Your choice, lion or elephant

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27 June 2014, 07:26

John Weaver

Your choice, lion or elephant

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.

27 June 2014, 07:59

Bwana338

John

From what i read Namibia for elephant would be a great hunt.

That would be my choice if i could manage the cost.

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27 June 2014, 08:56

Saeed

Given just one choice, I would pick the elephant.

27 June 2014, 08:58

boarkiller

Elephant
Plain and simple

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27 June 2014, 10:24

LionHunter

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.

27 June 2014, 10:27

buckeyeshooter

The one I have yet to shoot or Lion... I think less chance of importation of the trophy later.

27 June 2014, 10:35

Sarg

Take a Lion while you still can & bring it home !

27 June 2014, 12:12

sjb

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

27 June 2014, 12:53

Texas Blue Devil

Easy choice for me. Elephant!!

27 June 2014, 13:23

Orvar

Ele for me too!

27 June 2014, 13:30

miketaylor

Lion with CM Safaris in the DSA

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27 June 2014, 15:24

srose

Elephant! I see a trend here.

27 June 2014, 16:21

buffalo

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..

27 June 2014, 19:21

MARK H. YOUNG

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.

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27 June 2014, 20:53

jaegerfrank

Lion because I see hunting for it really in danger. Do it once while you can and then concentrate on elephant.

27 June 2014, 22:09

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by jaegerfrank:
Lion because I see hunting for it really in danger. Do it once while you can and then concentrate on elephant.

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!

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27 June 2014, 22:28

TerryR

Elephant for me. I just don't have any desire to shoot a lion.

27 June 2014, 22:59

Caracal

Lion.... there is something special about the lion and i would hunt them every year if I could.....

27 June 2014, 23:12

Safari James

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!

28 June 2014, 00:13

shootaway

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.

28 June 2014, 00:33

Beretta682E

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

28 June 2014, 00:34

fairgame

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.

28 June 2014, 00:59

John Weaver

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.

28 June 2014, 01:19

Dutch44

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

28 June 2014, 03:05

dogcat

I want to do both. Lion with dogs is my dream and an elephant tracking hunt in Namibia in the desert area.

28 June 2014, 03:32

ForrestB

quote:
Lion with dogs is my ~~dream~~ nightmare

28 June 2014, 05:46

Lizzy

quote:
Originally posted by Dutch44:
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

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.

28 June 2014, 06:05

gunny

Sounds like Lizzy has a frizzy up her dizzy

28 June 2014, 06:15

Lizzy

You call baiting cats a hunt?

GUNNY WITH A RIFLE UP HIS BUMMY.

28 June 2014, 06:53

Aaron Neilson

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.

28 June 2014, 07:43

crbutler

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.

28 June 2014, 08:22

jdollar

quote:
Originally posted by Lizzy:
You call baiting cats a hunt?

GUNNY WITH A RIFLE UP HIS BUMMY.

. oh Lord, Joloburn and the lunatic/PETA fringe is back :thumb down:

29 June 2014, 02:06

zimbabwe

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.

29 June 2014, 03:37

Dutch44

Lizzy, how informative. You must be experiencing a case of smegma mouth. Crawl back in your hole, douchebag. On ignore.

Dutch

29 June 2014, 05:03

lavaca

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.

29 June 2014, 07:39

Nakihunter

How about a tuskless ele as bait for a lion hunt????

29 June 2014, 07:42

Lizzy

quote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
quote:
Originally posted by Lizzy:
You call baiting cats a hunt?

GUNNY WITH A RIFLE UP HIS BUMMY.
. oh Lord, Joloburn and the lunatic/PETA fringe is back :thumb down:

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.

29 June 2014, 07:44

TrophyShotPrints

Elephant

29 June 2014, 07:45

Lizzy

quote:
Originally posted by gunny:
Sounds like Lizzy has a frizzy up her dizzy

jdollar:
By the way, my reaction was on this comment.....so I replied also with a rhyme-

29 June 2014, 07:46

jdollar

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.....