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Arlen & Cathy Schade- South Africa Trip

One of Arlen's life goals has been to do an Africa Safari. After several significant negative health events, he prepared for the trip by doing three months of physical therapy and arranged for a handicap hunt through Bullseye Outdoor Adventures.  The hunt and camera safari was guided by Erik Terblanche, the owner of Amanita Safaris. The staff, service, and facilities at Amanita Safari were excellent. The dinner entree was always a delicious game back-strap.

The hunt was in the northern portion of the Limpopo (formerly Northern) Province  of South Africa. The area does not receive a lot of rainfall and the vegetation is primarily thorn bush. Due to Arlen's physical limitations, the hunt was planned to be primarily by vehicle and from archery blinds. He hunted from May 16 through the 22nd in 2010.  He harvested an Impala, Blesbok, Gemsbok, Blue Wildebeest and a Zebra.
Arlen and Cathy did a camera safari in Krueger National Park on May 23-25. Their goal was to see and photograph the big six.  Cathy took impressive pictures of lions, elephants, rhinos, hippos, a cape buffalo and a number of other animals. . Most of the pictures of park animals were at distances of 10 to 30 yards. The large male lion was about 15 feet.

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Game Hunting - South Africa - Limpopo Province

Game Photography - South Africa - Limpopo Provinces

Advice & Lessons Learned - South Africa Trip