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Apparently the supplier of this brochure is depending on getting just a couple hunts a year.

Imagine the profit margin

You wouldn't have to book many hunts at those prices.
 
Posts: 1282 | Registered: 17 September 2004Reply With Quote
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I just received an unsolicited brochure in the mail from someone booking hunts around the world. The African section is.....I don't what to call it except "amazing".

#1) Big 4 hunt in Caprivi (Namibia) ---- 24 days @ $62,100 or roughly $2600/day. Trophy fees ---- lion ($7K)l leopard ($3K), elephant ($18K), buffalo ($2K), sable ($3K), roan ($4K), spotted hyaena ($1.3K), eland ($2K)

#2) Big 4 in the Selous --21 days @ $54,480 or roughly $2700/day. lion @ $2k, leopard the same, elephand $4K, buff only $600 dollars + 15% on trophy fees.

#3) Leopard & buff in Botswana ---18 days @ $30,600 or $1700/day. Trophy fees for leopard $6K and buff $4K.

Misc other leopard/buff hunts at $1400 to $1700 per day.

#4) Lion & buff at $2200 to $2600 per day for 21 days in various locales with lion TF of $3k to $5K and buff at $2K to $3K.

And not to forget North America!

Deer hunts from $800 to $2000 per day ---- $2K per day!

Moose--- 7 days at $12,500 + lic fees in Alaska
Caribou--5 days at $5800 in the Yukon

Dall Sheep ---8 to 10 days for$9K to $12K
Stone Sheep - 14 days at $16K to $22K
Desert Bighorn --- 10 days from $39K to $50K

Who are the people who book these hunts?
 
Posts: 4360 | Location: Sunny Southern California | Registered: 22 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Please DONT laugh, there are some VIP CLIENTS out there whom will pay those prices without blinking .....

Have you heard that some [ super rich VIP clients ] can actually be offended if a hunt is offered to them tooooooo cheap, it works on some sort of reverse Psychology or similar !!!

All I can say is, keep taking the tablets and if [ the afliction ] does not clear up soon then just book another trip to Africa to alleviate the pain & suffering

Happy hunting

Peter
 
Posts: 3331 | Location: New Zealand | Registered: 27 February 2001Reply With Quote
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And now you know why my recent lion and elephant hunt posts are such bargains. The NA prices they sent you are about right except that moose hunt is on the "cheap" side. The $2K a day deer hunts must be preserves with atomic racks.



One thing to remember (but I guess it is easy to blame the agent) is we don't make the pricing up. I sure don't. What my outfitters charge is what I advertise. Also affecting price are the people out there who will pay those prices. Apparently a lot of them too.
 
Posts: 19749 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001Reply With Quote
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I received the very same brochure this morning DB and "amazing" about covers it.
Thanks for posting this.
 
Posts: 11017 | Registered: 14 December 2000Reply With Quote
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Hey, the company has to charge these outrageous prices to pay for sending out all those unsolicited brochures .

Jim
 
Posts: 1206 | Location: Georgia | Registered: 21 July 2000Reply With Quote
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Well, they're certainly not cheap, but I guess it's their perogative to set their prices anyway they like. I can think of more than one company that charges those sort of prices and still has plenty of people queueing up to book with them.



Incidentally my price for a 21 day 1x1 safari in the Selous or Masailand (inclusive of charters, permits, licences dip & pack etc) is US$18980 less than that quoted above. If you want to split the hunt between the two areas then you just pay the additional charter fee.



2x1 prices are considerably better!! plug plug!!
 
Posts: 12415 | Registered: 01 July 2002Reply With Quote
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Have you heard that some [ super rich VIP clients ] can actually be offended if a hunt is offered to them tooooooo cheap




Thorstein Veblen would have a lot to say about this.

Best,

JohnTheGreek
 
Posts: 4697 | Location: North Africa and North America | Registered: 05 July 2001Reply With Quote
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Those Tanzania prices look like the prices charged by the top 4 (or so) outfitters charged in Tanzania. Some of the posters posting on here probably have booked similar prices.



Well out of my price range, for sure, and I am guessing I could find worthwhile hunts without paying anything near these

prices.



 
Posts: 10138 | Location: Wine Country, Barossa Valley, Australia | Registered: 06 March 2002Reply With Quote
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One advantage to not spending much money for a few years is that I am off everybody's mailing lists $62,000.00 pays off the note on the clinic and puts a new set of tires on the pickup!
 
Posts: 7158 | Location: Snake River | Registered: 02 February 2004Reply With Quote
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I am amazed!!!

Desert Bighorn --- 10 days from $39K to $50K

In SA that kind of money buys one each of:
1982 BMW CSi Coupe (the one with the M6 motor)
1990 Mercedes 560 SEC (150mph, more with the right chips)
1995 Audi S4 (For when you feel like a real hooligan)
1978 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud (Just for fun with the neighbours)

All in pristine condition. Imagine the fun you can have with that lot, over and over and over.......
 
Posts: 4 | Location: Eastern Province SA | Registered: 07 August 2004Reply With Quote
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