Originally Posted by Tophet1
You mentioned fair-chase. I would submit that the length of your safari will have to increase if you want to take that many animals. You can do one or even two per day but only from the back of a truck.


Ok Tophet1 and where is your point of reference from making such a statement?

The only animals that require a whole lot of time are elephant and sometimes buffalo. Bushcraft would be able to hunt all of the PG mentioned in his hunt list in a 14 day trip and still have time to spare.

In the Kalahari area where the proposed lioness hunt is to take place there are no pens. The smallest pen would be in excess of 10 000 acres simply because properties out that way cannot be small because of yield per acre per animal. In fact a 10 000 acre property would simply be too small to be considered a viable property. As is the case in many parts of Australia.

Bushcraft did a complete analysis of what the potential costing structure will be based on the available information. Now what needs to be done is to get details about membership to different professional hunting organizations to determine if the outfitter has ever been expelled (heck what is the English for that?) for fraudulent or criminal activities. References should be followed up on and that should settle the credibility of the outfit.

Once you are happy with your outfit you need to decide on what your budget is going to be and based on that you can make an informed decision. Is there a reserved price on the hunt, ie, 50% of the valued total, 30%? Mostly that information is not disclosed so as not to effect the bidding price. Once you have decided you are happy with everything why not make a bid on the auction?

Oh, and by the way, finding nyala in the kalahari is just as easy as finding a springbok in the Kruger National Park.