RE: Let's Here About Your African Hunts
I've been there and you can see my pictures by doing a search on Archers Choice forum. I strongly adviseagainst a package hunt in RSA** they all look good until you get there and don't get an animal in the package...try getting your prepaid trophy fee for that animal back..ain't gunna happen no matter what they tell you even if it's in writing.A contract with an operator 10K miles away means nothing.
A good hunt can be had in the Limpopo prov of northern RSA. By all means stay clear of the trips to the Cape are of RSA!!!!! you may as well hunt in a zoo...animals such as fallow deer are offered thereif that tells you anything. Good hunts abound in Namibia. Namibia is the best deal I've found and I've been 3 times. As a rule the daily fees are better as are the trophy fees. As for flights from the east coast of the USA to Jo'burg if you pay more than $1500 during the high season you're paying too much. An alternative is to go thru Frankfort Germany then onto windhoek in Namibia or Jo'burg in RSA......I advise staying out of Jo'burg if at all possible when traveling with guns. also skip British Air and transfers in London...major mess.
A great safari in Namibia for 8 days and 4-5 great animals( kudu,gemsbuck,zebra,warthog)with air from JFK rnd trip shouldn't run you more than $6000 all in. And that's staying in a 5 star lodge with 5 star meals.