1. 2
2. 19, I think
3. Zimbabwe, Mozambique
4. buffalo, warthog (2), kudu, eland, impala (2)
5. '97
6. 2000
7. August in Mozambique for another buffalo and whatever other swamp game shows up, then RSA for Zebra, bushpig, gemsbok or waterbuck or nyala. Someday I really want a leopard, hippo and big crocodile, PAC elephant, lioness (budget bwana, here) serious bird shoot and tigerfish. Diving and spearfishing there is a possibility, too.

1. 10 times
2. 143
3. Cameroon,Namibia,Zimbabwe,RSA
4. Cape Buffalo, Dwarf Forest Buffalo, Bongo, Lord Derby Eland, Sable etc.
5. 1995
6. 2003
7. July 2004

1. 2
2. 32 days
3.SA and Tanzania
4.buff,croc,lion.leopard,eland,zebra,hippo,wildebeest,hartebeest,bushbuck,blesbuck,gemsbuck,kudu,impala
5. 1997
6.1999
7. 2004

Dak

1) Twice
2) 28
3) RSA twice
4)Zebra, Babboon, Jackal, Ostrich. Blue and Black wildebeest, red hartebeest, springbock, Blesbuck, impala, eland, gemsbuck, kudu, warthog, bushbuck, duiker, steenbuck,waterbuck, ie plains game only so far.
5) 2001
6) 2002
7) Oct 2004 Rsa/Zambia/Zim more plains game/ buff and sitatunga. Also end of season opportunities.

1. 4 hunts
2. 71 days
3. Namibia & South Africa
4. 61 animals; most available plains game species & leopard.
5. 2001
6. 2004
7. 2005, we will hunt the Eastern Cape and Karoo regions of South Africa with Coenraad Vermaak Safaris.

Been there three times, Forty days in the field, Zim and Zambia, ele buff-2, lion leopard, waterbuck, kudu, puku, bushbuck, impala, . first went in 1994. Last went in 2000. Going this year for buff in Zim.

1 twice
2. 15 days with about 28 in country rambling.
3. Zimbabwe,Tanzania
4. buffalo,eland kudu,zebra, plains game.
5. 1999
6. 2003
7. 2005 namibia plains game, leopard

1. 2 Dedicated hunting trips, plus hunting on our "trans african trip".

2. Hunting; 20 days
Travelling in africa; over a year.

3. Hunted in Zimbabwe, Namibia and RSA. And then there is the general travel in Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, RSA, Zim, Botswana, and Namibia.

4. Eland, Kudu, Oryx, Reedbuck, Damara Dikdik, Blesbok, Warthog, Widebeest, Impala, Bushpig (which I didn't get!).

5. 1998
6. 2000 was the last hunting trip, and 2002/2003 was the year we drove around africa.

7. Buff hunt is next on my list (next year?), and another trans african trip via the west coast south to north has been forming in my mind (perhaps in 2.5 years?)

Erik D.

Dear Friends,

I am sorry that this is a longer response, but looking over all the responses, it occurred to me how easy it is for non-hunters to look at this as just numbers. I have been to Africa to hunt seven times starting in 1996, and it has become a real part of my life defining who I am: that crazy SOB who goes hunting in Africa all the time! I have developed real friendships with persons I've hunted with. There are not a straighter, more accommodating group of people in the world. This has lead to a love of Africa, and a concern for the continent and its people. This is about more than days in the field and animals taken. Being a tourist and time around the camp fire or dinner table has been as rewarding as time in the field.

I keep diaries of every hunt and record daily the activities, including the stalks and shots, with still and video cameras. I am working this up into some hunting DVD's. (No, I am not ready for prime time and won't share yet.) My "heroes" are Aagard and Bartlett who I appreciate for their observations and honesty. I have never "caught them out" on anything. I have little patience with those who have never been there and have an opinion. I have really enjoyed my "ignore" button recently.

