00 AM

Two words Falk; Beeman Skinnys  ;)   :D

Yeah, we've been tuning, fine tuning, re-tuning & ultra-fine-microscopic-adjustment-to-the-nearest-grain tuning for about 6 months  :D

All good to go, 660 & 680gn Beeman MFX. A mixture of Silverflame, Magnus I, Zwickey Delta & Woodsman heads for me.

2 bows, good to go; Horne Combo longbow pulling 63# at 30" & a Morrison Cheyenne at the same weight.

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: SouthMDShooter on June 28, 2008, 11:45:00 AM

Sounds like your gonna have a blast.

Shoot straight
-Curtis

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: LEOPARD on June 30, 2008, 06:31:00 AM

I do believe it's 2 days to go now, isn't it Rob!?  :D  I bet you're not at all excited, hey mate!?    ;)  

I've already told Andy to tell Francie that I expect a daily text message update!!  :D  :D  19 days to go for me! I'm looking forward to hearing your stories and seeing the pics mate!  ;)

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: Trad Man 25 on July 01, 2008, 07:15:00 PM

Well its 00:10 here so in theroy,, today is the day ,, lol,,good question,, why arnt i in bed sleeping,, well its beacuse i cant sleep,, so my bags packed on on the kitchen table,, and im just watching the clock till i can head to the airport,, and of cosre its dark so i cant practice, so thought i would just check out the gang,, and now im just more excited,, so be waiting for my pics and storys,,  :)  :)  :)  

catch you later

James

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: tradtusker on July 02, 2008, 03:11:00 AM

ok guys you ready to roll

bow check
glove check
arrows check
passport check
money check

its time to go home   :bigsmyl:    :wavey:

Title: Re: 5 days to go!
Post by: Chris Surtees on July 02, 2008, 02:46:00 PM

Good luck fella's. Take lots of pic's!!!