We landed in Addis Ababa and had to go through Khartoum in Sudan, and then on to the Dati area of Ethiopia for our hunt. We went through customs which was easy and everything was excellent and very well organized. This hunt was set up by our Professional, Corey Knowlton again, and we'll be going for hippo, Nile buffalo and other species.

I can hear lions roaring off in the blackness and also spotted hyenas around camp here. We are hunting with Jason Ruossoso, who is from a very well-known family of professional hunters. We went out in the pitch black and saw about 400 hippos everywhere, but none big enough and close enough.

I did spot a big warthog, however, and got him right through the heart with my Nosler solid. And late in the day we caught about a 7-pound catfish with our hands ... we're going to eat it for dinner tonight.
 
The Next Day ...

Last night in camp there were all kinds of weird sounds. We went out in the morning and started across the swamp and saw a beautiful buffalo, but we couldn't get between him and thick stuff. Then there were six hippos heading for water and we got in range 30 yards away, fantastic footage, just not old enough. We let them go and they hit the water like submarines.

Later in the day we found another Nile buffalo drinking and got within 32 yards. We could have taken him easily, nice bull, but not big enough.