What’s sort of budget do you need to shoot Buffalo?
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Cumbrian 1
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I’m hunting Zim this September for buffalo and tuskless elephant all in price excluding flights and shipping of any trophies is $30k
long_range_rob
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Quite simply, more than I have 
Cumbrian 1
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Most likely she’ll change the minute the vows are exchanged, what’s the old joke - I married a nymphomaniac after six months the nympho left and I’m stuck with the maniac!
sikamalc
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In 1998 I took a 6 day safari for Buffalo on the edge of Lake Kariba. It was tribal lands, unfenced with Russ Broom safaris, through Paul Stone. It cost if I remember rightly £6,000 that included the Buff and all meals etc 1x1.
If I were looking now I would look at Mozambique. I would expect to pay between £10,000 and £15,000 for a 5 to 6 day hunt, including the Buff. I have a contact if you want any help.
Whitefront
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Money is a renewable resource. Our time on this earth is not. Or so I am told.
Australia could be a good shout.
www.australianoutfitters.com
High prices but I doubt there will be any local warlords who show up in a truck armed to the teeth to take you hostage
Price List - Australian Outfitters by Andrew Mackay
Water Buffalo Banteng Scrub Bull Wild Boar Your pickup and return point is Darwin Airport where you will be met by Andrew Mackay, and then driven to our hunting concession. Download our latest brochure. The safari includes: All meals and accommodations while hunting, services of...
www.australianoutfitters.com
High prices but I doubt there will be any local warlords who show up in a truck armed to the teeth to take you hostage
@Heym SR20 ......I came across this to illustrate a point. Now I accept that this is in a fenced property BUT 9000 acres is a pretty big area and it is quite possible to have a fair chase hunt without the fence getting in the way!
www.africahunting.com
Cape Buffalo Cow Hunt Late Season Special
Kemp African safaris proven to be #1 hunting Outfitter for Buffalo ….Many pursuing had the noise of breaking branches as their final sound ever heard ,Cape Buffalo feared and known to turn the tables on a hunter so quickly that the hunter may be too slow to realize he is indeed the one being...
www.africahunting.com
There is also another outfitter on African hunting offering a buffalo hunt on the edge of the Kruger Park. The reserve is open to the Kruger so you will have a chance to be in with lion and elephant in the courose of your hunt.
Mattanaja Safaris, Dieter Prinsloo is the man’s name.
Mattanaja Safaris, Dieter Prinsloo is the man’s name.
Cumbrian 1
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IMHO a DG hunt is all about watching the team of trackers do their work, I am simply an armed observer waiting to do my bit when required.
Early morning is spent looking for fresh tracks and then you can expect to walk 10-30km no problem.
DG hunting is being part of a team and it should be physically (and at times mentally) challenging, yes you can be lucky early on and simply stumble on to a herd.
I doubt you will get the same experience on a fenced reserve unless is is seriously big, I suppose what I am trying to say is that the hunt should be a holistic experience where perseverance wins, when you wake up on the 8th day and force yourself to get out of bed to have an other day under the intense heat of the equatorial sun to hopefully try and connect with an old bull. Then you will feel like you have achieved something.
Early morning is spent looking for fresh tracks and then you can expect to walk 10-30km no problem.
DG hunting is being part of a team and it should be physically (and at times mentally) challenging, yes you can be lucky early on and simply stumble on to a herd.
I doubt you will get the same experience on a fenced reserve unless is is seriously big, I suppose what I am trying to say is that the hunt should be a holistic experience where perseverance wins, when you wake up on the 8th day and force yourself to get out of bed to have an other day under the intense heat of the equatorial sun to hopefully try and connect with an old bull. Then you will feel like you have achieved something.
Dorset Shakari
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This morning I've seen advertised a reasonable looking 7 day Buff hunt in Zim, 3 hours south of Bulawayo, on 20,000 acres, for USD 9,000. Or for around USD 12,000 you could hunt in the Save Conservancy, which is enormous, which comes highly recommended.
When I was in Harare resting after my hunt in March I was offered a PAC (crop raider, probably) elephant for USD 2,000.
It doesn't have to be expensive, particularly if you are not interested in repatriating trophies.
If I was looking for something "authentic", I would avoid South Africa, as generally everything is small, fenced, or has pylon lines, and likely has the game crated in.
When I was in Harare resting after my hunt in March I was offered a PAC (crop raider, probably) elephant for USD 2,000.
It doesn't have to be expensive, particularly if you are not interested in repatriating trophies.
If I was looking for something "authentic", I would avoid South Africa, as generally everything is small, fenced, or has pylon lines, and likely has the game crated in.
Whilst I know I would enjoy a hunt like this and I’m sure the location is beautiful, you would always know you were in a fenced area. It’s the owners ability to release game/breed game and know it’s contained that stops the experience being truly wild.@Heym SR20 ......I came across this to illustrate a point. Now I accept that this is in a fenced property BUT 9000 acres is a pretty big area and it is quite possible to have a fair chase hunt without the fence getting in the way!
Cape Buffalo Cow Hunt Late Season Special
Kemp African safaris proven to be #1 hunting Outfitter for Buffalo ….Many pursuing had the noise of breaking branches as their final sound ever heard ,Cape Buffalo feared and known to turn the tables on a hunter so quickly that the hunter may be too slow to realize he is indeed the one being...
You’ve clearly not been to AustraliaAustralia could be a good shout.
Price List - Australian Outfitters by Andrew Mackay
Water Buffalo Banteng Scrub Bull Wild Boar Your pickup and return point is Darwin Airport where you will be met by Andrew Mackay, and then driven to our hunting concession. Download our latest brochure. The safari includes: All meals and accommodations while hunting, services of...
High prices but I doubt there will be any local warlords who show up in a truck armed to the teeth to take you hostage
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