I have hunted RSA, Zim, and Namibia. I have hunted only one dangerous species: buffalo. I have taken the following plains game: Kudu, Bushbuck (2), Mt. Reedbuck (3), Common Springbok, Black Springbok, White Springbok, Kalahari Springbok, Blesbok, Impala, Val Rehbok, Black Wildebeste, Blue Wildebeste (2), Red Hartebeste, Oribi, Grey Duiker, Common Reedbuck, Baboon, Spotted Hyena, Eland, Klipspringer, Burchell's and Hartmann's Zebras, Civit cat, Gemsbok (2), Steenbok, Blue Duiker, Cape Grysbok, Bushpig, Lynx, Nyala, Waterbuck, Bontebok, and White Blesbok. My last trip was 2003. My next trip is in July 2005 to Tanzania for 28 days for Lion, Leopard, Elephant (if we get very lucky), and all the plains game that one can take.

I have hunted inside fences, which most of the time are not even seen or "in play," everywhere but northern Zim, and have had only one "bad" experience inside wire. (A zebra ran to the corner of the farm, where it was in fact pinned against a fence line, and I refused to take the shot under those conditions.) I have had only one trip when we did not take all the animals on the dance card, and that was beyond the control of my ph. We went through Kruger on that trip with two ph's and it was one of our most memorable trips!

On each of our trips, looking back over my records, I have taken at least one 30 caliber magnum. My brother, who accompanied me on five of the trips, uses a 7mmRemMag, which we have both used to take about a third of the animals we together have taken. On over half of our hunts, I have taken either a .375HH or a 9.3x62. I like the 250gr BT in 9.3 for shooting plains game. I have come to love the 9.3x62 which is an incredibly balanced, versatile rifle. I like the 300gr Hornady's, fmj and soft point, in .375 for practice loads, and shoot Federal Premiums (soft point and solids) for dangerous game. I shoot 180gr partitions now in all .308 cartridges.

Ku-dude

1. Only once and that will be fixed soon
2. 10 days of fun
3. RSA
4. Plains game and Kudu as chief target
5. 2004
6. 2006 Zimbabwe for buffalo and sable if available, blue wildebeest, zebra and whatever strikes my fancy at the time.

I'm just getting my feet wet...

Been to RSA once, last August on a 7-day PG hunt. Took a Gemsbok, Blesbok, Impala, Springbok and Warthog. Great experience and thankful for my first taste of Africa.

Leave in 6 weeks for Northern RSA near Limpopo River & Zim/Bots borders with my 17-year old son for SG Kudu, Bushbuck, Common Reedbuck, Waterbuck, Zebra, Warthog, Impala, Steenbok, Klipspringer, Baboons, Vervets, etc. 7 days with 7 hunters in camp (3 first-timers) with 4 PH's, stone huts/thatched roofs, etc. Will be hunting with John Abraham of Madubula Safari's and Gary Reeder of handgun hunting fame.

Am planning a tentative DG hunt for a couple Cape Buff in summer of 2006. Will be carrying a B-A 416 Rem Mag. Don't think one buff will be enough. Would enjoy a cull hunt and may get my chance if I can swing it with the calendar.

I just hope the hunting in Africa is still around so I can enjoy a few more hunts with my son...before I get too old to run the bush.

1. How many times have you hunted in Africa? 2 Safaris

2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield? 20 days

3. Which countries have you hunted? Zimbabwe & Namibia

4. Which species have you hunted? Kudu, bushbuck, impala, sable, baboon, Burchell's zebra, leopard, gemsbok, steenbuck, springbok, Mt. zebra, warthog.

5. What year was your first trip? 2002

6. What year was your last trip? 2003

7. What are you planning next? Staying home, reliving those hunts



Rick.

1. How many times have you hunted in Africa?
3 trips hunting, 1 trip other

2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield?
Hunting about 25 days, in the "bush" maybe 70 days

3. Which countries have you hunted/PH�d?
Hunted Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Visited Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

4. Which species have you hunted? (I realize this could be a huge list for some, so a synopsis will do)
Cape Buff, duiker, impala x3, waterbuck, zebra x3, bushbuck x2, kudu, blue wildebeest, warthog, eland.

5. What year was your first trip?
Hunting 1994
Other 1989

6. What year was your last trip?
2002

7. What are you planning next?
When the funds magically appear, definitely cape buff but would love a tuskless ele. Zimbabwe (maybe?) or a short hunt in Tanzania. If Zimbabwe was sane again, a self guided hunt with friends.

