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AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:08 pm

My name is Gideon and I live in Omaha Nebraska in the United States. After being gone for 21 years I find it difficult to write in Afrikaans, but have no problem reading or speaking it. I am an avid hunter, F-Class competition shooter and do some reloading and amateur gunsmithing on the side.

Looking forward to meet new friends and learn new things. Hopefully I will be able to return the favor.

Johan Nel · Post by **Johan Nel** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:12 pm

Gideon,
Baie welkom hier by ons op die forum. Vertel ons bietjie van die gewere wat jy besit en wat julle jag daar in die VSA.
Groete,
JHN

Penkop · Post by **Penkop** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:17 pm

Welkom Gideon,

Jy vries nou seker jou alie af?!

Wat jag julle daar oorkant?

Flip Nel · Post by **Flip Nel** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:24 pm

Welkom Gideon, jy gaan dit hier geniet

SNIPER · Post by **SNIPER** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:34 pm

Welkom Gideon

Baie welkom op JARACAL FORUM.

Ek luister graag wat jy jag en wat se roere jy het.

Groete

SNIPER

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:39 pm

Thank you for the replay. Nebraska is the furthest state East in the USA that has both Mule Deer and White Tail Deer. So I always start my hunting season with a Mule Deer hunt and as it gets colder I stick with White Tail, Mule Deer stay at higher elevations and harsher conditions than White Tail. I have been fortunate to hunt from both the Mexican border to the Canadian border and have hunted Wild Boar, Javelina and the occasional Coyote.
As for my rifles:
.22 CZ
243 Win – Custom target rifle based on Remington 700 action
270 Win – Remington 700 CDL
270 Win – Cooper Jackson Game
270 Win – In the process of building based on a Remington 700 action
280 AI – Husqvarna action with aftermarket barrel
280 AI – Cooper Jackson Game
300 Win – Remington 700 LSS
.50 – Savage ML 10 II
12 gauage – Remington 870
357 Mag – Taurus
And a couple more…

Pvdw · Post by **Pvdw** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:42 pm

After being gone for 21 years

Welkom hier Gideon.

Gideon is jy van SA of is jy oorspronklik van VSA en het net hier gewerk op 'n stadium?

Peet

PWV · Post by **PWV** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:43 pm

Welkom, Gideon.
Waar in SA het jy groot geword en wat doen jy nou in die VSA? Kom jy darem so af en toe kuier?
Maar net nuuskierig

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Lekker klompie roere wat jy het!

Groetnis

P.W.V.

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:46 pm

Peet,

Ek is gebore in Suid-Afrika en het my eerste graad daar klaar gemaak, daarna het ek verhuis na die VSA. So I can still write in Afrikaans, it is just cumbersome.

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:49 pm

P.W.V.

Born in Wellington and my brother and I both share the passion of hunting and fishing. We went on hunting and fishing trip in Namibia in 2011 and 2013.

I am currently working as a Software Engineer in the financial industry, but my background is in Software Development, Mathematics and Engineering.

Burger · Post by **Burger** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:58 pm

Baie welkom Gideon,

Nogal ironies, is S A het ons n groot verskeidenheid spesies om te jag en so maklik bekombaar. In U S A het julle die groot verskeidenheid gewere, vuurwapens en so maklik bekombaar.( Julle koop julle vuurwapens ens. sommer by Walmart of n algemene handelaar aan en kry dit sommer dadelik, soos ek verstaan)

As die twee werelde bymekaar gebring kon word sou dit die perfekte omgewing vir Sportskiet en Jag gewees het.

SAHunter · Post by **SAHunter** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:30 pm

Nou's my geheime "kontak" in die VSA wat gesorg het dat ek ook 'n Cooper kry, nie meer 'n geheim nie.

http://www.jaracal.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=27686

LongWolf · Post by **LongWolf** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:44 pm

Welkom hier.

Gooi vir ons so n paar fotos op van jou jag plekke asseblief.

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:51 am

I have added three pictures of the public land that I hunt on in Nebraska. We are very fortunate that there is a lot of publicly owned land that we are allowed to hunt on where we do not have to pay for the right to do so. Unfortunately the hunting pressure on these lands is great and you are not allowed to take any vehicles on it. So whatever animals you take down you have to carry and or drag out yourself. The Black Hills is in the northeastern part of the state at an elevation of a mile high, this does cause drastic changes in temperature and snowfall during the Deer hunting season. I have hunted here at -20 degrees in a foot of snow. The Sand Hills is in the central part of the state with wide-open spaces and nothing to stop the cold Artic air. During our rifle season, which is in the middle part of November, the wind-chill factor is normally in the low negative numbers. The eastern part of the state has a lot more trees and this is where I do my "late" season hunting in January.

