booked a africa hunt today leave aug 31 return sep 11. its a cheap cull hunt , but its all spot and stalk and no highfence. 1 nontrophy kudu 1 wilderbeast and 8 smaller animals lke blesbuck, springbuck, and such. im sure i will learn alot and will be quite fun, they will all be trophies to me. im going to have to put in some range time tried shooting of the tall sticks and im just not solid like when i sit and get my back elbow on my knee. so i have some work to go or do we call that fun.
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k_rad
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Congrats Catchdog I'm sure it will be the trip of a lifetime! I will be going next year for my wifes 40th birthday. I would like to go for Kudu only and then do all of the stuff she wants to do for her Bday(climb kilomonjaro, go to the crater etc). What outfitter did you use, how long are you going and where on the continent?
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thanks k rad Kubusi safaris , hunt will be 8 1/2 days i think its the eastern cape , land in east london. me and the wife will go next year she will hunt too . some day she might learn how to save some money but i dought it , so i guess she will just have to keep getting madd that i do and take a trip without her. happens every year
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You're going to have an excellent time.
K rad, you won't be able to do the hunt you've described quite like you describe it. You won't be able to do a kudu hunt in Tanzania without making it at least a 16 day affair, and at around 2,000 per day, that's one hell of an expensive kudu hunt. Besides, east african kudu aren't as large as southern kudu. If you're interested in a lead to someone with excellent quality kudu, send me a private message and I can put you on a south african PH who is excellent for big southern greater kudu. Here's a picture of the bull my son shot with him last year.
K rad, you won't be able to do the hunt you've described quite like you describe it. You won't be able to do a kudu hunt in Tanzania without making it at least a 16 day affair, and at around 2,000 per day, that's one hell of an expensive kudu hunt. Besides, east african kudu aren't as large as southern kudu. If you're interested in a lead to someone with excellent quality kudu, send me a private message and I can put you on a south african PH who is excellent for big southern greater kudu. Here's a picture of the bull my son shot with him last year.
i would like to here some info on taking your own rifle verses renting one there. cuz i here it can be a pain in the butt to take your own gun . lost guns ,broken guns,holes through hard cases,and alot of extra time at customs. a friend of mine told me if i take my own gun to wrap the scope and barrel with bubbelwrap put it in a soft case then put it in the hard case. what do you guys that go over there do.
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Make sure you post some pictures. Don't be surprised if the "cull" animals you end up with are pretty impressive. We've gotten some pretty impressive animals in our shop that weren't considered "trophy" animals, but I doubt anyone who didn't hunt Africa all the time could have told. They looked nice hanging up on the wall, I'll tell you that. Make sure you have any taxidermy work done over here since shipping whole mounts is super expensive and in my opinion the mounts I have seen from over there were super work. You'll have to have them dipped there, and you might even have them tanned there, but in the end it's much cheaper to have them mounted here.
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For an example of what I was talking about, look at jjhack's post about trophy kudu a few posts down. The one on the right wouldn't be considered a trophy, but if it weren't next to the one on the left, but were just on your wall, it would look great. Unless you're talking about scoring, a trophy is just something to help you remember the experience of the hunt. I've mounted small 2x2's for people before because they were the person's first deer. They still looked pretty and the person still enjoyed having them on their wall. You'll enjoy the experience.
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One other thing, taxidermy is often very expensive to have that many animals done at once so I would suggest getting them tanned there and shipped in one crate here. Then you can get them done as you can afford them, a few animals at a time. Just don't wait too long because after a year or two (depending on the type of tan) some of those hides start to loose stretch. Keep in mind a lot of the hides we get from Africa aren't in the best of condition. There are often bare spots and once in a while we even get some that weren't prepared properly (ears and lips not turned). We can usually cover up bat spots and blend them in pretty well, but they won't be the thick-furred animals we're used to here in North America.
Thanks again for all the info 67. I wont get all my animals done , pics will have to do for most. I will have to see how it goes.Hope to get one or two done if I get some horns. The others will be a trophy in my head but just a pic, on the wall.
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Just curious on hunts over there do you get to bring back any meat or is that not possible?
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You cannot bring home ANY meat at all, including Biltong. USDA will confiscate it the second they find it, and you can get in trouble depending on how much you try to bring home. Best advice is enjoy it while you're over there, and leave it at that. Besides, your safari operator will sell all of the meat that isn't consumed in camp, and that is an mportant part of their income.
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Dude......you're headed to East London? We just got back from a hunt there. Who is the outfitter, Kei River Safaris by any chance?
Get a Cabelas bulletproof case and your gun will be fine. It's not a big hassle bringing your gun over there, yes, it will take time in the airport to get it registered with the SA police, but it's a one shot thing, you get it done and you have the rifle you're comfortable with shooting for the whole trip. I'm SO glad I took mine because now I have some more stories I can tell about what I've shot with MY rifle too!!!!
You will enjoy the heck out of East Africa. DEFINITELY WEAR DEET as there are ticks there that are as small as a fleck of pepper and you can easily get (as I did) South African tick fever if you get bit. WEAR GOOD BUG REPELLENT!!!!! Hasta.....
Dude......you're headed to East London? We just got back from a hunt there. Who is the outfitter, Kei River Safaris by any chance?
Get a Cabelas bulletproof case and your gun will be fine. It's not a big hassle bringing your gun over there, yes, it will take time in the airport to get it registered with the SA police, but it's a one shot thing, you get it done and you have the rifle you're comfortable with shooting for the whole trip. I'm SO glad I took mine because now I have some more stories I can tell about what I've shot with MY rifle too!!!!
You will enjoy the heck out of East Africa. DEFINITELY WEAR DEET as there are ticks there that are as small as a fleck of pepper and you can easily get (as I did) South African tick fever if you get bit. WEAR GOOD BUG REPELLENT!!!!! Hasta.....
