WOOHOO Thierry - Now THAT is how you hunt!!

Phenomenal Leopard! Well done brother.

Phil

Congrats on a fantastic safari! Thanks for sharing

Torbjorn

Great hunt
nice cat and huge kudu!

Congratulations an a nice hunt.

Great report. Awesome leopard. Congrats!!


Doug

Congradulations guys,
Look at the head on that cat. HUGE!!!

I am a little jealous myself. Hmmm when is my next trip to Africa?

Wow! What an amazing hunt! Wonderful trophies and great photos to help remember them by.

Here are some more pics of the trip.

I really enjoy this report.
Keep it coming please.

WOW!! Congrats!

Let's see, a 60" Kudu, 30" Nyala, RW level Bushbuck, a Serval, the "Fat Bastard" of Leopards, and a mess of other really nice specimins.......ya I guess that'll do.

Thanks for posting. You certainly had a great trip. Congratulations on some fine trophies.

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Originally posted by tendrams:
Let's see, a 60" Kudu, 30" Nyala, RW level Bushbuck, a Serval, the "Fat Bastard" of Leopards, and a mess of other really nice specimins.......ya I guess that'll do.

What about my nice duiker and that very impressive 2"+ Grysbuck? Do they count as well.lol I think I really got it all didn't I! Spoiled rotten tot he core I think

Wow. Just wow.

Phil, next time we will have to improve on the Jackal, buff and porcupine. The porcupine you got has a few quills less than the ideal trophy porcupine

Impressive trophies (ja, except the porcupine ), fantastic photos and all in all a superb hunt. Congratulations Phil, Thierry, ZH and crew! Brute leopard, cat of a lifetime. I will join a few others and won't say I told you so Phil

Cheers to you guys

Outstanding trophies and an absolute brute of a Leopard. Excellent read.

Had to re-read and see more pics. What a trip. Congrats. Great photos.

I want to hunt with Thierry just once in my life.

Congrats to all.

Congrats on a great leopard!

That is exactly what i was looking for.

Don't stop. Keep posting pics! (And some narrative where appropriate!)

I can post a few pictures if you want.
Some might be doubles but here you go.


Here is something I never to wish upon anyone.


I guess this is how they move shop in Zim!!

I couldn't believe how the trackers would just dig their hands into the gut piles to smear the guts all over at the leopard baits and I felt bad about it. I brought some rubber purple gloves with me and thought I would help the cause by donating them. The look I got from Mudini was like you got to be kidding, I am not going to wear purple gloves hahahaha

Nice Pics

Were the elephant pictures in Nuanetsi? If so I did not know there were any there.

Yes they were from there. We saw 2 small bulls the one day and saw fresh tracks and trees pushed over every 2 or 3 days there. There was even a roaming single male Lion that was in the area

Congratulations to all involved.
Wonderful trophies.
Great report and pics.
Steve

What a TOAD of a leopard!! Awesome!

OMG!!!! You are now "hooked" forever!! Super trophies!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Hunts like this one contribute to the reason Labat won PH of the year last year. He is a true hunter. Congratulations to all involved.
So looking forward to my Trophy Bull Elephant hunt with Thierry.

Fantastic animals! Congrats.

Wow! Great leopard Phil! I definitely missed this report while I was gone.

Brett

Labat...PH of the year...? Really?
Does that mean Permanently Hilarious? Or Perpetually Horny? Or Probably Hiding (at the golf course in Harare)? Or Pissed and Happy? Or ....
I'm sure many can fill I some more blanks...lol
He is an Amazing PH and friend, and my wife and I just booked another great adventure with him for 2013!!
-memories you will NEVER forget!!
- I hunted with Nube this year, in Zim (we hunt all over together)..what a great time, great adventure, great friends, great area!!
Although I am still pretty sure that Nube and Thierry went ut and shot my kudu and nyala...
-Thierry has a new name by the way.....it's "Slip Knot"
-Thierry, when you get back, explain to the throngs of fans, how you came about your new name....

D

Thierry, realy, stop hunting now brother, you used up all your luck!
On a serious note, well done, you had a great year if you look at the reports. They speak for themself! Congrats man! Hopefuly get to shake your hand at Dallas or Reno!

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
Wow! Great leopard Phil! I definitely missed this report while I was gone.

Brett

I'm still waiting for your report Brett and don't want to miss it!! It was nice to chat on the phone the other night. It really has answered a lot of questions about my Marco polo and Ibex hunt. Thanks for the insight.

Great hunt and Great Report!!