Just to clarify:

I am almost positive that you can only bag 1-2 of each species in any given year, is that correct?

Or, is it that you can bag 1-2 of each species for each safari 'trip' to Namibia that year (if you go twice in 1 year...)or are there other limits by conservancy, ranch etc. ?

Yes, I could look it up in a couple of minutes, but I thought I'd just post the question here.

If any of you have any other interesting comments about other African country bag limits or historical bag limits that would make this thread even more interesting!

lefty,

It's a matter of yearly quota per concession as established by the owners(s), wildlife reps, etc.

If there are 15 kudu on quota for a given area and you show up after 14 have been taken and want two, special permission is usually required. I saw that happen on my first trip, the safari co. owner had to meet with the owner and his staff of wildlife reps to get permission for the extra kudu, which he got...

Only so many mature shootable males can be taken... Females can be culled or used as baits within limits, but usually the older, non-breeding cows/ewes.

PH's have to follow established annual quotas for all the various species within a given concession based on scheduled hunts/clients. I got this right from the safari co. owner over sundowners on numerous occasions. Lesser species like baboons, jackals, civits, etc. are usually done by discretion. One area I hunted in RSA had a non-quota for ALL predators, none were to be shot.

I vaguely recall discussing this with our PH last year. Seems like an annual bag limit of two per species was what he told us then. That was for a large conservancy, private land may be different. I'm sure it's also different for residents, who can shoot unti they're blue in the face if they own it or can afford it.

Another issue that may come into play is exportation.My PH said that I could take more than two of some animals if I wannted but that I should remember that only two of each species could be exported on any one persons licence.

So if more than two were taken ,the surplus could not be legally exported.

you'll also pay a steeper trophy fee for the second animal in most casaes

CanadianLefty
In Namibia, the dept of Nature conservation will only issue a trophy hunting permit with maximum of 2 per species, no matter if you are hunting on private land or not. However, if need be, you can ask for more, but you better have good and sound reasons for doing it. You can also hunt unlimited amounts of springbok, warthog, gemsbok and kudu on a registered (game fenced) ranch, or 12 small game (springbok, warthog) or 3 large game (kudu,gemsbok) or a combination of them (say, 8 small- and 1 large) on a "open" ranch, with a meat/ biltong hunt permit. These animal's trophies wiould be very difficult to export, however.