I received this from a booking agent's newsletter and wanted to pass along Chad is opening.



Chad

Chad is opening again! For those of you who would like to collect the rarest of all kudu, the western greater kudu, or a red-fronted gazelle, or a korrigum, Chad is the place. The security situation is calm for the moment and hunting operations are beginning again - thanks to the work of our friends at Club Faune. The hunting area, Melfi, is a private concession, a 6 hour drive from N'Djamena. This is hilly savannah country, with several small mountains. The Accommodation is had in comfortable bungalows with en-suite facilities. The hunting season is from January to April. Shooting quotas are small - we have enough to offer one safari in 2015 and three more safaris in 2016. Aside from the main targets of safaris to Chad (mentioned above), there are also small quotas for the following species:

Western roan
Western hartebeest
Bohor reedbuck
Western bush duiker
Western bush duiker
Warthog
Civet
Golden jackal

Looked at a duck hunt offerred there a while back. Would have been an interesting trip, but I bowed out. Lot's of French troops there at that time. Don't think they were there on vacation. Haven't kept up with how it is today.

Any buffalo available?

http://www.huntingreport.com/c...nt_issue.cfm?id=1579



Follow-up on Valencia Expeditions
(posted May - 2015)

By Barbara Crown


In our February issue we reported hunting would reopen in Chad this season, and told you about the safaris on offer there by Club Faune (www.fauna-safari-club.com; cyrus@club-faune.com; 011-33-1-42-88-31-32). Then last month we reported on a second operation in Chad, Valencia Expeditions (www.valenciaexpeditions1917.com; michaelvalencia1@cs.com; 213-399-0831), run by Michael Valencia. We were eager to hear from subscribers heading to Chad to hunt this season, and now we have word from longtime subscribers Alan and Barbara Sackman, who completed a 14-day safari with Valencia Expeditions in February.

Alan Sackman has not filed a report, but he gave us a look at an article he prepared for another publication detailing his hunt, which he said was challenging but successful. They took red-fronted gazelle, western greater kudu, patas monkey, warthog, genet and side-striped jackal. Sackman's PH on this hunt was local operator Fred Maroteaux, and Barbara Sackman hunted with PH Jean Beguerie.

The Sackmans traveled through Paris to N'Djamena, where they cleared baggage and found that the Meridian Hotel was full despite their having made reservations. "Chad is not a travel mecca," according to Sackman. They managed to stay at Novotel, and caught the one-hour charter flight to camp in southeastern Chad, along the border of Zakouma National Park (normally a nine-hour drive).

"On the afternoon of our arrival I was fortunate enough to shoot an excellent red-fronted gazelle, one of only two that we saw in 14 days," says Sackman. "As I would find out in the following two weeks, game in this area is very sparse, with the exception of baboon, warthog and guinea fowl. As the primary trophy in this area is western greater kudu, that's what we set out for."...

Any Tuaregs on license?

Any buffalo?

http://jimshockey.com/media/galleries/chad-2015



Link to Jim Shockey's photos from his 2015 hunt in Chad.

Tauregs? I'd be more concerned about Boko Haram.

Good to see Jim Shockey hunts with something besides black powder. Certainly some cute kids and very, very handsome people.

Boko Haram is NOT an issue in Chad. The Chad, Niger and Cameroon armies along with help from some Special Forces advisors from the U.S. have pushed them far back into Nigeria. I was in Cameroon in March and things have settled down quite a bit from late in 2014.

well Tchad had been always with troubles. will be at the CAR border, Niger, Lybia or Nigeria now.

those troubles are stil on.

Boko Haram attacked in February the village of Ngouboua so even if they are weaker there is alaways a possibility.

hope one day to go back to Ndjamena but if it was my shoes no way for now ...

So Aoudad and Ibex?

Maybe?

Did someone has prices?

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
So Aoudad and Ibex?

Maybe?

I think maybe you're thinking North Sudan?

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Originally posted by boarkiller:
Any Tuaregs on license?

I've never heard of any Tuaregs in Chad. Where does this information come from?

Bockhunter,

In the complete article published in the Hunting Report, Mr. Sackman has the price for the hunt as:

14 day hunt with Valencia, $39,000 U.S. not including hunting license, gun permit, trophy fees, charters and transfers, hotels before and after safari.

Peter Flack took an Aoudad in Chad, I had figured there were Nubian Ibex as well.

This

http://www.peterflack.co.za/bo...sFlackHuntsChad.html

Sudan has been closed for a long time. I think Angelo Dacy tried to open it again about 2008, but it didn't work.

The last safaris I remember were from the 1990s.

quote:

Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
Sudan has been closed for a long time. I think Angelo Dacy tried to open it again about 2008, but it didn't work.

The last safaris I remember were from the 1990s.

Unfortunately you're right, it would have been fantastic if he could have opened the country to hunting again. I actually spoke with him a couple of years ago and he was still trying at that time, but nothing came of it. Sudan and Chad are both on my list of places to hunt.

The ibex is what made me think you were talking Sudan as there aren't any in Chad, just the aoudad. Aoudad would be fun in their native range!

Greg

Interesting, I had thought the sheep and ibex had the same historic range. I just read the IUCN and the Ultimate Ungulate on nubian ibex and it seems as though Ibex never went west across the Sahara like the aoudad did.

Neat stuff.

Michael Valencia is always at the SCI convention if you want to speak to him there. His email and phone number are in the post from Kathi yesterday also.

I know Michael well and he is frequently out of the country so he is quite frequently hard to reach. If you would like to PM me questions I can be sure they make it to Michael and ensure he gets back to you as soon as possible.

No, I'm not a booking agent for him, I just know him well and consider him a friend.

Cute kids. Didn't see any buffalo.