Has anyone ever been on a safari/hunt that was focused on baboons?

Does anyone know any outfitters that offer such hunts? It is something that has piqued my interest.

While I have never seen a specific safari with Baboons as the major quarry, I would guess it could be done. That said, I would suggest contacting large farmers and rid them of baboons rather than pay a PH a daily fee and a low trophy fee. Every farm or ranch I visited in Zim or SA would welcome a baboon shooter.
Cal

Damn...I thought it said Bourbon safari.

I have seriously contemplated hunting with Jan DuPlessis for baboons. You can shoot them over water holes, long range in the hills, etc. Sebra Safaris. I think he would give you a good deal for a baboon only safari.

Waste of the PH's time and the booking slot. He needs you to spend at least $1000 per day incl what you shoot to make it worthwhile.

Unfortunately, as a foreigner you have to hunt with a PH so the friendly farmer plan is not legal.

The only way this would work is if you take a group of several guys and everyone has to shoot something besides baboons.

Lane,
You, I and JTEX could book a bourbon safari................

JTEx, Pete, & I had one courtesy of Baretta Mike at DSC last year. You’re invited this year (last year too, you just weren’t there). We killed some Makers Mark.

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Originally posted by Russ Gould:
Waste of the PH's time and the booking slot. He needs you to spend at least $1000 per day incl what you shoot to make it worthwhile.

Unfortunately, as a foreigner you have to hunt with a PH so the friendly farmer plan is not legal.

The only way this would work is if you take a group of several guys and everyone has to shoot something besides baboons.

Just contact Jan; he can put you on baboons only for a lot less than this.

Russ: have you hunted with Jan??

Accipiter1 some years ago we had a gentleman visit us for a 10 day baboon safaris. If i can remember correctly he successfully cropped just under 150 baboons. He earned the name Baboon Bill. We operate our own concessions called Humani and Arda in the Save Valley Conservancy. Please send me an email to rogerwhittallsafaris@gmail.com and we can give some options. But we will be looking to take off about 2 to 300.

Folks we can also include some bourbon in this safaris.

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Originally posted by Guy Whittall:
Folks we can also include some bourbon in this safaris.

NOW you'll get some interest..

How about bushpig safari?

There is a shooter from the Dallas area that may hold the long range record for baboon - 900 yards.
He is a maker of custom long range hunting rifles and teacher of long range hunting rifle shooting.

On my first safari with Limcroma Safaris, we saw baboon along the Crocodile river in northern Limpopo Province, but left them alone to avoid spooking our desired plains game.

If you're looking to take a lot of babs, as Guy Whittall's post suggests, you'd need to do some planning. Most countries limit the number of rounds per caliber/gun, so you'd need to do some logistics planning. Sounds like great fun though.

Boarkiller we take 90% of our bush pigs stalking in daylight hours in the ilala palm forests along the save river. Unfortunately we can not offer them in the same numbers as the baboons.

This sounds great.

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Originally posted by accipiter1:
Has anyone ever been on a safari/hunt that was focused on baboons?

Does anyone know any outfitters that offer such hunts? It is something that has piqued my interest.

Baboon hunting can actually be a challenged and much more skill needed than shooting an impala or any other hooved game. Some troops wander over big areas and can become difficult to find. However a fruitfarmer, tomatofarmer etc always need regulators. A big male baboon with long fangs should be considered a trophy. They a smart but rewarding to down. I have only shot small baboons so far. Official huntinglaws in SA does dictate a PH to babysit, but it is my impression that once you build up a good relation and PH knows your shootingskills, to sit out a day alone in a hide..no one in Africa gives a crap...

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:

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Originally posted by Russ Gould:
Waste of the PH's time and the booking slot. He needs you to spend at least $1000 per day incl what you shoot to make it worthwhile.

Unfortunately, as a foreigner you have to hunt with a PH so the friendly farmer plan is not legal.

The only way this would work is if you take a group of several guys and everyone has to shoot something besides baboons.

Just contact Jan; he can put you on baboons only for a lot less than this.

Russ: have you hunted with Jan??

Thanks for the advice, I will contact Jan. I have hunted in that part of Namibia and would love to return.

Once on an elephant Safari I had some downtime and shot 20 or so. Was a lot of fun

Baboons and warthogs are my big focus now whenever I'm in RSA.

We have a good few on Limpopo concession we use and when combined with some jackals it can be fun and inexpensive.

We have a lot of dedicated vermin shooters here in the uk and this type of thing is very popular.

K

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Originally posted by jens poulsen:

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Originally posted by accipiter1:
Has anyone ever been on a safari/hunt that was focused on baboons?

Does anyone know any outfitters that offer such hunts? It is something that has piqued my interest.

Baboon hunting can actually be a challenged and much more skill needed than shooting an impala or any other hooved game. Some troops wander over big areas and can become difficult to find. However a fruitfarmer, tomatofarmer etc always need regulators. A big male baboon with long fangs should be considered a trophy. They a smart but rewarding to down. I have only shot small baboons so far. Official huntinglaws in SA does dictate a PH to babysit, but it is my impression that once you build up a good relation and PH knows your shootingskills, to sit out a day alone in a hide..no one in Africa gives a crap...