1) Three safaris

2) Forty-one days afield

3) COUNTRIES: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia

4) SPECIES: Lion, Leopard, Cape buffalo, hippo, kudu, sable, Patterson's eland,, Livingston's eland, Cape eland, East African roan, common waterbuck, Defassa waterbuck, red lechwe, Bohor reedbuck, blue wildebeest, black wildebeest, Masiland bushbuck, springbok, klipspringer, Steenbok, Kirk's dik dik, Damaraland dik dik, grey or southern duiker, red hartebeest, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, Thompson's gazelle, giraffe, topi, tsessebe, southern impala, East African impala, Burchell's zebra, Hartman's zebra, blesbok, baboon, jackle, African bushcat.

5) First Safari: 1995

6) Last Safari: 2001

7) Next safaris: 2004 RSA, 2005 Tanzania, 2006 Zambia

AD

1) 5 safaris

2) 140 days in the field

3) Countries: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia,Tanzania.

4) Species: Lion, leopard, elephant, hippo, buffalo, crocodile, hyena and 30 other species.

5) First safari: '94

6) Last safari: '03

7) Next safari: '04 South Africa/Botswana

Mark

1. How many times have you hunted in Africa? Twice
2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield? 19
3. Which countries have you hunted/PH�d? RSA
4. Which species have you hunted? (I realize this could be a huge list for some, so a synopsis will do) Kudu, impalax2, blue wildebeest, gemsbuck, zebra, civet, blesbock (Mr&Mrs), duiker, bushbuck, warthogx2, vervet monkey, francolin (one lousy bird...), rabbit (one...) and I�ve missed several jackals!
5. What year was your first trip? 2003
6. What year was your last trip? 2004
7. What are you planning next? Zim or Namibia in 2005 and I�ll be staying a month. Springbuck and waterbuck would be nice. Maybe bushpig and a bigger warthog than the one boha shot in 2003!

1. How many times have you hunted in Africa?



15 Mostly legally!



2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield?



Don't really know



3. Which countries have you hunted/PH�d?



Zim, Tanz, RSA



4. Which species have you hunted? (I realize this could be a huge list for some, so a synopsis will do)



Ele, buff, lion, leopard, and more stuff



5. What year was your first trip?



1989



6. What year was your last trip?



2003



7. What are you planning next?



2004, what else?

One time
12 Days
RSA
Kudu, Burchells Zebra,Nyala,Waterbok,Blesbok,Impala,Gemsbok
2003
2006 Namibia

1) Been once.

2) 10 days

3) Tanzania. The Selous

4) 2 Cape Buff; Stallion Zebra; Wart Hog

5) 2002

6) 2002

7) Leopard and plains gane in Zim. May 2006

1. 0
2. 0
3. N/A
4. N/A
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. 2004 - Tanzania (booked)
2005 - RSA & Zambia (planned)
2006 - Botswana (planned)

1. 7, including living 2 years in Tanzania and 2 years in Zambia.
2. 2 years working for Luangua Safaris, 60 days in Tanzania (guess). 100-120 additional days.
3. Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rhodiesia, RSA, Namibia, Malawi.
4. Ele, Lion, Leopard, Hippo, Hyena, Crocodile, Sable, Kudu, Roan, Gemsbok, Wildebeast, Red Hartebeast, Warthogs, Impala, Zebra, Springbok, Oribi, Baboons, Lechwe, Sitatunga.
5. 1978-81.
6. 1999
7. Nothing in Africa planned.

