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What hunt would you choose for 2016 and why? Lion in Zimbabwe or elephant bull in Namibia. We are planning our 2016 safari and keep going back and forth on which of the two adventures to put our money on. | ||
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John From what i read Namibia for elephant would be a great hunt. That would be my choice if i could manage the cost. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne | |||
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Given just one choice, I would pick the elephant. | |||
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Elephant Plain and simple " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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I've taken one Lion and multiple Elephant, including another bull last year in Namibia, and I have another Ele on quota this September in Zim. So I guess you know what my recommendation would be.  Best of luck on whichever you choose. Both will provide a unique experience and eventually you must have both.  Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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The one I have yet to shoot or Lion... I think less chance of importation of the trophy later. | |||
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Take a Lion while you still can & bring it home ! | |||
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My best bet would be for the Lion, but in an Area that you can take a tuskless ele. Best of both worlds as you are up close and personal with the ele herds trying to get the tuskless while playing a game of chess with the Lion... Scott | |||
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Easy choice for me. Elephant!! Go Duke!! | |||
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Ele for me too! | |||
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Lion with CM Safaris in the DSA With kind regards Mike Mike Taylor Sporting Hunting, Fishing & Photographic Safaris Worldwide +44 7930 524 097 mtaylorsporting@gmail.com Instagram - miketaylorsporting | |||
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Elephant! I see a trend here. | |||
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I would choose ele as well .. It is just the most addictive kind of hunting there is.. ... Only issue is - you might not be able to hunt lion in a few years time from now... And in addition - when you cannot import ivory to the US for the time being, then I might choose the lion first... I dont see a potential stop to ele-hunting in the comming years.. | |||
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John, Having been fortune enough to have done both a couple of times I'd pick the lion. Chances of success are probably somewhat less with the lion than with the elephant but the prize to me is well it. Personally when the right lion comes onto the bait after days and days shooting, hanging and checking baits it is the greatest thrill in African hunting. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Lion because I see hunting for it really in danger. Do it once while you can and then concentrate on elephant. | |||
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That would be my chose as well! I waited too long, when I could have, to hunt a tiger till they were banned, and the tiger will never again be legal to be hunted! I fear that the African lion is headed the same way though it is not endangered yet but once he has no monetary value to the locals he will be poached and/or poisoned to extinction by the local cattle raisers! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Elephant for me. I just don't have any desire to shoot a lion. | |||
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Lion.... there is something special about the lion and i would hunt them every year if I could..... | |||
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I'll buck the trend. I am a cat hunter and enjoy everything about the entire process. Elephant hunting is fun but for my money it is lion hands down. Lion or leopard for that matter! Safari James USMC DRSS | |||
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If I were to hunt lion it would be someplace wild where no one has assigned names to them.I guess that would have to be in another life! Even if there was such a place I doubt I could afford it.Oh yes,it would have to be with an open sight rifle only. | |||
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I would say lion - but to me hunting lion was a little overrated. Hunting wild lion is a mentally stressful hunt. I am scared of elephants so I have no interest in being near any let alone hunting one. Also doing a follow up on a wounded wild lion would scare the living daylights out of me. I would much rather hunt buffalo and I would much rather hunt eland to hunting buffalo. Mike | |||
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You cannot beat DG hunting and whether it be Lion, Elephant or Buffalo they provide us some of the finest sport on the planet. You hunt Lion in the twilight and mix with them in the gloom of night. It is one of the world's apex predators and hunted proper can be very thrilling indeed. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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You guys are no help at all. Now, I really want both. We still have several months to figure it out and drive ourselves nuts until the decision is made. In the end it will probably be lion because that's what the wife wants. Elephant will have to wait a few years for the Africa fund to build. | |||
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They are two totally different hunts. I have done both and enjoy the memories of both. Lion hunting is hard work keeping bait fresh. Elephant hunting is hard work as well but in a different way. The rewards are the same, however. Dutch | |||
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I want to do both. Lion with dogs is my dream and an elephant tracking hunt in Namibia in the desert area. | |||
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______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Hunting a Lion with BAIT! That is not a hunt but leering and not very sportive, if you call hunting a sport. Elephants hard work? I had an elephant standing outside my hut. | |||
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Sounds like Lizzy has a frizzy up her dizzy | |||
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You call baiting cats a hunt? GUNNY WITH A RIFLE UP HIS BUMMY. | |||
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Lion of course, but where is more important than what? If you pick the lion, pick the best place you can hunt for one - otherwise it might be less than fruitful. | |||
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I personally think that lion is the more fun hunt because you are shooting bait and it is more mentally challenging. It is more a chess match than an endurance exercise that elephant hunting can be. In the right spot, you will see lots of elephant, and being in close with animals that large is certainly exciting as well,so it's not a wrong choice either. Having said that, I would think the elephant hunt the safer venue financially at this time. | |||
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. oh Lord, Joloburn and the lunatic/PETA fringe is back :thumb down: Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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Since I have finished my African hunting and have killed a couple of Elephants and never got shot at a Lion it would be Lion hands down. If I could go my only regret would be all the aging restrictions they are now putting on Lion. I'm glad my hunting was during the last of the good era and not today. SCI Life Member NRA Patron Life Member DRSS | |||
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Lizzy, how informative. You must be experiencing a case of smegma mouth. Crawl back in your hole, douchebag. On ignore. Dutch | |||
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I'd love to hunt a lion, but my daughter idolizes them. She's misguided, but until she moves out of the house, it is an issue. She shows no signs of doing so (moving out that is). I'll hunt anything: Elephant, buffalo, cats, etc. All enjoyable, all different. | |||
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How about a tuskless ele as bait for a lion hunt???? "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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I only gave my opinion about hunting lions (leopards) with bait. I am not a lunatic PETA, I am just trying to understand hunters. If you call baiting cats hunting than there is something wrong with you or anyone who thinks that baiting is hunting. | |||
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jdollar: By the way, my reaction was on this comment.....so I replied also with a rhyme- | |||
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maybe i was wrong. perhaps you are not a lunatic PETA member- JUST A LUNATIC. your tag line pretty much says it all. go away, this is a hunting forum and it is obvious you have no personal knowledge base on this topic. remember, it is better to close one's mouth and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt..... Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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