AR members,

After a very successful '06 trial season for leopards with dogs Burchell Safaris is opening a full season this year on their northern Namibia ranch.

If you'd like to hunt leopard in '07 and bait hunts don't do it for you this may be just what you are looking for. Bookings are wide open at this point with your choice of dates throughout the season.

Contact Adam after the 1st for more details and questions. 1-210-698-0077 or adam@safaritrackers.com Please say you heard about this on AR.

Mark




Northern Namibia Package 3
Special 10 day / 11 nights package hunt includes daily rates, Leopard trophy fee and dog handling fee:
Total package hunt price 1x1.......... $12,500


Packages include:
 Daily rates, lodging, meals
 Leopard Trophy Fee
 Dog Handler Fee
 Transportation to and from airport

Packages do not include:
 Dip and pack, shipment of trophies
 Trophy fees for animals not included on package list
 International flights
 Gratuity

So you are booking for old Fred now instead of Cabelas.

DOJ

I don't know who Burchell's has been represented by in the past or who else represents them but Adam just spent a week looking over their facilities. He was impressed and thinks they will provide a good value for the dollar.

Mark

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 Transportation to and from airport

No mention if it's comfortable? See how fit you are after an 8 hour ride in the back seat of a Toyota Hi-lux with your hunting partner. If I had it to do over again, I'd ask that I be hog-tied in a burlap sack and strapped down in the bed with the luggage. It would have made for a more enjoyable experience!!!

Where in northern Namibia, Mark? Is it close enough to Katima Mulilo to fly into that airport?

Dog handlers fee? Will it never end...

Dog handler is normally a private contractor with this own staff and a pack of very expensive dogs.

Folks,

Bill is right. In Zim if we use dogs it is a $3000 add-on plus regular daily fee etc. Adam thinks the ranch is about 3 hours from Windhoek but will get an exact travel time from Barry Burchells.

I'm off for Cameroon in about an hour so if you have other inquiries about this hunt contact Adam. He is in the office today.

Mark

Name of the camp is Trudia. I hunted there with Barry's father, Fred, who also owns the property. Die Ou Jagter hunted there also. Too far from the Caprivi strip to use that airport.

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Adam just spent a week looking over their facilities

"Adam thinks the ranch is about 3 hours from Windhoek but will get an exact travel time from Barry Burchells."

If I have been somewhere, I know how long it takes to get there.

"Dog handlers fee? Will it never end..."

As usual, it would pay to spend some time checking out the competition.

From looking at the map provided I would estimate aboute a 5 hour trip from Windhoek.I hunted about an hour east of Grootfontein and it was a six hour trip.

What is very succesful? What sizes of leopard? How many dogs are used?

JBoutfishn, Let start off by saying that I have not yet personally been to either of these ranches, and was in South Africa visiting Barry Burchell and not in Namibia. I will however be doing one of these Leopard hunts myself this year as well and will visit both ranches. I have no hesitation in offering these hunts to my clients from what I have seen and from getting all the details from Barry. I can assure anyone who does boook a hunt with us in Namibia that you will have a great time.

For those of you who do not know anything about hunting with dogs, as JBoutfishn has impliied, these dogs are very expensive. In Namibia we will use a guy with his pack of 15-20 dogs to handle all of the leopard hunts. The dog handler fee is what he charges an outfitter to do a leopard hunt anywhere.

Even though dogs will be used and the success rate will be very high, I will not guarantee any leopard to anyone. It is hunting, and if one is not prepared to give it there best shot and maybe not get a leopard, then do not go hunting. Success rate will be very high though and to be safe, would put success rate at 90-95%. Last year Barry did two trial leopard hunts to make sure that the dog guy had good dogs and to see how everythig would work. They shot two Leopards.





The first leopard was with a client and the second leopard was Lizelle Burchell. These two leopards are what one can expect for qualiity of leopard.

All I will say is that for $12,500 for a leopard hunt it is a great deal and do not know of many other options for leopard in this price range. There is also plains game hunting as well. For those who might be interested in this hunt and will be at the Reno show, then come by and talk to us and meet with Barry in person. I am putting my money on one of these hunts this year and will give you another report when I do that hunt, although will be closer to the end of the year as I have to go to Cameroon again in March and then Tanzania in July.

As to travel time to Trudia from Windhoek if memory serves me correctly it is about the same time as to Keetmanshoop or about 5 hrs.

Those are great looking leopards.