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I'm curious about hunting in the Matopos Hills area. What opeartors can Americans hunt with in the area? Aside from leopard, what other game is likely to be encountered? Does the area feel "wild" or is it more like a Namibian ranch hunt? "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | ||
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Try contacting Mark Butcher of Matapula Safaris. Mark grew up in Bulawayo and surrounds, and if he can't help you will know someone who can. The Matapos Hills are unique. They will blow you away. How wild do you want ? I hope you enjoy climbing bare rock. | |||
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Most of the hunting areas in this area are fenced thorn bush land. Pretty country but so is Namibia. Big Leopard also. | |||
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SBT: Are you looking into a bait hunt or with dogs ? AD | |||
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Bait, but based solely on budget. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I grew up there- my favourite part of the world  NB- No shortage of leopards... | |||
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I was there this past October. If you want a Monster Leopard there is only one person to call...Wayne Grant. The area is beautiful and you will see Bushman cave paintings as well, but there is not alot of plainsgame there. You will get Zebra, Wildebeest, Impala, but not much else. We shot an Eland, but that was a fluke. No Kudu in 14 days. Don't go there expecting a plainsgame hunt, but you can't find a better place for a shot at a monster Leopard BTW It is not fenced in at all like in RSA or Namibia. There are lots of people living in the area, but the land is wild. PM me if you like.
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Scott, if you go there, be sure to visit Rhode's grave site. You won't need all day by any means, but it's worth spending an hour or two there. The lizards will entertain you as well. David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Who is Grant hunting for now? I heard he was in RSA now...like a lot of white Zimbabweans. "There always seems to be a big market for making the clear, complex." | |||
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The last I heard is that he had his own ranch in Kwa Zulu Natal and was hunting around that part of SA. But that has been a couple of years ago. Mike NEVER BOOK A HUNT WITH JEFF BLAIR AT BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING! | |||
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Wayne is now based out of SA, but still hunts Zimbabwe and other African countries as well, according to what I have been told. I met him in Zimbabwe at the old Victoria Falls Hotel in 2008, right after I shot my monster leopard with Wayne's friend, PH John Hunt. Wayne had driven up from SA to pick up a client who was flying in to hunt cape buffalo with Wayne in Zimbabwe, and we were fortunate to run into him at the hotel during high tea. | |||
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The other 'game' to consider is varminting Dassies. There are millions of the little buggas. | |||
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Vaughn is correct. Wayne hunts on his own ranch in RSA, but still hunts monster Leopard near Plumtree in those special hills. | |||
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Myself and Daughter on the left at Rhodes Grave with a couple of locals.  | |||
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No question Wayne Grant is who you need to call. He is still in operation up there although he spends more time on his ranch in SA. His oldest friend and colleague Graeme Robertson is still on his farm in Marula on the edge of the Matobo Hills (new PC spelling BTW). He is also a great hunter, operator and stand up guy. nyalavalley@mweb.co.za | |||
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