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Guys,

A friend of mine has got 2 buffalo bull hunts in South Africa on offer for US$10750 per hunt including a very comfortable camp & the trophy fee on the buffalo bull if anyone is looking for a good hunt at a more than fair price.

The hunts are 7 days (hunting) duration and plus travelling time & takes place in the Greater Kruger Park area which is the area adjoining the Kruger Park and no fences between the two areas. You could expect trophy quality to be in the region of 36-39 inches although bigger is always a possibility.

Plains game is also available in the same area or if you prefer to move to another area for the plains game after you've got your buff then that's possible at no extra charge.

I've gotta say, I was selling buff hunts at this price 15 years ago so it's a very good price.

I've known the PH/Outfitter for many years and he comes with my highest possible recommendation.

Please email me at numzaan@zoho.com if you need further details.

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The problem with buff hunting is that it's so addictive. I hunted my first one something like 30 odd years ago and have hunted a fair number since then but if I had my choice of what to do if I had one day of healthy life left........... I'd go buffalo hunting! :)

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That's expensive! I can get them for 4k when I go over.

Tell me where you can get a similar product that's legal for anything like US$4K?

 

RSA buff hunts are usually running at something in the region of US$15K

 

A reasonably good Tanzanian buff hunt at over US$25K

 

A Uganda Buff hunt was selling for around US$20K 2 years ago

 

The trophy fee alone in Zambia is currently about US$3K

 

In Zim, the trophy fee alone is about US$3500

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Tell me where you can get a similar product that's legal for anything like US$4K?

 

RSA buff hunts are usually running at something in the region of US$15K

 

A reasonably good Tanzanian buff hunt at over US$25K

 

A Uganda Buff hunt was selling for around US$20K 2 years ago

 

The trophy fee alone in Zambia is currently about US$3K

 

In Zim, the trophy fee alone is about US$3500

It's uk £4k granted this does not include a trophy fee but his trophy fees are really good I have 2 shoulder mounts from my last hunt 10 skins and 5 sets of horns coming back and to have them all done its cost £800 uk. That's with field and stream taxidermist.

Its at Benito's bow hunting there and 2 other hunting lodges next to his found the same it's in thabazimbi in the Limpopo Provence. I'm there in September again all legal I go every year. I shot the kudu in my pic there that was £400 uk. I have a day trip out to for a crocodile that's costing 3k as long as I get one. His prices are really good for all the animals and the lodge is all 5 star. You can use bows or rifles.

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It's uk £4k granted this does not include a trophy fee but his trophy fees are really good I have 2 shoulder mounts from my last hunt 10 skins and 5 sets of horns coming back and to have them all done its cost £800 uk. That's with field and stream taxidermist.

Its at Benito's bow hunting there and 2 other hunting lodges next to his found the same it's in thabazimbi in the Limpopo Provence. I'm there in September again all legal I go every year. I shot the kudu in my pic there that was £400 uk. I have a day trip out to for a crocodile that's costing 3k as long as I get one. His prices are really good for all the animals and the lodge is all 5 star. You can use bows or rifles.

And the trophy fee for the buffalo bull is & who is the PH?

 

Perhaps also a website & full name of the outfit & outfitter?

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I don't go with an outfitter I do it direct with Benito he doesn't have a website but its at letsatsi safari. Google Benito's bow hunting and u should get all the info you need.

OK. The only Letsatsi Safaris I could quickly find is based in Botswana & not RSA & IF (note the big IF) no licenced outfitter and/or properly licenced (for that area) PH is involved in the deal, you're breaking the law big time & could very easily end up doing serious time in a South African jail plus lose all equipment used for the hunt & to access the hunt.

 

It could be that the guy is correctly licenced & goes through a correctly licenced outfitter that you just don't know about but you need to check that VERY carefully indeed for you own good. Make a point of getting both the PHs & Outfitter's registration number & check those with PHASA.

 

If you can buy a good quality cape buffalo bull hunt for UKP4K or US$6K plus anything like a half decent trophy fee, you need to add on 20% then go onto AR & offer the hunt there.......... because you'll make easy money. :)

 

I've been in the African hunting industry for 33 years & guided safaris in 7 African countries over that time & don't think I can ever remember prices that low in all that time.

 

It's always worth remembering that if something looks too good to be true then it probably is. ;)

 

Area & populations are also vitally important & you may well be comparing apples to oranges.

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I've hunted with Benito for 5 years he's legit it's a 3500 hectare bit of land which he owns with 2 other lodges both with 5000 hectares. He has been world archery and bow hunting champ before and helped with the bow hunting legislation in SA he's quite well known and gets booked up for the year very quick. I know him from the world archery champs so have always booked everything direct with him. I've seen the buffalo they all look good and massive one of the hunters from the US shot one last time we where there it was huge.

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I'm not saying he's not good or even not legitimate just that you need to be 110% sure that everything you do is absolutely kosher because if it's not, then you can end up getting your **** punched in some prison cell.......... Sometimes (actually quite often) things in Africa aren't always quite what they seem and you're always well advised to watch your own back.

 

I'd like to know more about the area you mention and how it compares to the GKNP?....... the reason for that, is you suggest the hunt I mentioned is expensive and believe me, it's not.

 

The prices you mention are quite simply unheard of and have been for decades rather than years and I have to wonder why someone would sell a hunt at this price in this day and age when they could sell them for considerably more. As I said though, if you can buy buff hunts at that price, you need to be selling them on because you'll make some decent money.

 

That hunt, assuming it is kosher, is an unbelievably good deal and less expensive than any buff hunt I've known of for many years........

 

If nothing else, you need ot book it for yourself and get over there asap before the prices go up. LOL!

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I'm not saying he's not good or even not legitimate just that you need to be 110% sure that everything you do is absolutely kosher because if it's not, then you can end up getting your **** punched in some prison cell.......... Sometimes (actually quite often) things in Africa aren't always quite what they seem and you're always well advised to watch your own back.

 

I'd like to know more about the area you mention and how it compares to the GKNP?....... the reason for that, is you suggest the hunt I mentioned is expensive and believe me, it's not.

 

The prices you mention are quite simply unheard of and have been for decades rather than years and I have to wonder why someone would sell a hunt at this price in this day and age when they could sell them for considerably more. As I said though, if you can buy buff hunts at that price, you need to be selling them on because you'll make some decent money.

 

That hunt, assuming it is kosher, is an unbelievably good deal and less expensive than any buff hunt I've known of for many years........

 

If nothing else, you need ot book it for yourself and get over there asap before the prices go up. LOL!

Ill get you some details and the full address Ill pm them over to u. I've never fancied a buffalo I seem to shoot oryx and kudu when I'm there and warthogs love them. He has leopards on there to but has failed to get me a license for 2 years so I've given up on that.
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I'll be very interested in seeing full details & inclusions/exclusions etc.

 

You gotta be VERY careful about RSA leopard permits because the system is such a super mega bugly stuff up and you also need to bear in mind that RSA leopards are notoriously canny because the farmers have been killing them by any and all means possible for donkey's years. - My advice would be that if you can only afford one leopard hunt in your life, you don't go to RSA but rather go where the cats are easier and with a PH who has a lot of cat hunting experience.

 

This might be of interest to you though. . http://www.shakariconnection.com/hunting-mr-spots.html

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Ill get you some details and the full address Ill pm them over to u. I've never fancied a buffalo I seem to shoot oryx and kudu when I'm there and warthogs love them. He has leopards on there to but has failed to get me a license for 2 years so I've given up on that.

Got any news/info yet?

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