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Newsletter March 2008
Volume 2, Issue 3
In this issue:
Tips and Tactics
Turkey Tricks
Thanks to all the great hunting videos on market, people are getting better and better at calling in gobblers.
Sometimes the best method for bagging a turkey is running and gunning. Bring your binoculars and if you can get a turkey to gobble, try to get on a high spot and find him with your glass.
If your patient and you can keep him in sight, you can often sneak to a spot for an ambush. Just remember they can't smell, but their eyesight makes up for it.
Dog Training
If you've got a young pup your just starting to train, keep the sessions short. At first, just getting him to obey one time is a sucessful session.
Keep the training short and give him lots of praise. You want him to look forward to the session, not dread it. If you get him around birds, let him go wild at first. Spend some time with him without your hunting buddies so he can have some fun and don't get frustrated when he flushes birds out too far. It's all part of the learning process and the more he enjoys it the better he'll be once he learns discipline.
Video Review
Extreme Bulls 5 by Chappell Hunting Productions
If you haven't checked out any of Steve Chappell's hunting videos, this would be a great place to start. Steve guides in Arizona and is the Primos representative in the area, so that should say a little about his calling.
Steve happened to draw a limited entry Utah tag and an Arizona bull tag in the same year, so you get to see him hunt a few big bulls in the rut. The majority of these hunts are filmed in Arizona and this is Steve's best produced video in his line up so far.
You get to see bulls from the early archery hunt to the late rifle hunt and in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and of course Arizona. They kill some monsters with some great footage of bulls called in.
If you've seen Steve's previous videos he talks about an estrous scream that he uses to get the bulls excited. It's a unique sound cows make that drives the bulls wild. He finally caught it on video and you'll get to see what it sounds like and what it does to the rut crazed bulls.
Another great video with over two hours of huge bugling bulls.
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ISE Show in Phoenix
March was a busy month and started off with the International Sportsmens Exposition in Phoenix. Thanks to all of you that stopped by the booth. For those of you that took home videos, I hope you enjoyed them. We think we have the best videos on the market, but let us know if you've found a few that we're missing.
 We have been busy making deals, trying to get new videos on the website. We've added four new videos from Mossback, two new videos from Chappell Hunting Productions, and three new videos from Fair Game TV.
We've watched quite a few videos to find these and think you'll really enjoy them. The Mossback videos showcase other big game they've guided and compliment the deer and elk videos. The Chappell Hunting Productions videos have some great elk footage and turkey hunting like you seldom see it. Merriam's gobblers in Arizona in the pine trees. You won't see any open fields here and if you have a hunt planned out west, this is a great video to see what your hunt can be.
Finally, the Fair Game videos fit a great nitch in our line up. They have an African video at a great price, a whitetail video from the whitetail mecca of Texas and a North American Safari including free ranging auodad which is tough to find on video.
Once again, we hope you enjoy the newsletter and come visit us at Hunting Videos Online.
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Mark Buchanan Heads to Cameroon
Mark tells, "I just returned from Cameroon. Our trip started off miserably, when we arrived at LAX we found out our travel agent failed to get our firearms and ammunition approved, which is a must with Air France. Minutes before our flight departed, we were finally able to get the firearms checked in but no ammo.
We had a 12 hour layover in Paris, and we luckily managed to buy five boxes of .416 Rigby and one box of .270 and two hard cases for the ammo for $2800 plus a $360 cab ride and $140 in tips to the store owner and concierge.
Warning: do not buy ammo in Paris, I am not joking!!
Upon arriving in Garoua, Cameroon, we were greeted by Guav Johnson the PH on my previous two trips, Antonio Reguera the owner of Mayo Oldiri Safaris and his friend Dieter Schramm who is the president of the CIC in Europe. Unknown to us Antonio organized a suprise trip to Rei Bouba where the most powerful king in Cameroon lives. Meeting the king is the equivalent of meeting a U.S. president. When we arrived we were greeted with a traditional ceremony, then passed through a corridor lined with all of the kings slaves. We were then introduced to the king. Dieter and the king spoke several minutes about the importance of conservation and how they could work together in the future. The king told us we were the first Americans to visit him, this was a great start to our safari.
In the first three days , I shot a monster red flanked duiker, and a nice western roan. Joe shot a Grim duiker, Western hartebeest and a Kob, while Craig shot a great bush buck, hartebeest and buffalo. I was starting to
think the hunt would be over in the first week. We saw more game, then any other place I have hunted in Africa. Hanne's my cameraman, who lives in South Africa and films over 250 days a year confirmed this was the most game rich area he had ever visited.
Through the remainder of the trip, Craig harvested his hard sought after giant eland, and Joe shot a great buffalo and several other animals before the hunt was over. The remaining highlight for me was the shooting a 16 foot python. I am not going to say that hunting python is as difficult as hunting a giant eland, but if you don't like snakes, jumping down into a python hole can leave you with a few sleepless nights. However, all the digging and nightmares were worth the python rib dinner and python eggs for breakfast, a treat not readily available on most menus."
Mark is working on a few new videos to compliment Death by Double Rifle and Death in Masailand
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Jim Shockey Returns From Cameroon
Jim relates: I'm back from the Central Africa Republic safe and sound! Yahoo! Or at least safe and sound so far, I just spoke with my buddy and Professional Hunter Mike Fell who was along for the trip, and he informed me that the "parasite" he picked up on the trip is multiplying like some kind of alien in his intestines. He's on two types of antibiotics and is still losing weight by the day. That's not so bad, frankly it looked to me like Mike could stand to shed a few ugly pounds, but the whole alien colonizing Mike's duodenum is a little creepy. I'll be watching carefully for any movement at my end ... if you know what I mean. 
The trip was a success in terms of the animals we did manage to take (that's a forest sitatunga, above) and I'm glad I experienced that part of the world, but I can't say I'll run back there anytime soon. As we left the main camp to catch the charter plane back to Bangui the C.A.R. capital city, there were some scary-looking characters walking around, guys that looked like they knew how to use the AR-15's strapped to their backs. They wore black turbans and military fatigues, and I swear they were the most dangerous-looking people I think I've ever seen. I was told they were there as part of the private force of mercenaries hired to kill the Sudanese rebel/elephant poachers. From what I understood, the instant the last safari was over in a few weeks, this armed force was going to be unleashed with "extreme prejudice" shooting orders.
When we left, we heard the story of one safari truck that bumped into two dead elephants lying in the roadway. When they stopped, the Sudanese jumped out of the bushes armed and dangerous. It was tense, but the Sudanese let them go, after what is going to happen in a month or so, I'm not so sure this will be the case in the future. I guess with enough force, they can hold back the tide for a time, maybe a few more hunting seasons, but ultimately tides are tides and I'm afraid I don't see there being hunting in that part of the world for much longer. Sad situation. Welcome to the Dark Side of Africa.
Don't miss Jim's adventures around the world in Jim's Hunting Adventures.
Hope you enjoyed the March 2008 newsletter. We sure enjoyed reliving the hunts. We'd love to hear your comments at dukatsoutfitting@yahoo.com. See you in the field!
Susan and David Dukat
Dukat's
Outfitting LLC
www.huntingvideosonline.com
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