Dear all, i have had a last minute offer on buffalo in the Doma area with Ben Kotze. Is there any advice anyone can give me about Ben and the area?

I have had plenty of PG in RSA, but this is my first DG hunt.

thanks so much for the advice.

cheers, tm

Doma Safari area is the escarpment country to the south of Dande south , south east of Chewore south and east of Lowveld hunters Mukwishi area.
Doma is well known for Sable but the fact that it is surrounded by such great Buff areas, one would imagine it would also hold good Buffalo.
I would think there should be quite a few springs in that part of the Zambezi so the Buffalo would be found not far away during the dryer late season.

I hunted Doma a few years back when it was still offered to local hunters on auction. It is a beautiful area with some amazing views. Our hunt was in September and National Parks had burnt out a lot of the area. The buffalo populations were pretty good at the time but the hunting was quite hard due to the constant swirling wind, lack of cover in some areas due to the burn and high grass in other areas.I have hunted extensively throughout most of Zim and have yet to experience encounters with lions as we did on this hunt including frequent raids into our camp. You will need to be very fit to really enjoy your hunt as the terrain is mostly very steep / hilly. Hope this info helps.

Only place I have ever hunted Elephant in the mountains. Didn't even know they could go such places as I saw them go. Good Buffalo but really hard hunting for me. LOTS of huffing and puffing and not just by me. Sable were really extra nice. All I took was a nice Bushbuck for camp meat. Not for lack of trying or lack of game. Lost an Elephant when he made it across the boundary. Couldn't follow.

It used to be good, but I have heard that the bush meat market has hurt it real bad,

I know they literally killed everything at Chinoyi and thats just South of Doma but pretty close...

To you for what its worth, and I am just passing on hearsay..I have no way of knowing if its true or false information.

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Originally posted by zimbabwe:
Only place I have ever hunted Elephant in the mountains. Didn't even know they could go such places as I saw them go. Good Buffalo but really hard hunting for me. LOTS of huffing and puffing and not just by me.

That sounds a lot like Makuti in the Escarpment areas. I haven't been to Doma yet.