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Originally posted by Grumulkin:
So, why are you carrying the "416." Is it to protect against animals or to kill poachers with?

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Originally posted by GunsCore:
I was heading to Zimbabwe anyway for a short canoe safari on the Zambezi river in Mana Pools with Natureway Safaris (recommended by Buzz Charlton) and came up with this idea.

I emailed CM Safaris and began a conversation with Myles and suggested that a good way to help fund their Dande Anti-Poaching Unit (DAPU) would be to let guys like me go out on patrol with them. The daily rate or sponsor rate in this case suggested (in this case, but it may change) by Myles would be $ 225 a day to be payable to Conservation Force disignating DAPU as the beneficiary thus qualifying as a 100% tax deductible charitable contribution.

I will not be in a hunting camp, but am bringing a backpack and sleeping bag as I expect to spend every night out in the bush sleeping on the ground. I will be eating sadza for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Myles is lending me his 416 to carry. It will be true 100% volunteer expereience which is why I am going to write off 100% of my sponsorship fee as a charitable deduction. I will also take a partial expense for my travel, but not all of it as I am also going on the canoe safari and then on to join Victor Watson of Wild Karoo Safaris in the Eastern Cape for a RSA plains game hunt where I can sleep in a comfy bed, take long hot showers and eat gourmet food. I am sure I will ready for a good brai by the time I get there.

Someone from CM Safaris (probably Bongo) is going to pick me up by boat at Chikwenya Lodge Harbor and then we will motor up the gorge to Dande. I don't know what really to expect except a very reasonably priced new adventure out in the bush where the wild things are. If this works out, then it could be used as a fund raising model by DAPU and others.

I will let you all know how things turn out in the hunt report section when I get back. I probably won't get around to posting it until the second week of June.

I have been a CPA preparing taxes for thirty years so don't give me any lectures about the legitimacy of writing this off.

Cheers,

Mike "Guns" Core

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
how many poachers can you harvest on this hunt?

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And if you harvest a poacher, what is the trophy fee, is it exportable and how long do you have to stay in jail?

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Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
Fujotupu- Mike is coming to join DAPU doing patrols picking up snares. They are not actively seeking out Ele poachers!!!! They will be based in ward 11 patrolling from a spike camp towards the villagers. Mike we are indeed looking forward to having you! Cheers Buzz