1. How many times have you hunted in Africa? Nine trips
2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield? It loks like 177.
3. Which countries have you hunted? Tanzania, Sudan (2) Kenya, CAR, Ethopia (let's not talk about that one), Zambia (2), Zimbabwe
4. Which species have you hunted? (I realize this could be a huge list for some, so a synopsis will do) Elephants, elephants and more elephants, Buffalo (lost count 30-35 probably), lions, leopards, sables, hartebeast (Lichtenstein, Lelwel's, Senegal), topi, Kongoni, Elands (Livingstone and E. African), Wildebeasts, Lesser kudu, Reedbuck's (common, Eastern Bohor, Sudan Bohor, Chanlers Mtn.) greater kudu, Black Rhino, Roan (Sudan and Western, Southern), tiang, steenbuck, warthogs (lost count) common and defassa waterbuck, Nile lechwe, Bongo, Lord Darby Eland, Nyasaland Gnu, Grybok, Gerenuk, Impalas, bush pigs,, Klipspringer, White eared Kob, Fringe eared oryx, Peters Gazelle, Tohompson gazelle, Nile bushbuck, Bush duickers,
Mongalla gazelles,, oribis and I probably missed something.
5. What year was your first trip? 1972
6. What year was your last trip? 2001
7. What are you planning next? 2004 elephant
I see some added calibers used, so I'll give it a try. .280 Rem., .300 H&H, .375 H&H., .375 flanged Mag., .378 Weatherby, .416 Rigby, .450 x 3.25 &#2, .475x3.25 &#2, .500 Nitro, .577 Nitro, and .600 Nitro.

Most interesting to read all the imput and we'll see how the averages stack up.

The first time I went to Africa I thought it would be just another country to see and as a sidelight hunt for some plains game ---- Wrong! I got the fever and life has not been the same since.

1. Once, will be fixed in June
2. Nine days in the bush after five days in Cape Town, after being in the bush I wished I had just gone straight there.
3. RSA
4. Hunted kudu, nyala, waterbuck, impala, zebra. Took a nice kudu (my main goal), zebra, and impala. That was before I added on to the house and did not know where I could put anything.
5. and 6. 2000.
7. I am leaving in june to Zimbabwe for my first dangerous game safari for buffalo, leopard, sable, waterbuck, nyala, bushbuck, eland etc., etc. Got plenty of space to fill now. After my first safari I was concerned that there was no way a second trip could surpass the first ( elephant charging, hippo chased into camp by nine lions) but by moving up to dangerous game I am looking forward to an even better trip.

Thanks Canuck for starting the thread.

CFA

Wow. This is awesome! Thank you all for taking the time to participate...I am very impressed with the response. I have realized for some time that the collective experience here is staggering, but I think the final tally will be much bigger than I would have even guessed.

Before I add up them up, I will wait a little longer for a few other guys to post. There are still a few "big hitters" out there that I'd like to add if they don't mind (LV Eric, T. Carr, T. Blauwkamp....). And there are many others that come to mind as well ...470Mbogo, Nickudu, RIP, John S, Robgunbuilder.....

If any regulars that I have mentioned (or not) do not want to post this kind of info publicly, but wouldn't mind sharing it for the sake of completeness, please feel free to PM it to me (in confidence). Or just PM me and tell me not to bother to wait!!

We are really blessed to have a place like this. Where else could you get exposure to this much African experience, even for a fee??

Best regards,
Canuck

1. 4, 3 of which were hunting trips and one business.
2. 34 days.
3. RSA and Zambia
4. 2 Buff, plains game.
5. 1998.
6. 2003
7. Trips to both Tanzania and Namibia.

Hi Canuck,
One time
16 days
Tanzania
3 Buffalo, 1 Zebra, 1 Warthog
1998
same
Jan 2005 24 day tour
Take good care,interesting post for sure,
Dave

Howdy Canuck,
My limited Africa experience:
1. One time
2. 12 days
3. Botswana: Tuli Block and Okavango, Kaparota Camp
4. Game taken:
cape buffalo
kudu
red lechwe
blue wildebeest
impala x 2
warthog
5. July-August 2001
6. 2001
7. Namibia next for eland, oryx, zebra and ...

Here it is:
1. How many times have you hunted in Africa?
3 Times

2. Approximately how many days have you spent afield?
44 days

3. Which countries have you hunted?
Namibia twice, Zimbabwe once

4. Which species have you hunted? (I realize this could be a huge list for some, so a synopsis will do)
Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Warthhog, Eland, Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Springbok, Mountain zebra, Baboon, Spring Hare and a bunch of Jackals.

5. What year was your first trip?
2001

6. What year was your last trip?
2003

7. What are you planning next?
Democratic Republic of the Congo(Zaire) in 2005.

Jason

AFRICANHUNTERFORTNER



.........."Ethiopia (let's not talk about that one)"......


