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South African Hunting trip for Daddy & Bubba. Day 6 through 10.

Day 6: John (0), Bret (3)
5 animals harvested today for the boys! That's a total of 30 animals in 6 days between all 5 guys.... WOW! Ryker got a cull Impala and Chris got a Bushbuck (I guess this is really big but I think it's ugly). The jet lag, hiking and long days are wearing my little man out. He was dragging pretty bad today I guess and not feeling well from being dehydrated. Still having the greatest time and loving the food as well.
Hanging out in the boma waiting for dinner.
Day 7: John (1), Bret (0)
2 animals harvested today for all the guys. Ryker got a Duiker. I think they are too cute and little to shoot but its part of the package.
Day 8: John (0), Bret (3)
Well the trip is starting to wind down they harvested a total of 4 animals today. Chris got the dreaded Baboon. My foot is down and it is NOT going in the living room. It can go in the basement or reloading room. That damn thing would give me nightmares. Both Chris and Ryker were stoked to get one. Chris and Ryker's package is filled..... although they might have an add on. Also Ryker tried liver and thought it was okay.
Ryker and their tracker Ace
Chase and Ryker played a lot of checker in the boma. 
Day 9: John (0), Bret (1)
Well Ryker harvested the animal he really wanted from South Africa! One shot and the zebra was down. What a beautiful animal. It kind of makes me sad because it's so gorgeous but the animals are over populated there. Plus all these animals feed a lot of people and they also donate to people in need in their country. 2 animals was harvested today between them all.
Andrew and Ryker
Thinking about shooting an animal off the porch.
They got to go spot lighting before dinner. It's crazy to me how different hunting is there. Things that are illegal here are not over there.
They also got to go have dinner at the owner Barry's house which I guess is not something they always do for their guests. Ryker was so impressed they had a swimming pool in the middle of their house.
Day 10: John (1), Bret (0)
My sweet little man had a complete melt down this morning in South Africa. He broke down crying telling Dad he misses his Mama really bad. Poor little guy I feel so bad. He has never been away for me for any long amount of time and I guess it's really getting to him. I missed them so much. They have had the time of their lives.
The boma
Thank you Frontier Safaris for an amazing experience!
28:33 flight time to home
13:35 layovers
= 42:08 total hours to get home
My boys are world travelers now with a total of 
26,648 total miles for this trip alone.

The Haight's made these cute signs for the boys!
Between the jet lag and the African tick bite fever Chris was a bit miserable when he came home. Ryker on the other hand was going strong but he was able to sleep on most of the flights coming home.

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