OGB - "a day's drive" can be a bit subjective but, there are a couple of "Big Shows" in PA that are somewhere around a 9-10 drive from SC.
http://tristateoutdoorexpo.com/https://nepaoutdoorshow.com/https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/I've personally never attended any of them but, have read numerous online reports from people who have.
I have not personally hunted in ZIM but, from all the online info, that is most likely the least expensive buff hunting combined with the most wild/free range experience available. Only negative side to ZIM is there are still a number of current/former Mugabe linked govt officials who are still on the US govt list of people banned from doing business with. A number of them have been involved in the white farmer expulsions/farm takeovers. There is a least some limited potential to a US hunter possibly unwittingly getting jammed up if hunting on one of these properties or the PH doing business with them by taking unwitting clients hunting on those properties. Low probability but, it still hangs in the air.
Strongly encourage you to do some pretty diligent online digging on the outfitter/PH and be sure to ask what properties/concessions you'd be hunting on there. Even using a US based booking agent is still no guarantee they have done their due diligence either. Not saying don't go to ZIM, just saying be cautious and ask a lot of questions. Lots of guys go and have zero issues and have GREAT trips.
