Asian Water Buffalo Double!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Maybe it's the incredible Asian water buffalo hunting that is helping me recover slowly but surely from my illness over here in Australia.
I took a great big, nasty, mud-covered bull with a 65-yard shot, wide open for video, and hit the buffalo right t
Charging Banteng and Wild Boar
Posted by Jim Shockey
Don’t know what kind of bug I’ve caught here, but I’m really sick. Sicker than a dog … it’s a nasty one. But we still have been going out hunting!
We’re up here on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territories, the very most northern part of Austra
Adventures in Australia, New Zealand!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Hello all from halfway around the world … Louise and I landed in Brisbane, Australia back on June 13 and then had to drive on the wrong side of the road for forever to go to visit our daughter Eva who is going to university here. We visited for three days
Talk from Atop the Soapbox!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Hunting as an industry, as a tradition and as a family oriented pastime is healthy both literally and figuratively and it’s becoming more acceptable every day. “Extremist” views are less tolerated now than during the 1990s, for obvious reasons, and in my
Bear Report — May 2 ... Shockey Strikes!
Posted by Jim Shockey
We did it … father-son bear hunting team Nathan and Mike Barnes of South Dakota both took huge bears, and, equally importantly, I redeemed myself as a guide after a slow start!
Nahan Barnes is 23 years old and was hunting with his father Mike. We had a
Bear Report — April 27 ... Biggest Bear Yet!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Even though my guiding skills might be a little rusty, it's not stopping the rest of the guides from leading our clients to big Vancouver Island black bears. Yesterday, Freddy Lackie, my head guide and right hand man in the hunting camps guided 48-year-ol
Big Bear Report — April 26
Posted by Jim Shockey
Despite the pouring rain here on the north end of Vancouver Island, we're having excellent bear hunting ... well, most of us are. Yours Truly, is getting the short end of the stick, even though I've tried to pull rank on the rest of the guides to steal in
Big Bear Report — April 23
Posted by Jim Shockey
Freddy just called me on the satellite phone with more great news! Our hunter, James Alexander of Illinois, bought our donated hunt at the SCI convention in Reno three months ago. He arrived on the first day of his hunt day around noon, so he only had hal
Official World Record Scores Are In!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Good news! Just had the animals that I took on the October 2006, safari to Tanzania scored officially by an SCI Master Measurer. The big 44 1/8-inch-wide Cape buffalo scored 122 4/8 SCI, that’s almost 4 inches bigger than the old muzzleloader world record
80-Inch Yukon Moose Appears!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Great news! For years I’ve been hearing about an 80-inch plus moose that was found dead in a river in my Yukon, Rogue River outfitting area. Rumor had it that the moose was in the possession of the Fish and Wildlife officials, but they always said no. Now
Cameroon Update 4/02 ... With Pictures!
Posted by Jim Shockey
March 31 ... We had to go get two baboons today for some local king who wanted them for a barbeque! Apparently they're a delicacy here, so we had to go get these two Western baboons for him. While we were doing that, Guav told me that one of his friends g
Safari Sickness Strikes!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Don’t mean to whine, but holy moly am I ever sick!! Must have caught something on the airplane coming back from Africa and can’t shake it. Hope it’s not some weird African disease, but whatever it is, it’s definitely doctor time. Can’t afford to let it ge
S. Africa Safari Ends in Style
Posted by Jim Shockey
South Africa’s Amazing Eastern Cape
We’ve just pulled in to our hunting lodge here in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and this place is awesome! We're hunting now for the next five days with Professional Hunter Russ Lovemore, owner of Safari Trails Int
Cobras, Giant Ticks and Other South African Trophies!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Cobra in the bedroom!!! We were shooting some stuff at night under the lights outside Louise and my room at the lodge in Zululand when the manager came up and said there was a snake in the room next to ours!! We lept into action with mop handles. Chris Bu
South Africa Cat Hunting Success!
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Safari Moves to Zululand
This computer I have to use here in the Free State of South AFrica is like a sllllllloooooooooowwwwwwww boat to China. It sucks to have to take so long to answer or get e-mails, but wanted to check in and update the news. First
On Safari in South Africa!
Posted by Jim Shockey
We landed safe and sound in Johanasburg, South Africa after spending two nights in a row on airplanes! I was worried about getting my guns through Customs, but they actually waved me right through without even checking even through I marked down that I wa
The Perfect Shot?
Posted by Jim Shockey
Cody Get To Work!
Have to go and finish the voice-overs for the television show, episode 13 of 2007. It's the "Perfect Shot" show where Cody Robbins and I go head to head to see who can come up with the best whitetail hunting footage. Without giving
Safari Club Show Highlights ...
Posted by Jim Shockey
Bryan Reid Sr. of Pioneer Log Homes ...
Had a great meeting with Bryan Reid Sr., owner of Pioneer Log Homes. We talked at length about how and what we could do to better serve the hunting industry as a whole and at the same time help individual hunte
