Who is the holder to the lease???



Mike

Nixon Dzingai of Sengwe safaris

SSG Safaris not Sengwe. I am the US contact for Nixon Dzingai. Pm me with any questions you may have.

Jeff

I just returned from hunting with Nixon Dzingia. Nixon is the owner, outfitter and PH for SSG Safaris. He is a direct descendant of the Shangani people. His grandfather was one of the great legendary trackers and Nixon was his student for many years. Malapati is a very good elephant/buffalo concession and it borders the Gonarezhou national park. Gonarezhou translates into "home of the elephant."

The concession has vast mopani forests and year around water. The elephant and buffalo move freely from the park and the concession, which also borders Kruger national park.

I saw elephant everyday. Ultimately I did take 2 elephants. The first elephant ambushed us while we were tracking a different elephant. The mopani trees were so thick that we did not know the elephant was on top of us. The elephant died as he charged with a point blank shot to the brain.

I thought the hunt would be over, but as it turned out the head game warden arrived at the site and agreed with Nixon that it was a ambush charge and that there would be no penalty against my hunt. I did have an option to purchase the ivory for the 12,500$ trophy fee. I declined because the elephant had broken tusks. It was determined that the bull was well into this late 60's. All of the meat went to the local tribes.

Interestingly, the elephant all migrated back to the park after the Bull was killed. I am perplexed how the knew their comrade had died. However, it did not take long and two days later the elephant were back into the concession feeding on the mopani tress.


I shot the second bull and estimate between 40-50lbs. There are some huge tuskers around, but they are extremely smart and I think that you will need tremendous luck to get one.

In addition, I saw many good buffalo and various plains game. If you want a good elephant/buffalo hunt at a fair and reasonable price contact Nixon at his email address at: sengwesafaris@zol.co.zw


I do not think you will find an outfitter and his staff that will work extra hard to get you an elephant. If anyone needs additional information, you can contact me at dawdmd@aol.com or call my office number at 570-675-9878.

Dale,

It sounds like you had an excellent hunt, can you share some photos?

Dale,

Glad you had a good hunt. Nixon is above all else a great hunter.

Jeff

Yea, sounds like a great hunt! Please share some photos.

How was Zim? I'm scheduled to leave here on the 27th for an elephant hunt across the nation in Nyakasanga.

Thanks,

JPK

Dale,
Congratulations on a great hunt. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me this afternoon, I enjoyed speaking with you.

Scott

Pics! Pics! Pics! and more details....
THanks for sharing.

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Interestingly, the elephant all migrated back to the park after the Bull was killed. I am perplexed how the knew their comrade had died. However, it did not take long and two days later the elephant were back into the concession feeding on the mopani tress.

Elephants use sound that is too low in frequency for humans to hear to communicate with each other. Their "infra-sound" calls can travel over 10 miles under good conditions and allow the males traveling in small groups to keep contact with the herd lead by the head female.
When the elephants heard your shot, and the male didn't respond to their calls (that us humans just can't hear without a lot of technological help) they knew that he was dead and it was time to get into the park.

Showed Dale how to upload pics and then to post them also... Should see some soon..

Mike

daleW, as CMMcDermott said, elephant communicate with frequencies below our audible range, something like 20 hertz or so if I remember correctly, which some young children can apparently hear, and some people can actually feel the vibration, without hearing the sound.

I think that either it was communication or the sound of the gunshot. Those big ears would be able to amplify a gunshot from much further than we would be able to hear, and that would be enough for them to get the takkies out so to speak. I do not know if any research has been done on the subject, but I think that elephant are pretty aware of general park boundaries and where hunting areas begin and end, even if there are no visible boundary fences. That would come from time, trial and error, communication, and their modest intelligence.

If you'd like to learn more about how they communicate and their relationships and social structures etc, you might like to read 'Silent Thunder' by Katy Payne and 'Elephant Memories' by Cynthia Moss.

You'll probably find both books available on Amazon and a few other sites at just a few dollars each.

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Duct tape?

Congrats on the eles!

Duct tape = field expedient repair material for most mechanical and non-mechanical items world wide.

In this case, I'm thinking the magazine latch.

Congrats on the ele's!

JPK

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Duct tape?

Hey, I have held cars together, effectively I might add, with duct tape.


Nice bulls!

Naturally I had deduced the need for a field expedient repair but could not resist a small jest. I imagine Texas consumes a large percentage of the world's duct tape production, although I have found that in some applications cable ties work very well also!

The duct tape serves 3 purposes:

1. it prevents the 2 square bolts that hold the latch from digging into my palm of my hand.

2. The latch flew open when I fired the rifle. It only happened one time, but I never want it to occur again, especially hunting big game.

3. it gives the rifle an "African rugged look."

Second Shikari's post...and the results