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Thinking about scheduling my hunt plans in Zim around SAA airline special that ends June 15th.. I’ve always hunted more towards the end of their winter mid-July to late August. Is there still too much water and greenery first half of June?? MopaneMike | ||
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Mike, June is fine for Zim and even earlier is fine. Ideally August onward is a litte better but it is much warmer also. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Mike, I've hunted in Zim during February and yes, it was hot, but the mornings and evenings were fine and midday was no hotter than our southwest during summer (over 100 degrees). I was there last June and it was excellent hunting. As a matter of fact, if you want the Kudu rut, go in late April/early May. Cheers, David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I have hunted in May and it was thick. I think I prefer later than May, but it would depend on what I was hunting and where. Elephants like the still green jess, so do buff. I'd hunt buff later. JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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I suppose it depends on where you are and what you are after. I was there in June in 2007 and the grass was quite long. For my purposes it worked out but late in the year when the leaves are down and the grass is burned it might be easier to spot game. What does the PH say? ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Charles.. I've alway's felt & heard that end of July and all of August begining of Sept were the best times due to lower water, grass down & vegitation thinning without it being too hot.. MopaneMike | |||
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I am no expert but I think that later is better for those reasons. The PH could probably tell you more. Buffalo might be harder than elephant in the thick jesse, for example, although thicker vegetation gives you more cover for stalking. However, I had a great time in June nonetheless. But I was not hunting buffalo or plains game (we did see some buff although we were not looking for them). Edit: For clarification, I would hunt June again, but that is me. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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I hunted in June (6-20) and in Sept 1-12. June was much nicer temperature-wise and the kudus were just about at the end of their rut. That's really the only difference I saw. There had been a drought in June, so maybe that evened things out, but we saw lots of game both times. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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I hunted Zimbabwe in May after a summer of exceptional rainfall and it was not good except the bird population was exceptional. The grass was just too tall and the temperature was a bit uncomfortable a few days. Sort of eerie driving down two tracks with eight feet of grass on either side or stalking a herd of eland and watching them disappear into a sea of high grass. There was standing water everywhere and we usually got stuck at least a couple times a day in mud. The golden orb spider population had exploded and they were everywhere, at the end of every day the aerial in the center of the front hood was coated in spider webs quite thickly and it was a bit of a distraction keeping them out of the open cab. I talked to people that hunted the same place that year in June (still not good) and late July/early August when the hunting was good again. I hunted the same place in July of a different year in the midst of a drought and the hunting was very good. The place had a good water supply. | |||
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Prefer early to late for most species. Especially if clients cannot shoot straight. Can get then 20 yard shots on lion or buff  | |||
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So when is the ideal to hunt Leopard in ZIM? Do you want the tall grass? | |||
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odie, when I was in the Zim low veldt in February, those damned Orb spider's were in the center of every trail we drove down. Our long whip antennae would catch their web and of course, I'm sitting in back on the bench with the PH's son. Dodging those critters quickly became an "every man for himself" course in survival. I still get the heebee jeebee's thinking about those hand sized arachnid's...dammit! Fortunately, I've never had that problem in June or July, and where we hunt the forest keeps the grass from being high...another place they could launch sneak attacks. Cheers, David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Typically, early in the season is best for cats. Free 500grains | |||
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leopard is best when the bush is thick , its harder for the cats to hunt and in thicker brush they are more comfortable moving in daylight .. many areas also have better elephant hunting when its still green , buffalo are good all year round in most areas , but plainsgame is definitely better when its drier .. mopane mike , what animals are you hoping to take .. "The greatest threat to our wildlife is the thought that someone else will save it” www.facebook.com/ivancartersafrica www.ivancarterwca.org www.ivancarter.com ivan@ivancarter.com | |||
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I did a May hunt in Zim with Roy Vincent many years ago. We hunted 24 days in Deka, and it still is, by far, the best hunt I've ever had in my life. Bush was a bit thick, but outstanding hunting. We hunted from May 3rd through 27th, or something like that. | |||
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I hunted in the Dande in May of 2008. It wasn't one of the my best hunts due in part to insanely thick vegetation. I much prefer July onwards in the valley. | |||
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