Africa. Hunting?

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Just looking to hear some thoughts or experiences.

Overheard a conversation at Chapters today.

A guy said he went on a hunt in Africa and was very, very disappointed.
He said that there was no hunting involved. He was taken to each animal said there ya go, shoot. according to the fellow telling story, he was then taken a few pics of, and the animal was left there for another vehicle to take care of and get ready. He said it was drive to the animal shoot. take pic, drive off.

now this may be typical, I'm not sure as I know nothing about it. I think this guy was expecting more of a hunt in the bush and some stalking perhaps, I don't know, but that's how it sounded. i also am not sure of the animals he spoke of, as the names were strange. there were about 5 species that he was speaking of.

What's your guys take on this? Is this a typical African Hunt? Maybe this is what this particular guide offers? Is this Considered hunting?

i have no oppinion as I have no clue about African hunting, but if that is all was to this guys trip, why not have the animals shipped to Canada and shoot them in a pen. It seems that the only thing he got from the hunt was the claim that he has shot these animals.

I know a few guides in Canada and the people they guide are part of the hunting team and help in just about all aspects.

I am not so curious about the guiding, as most people will do whatever there is a customer base for, and I see nothing wrong with it from the guides angle. but from the clients angle, is this a "hunting" trip? Does doing this make you a hunter?
 
Read my story of my hunt. My son and I shot 14 animals in 10 days, we climbed mountains, probably walked 50 km's through the thorns. Some animals were easy, but then sometimes Whitetail and moose are easy too.

My hunt was definitely hunting, it sounds like the guy you heard did an eastern cape put and take hunt. The animals we killed were wild.
 
If you have no experience with, feel free not to post!;)

On to the topic at hand, MartinBNS your hunt sure sounded awesome. When you were researching for your hunt, did you see different options with different guides so it was quite clear as to what you were getting?

Must have been a graet dad and son time too! right on.
 
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As with any business, there are those who wish to maximize the return, and minimize the effort. On our hunt there was some driving until we found spore, from then on we put in a lot of miles on foot. I certainly felt like I "earned" my buffalo. It is important to get the right PH.

The opportunity along the way to take game was certainly there, but for me it was a buffalo hunt, so I turned down a half dozen other critters I could of otherwise taken, and in the end I was quite satisfied with my wildebeest, impala, wart hog, and of course, the buffalo.

The experience of hunting on foot in the long grass, along sand rivers, and through the cool shade of imbugas, of having to work our way around elephants, to say nothing of seeing lions and the expectation of seeing lions very close range, has to be experienced to be believed. There was some exciting moments in the safari car as well, such as hippos appearing out of the dark on the way back to camp, running along side of us just a few feet from the vehicle, or being charged by an elephant.

It is unfortunate that the hunter you spoke of was cheated out of this.
 
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sealhunter said:
If you have no experience with, feel free not to post!;)

On to the topic at hand, MartinBNS your hunt sure sounded awesome. When you were researching for your hunt, did you see different options with different guides so it was quite clear as to what you were getting?

Must have been a graet dad and son time too! right on.
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I spoke to a whole pile of Ph's, i also went on the accuratereloading forums. The guy we hunted with is actually my Doctor's brother, so I was pretty comfortable I was getting what I thoguht I was getting. You could see fences when we were hunting, but we also saw kudu jump a 10 ft game fence, incidently it was the cow that was runnning in front of my sons bull and he shot it a second time just before it was about to leap.
 
Certainly sound different then what I heard. The conversation was only overheard by me. My ears perk up when I hear "HUNTING"

You can engage someone when you have hunted there yourself, but having real experience with African hunting, i chose to stay quiet and just listen, (nosey me:D)
 
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