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In your opinion, who are the best in Zim for producing consistent results on trophy lion and leopard?


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For leopard I'd go Shangaan thumb
 
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Ian Gibson has a good rep for lion in Chewore North. Lots of PH's good with the leopard, perhaps more a matter of the concession and the type of hunt desired.
 
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First you have to define "Trophy Lion" and "Trophy Leopard"? Cool


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It always helps to hunt a good area Wink

Richard Cook gets results on lion even in hard to hunt areas, Wayne Williamson and Wayne Grant do the same with leopard (bait and blinds)

Tristan peacock is the houndsman for dogged leopard.
 
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if I was to hunt Lion again in Zim I would be booking with ether Buzz Charlton, Andy Hunter, Ian Gibson, Andrew Dawson, Barry Styles or Doug Carlisle .
 
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Lots of PH's good with the leopard, perhaps more a matter of the concession and the type of hunt desired.


I agree with Bill, I have hunted with Derek Adams of HHK and he is also very good on both Lion and Leopard. Between my father and myself, on three different hunts we have sat 5 nights in blind with 3 good Leopards collected.


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When it comes to leopards, I concur with Ganyana's mention of Wayne Williamson. While I haven't hunted with him yet, I would not hesitate to do so having met him and based on his high standing among his peers.
 
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Wayne williamson is hunting Tz full time from July to Nov.

He's fully recovered from the mauling he had. thumb


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For leopard I vote for Leon duPlessis. He consistantly kills one giant cat after another. I have never seen a density of large leopards like he has any where else, and he can get them in the salt. He doesn't get lion tags all the time but he got one this year and I will try and kill him in Sept. I will post a report when I get back.
 
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Norman Crooks has an excellent reputation in Zim.


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I know a lot of those guys and work with some of them. They are good, but I believe Norman Crooks is the best leopard guy in Africa. My clients are 7 for 7 with him on big toms so far this year. He does about half baited and half with dogs.


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You need to include John Sharp on this list!!
 
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SBT I pity you; sooo many choices beer


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Ronnie Sparrow produced a lot of cats from several countries. He lives in Zim but hunted a lot in Zambia etc.


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NORMAN CROOKS is not called Mr Cat of Zim for nothing. The man knows cats and by and large it is about all he hunts. I may be wrong but I don't think he has been skunked on Leopard with dogs in his career.
 
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You need to include John Sharp on this list!!


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another vote for John Sharp
 
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Theo Bronkhorst of Bushman Safaris has a good pack of hounds and a very good success rate on Leopard in Zimbabwe. I think he has been hunting hounds as long as anyone in the country.


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If you want a monster leopard.....hunt with Jonathan Hulme of Zambezi Hunters. Check it out at www.zambezihunters.com
 
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You've all forgotten about the Hallamores and Ivan Carter who posts here now and then. All have had excellent success. I got my leopard with Buzz so count him in too.

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Good luck getting Theo to hunt anything in Zim other than a way out. Last I heard he was dodging the Police. I paid him to dip, pack forward my and my stepdad's and friend's trophies from a 2003 safari. The shipment included a leopard taken by my friend under very memorable circumstances. All that P.O.S. has managed to do was take my money, lose the trophies and fail to communicate with me in any way. All permits were in order and the CITIES permits have been applied for and sent 3 times because of that S.O.B. If you want the gory details send a PM to Don Heath.

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Let's not forget the Duckworth's. When I asked Neil Duckworth about leopard success a couple of years ago he said that 20 out of his last 22 leopard hunters had shot a Tom leopard between 130-180+ pounds. Garry Duckworth also told me at the same time that all clients over the last 4 years had an opportunity to kill a mature lion.

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I don't know if they are my favorite but no bull them Duckworth boys run a damn good operation.
 
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LET'S NOT FORGEWT ROGER WHITTALL IN MY OPINION HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN ZIM.
 
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John Hunt of Georgia Safaris!!
 
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I would go with Gordon Duncan of Shangaan Hunters too for leopard (I did and the leopard I took with him is on the lower left of the three photos on the Shangaan link above).

Those cats pictured are from the Save' Conservancy, and there are a lot of them there. Gordon is excellent on leopard too. My leopard was the seventh leopard I saw during that hunt. It is a real trip to see them during the day.

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For the biggest cats in Zim I'd hunt in the Lemco with HHK or Save with Duckworth, Whittal, Hulme etc. Huge leopard and lion... limited availability on lion. Can hunt leopard at night.

In the Valley, I would recommend CMS and Chifuti but would want the Sapi, Dande North or Chewore North areas to hunt. Nice sized leopard for the Valley, but smaller on average than lowveldt cats and the lions were huge bodied but average manes, however I saw good numbers there. Just my $.02.


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HHK does not have Lemco any more.
It is a good area though.
 
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If I wanted a big leopard, I would hunt the Lowveldt area. I have seen two cats killed there that were huge with big heads. One was 16 3/4 inches which is well into the book. Check the most recent SCI book and see where the biggest cats are coming from and the PH whose name repeats. The problem with a question like this is if your PH gets you a cat he is the greatest and then he is recommended. There is a PH recommended who I hunted leopard with and I felt he was a reckless and from what I subsequently learned did not do well with cats.
I have not been to Zim for three years but when I was last there Butch Walker was highly recommended for lion and John Sharp was considered excellent for leopard. Things are changin fast in Zimbabwe. I would put myself in the hands of a first class booking agent and follow their advice.
 
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SBT I pity you; sooo many choices beer


I guess so! There are already more than twenty names mentioned in this thread, with a couple receiving more than one mention. Seems like there is no clear leader in the area but rather a number of good choices.


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If you look at HHK's website, they were 90% last year on a 16 leopard quota in the Omay. Average skull was 15". They state it is their best area and night hunting is allowed since it is communal.

Another good leopard man is Dries Visser (both father and son). They have over 100 cats between them and hunt multiple areas.


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This is a great thread. I appreciate all the good input.........except 500grains.

5g...you post the trophy, get us excited, and don't post the PH info?!?

Great Thread,

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You should consider Shaangan(Gordon Duncan/Glen Stockill)
 
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Thanks you guys, lots of information here to begin our research.


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SBT,
Did you take your Lion from a Blind or did you track him up?
 
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Norman Crooks is known as the Cat Man for good reason. His propertys in the West Nicholson area are famous for huge leopard.
I just spoke with his dog handler and he told me they picked up some more country for 2008 that has not been hunted for leopard in years. He was excited about it because they have spotted some big tracks.
Here are a couple of clients cats from this year. Some of these were on there 3rd and 5th try for leopard. Just not with Norman.
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We saw the lion three times before taking him. Twice walking the river and once resting away from the bait tree in the tall grass. I killed him from a bait.


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i took a 10'2" black maned lion and a 200# 7'10" 17 13/16" leopard both on the same hunt with jumbo moore in the loveld, but he it mainly in mozm now
 
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