by FTW SAAM | Testimonials
After watching this lion sleep for two and a half hours, not even throwing mud nor a jackel could wake this snoring lion up on the first night in the blind, it was all action the next morning. It wasn’t more then 10 minutes in the blind, when he emerged from the bushes and headed curiously right towards our blind at 23 yards. Mark, my PH said “if he takes one more step shoot him” ! So I did. Thanks to SAAM my first shot was a killing shot and got a massive lion scoring 27-4/16″, which would tie him for 8th place, unfortunately he will shrink, but believe I’ll be the number one woman.
At exactly 14 feet he is a monster, and the croc of my dreams. He came up on a bank and at first I thought it was just a rock outcropping, but another staff member came running into camp to report a big croc. We had seen another good croc the day before so a blind was built. I just had to cross a small channel of the Kafue River ! ! to get to it. Well dialed in at 96 yards, I aimed for the end the smile and hit my mark, he flipped over and I took what I thought was a brain shot as did the Ph. Eight men could hardly get the croc in the boat. It took the winch on the Landrover to get him out guesstimate to be 1000 lbs. and between 65 and 75 years of age. Thanks to everyone that help to make my shooting skills vastly better than when I started my safari course.
There he was at the top, about 250 yards up. We waited to see if he would come down, several of the ibex with him were coming down after 10 mins. one of the spotters said that the one coming down to the left was him. Got him in my sights and squeezed the trigger another one-shot kill. Hooray SAAM thanks, I did my job but again I was told he was not the big one. He will score in low gold at 44″.
by FTW SAAM | Testimonials
My time spent at FTW is the ONLY reason I was able to successfully harvest this Montana Elk at 533 yards. Their training and exceptional staff are second to none
Wesley T. Myers, MD
by FTW SAAM | Testimonials
I was on a spike elk hunt in NE Oregon near the tiny town of Tollgate. The shot was about 350 yards using my Weatherby 30-378. My buddy Dan Meyers was sitting next to me on a hillside when I shot. We both got different spike elk at the same time from the same herd.
Kenneth
by FTW SAAM | Testimonials
Our time at FTW was an amazing experience and gave us the ability to ethically harvest animals at longer distances all the while ensuring we needed only ONE shot!
Crumpton Family
by FTW SAAM | Testimonials
I had a mule deer tag for Montana and was privileged enough to hunt the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch in Dupuyer, Montana this last week (5-7 November). Charles and I had 2 solid days of glassing and stalking through 60 mph winds, rain, snow and sleet from before sunrise to sunset. On the third morning I was finally successful and got a nice classic 4×4 mule deer from an off hand shot. (I had set up in prone position while in sight of other bucks, but could not get a clear target on the animal). The SAAM course was truly life changing for me. Going in with little gun knowledge and an open mind are the keys for success. The 4 day course sequence is key to building gun knowledge and muscle memory for when the adrenaline is running high in the heat of the hunt. I felt confident behind the gun, and could hear Dave and Gene telling me . . . build the house . . . ride the bull . . . squeeze and freeze . . .and don’t booger flick! The muscle memory of these techniques behind the gun was a game changer! You truly only have one first shot!! Riding the bull allows for the follow up shot to finish it. I highly recommend the FTW/SAAM course to anyone that wants to be 100% confident behind the gun.
Becca H
