One thing I really enjoy about this forum is it's friendliness thank you all for that!
Your friend from what used to live in a paradise that is now destroyed and who told you a landowner can invite overseas friends to hunt as his guests is quite wrong I'm afraid. In the old days, it was possible as long as no money changed hands at all.......... but now licences and permits have to be bought for any hunt and money changes hands there for a start and as I said, PH qualification and other game laws are currently changing and the intention is to enforce the laws s lot more than previously. His suggestion that the hunters can use the landowners rifles is also incorrect. The new(ish) firearms laws dictate that whilst one can loan a rifle to someone else, it must remain under the direct control of the owner at all times. Penalties for breach of that one, if I remember correctly is 5 years, plus fine and confiscation for both parties.
As far as Stones is concerned, it's none of my business what he does and as long as he knows the risks, he's master of his own destiny as we all are, and I wish him the very best of luck on his hunts and if he ever does get caught, I'd do whatever I could to help him out. All he'd have to do is call me. However I'd recommend he doesn't name names or places etc on public forum for the obvious reason..................
I guess I'm pretty experienced nowadays. I gained my first PH licence in 1980 and have hunted professionally in a variety of African countries over the years. Some a lot and some not so much. I won't go into it all here, but it's all on my website.
With the way thing are with the world economy at the moment, you'll not have any problems finding a good hunting deal and once you'ce decided on province, feel free to let me know if you need to hire young PHs..... there's plenty of 'em here. Most of the work we do now is in true wilderness areas such as the Selous Game Reserve Tanzania and these young guys are so desperate to get dangerous game experience, we must get at least two a month contact us and offer to work for nothing, if we'll give 'em a start in dangerous game hunting........... sadly, we can't help them as it'd cost us money to keep 'em in camp and we can't afford to let someone who lacks experience take our clients out. - But that's how desperate they are! - With the new game laws coming in, it's gonna be even harder for them.
I know what you mean about hunting wilderness areas rather than fenced areas. I hate game fences and am only really truly at home in somewhere like the Selous now. - The problem with hunting those areas is that it's a lot more expensive because of ultra high Govt fees and costs of bringing everything in and out. - Just a trip to the nearest 'shop' is a days driving to get there, a day buying supplies and a day back to camp again. - It is possible if you book with the right company, but even they/we have designated boundaries and allocated concession areas.
As you say, there's nothing can beat a good days hunting and then sitting round a camp fire with good friends and a cold can or a glass of good whisky.
I'm now sure that Sp4kman was acting in good faith and I hope my comments didn't offend, but I wanted to make sure no-one ended up in trouble through no fault of their own.
If you guys want to plan a hunt, I'll be happy to do what I can, whoever you book with. If you want to book a hunt with me, I'll do what I can to keep prices down.......... however, I won't drop my standards for anyone and you'd need to appreciate it costs what it costs and I doubt I could make prices any less than I posted above. I also don't tout for business and I don't haggle. If you want my services, you'll contact me, if you prefer to use someone else, that's fine with me as well.............and I'll still be happy to advise where I can.
Your friend from what used to live in a paradise that is now destroyed and who told you a landowner can invite overseas friends to hunt as his guests is quite wrong I'm afraid. In the old days, it was possible as long as no money changed hands at all.......... but now licences and permits have to be bought for any hunt and money changes hands there for a start and as I said, PH qualification and other game laws are currently changing and the intention is to enforce the laws s lot more than previously. His suggestion that the hunters can use the landowners rifles is also incorrect. The new(ish) firearms laws dictate that whilst one can loan a rifle to someone else, it must remain under the direct control of the owner at all times. Penalties for breach of that one, if I remember correctly is 5 years, plus fine and confiscation for both parties.
As far as Stones is concerned, it's none of my business what he does and as long as he knows the risks, he's master of his own destiny as we all are, and I wish him the very best of luck on his hunts and if he ever does get caught, I'd do whatever I could to help him out. All he'd have to do is call me. However I'd recommend he doesn't name names or places etc on public forum for the obvious reason..................
I guess I'm pretty experienced nowadays. I gained my first PH licence in 1980 and have hunted professionally in a variety of African countries over the years. Some a lot and some not so much. I won't go into it all here, but it's all on my website.
With the way thing are with the world economy at the moment, you'll not have any problems finding a good hunting deal and once you'ce decided on province, feel free to let me know if you need to hire young PHs..... there's plenty of 'em here. Most of the work we do now is in true wilderness areas such as the Selous Game Reserve Tanzania and these young guys are so desperate to get dangerous game experience, we must get at least two a month contact us and offer to work for nothing, if we'll give 'em a start in dangerous game hunting........... sadly, we can't help them as it'd cost us money to keep 'em in camp and we can't afford to let someone who lacks experience take our clients out. - But that's how desperate they are! - With the new game laws coming in, it's gonna be even harder for them.
I know what you mean about hunting wilderness areas rather than fenced areas. I hate game fences and am only really truly at home in somewhere like the Selous now. - The problem with hunting those areas is that it's a lot more expensive because of ultra high Govt fees and costs of bringing everything in and out. - Just a trip to the nearest 'shop' is a days driving to get there, a day buying supplies and a day back to camp again. - It is possible if you book with the right company, but even they/we have designated boundaries and allocated concession areas.
As you say, there's nothing can beat a good days hunting and then sitting round a camp fire with good friends and a cold can or a glass of good whisky.
I'm now sure that Sp4kman was acting in good faith and I hope my comments didn't offend, but I wanted to make sure no-one ended up in trouble through no fault of their own.
If you guys want to plan a hunt, I'll be happy to do what I can, whoever you book with. If you want to book a hunt with me, I'll do what I can to keep prices down.......... however, I won't drop my standards for anyone and you'd need to appreciate it costs what it costs and I doubt I could make prices any less than I posted above. I also don't tout for business and I don't haggle. If you want my services, you'll contact me, if you prefer to use someone else, that's fine with me as well.............and I'll still be happy to advise where I can.
hence the complexity of the rules, and as Shakari said it is only set to get worse hey ho
but if you are going on a cull hunt and non trophy in SA do not expect a pucker Safari. It will almost certainly be a fenced area, but there are fenced areas and fenced areas if you get my drift.
