Can a Tanzania license be split among two hunters? I look at the prices and I cannot afford Tanzania but possibly could do so if myself and a hunting buddy could split the quota on a license. Is this possible?

You need to ask this question of individual outfitters.

+1 to you need to talk to the outfitter.

In any case, the actual license is pretty minimal, its the daily fees, trophy fees, and such that add up. I have seen more than a few hunts that were 2x1, where the hunters split the quota (one got the lion, the other the leopard, etc.) but as I recall both had their own license, and it was not as cheap as splitting a 1x1 hunt in half.

Some of the short buffalo hunts were not too much different than Zim/Zambia a while back- and you could take some of the PG species (but not all)

Speak with Aaron Neilson as I'm pretty sure I remember him discussing purchasing the 21 day license, but hunting fewer days than that which would make it much more affordable. I may be wrong on that so check with him.

Folks have been doing that for some time, but I think both hunters need to have a license to be legal. Check with your PH.

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Originally posted by LittleJoe:
Can a Tanzania license be split among two hunters? I look at the prices and I cannot afford Tanzania but possibly could do so if myself and a hunting buddy could split the quota on a license. Is this possible?

They changed the game acts a few years ago but it was definitely illegal under the old act and I'm 99.99% sure it's also illegal under the new ones.

What can happen is two hunters can have a licence each but split the animals so there are fewer animals on each licence but the Govt still get hunter fees (as opposed to one hunter fee and one non hunter fee) but the savings to the hunters are obviously a lot less.

Does it happen? - Sure it does but it's a lot more of a risk nowadays than it was years ago when it was (at least partly) accepted as fairly common practice and even more of a risk if the people concerned are Americans because of the Lacey Act.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Folks have been doing that for some time, but I think both hunters need to have a license to be legal. Check with your PH.

Correct! There's NO REASON for each hunter not to have a license - the licenses are cheap in TZ!!!!

I guess I am misinformed on this subject. I thought the license was what made the safari so expensive. Why is Tanzania so much higher than other places? Thanks.

Justin

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Originally posted by LittleJoe:
I guess I am misinformed on this subject. I thought the license was what made the safari so expensive. Why is Tanzania so much higher than other places? Thanks.

Justin

UHHH.... It starts with daily rates that are north of $2,000 per hunter per day. Then concession fees on top of that, conservation fees, lots of trophy fees, etc. That's why!

Why are the daily rates so high compared to other countries? It looks like there are fees fees and more fees but it is such a special place.

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Originally posted by LittleJoe:
Why are the daily rates so high compared to other countries? It looks like there are fees fees and more fees but it is such a special place.

A combination of things. Partly because Govt fees that are many and varied are so high and partly because the areas are so far away from civilisation day to day running costs of the hunting operation are so high.

When every can, bottle, vegetable, nail, screw, pipe & gallon of fuel are a day or more away then the costs escalate very quickly indeed.

There are other factors but those are the main ones.

Steve and Aaron got it right.

For any individual to b able to hunt he MUST have a license.

The license entitles him to hunt.

Even if he shoots only one animal, he is required to have a license - it could be of any of the offered duration.

The outfitter will have his quota, and that can be split between the hunters.