Interesting.....just checked on the Qatar Air website and they seem to still be accepting bookings from Doha to Windhoek three days a week. At least you could select days and flights both ways. I didn't go thru and try to complete a booking but it did let me select the dates for both directions from the end of Oct thru Dec.

But as you say, the official hunting season ends in a few days anyway so it's all pretty moot at this point. Fingers and toes crossed for near "normalcy" after the first of the year and before the season opens on 1 Apr.