Some statistics: The population of Nebraska is about 1.5 million people. Deer harvest reported in 2010 and 2011 were about 88 000. It dropped severely in 2012 due to drought and disease among the White Tail and Mule Deer. The state is about 550 miles (880 km) East to West and about 240 miles (384 km) North to South. Only three towns have a population of more than 50 000 people, with Omaha having the most at 400 000.

243Songdaug · Post by **243Songdaug** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:13 am

Hi Gideon. Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

theedge · Post by **theedge** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:17 am

Welkom Gideon, jy gaan dit hier geniet

spekieries · Post by **spekieries** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:20 am

Môre Gideon

As ek so na jou lys gewere kyk, lyk dit my jy het 'n liefdes verhouding alla Cooper met .270. Baie welkom dit is altyd interessant om te hoor hoe manne in ander lande dit doen.

Jean Marais · Post by **Jean Marais** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:25 am

Hallo Gideon

Welkom hier. Glo ons gaan baie by mekaar kan leer. Ek het die voorreg gehad om die afgelope naweek 'n jongman vanaf Kanada op 'n jagtog te vergesel. Hulle het die land verlaat to hy maar 4 jaar oud was, en was ek verstom oor hoe perfek hy nog Afrikaans kan praat.

Ek haal my hoed vir julle ouens af wat na soveel jaar nog kan Afrikaans praat. Dit wys my, julle is Boere in murg en been.

Groete

vriell · Post by **vriell** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:29 am

Hi Gideon,Baie welkom hier.Dankie vir die interessante jagnuus . Ek het in Wellington gewoon vanaf 1984 tot 1992 en was daar in die kommunikasie bedryf.Wonder waar julle gebly het en jou van asseblief as dit moontlik is.Dalk ken ek jou ouers.Het julle in die dorp gebly of een van die omliggende plase ? Ek het baie met die omliggende boere en inwoners van die dorp te doen gekry in die tyd wat ek daar gebly het.My oudste seun was daar op skool in Hugenote Hoër en is ook naby jou ouderdom so dalk ken jy hom. Sy naam is Ettiene .Toe ons verhuis het hy aangebly en sy skool loopbaan daar voltooi.
Geniet dit hier en laat hoor van jou.

win270 · Post by **win270** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:36 am

Goeiedag, Gideon. Ek hoop nou werklik nie jy is dalk die nuwe "Oom Pine" op hierdie forum wat alreeds 'n paar manne om die bos gelei het nie!! ;-) Nietemin, stuur sommer foto's van jou gewere ook en vertel wat doen julle met die wildsvleis. Terloops, wat is die pryse van gewere en ammunisie daar in jou kontrei?

Groetnis van 'n sonnige Suid-Afrika waar die wild volop is en die jagveld vir 2014 ons alweer inwag.

jamalley · Post by **jamalley** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:23 am

Hallo Gideon and welcome. Nou is my engels klaar, behalwe vir Coka Cola

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:50 am

Win270,

I am eager to hear more about "Oom Pine" at some later time. The price of rifles and ammunition has rized dramattically in the past two years, but it is very difficult to compare prices in US dollar vs SA rand. No matter how you look at it hunting and shooting is the gift that keeps on giving, it is not cheap. I dampen this by stockpiling all rloading components, since we don't have restrictions on the amount we can buy. I will post some pictues of soke of my rifles in the future. I just don't have a good enough camera for quality closeups.

AfricaAmerica · Post by **AfricaAmerica** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:58 am

spekieries,

You are correct about your observation that I love the 270 Winchester and Cooper rifles. I have owned four Coopers in my life and think they are unequaled in craftsmanship for the price. As for the 270, I think if you can have only one rifle for antelope hunting the 270 can do it all and at a very manageable level of recoil.

ROBBIE1 · Post by **ROBBIE1** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:22 am

Welkom Gideon, jy sal dit geniet hier.

GreyGhostGear · Post by **GreyGhostGear** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:31 am

AfricaAmerica wrote:My name is Gideon and I live in Omaha Nebraska in the United States. After being gone for 21 years I find it difficult to write in Afrikaans, but have no problem reading or speaking it. I am an avid hunter, F-Class competition shooter and do some reloading and amateur gunsmithing on the side.

Looking forward to meet new friends and learn new things. Hopefully I will be able to return the favor.

Gideon, is jy nie dalk buurman van Warren Buffett nie? Hy kan seker help met 'n sent of 2 vir 'n trippie Afrika toe

Net vir interessantheid, hy het seker 'n reuse invloed in Omaha en weet jy of hy self gejag het in jonger dae en of hy pro-jag is?
Cheers

JARACAL

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