No, lets. I'm curious to know what brand "X" did to you. Was it during the elephant campaign?

Rich Elliott

1. Six safaris

2. Approx. 80 hunting days

3. Zim 5 times, once RSA

4. All plainsgame species in Zim, except tsessebe. Also, lion, buffalo, leopard, elephant and one black mamba.

5. 1st trip: 1995

6. Last trip: February, 2004

7. Next trip: ??

1 safari to RSA in 2003, 10 hunting days where I took: kudu, impala, black wildebeest, 2 gemsbok, bushbuck, zebra
Will go back ASAP

Once with my dad ans uncle as an observer in Angola in 1969 for 21 days.

Once "for real" by myself in 2001

Days afield: 21 in Angola, 12 in Zimbabwe
Species I hunted:
Eland, zebra, Kudu, impala, warthog, tsesebee, wildebeest and bushbuck

Next trip: Zimbabwe in 2005 for buffalo as the primary with waterbuck, bushbuck, impala, sable.

1. 3 times
2. 58 hunting days
3. Botswana x 2, Tanzania
4. Buff x5, lion, leopard, hippo, zebra x4, kudu, impala x3
rpan, hartebeest x2, dik-dik, steinbuk, Tommy & Grant's
gazelle, eland, tsessebe, lechwe, blue wildebeest,
warthog x4, oribi, reedbuck, bushbuk, civet cat,
spotted hyena, baboon.
5. 1996
6. 2001
7. 2004, August 1st, Can't wait!!! Botswana for elephant &
leopard

1. Number of trips to Africa: 3

2. Number of days in field: 35

3. Countries hunted in: RSA, Tanzania, Namibia

4. Trophies taken: Cape Buffalo(2), Red Hartebeest, Lichtenstein Hartebeest, Warthog, Impala(2), Springbok(3),

Blue Wildebeest, Zebra(2), Kudu(2), Leopard, Gemsbuck(2), Nyasa Wildebeest, Jackal, Blesbok

5. First year hunted: 2000

6. Last year hunted: 2003

7. Planning a hunt for 2005



rslus/PA/USA

1. 3 trips.
2. 66 days.
3. RSA, Namibia, Botswana.
4. Succesfully harvested 21 species of plainsgame and varmint. My favorites are my rifle-killed cape Kudu and my bow-killed Greater Kudu from Botswana.
5. First trip 2000.
6. Last trip 2002.
7. Next trip, RSA-Family Safari, Summer 2005.

Don Martin.
EndlessSafari.com

1) 6 trips
2) ~70
3) Namibia, RSA, Mozambique, Tanzania
4) trphy and cull PG + leopard, elephant, buff, hippo
5) 1996
6) 2002
7) 2004, going to a couple places in RSA and Namibia, particularly seeking nyala, common reedbuck, red duiker, klipspringer, and of course a bigger kudu

1. 3 hunts, 4 trips. (2nd hunt interrupted by wife's illness)

2&3. 40 days in Zim, 18 days in RSA

4. Tuskless eles, buffalos, leopard, about 35 head of plains game from blesbok to eland

5. 2000

6. 2003

7. Nothing. Just got back from polar bear hunt.
Got to save up some money!

4 times
62 days
3-zebra
2-blesbok
2-bushbuck
8-impala
5-warthog
1-gemsbok
2-kudu
1-sable
1 tssesebee
1 lechwe
3-buffalo
1-leopard
1-crocodile
2-hartebeest
1-eland
1-nyala
3-blue wildebeest
1-jackal
1-baboon

total 40
Bostwana RSA
2001
2004
Sept.2004 Zim

Sorry for the delay, my mom has been sick and I havent been around much.

I have hunted 103 days in the past 3 years and shot right about 200+/- head of game(9 elephants, 6 lions, 13 or 14 buff, 3 giraffe, 2 sable) all in Zimbabwe.

I was suppost to be there now on a ele hunt but had to CXL because of my moms cancer, still on track to go later this year god willing, also made a deposit for Tanz in sept. as well. Hope I can make both trips.

1. Hunted Afica twice
2. 21 days of hunting
3. RSA, Tanzania
4. Several buffalo and about 18 other plains game
5. Next trip ? Maybe next year.