Pierre VonTonder

03 August 2024, 22:55

JTEX

Pierre VonTonder

Met with Pierre at the Texas Trophy Hunter show in Houston

We are trying to put another hunt together in the Selous for next year. He's got some great deals there! After last years hunt I can't wait to do it again.

03 August 2024, 23:11

Biebs

I hunted Buffalo with PVT many years ago....great PH and hunt.

03 August 2024, 23:13

Pierre van Tonder

Nice seeing you Jim...and looking forward hunting with you again ,,, thanks for the visit ..we will be attending the FortWorth show as well!

03 August 2024, 23:17

Pierre van Tonder

Hi there Biebs ..yes we had a great hunt ..nothing like hunting the Selous

03 August 2024, 23:19

Biebs

Without Larry? :-)

03 August 2024, 23:21

Pierre van Tonder

Biebs ,,, yrs we had a great hunt, cant remember which part of USA you live in ... if you can come and say hi in FortWorth will be good seeing you again

04 August 2024, 10:25

Hoot Murray

My wife and I had a most wonderful safari with Pierre in the Selous. It' good to see that Pierre is doing well. With all the turmoil in Tanzania the last couple of years, Pam and I were worried that Pierre would be forced out.

04 August 2024, 12:02

Saeed

The Dutchman! As Ray Atkinson calls him.

Pierre is my friend.

Hunted with twice.

He put up with all Walter’s shenanigans.

And my food preferences!

His wife, Anali, is the perfect host.

Have a video of him carrying Walter on his back, crawling on his hands and knees, because Walter was complaining he couldn’t walk!

Walter couldn’t shoot an impala, because there was a blade of grass on the way!

Pierre went ballistic!

He repaid Walter by guiding him to a log!

And made him shoot it!

I could write a book about their adventures!

Walter shot a warthog, and wounded, than ran out of ammo.

He had three rounds.

The warthog lying on the ground, Walter screaming at the top of his voice.

BULLETS!

BULLETS!

As I got close to him to give him more ammo - he was using my rifle.

He had the rifle by the barrel, trying to kill the warthog by hitting it with the rifle stock!

Hunting with Pierre is pure pleasure!

04 August 2024, 16:52

Pierre van Tonder

Hahhahah yes Saeed Walter was one of a kind .... we laughed most of that safari, i remember him giving me that very strong Pepper extract burning the living daylights out of me and Ray telling me to help for the burn i should eat salt ...which works exactly the other way .... Great memories

07 August 2024, 08:35

lavaca

Pierre,

Still remember your generosity back in 2008 when I was hunting with Miombo in R8, I believe, and your camp was across the Ruaha and we needed a fuel pump. Also remember the hilarious story about the Russian "translators". Good hunting and be well.

07 August 2024, 19:00

Pierre van Tonder

Hahhaha yes i do remember that very well,,, how are you doing .. ever been back to Africa again ?? I am still hunting the Selous and in the North of the country .... great to know you guys are still out there

07 August 2024, 19:02

Pierre van Tonder

As we speak i am in The USA going to the FortWorth show this weekend...

07 August 2024, 19:33

Safari2

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As we speak i am in The USA going to the FortWorth show this weekend...

Who is “minding the store” in Selous now Pierre?

07 August 2024, 23:04

Pierre van Tonder

Will back in 7 days time !!!

08 August 2024, 06:09

lavaca

Pierre,

I've been back a number of times, a couple in the North and several in the southwest. Hunting in Ugalla next year, but never got back to the Selous. Always wanted to go back.

08 August 2024, 06:24

lavaca

Pierre,

The Selous has changed so much recently in so many ways. Shoot me an email with the blocks you have and hunting opportunities after next year. I assume the elephant situation is still pretty dismal, but I love hunting cats and buffalo. Hope to hear from you. Good hunting and safe travels.

08 August 2024, 18:10

Pierre van Tonder

Hi there,, yes thing have changed regarding the Selous ,, however the Bush is still the same .. i will send you details were we hunt , what blocks and species by next week ... i am traveling at the moment , Best regards

10 August 2024, 07:14

lavaca

No rush at all and safe travels.

16 August 2024, 20:48

Atkinson

A lot of good memories in this thread, Pierre and I go back to the beginning of PVT, the days with Pierre, Walter, and Seeds group would be hard to duplicate, so many good stories. Walter would be sorely missed..

06 September 2024, 05:16

bradhe

Four great trips with Pierre and his family

Brad

09 October 2024, 17:56

Oryxhunter1983

I haven't been able to hunt with him, but shared a few drinks at the shows...super nice guy!

