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I did'nt bother reading the story but it sure looked like all the animals were shot in the same location. Is this typical for multi-species hunts??
 
Well I'll put it this way. There sure is a bigger profit margin if you spend less fuel,and dont have to share a trophy fee with another land owner..In short,most outfitters will try their damndest to get you all your animals on his land. That way his profit margin is larger
 
what's the point of this post...
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First off, I'm new here and would like to say hello. :D

Secondly, I'm not an expert on Safaris. However, I do know about that particular one. That's because I was there.

It was a fantastic hunt. Very enjoyable. Very professional.

It was not a canned hunt. I won't go on a canned hunt and made that clear before paying my money. Yes, it is private property but the animals are not caged, they roam freely, as wild as any you will hunt. South Africa is very much like North America, very little to be hunted on very little public land. Almost all the land is private or corporate.

Also, that concession is frickin' huge. Over 11,000 hectares. Heck it covers more land than many towns. It's open hills as far as you can see. But, yes, there is power lines. South Africa is a modern country and they do have electricity. Most of the line were along the perimeter of the property.

As for the pictures, all of these animals were killed on different parts of the concession. Yes, there were non-hunters in one picture. That was at the lodge where we were staying and they were on a photo safari (they stayed in the hooch next to ours). The picture was made there because Ed had left his camera in the hooch that morning and we made the pic at the lodge (hence power lines and people).

We damn sure stalked far enough to get our shots too. That's what I wanted, no truck hunts and they don't do truck hunts. And I will gladly use them again for another overseas hunt. I am a very pleased customer!
 
I wrote the article on AR. If you were there I am sorry I missed you. Perhaps you were the guy opening the cages? I have no idea what point you are trying to make or why you would want to rain on my parade but I can tell this much, for a little over 2 grand American I had a much better time and my hunt was much less expensive than it would have been to go to Communist Canada for a couple of fleabitten old caribou that you can walk up to and poke with a bayonett.

I am one satisfied customer and I second JCalhoun's comments. We worked hard for these animals and I wouldn't have it any other way. I admit in my post that I shot that springbok from the truck but only after hours of chasing them all over the place and several attempts to make a stalk with no luck. We brought him back to the lodge and took pictures there because as Jody remarked I left my camera in the other truck. The fact that you cant tell the difference only shows that as stated in my post this area was wide open with short grass and very little natural cover. What is the problem with that? As far as I'm concerned it added a lot to the challenge. You couldn't simply hide behind a group of trees and walk in the animals. You had to work for them.

So since you have been on many an African adventure and seen it all and done it all I bow down to your greater experiance and your world renowned expertise in such hunting trips. After all this was my first time.

And by the way, our PH had no special reason to hunt this area, he does not own it. he set up our hunt were he did for reasons of his own and I have no complaints. This was a very short hunt in the grand scheme of things for a couple of working boys from the states. We are far from wealthy but we had the time of our lives.
 
wow, thanks for clearing all this up boys :roll: us Canadians were getting pretty upset about the power lines in the pictures of your African Safari






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I had a much better time and my hunt was much less expensive than it would have been to go to Communist Canada for a couple of fleabitten old caribou that you can walk up to and poke with a bayonett.

I wasn't going to bother posting on this thread but this statement forced me to do it. You sir are a dumbass. I would type more but my fingers are cold because I live in an igloo. Oh yeah, before I go and drink some warm maple syrup out of a bucket...I bet you had a nice big American flag patch sewed to your jacket and American flag stickers on your luggage and gun cases. Cause wherever you travel EVERYONE loves you.
 
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