I am in full agreement, this the reason for my thread. I find them very intelligent with keen eyesight and more challenging than most plains game.

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Originally posted by accipiter1:

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Russ Gould:

Just contact Jan; he can put you on baboons only for a lot less than this.

Russ: have you hunted with Jan??

Thanks for the advice, I will contact Jan. I have hunted in that part of Namibia and would love to return.

Here's one of the SEVEN baboons I have shot hunting with Jan. The only year I didn't shoot one was 2015, when it was 20 degrees in the mornings and the baboons were holed up in the mountains
They make a stunning European Mount- I stopped after three of them.

One of my most difficult stalks was on a troop of baboons.

No I have not hunted with Jan, I did once briefly discuss a buffalo hunt with him I believe. I am sure he is an upstanding guy and if he is willing to host a baboon-only hunt, more power to him. At say $100 per baboon, it becomes worthwhile if you can consistently shoot a half dozen a day (something that is easier said than done). I do know of cases (Spanish hunters) where the clients shot warthogs exclusively. Again, if you wack and stack it becomes worthwhile, and warthogs typically fetch up to $400 per so the numbers work better in that case.

My point is simply this: when you are hunting, you are tying up the PH, his vehicle, his staff, and several thousand acres of perfectly good hunting country. It's a business and at the end of the day, it comes down to return on assets ... assets which can only be utilized for say 6 months of the year.

If it were my call, I might do it out of season where legal, but I sure as heck would not want to be turning down the chance to host a trophy hunt in the season to chase baboons.

Something else you should know .. black Africans are often not comfortable with baboon shooting. I once asked a tracker why he didn't like to see baboons shot and he put the dead baboon's hand face up in his hand, and looked at me.

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Originally posted by samir:
One of my most difficult stalks was on a troop of baboons.

..and thats when hunting become hunting.

For me, baboon hunting is the most fun you can have while wearing pants. People have asked me many times what I prefer to hunt in Africa and my answer has always been, "baboons."

To say that I have received some strange looks and/or comments would be an understatement.

Cheers, Steve

I tell people baboons and zebra. Zebra are the most switched on thing that eats grass I have ever run across.

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Originally posted by Hogbreath:
Lane,
You, I and JTEX could book a bourbon safari................

I'm in!

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Originally posted by ledvm:
JTEx, Pete, & I had one courtesy of Baretta Mike at DSC last year. You’re invited this year (last year too, you just weren’t there). We killed some Makers Mark.

And we're gonna do it again this year! I WILL be better prepared!

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Originally posted by JTEX:

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Originally posted by ledvm:
JTEx, Pete, & I had one courtesy of Baretta Mike at DSC last year. You’re invited this year (last year too, you just weren’t there). We killed some Makers Mark.

And we're gonna do it again this year! I WILL be better prepared!

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Let's be honest...my wife drinks my share!

She's more fun to hang out with than you as well.......why do you think you are invited back?

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Baboons are normally part of a Plains Game safari and in many cases no trophy fee..

I know of a client that would have a helicopter drop him off at a pre arranged locations near a Baboon colony, He had a shotgun and a full auto rifle, food and water and a pre dug trench..He would sit for awhile after the copter left the area and the baboons got curious and approached him, use the auto rifle and the shotgun was for the ones that got mad and got close..Last I heard he was still alive but after a number of times and some very close calls he retired from hunting them that way..He had some awesome photographs...As best I recall he hunted with Philip and Charles Price Swartkei Safaris, one of the finest in RSA IMO.

Yes I did.
Last april the first part of my trip in the Khomas region was focused on baboons even if I killed other animals (zebra, wildebeest and jackals) and I will probably return over there the next year for them. That was an idea of my PH when I met him the year before this hunting trip. He has a lot of baboons on his farm and during the dry season they even come to drink in the swimming pool. I had a lot of fun to hunt them because they are very wary. Sometimes you shoot them at "close" range when they are running and sometimes at several hundred meters away on hills. It's better to order a lot of ammunition at Windhoek before your arrival.
As Alexander Lake said : "If a man wants to test his hunting ability I suggest that he try chacma baboons. No animal, not even the African buffalo, ever led me such a futile chase as did those grey rascals. To this day I'm not sure that I have more brains than a baboon." I remember very well my first baboon killed not far from the Botswana in the Omaheke region after a very long tracking. It was very difficult due to the thick bush but our trackers did a great job and after more than 15 km in the day I had the opportunity to shoot a big male.

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Originally posted by JTEX:
She's more fun to hang out with than you as well.......why do you think you are invited back?

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I have no shame!

My grandfather once told me " Little Whittall you are not a hunter until you have killed the big dog baboon of the troop" I was certainly up for the challenge and came back with what i thought was a big dog baboon. My grand father had a quick glance and said " There is on average 6 big dog baboons in a troop and this looks the smallest don't waste my time"

If you sort the ammo situation out, and have a rifle with a ballistic turret for that load you can slot them like crazy.

I killed over 60 in 3 days in Zim. They got bloody toey after that though

" Sitbok is the kind of animal that sits on his well worn ass the whole day and watches the World go by -but when the hunter comes -he get smart".


Sitbok = Bobbejaan


My favorite African game on this side of Buffaloes

I would love to do a hunt like this especially on Humani, it is full of them!!