31 December 2024, 13:46

Pierre van Tonder

Been to long ,,, i wish all members and friends the very BEST for the year of 2025 ...time is running so the best we can do is spend time with things we love to do ... Hunting ..!!!!
We will be in Atlanta ..BOOTH 3774 and Nashville BOOTH 410 come by and say hello we might have a hunt you would be interested in.
Best to all OUT there
Regards
Pierre van Tonder Big Game safaris

31 December 2024, 15:56

Saeed

We all wish you and your family all the best in 2025.

I wonder if your ears were resonating in October!

You name was mentioned a few times!

02 January 2025, 04:47

retreever

Have put plenty of time with PVT. Knowing what I know the Selous is the place for Chui no people chasing them and them doing there cat stuff daily. I have harvested two cats with a total of 4.5 hrs. in the blind both shot in daylight. The second cat I had 5 baits hit by 5 different chui's. The Selous has been very good to me. Pierre is a good friend.

Retreever... aka Mike

02 January 2025, 09:12

fulvio

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Have put plenty of time with PVT. Knowing what I know the Selous is the place for Chui no people chasing them and them doing there cat stuff daily.

Indeed, yet I have heard numerous horror stories of clients having done multiple safaris in different countries other than TZ on a quest for Leopard, come close but never got one until they came to TZ.

Summing up the costs involved in those fruitless "escapades" that Leopard was a very expensive trophy.

02 January 2025, 10:34

lavaca

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02 January 2025, 10:35

lavaca

Pierre,

Hope to see you in Nashville.

02 January 2025, 10:50

Saeed

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Have put plenty of time with PVT. Knowing what I know the Selous is the place for Chui no people chasing them and them doing there cat stuff daily.

Indeed, yet I have heard numerous horror stories of clients having done multiple safaris in different countries other than TZ on a quest for Leopard, come close but never got one until they came to TZ.

Summing up the costs involved in those fruitless "escapades" that Leopard was a very expensive trophy.

No idea why there is so much fuss about shooting leopards!

All one has to do is shoot an impala and a warthog.

Hang then in a tree.

Build a blind a few yards away and sit in it!

Leopard comes to the table.

Shoot it!

Back to camp for KABOOBI KABBOBI!

02 January 2025, 10:56

lavaca

Saeed,

Most of the time. I've only had it go bad once, but that was an adventure.

02 January 2025, 13:50

Saeed

Here is a funny leopard story.

In Chete, Zimbabwe.

Driving to a leopard blind in the afternoon.

We see those two old buffalo bulls running across our tracks!

Alan is screaming “stop! Look at that bull!”

We stop and jump out.

5 minutes later we have two buffalo bulls down.

Including one with a broken horn.

Despite this, he went 49 inches!

Off the leopard blind.

We sit, and not long after a leopard walks right in front of us.

In broad daylight!

Too young to shoot.!

04 January 2025, 07:40

lavaca

Leopards can be super easy or hard if they won't come in daylight. But you really don't want to wound one. It's hard to do because as Saeed said, it's not a long shot. We'd converted a lion bait to a leopard bait after the lion was in the salt, so it was around 100 yards. We sat in the morning and the leopard was lying down on the branch when it got light. I waited for him to stand, which was a mistake. As soon as he stood I shot, but he jumped out of the tree at the same moment. No one got hurt and the leopard was recovered, but a leopard charge is incredibly fast. I'd read about it, but it's impossible to describe accurately.

21 January 2025, 05:58

Atkinson

I hunted and booked hunts for Pierre for a number of years and if he told me the sun wasn't coming up tomorrow Id bring a lantern.

You wont go wrong hunting with him..On my last hunt we got my largest bull and the concessions largest. A lot of fun followed up that kill, but that's another story in itself..

21 January 2025, 14:49

Saeed

We saw a warthog running like hell in the bush.

One could only see bits of him as he whizzed between trees!

I took a chance and fired at him.

He disappeared!

I said I didn’t think I hit him.

A tracker saw him dead.

Pierre was screaming “why is he dead then!?”

I said “he ran into the bullet!”

Hunting with Pierre, and Walter present, it was a laugh a second!

02 February 2025, 01:08

Atkinson

I booked a lot of hunts for the Duchman, his Leopard success always amazed me, and why not Walter and I taught him to hunt!!!

02 February 2025, 06:16

JTEX

I,just booked another hunt with Pierre for September. Three buff in the selous and he even picked up another block adjoining his old one. I cant wait, I really enjoy hunting with him and his great staff.

02 February 2025, 07:34

lavaca

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JTEX,

Cant' bot wrong with Pierre. Good luck.

02 February 2025, 16:21

JTEX

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JTEX,

Cant' bot wrong with Pierre. Good luck.

Thank you. This will be my third hunt with him, I really enjoy his company and his staff.

02 February 2025, 16:24

Saeed

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JTEX,

Cant' bot wrong with Pierre. Good luck.

Of course he is good.

He has been trained by Ray and Walter!