I just took the foreign service test and felt pretty good about it.

From friends who have been with the Foreign Service stationed in Tanzania and South Africa, I know how those systems work. Anyone have any advice on other nations?

Looks like it takes about 18-28 months to get through the hiring chain.

thanks again,

Almost all allow resident poaching.

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Originally posted by MOA TACTICAL:
I just took the foreign service test and felt pretty good about it.

From friends who have been with the Foreign Service stationed in Tanzania and South Africa, I know how those systems work. Anyone have any advice on other nations?

thanks again,

If your accent is anything but South African, you will not be paying resident prices.

Actually the 4 non-South African guys that I know that work in a variety of towns in South Africa all pay biltong prices.

Damn lucky!

I think it is the same as anything else.

3 of them speak Afrikaans, and they ask the local gun shop for a good place that would treat them fair.

Same as anywhere else in the world, if you treat people with respect, and don't have a chip on your shoulder it goes farther than having expectations and attitude.

I have been able to hunt in almost every country I have ever been stationed in. In Greece there wasn't much hunting and in Djibouti it was illegal.

If this 2nd career works out for me I would hope that it would be the same.

I am a regular guy, most of my military career I was a mechanic. I am not some diplomatic or military officer that makes a lot of money.

Here in Australia the fact that I was a "tradesman" is a huge deal, and has opened a lot of doors that wouldn't be open to me as a hunter if I was the typical blue collar Foreigner most Aussies meet in the capitol.

The guy in Pretoria has hunted the most, and told me he can shoot a bull kudu in the 50-55 inch range on the weekends for $800 including 2 nights stay, food and skinning.

He has a double cab Toyota bakkie and his own rifle. Not sure what farms he is hunting.

Ssshhh! I know East Cape kudu are smaller, but I pay, sssshhh, way less than that. I have yet to find a good recipe for the horns, but the rest I can prepare and eat.

Zambia has good opportunities but you have to outfit all yourself which is a logistical challenge.

SA has plenty good hunting and join the right local hunting association and there will be many opportunities at reasonable prices!

Tanzania allows resident hunting. I don't know what it takes to be considered a resident for the purpose of hunting however.

One of the guys I work with here was in Dar for 2 postings.

He's not a hunter but he is a gun guy and explained the process. He carried his pistol with him everywhere he went, and brought a rifle and a shotgun anytime they went out to look at animals or camp. Mostly for the 2 legged predators, but really for both.

Thanks all,

Anyone know anything about Senegal, Benin, CAR, Cameroon or any of the other more colorful ones?

My guess is that you get a "colorful" posting first go or you get punished severly on the 2nd tour.

Botswana, Namibia and quite a few others are considered to be easy.

Chad, Sudan and some places in West Africa are considered to be hardship.

Finally figured out Botswana's unusual website structure.
http://www.mewt.gov.bw/uploads..._forms_licensing.pdf

Tanzania's offers less information but they allow it.