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Post by blacktailslayer on Sept 20, 2018 13:48:47 GMT -5
The country looks very similar to the mountains of Oregon, who new? Nice animal, conrads!
Don D.
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Post by markhampton on Sept 20, 2018 14:30:47 GMT -5
Trademark, Congrats on your very successful African hunt! Well done - and sounds like you had a great hunt. The events of that day you mentioned linger in my mind forever. It was indeed the most terrifying thing I have witnessed while hunting. I Thank the good Lord for sparing the PH that day. It was scary and happened very quickly.
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Post by tradmark on Sept 20, 2018 15:01:34 GMT -5
Those days are what make dangerous game hunting worth doing. Sometimes we get a little more than we bargained for and hopefully not too much!
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Post by jfs on Sept 21, 2018 15:26:51 GMT -5
Gees Mark....I heard you had a bad time with your elephant... Thank the good Lord it turned out for the best....
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Post by tradmark on Sept 22, 2018 1:15:14 GMT -5
Evidently it was quite the adventure for sure
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Post by sixshot on Sept 22, 2018 2:02:40 GMT -5
In my eyes Mark Hampton is the most accomplished hand gun hunter in the world today, just my opinion. But he goes in so many out of the way places & some of the high altitudes he has to climb would give most of us a nose bleed just counting zeroes involved in the altitude of the stalk, no 4 wheelers, no 4 wheel drives, no Burger King along the way, just brutal rivers, sometimes sand dunes, many high mountain passes to navigate, different food to eat, language barriers to over come. He's done it all in some of the most out of the way, unforgiving countries on planet earth & he does it in a humble way. He's in top notch shape, doesn't sugar coat the hunt, talks about the failures as well as the successes & uses the hand gun that gives him the best odds of filling a tag that might be years in the making because of government paper work involved. Just getting into & out of some of these places has to be a nightmare for most folks, yet he'w willing to do it his way, the right way, no bragging, no pumping up the story to please the readers, he tells it just like it is, that's why there's only one Mark Hampton in my eyes. He's welling to share little tips about places to go & how to go about it, how the animals live & navigate their area, he's always willing to help anyone that is serious about going on a goat or sheep that is peeking over a glacier covered mountain that can be 12,000-14,000 ft, all you have to do is ask. Not many will do that. When you're on that kind of hunt a revolver just won't cut it when the animal might be 300-400 lbs & cross canyon at 400+ yds, you might only get one shot & the hunt might be in the neighborhood of several thousand dollars, you hunt with what you have the most confidence it under those conditions. I've seen some of Mark's targets with sixguns, he is a very accomplished shooter with a six gun but they do have their limits & many times his hunts exceed that. A smart hunter trys to put the odds in his favor, who wouldn't.
Dick
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Post by tradmark on Sept 22, 2018 15:10:49 GMT -5
Dont forget the biggest challenge, mongolian food or so i have heard!
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Post by markhampton on Sept 22, 2018 15:13:43 GMT -5
Trademark, You're correct. A guy can just stand so much yak, sheep, goat,horsemeat, and marmot! I begged for chicken
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