Ok,less say you have a budget of $20k to spend and this will be your last chance to hunt africa. Where do you go and what do you hunt?

a hunt with buzz charlton for at least 3 elephant cows.

and my 505 gibbs will be coming with me.

Another great option is a ten day buffalo hunt in Masailand, Tanzania. A classic East African safari where big buff are found and the Masai still tend their herds of cattle like they did in the days of Hemingway and Ruark!

Except the rich Masai that drive around in cars and wear wristwatches.

I go with 700Nitro's plan and hunt at least three tuskless cows.

JPK

I think given the budget of $20,000 I'd have to agree with bwanarm. The Masailand buffalo hunt might give you the highest quality safar iexperience for the dollar with the opportunity to take some truly excellent trophies. Of course the same money would buy a 4 buffalo hunt in Mahenge. Hmmmm!!!

Mark

Either a buffalo hunt in the Selous or a buffalo/plains game hunt in the delta in Botswana. Also consider buffalo and sable in the Luanga Valley in Zambia. I guess if I had to pick one it would be the delta.

I would go to Tanzania for a buffalo and plains game hunt.

First, last or in-between I would hunt elephant with a few baboons at the end.

Does $20,000 buy you the best safari? If so, I've overpaid in a BIG way

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First, last or in-between I would hunt elephant with a few baboons at the end.

500grain! I like your thinking!!!

I can't imagine anything more exciting than tracking/killing a lion on foot. I'm pretty darn sure that you can do that with a very, very good chance of success in Burkina Faso for way less than 20K and even throw in a Western Buffalo. The lion's mane won't be MGM, but the lion will be mature and quite heavy, maybe even heavier than East Africa.

That aside and if East Africa calls, the four buffalo hunt that Mark is pitching is pretty amazing... or you can do a ten day hunt 1x1 in a luxury camp in the Selous with two buff... you will feel like a king.

But for me... Two P.A.C. elephants for 15k.. add a kudu, a half-dozen baboons and an impala or three to eat. 14 days in Africa, great food and wine, lots of excitment, interaction with locals. Can't beat it. I'll do it next year and plan to do it for your budget.

Africa is huge. It offers about whatever you want. Just do it and hope you live/win lottery/find out a rich uncle died or something.. GO... Go... Go!

If lion can be done for 20K, no doubt that would be my choice without question. Other than that, a repeat of my hunt last summer would do very nicely. jorge

For 500 grains....




Now as to the where.... Africa being a large place I would have to include a stop at some of the scenic highlights such as Vic Falls, and Table Mountain. So a part of my trip would be just plain sight seeing. But when the down and dirty time approached I would want it to be in as unspoiled an area as possible for whatever the best trophy for the budget would allow. It wouldn't matter, a Buff or a Lion, or a Leopard, or an Elephant... It's about being there.

MHO

dd

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I can't imagine anything more exciting than tracking/killing a lion on foot. I'm pretty darn sure that you can do that with a very, very good chance of success in Burkina Faso for way less than 20K and even throw in a Western Buffalo. The lion's mane won't be MGM, but the lion will be mature and quite heavy, maybe even heavier than East Africa.

That's all fine for those of you that speak French, but I can barely speak English.

Pardon, s'il vous plait, Charles:

My PH in Burkina Faso was born in Canada and spoke English better than I... but it could be a problem, of course if you didn't consider language during booking and PH selection. And Burkina Faso sure as hell ain't the posh stuff of East Africa, but there is game to be had!

I do agree with the above poster who included Vic Falls and Table Mountain in his must do list.. there are other must do places, of course, but Vic Falls during high water is a true wonder. Dinner at the buffet at the Victoria Falls Hotel (if it still exists?) is a life-changing experience. 1115 and I were in pure awe with the whole display and the floor show. It's been three years since I've been there, but a night there and an evening at the Boma (though theatrical) are pretty darn wonderful.

Just waking up at the Sea Cliff and watching the sun rise over the Indian Ocean... or the whoop of hyenas and the muddle-fuss of hippos in the Selous, I can't wait do any of it again.

Damn, fellows and ladies... second to the Great Commission.. I'm a missionary for Africa and for enjoying it all, at least once!

Judge, who was your ph in Burkina?

I'd do it Walter style!!!

How many piggies can you get for $20k???

I love piggies!!

FB

For me it would depend on why this was a "last hunt". If I found out tomorrow that I had a terminal illness, I would probably exceed the $20K budget immediately and book the absolute best elephant area possible. If I had simply decided (possibly temporarily) that I wanted to hunt elsewhere for the rest of my life and wanted one last African safari, I think I would follow 700s lead and book a bunch of elephant cows just for the experience.


JMHO,

John

The Burkina PH was Clark Lungren. I don't know if he is still hunting or not.

20K wouldn't cover it but if it was the very last I would con a banker into a loan to cover the balance and be off for Mt Nyala etc.

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Originally posted by 308Sako:
For 500 grains....

If you will give me your address, I will come over and shoot that baboon off the rafter for you.

500, I miss the bugger as I haven't seen him in 4 1/2 months. Though this Saturday evening we will be sharing cocktails! My original plan was to have 3 of them in the see, hear and speak mode... alas the best laid plans often go astray. Frank Zitz would be pleased to hear that you approve of his work. He's a local lad I've know since his teenage years. We're just a few (liberal intrepatation) miles north of the Vintager's Cup Shoot in Millbrook, well that general area.

For my last hunt, I hope to go with my sons and daughter again - anywhere as long we are together.

If that is done, then I would hunt baboons, warthogs and the rest is gravy.

Best answer yet and probably the best one coming.

JPK

I think I'd go with Mark into the Mahenge for four buffalo! That is about the best use of $20K I can think of!

Last hunt? Where and what would depend on why. If you're insinuating pending death I've been telling friends for years that in such a situation I'd mortgage all I can (a bit more then $20K and go shoot till the money runs out. The last round would be for me with previous instructions to the PH that should "anything happen to me" be sure the crocs or scavangers pick the bones enough to hide the evidence... yeah I know it's insurance fraud but what the hell, you're gonna die right?