Cost may also come into play. You shoot a Kudu, Impala, Blesbok, Waterbuck, Gemsbuck in Texas you will spend 35K +-. That will buy a great hunt in Africa.

I have hunted HF in both areas. Just check references and you can find first class outfits in both Texas & Africa.

Your right post a picture of a hunter with their Kudu and no one can tell if it was taken on HF, LF or NF.

I don't have much of an opinion except to say that, for the most part, comparing the two is apples and oranges. Africa has a unique set of issues with which it must deal. And the concessions are generally very large (this is changing fast in SA however-which is fast becoming to Africa what Texas is to the U.S.).

You're last sentence perfectly diagnoses the issue. Most only care about the picture-few care about the hunt anymore.

Now if Africa was like CO. and they let you hunt on your own instead of baby sitting you it might be a good hunt.

There's stuff over there that scares the mess out of penicillin, I ain't going, LF, NF, HF... I've watched Outbreak & I'm not going to be the carrier monkey.

HF vs LF... Africa vs Texas... as usual with me it all boils down to what you like. Much like Don, I have spent many years (25+) hunting the Rockies in most western states except Nevada and Washington. As a much younger man I truly loved the physical challange of the hunt and considered the tougher the terrain the better the hunt. Many many times I came home with nothing but a smile and a contented feeling of accomplishment in a hunt done right!

Well I've got news for you guys. If your lucky most of you are going to get old some day and everything that you think you know about hunting and life may change. Maybe one day in your mid forties you will go to bed feeling as strong and confident as you always have and wake up the next day and just know something's not right but you go to work like always and spend the next few months telling yourself that you can work thru the pain. And then just maybe a few months later you finally go to the Dr. and he tells you what you had feared but didn't want to face. Then maybe you go to MD Anderson weighing 288lbs and 13 months later by the grace of God and some amazing doctors and nurses you get to drag your hull of a body home at 143lbs and start trying to recover. Maybe after returning to work you get the urge to shoot your rifle again and find out that extensive radiadion to your head will really compromise your already not so great eyesight. Maybe the months of chemo make walking difficult so then maybe your at a cross road as a hunter. Do you quit and walk away from something that you have loved all your life or do you try and find a way to stay in the game.

I thought about what I wanted and decided that I would really like to go to the Dark Continent for a safari. Someday I still hope to but for now I normally hunt about 2 times a year with my wife or some of my old hunting buddies. I normally hunt HF exotic ranches here in Texas. Does this make me less of a hunter? I know it's my age but my priorities have changed. For me getting to meet the landowner and the folks that work on the ranch is a huge deal. I used to get aggravated if I saw another hunter that wasn't in my group, now I just smile and look forward to making a new friend. I've had some fantastic hunts on HF ranches here in Texas that were every bit as challenging as some of the public land hunting I've done. No body can ever tell me any different.
Folks I'm sorry for the long note I'm not to good at expressing myself but I hope you get this from my message. Before you start saying I'll never do this or I'm never going to hunt there just stop for a minute, take a deep breath and realize things in your life can change. God Blessed Texas and God has blessed this old Texan. Roland Baker

Sheephunter,
I love a good debate and I had a great rebuttal typed out for our disagreement, but then it hit me that I really don't need to do that, it could go on forever.
I think you and I would agree on most hunting subjects if we didn't let silly details confuse thing. We are clearly passionate about hunting. God speed.

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HF vs LF... Africa vs Texas... as usual with me it all boils down to what you like. Much like Don, I have spent many years (25+) hunting the Rockies in most western states except Nevada and Washington. As a much younger man I truly loved the physical challange of the hunt and considered the tougher the terrain the better the hunt. Many many times I came home with nothing but a smile and a contented feeling of accomplishment in a hunt done right!

Well I've got news for you guys. If your lucky most of you are going to get old some day and everything that you think you know about hunting and life may change. Maybe one day in your mid forties you will go to bed feeling as strong and confident as you always have and wake up the next day and just know something's not right but you go to work like always and spend the next few months telling yourself that you can work thru the pain. And then just maybe a few months later you finally go to the Dr. and he tells you what you had feared but didn't want to face. Then maybe you go to MD Anderson weighing 288lbs and 13 months later by the grace of God and some amazing doctors and nurses you get to drag your hull of a body home at 143lbs and start trying to recover. Maybe after returning to work you get the urge to shoot your rifle again and find out that extensive radiadion to your head will really compromise your already not so great eyesight. Maybe the months of chemo make walking difficult so then maybe your at a cross road as a hunter. Do you quit and walk away from something that you have loved all your life or do you try and find a way to stay in the game.

I thought about what I wanted and decided that I would really like to go to the Dark Continent for a safari. Someday I still hope to but for now I normally hunt about 2 times a year with my wife or some of my old hunting buddies. I normally hunt HF exotic ranches here in Texas. Does this make me less of a hunter? I know it's my age but my priorities have changed. For me getting to meet the landowner and the folks that work on the ranch is a huge deal. I used to get aggravated if I saw another hunter that wasn't in my group, now I just smile and look forward to making a new friend. I've had some fantastic hunts on HF ranches here in Texas that were every bit as challenging as some of the public land hunting I've done. No body can ever tell me any different.
Folks I'm sorry for the long note I'm not to good at expressing myself but I hope you get this from my message. Before you start saying I'll never do this or I'm never going to hunt there just stop for a minute, take a deep breath and realize things in your life can change. God Blessed Texas and God has blessed this old Texan. Roland Baker

we know most South Africa hunts are HF. We know many take a lion on their South Africa hunt. do these lions roam in the HF 24/7/365 possibly eating other valued game?