Who are regarded as the "Cat Men" that hunt leopard in Zim's lowveldt? Of these, who will be in Reno this year?

Scott,

The Mokore crew will be there. The youngest and least expereinced member of the crew is Neil Duckworth with 9 years of DG hunting. I asked him about a year ago what his stats were for leopards on the Save. He said that 20 of his last 22 clients had shot their tom leopards with him going from 130-180 plus pounds. Those stats include people that missed, were looking for one of the real monster leopards found there, hunted very late season and on the full moon. Given these numbers it would be hard to imagine you would not be successful.

Mark

johnathan hulme of zambezi hunters is excellent and will be at reno , as will norman crooks who is also excellent...niel duckworth is also excellent and will be there

Thanks Mark and Ivan. I'll try and speak with each of them.

Does anyone know any thing about Mbalabala Safaris?

See John Sharp of John Sharp Safaris. He will be at SCI Reno. He always seems to produces good leopards and is great to be with on safari. I have hunted with him twice and will hunt with him again when leopard is on my list.

Here is John Sharp's website.

http://www.john-sharp-safaris.com/

I can vouch for Jonathan Hulme of Zambezi Hunters, if you want a great big old leopard. He can put you onto one.

See my hunt report from 2006.

#43 in the SCI book. He will be at Reno booth #2744.

TJB

Charlie Stanton of Zimbabwe's Mbalabala Safaris is one of the top guys but will only be going to the Aus SCI Show.

Another vote for John Sharp. Hunted PG with him in 2007. He is recognized worldwide for his leopard hunts. Check out his website and talk to him in Reno.

Zim has some very good catmen and John Sharp and Lou Hallamore are two of the very best. If you want to get full enjoyment of the entire hunt you might like to read Lou's books.

Here is another vote for Norm Crooks, he has great sucess on those tough ranch cats in S Zim.

Roger Whittall will be at Reno

Dave


http://rwsafaris.net/roger-whittall-home.htm

Theo Bronkhorst of Bushman Safaris will be at Reno, He will be sharing a booth with Nico Laurens of So, Africa. Excellant hounds with good success rate in the Turk Mine area.

jumbo moore will be there - but i think he's letting his zim concessions go

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Originally posted by butchloc:
jumbo moore - i think he's letting his zim concessions go

This was not the case in November. He was adamant that he still has the ARDA Concession.

Brent Hein is hunting Lemco and has produced excellent results on leopard and lion. I have taken both with him. He'll be at Reno, booth 19.

Gordon Duncan and Glen Stockill of Shaangan Safaris will be in Reno and they are pretty good.