I was fortunate to take a male lion in 2011 in Zimbabwe, as well as my second elephant, buffalo, and hippo. Only two lions were taken that year in a concession as large as Rhode Island. I wanted to do this before lion hunting became illegal. I now have all of my big five except for rhino, which are basically no longer huntable, and leopard.
Now the Obamunists have made it illegal to import elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and
Tanzania, the two countries where most are taken. If I were you, I would contact Atcheson's to set up a DG safari. Mine did not cost as much as Hatari indidcated, at least not four years ago.
The population of sub-Saharan Africa is about 1,000,000,000 and projected to hit 3,000,000,000 by the end of this century. Meanwhile, the US population becomes more anti-hunting every year. I suspect the only African dangerous game hunting, if it survives at all, will be for buffalo and perhaps canned lion hunts in South Africa. Plains game hunting will survive behind high fences in South Africa.
If you kill a lion, get a necklace or lavaliere made from one of the dew claws. It is a trophy you can wear and is priceless in the sense that your friends and associates cannot go and buy one.
