Let's Here About Your African Hunts

sid828 · 07-11-2007, 03:50 PM

Love to see pictures and stories of your African Safaris. Did you have a great outfitter, did you have a great experience,and will you go back?

http://freewebs.com/hartsafarispictures

sid828 · 07-11-2007, 03:53 PM

Opps did not add the www. The site is:

http://www.freewebs.com/hartsafarispictures

boonecountybowhunter · 07-13-2007, 10:29 PM

buddy I wish I had a good huntin story about Africa, but I think I can only dream about hunting there!! lol

younggun308 · 07-14-2007, 07:58 AM

Some members have been to Africa, it sounds neat, but I really don't know much about the animals there.

If I were to choose an animal to hunt, the Greater African Kudu would be on my list.

sid828 · 07-14-2007, 08:33 AM

There are a lot of misnomers about the cost of a plains game hunts in South Africa. You can find great deals on a combination of taking five trophy animals for as little as anElk hunt. I know one package that offers 5 animmals: Cape Kudu, Blesbuck, Impala, Bushbuck, and Springbuck all inclusive for under $3,000. This hunts is a full seven days, great meals,fabulous scenery, great guides, and best of all trophy quality animals.

younggun308 · 07-14-2007, 08:36 AM

Can you give me a link to that outfitter? It sounds cool.

boonecountybowhunter · 07-14-2007, 10:18 PM

yeah that does sound good! I didn't realize African hunts were priced like that. But like younggun308 I know nothing about the animals over there. I wouldn't even know what I wanted to hunt haha. But I'm sure i'd have a blast no matter what I was hunting over there

James B · 07-14-2007, 10:38 PM

Better check the air fare.

boonecountybowhunter · 07-14-2007, 10:53 PM

yeah you're right James
thats where they get ya! hah

sid828 · 07-15-2007, 08:58 AM

Air fare is quite expensive. The Airlines get you! Travel for two is $3000.00 and its a 33 hour totalflight. 18 hours from JFK to Johannesberg. Here was the total price of our trip in April.

1 X 1 hunt $2995.00
7 full days of hunting - 9 days total
5 animals:
1 Kudu
1 impala
1 blesbuck
1 common spring buck
1 bushbuck
All transfers and transport, meals, accommodation, trackers and
skinners, field prep of trophies, local beers and wines, laundry

Connie is on non-hunter package:
$1050.00
7 full days - 9 days total
All transfers and transport, meals, accommodation, local beers and
wines, laundry

Total package price:
hunter$2995.00
observer $1050.00
________
total $4045.00
airfare $3000.00
dip pack$ 550.00 for 5 animals
grand tot.$7595.00

This is a lot of money, no more than a guided Elk hunt or Moose hunt. We saved for five years for this trip and it was an experience I will never forget. We are saving right now to go back.