I plan on buying his book now that it is translated from German...especially since Richard Harland speaks so highly of it.

Does anyone have any info on Mr. Denker or has anyone hunted with him? There is very little I could find (apart from book reviews and some essays from Denker) including a search on the Hunting Report...

African Hunting Safaris
Kai-Uwe Denker

It is with immense satisfaction that we here announce the ivory weights of our 2004 elephant hunting season, as officially weighed:
115/17 lbs, 82/78 lbs, 76/72 lbs, 76/72 lbs, 72/70 lbs

PO Box 80588, Windhoek, Namibia
E-mail: denkerk@iafrica.com.na
Fax: (+264-64) 570595

Mit großer Zufriedenheit mõchten wir hier unsere offiziell verwogenen Stoßzahngewichte aus der Jagdsaison 2004 bekanntgeben:
115/17 lbs, 82/78 lbs, 76/72 lbs, 76/72 lbs, 72/70 lbs

Postfach 80588, Windhoek, Namibia
E-mail: denkerk@iafrica.com.na
Fax: (+264-64) 570595

I tried to email but have no idea if it is current or even if he uses it. I have heard that he may be hard to contact.

I enjoyed his book. It is alot more pollised in German tha the English translation I have Seen. Still, despite a few disagreements on aging etc, I will strongly Recomend this book

I hunted with him 3 times in Namibia, east-kavango and bushmanland.
He is a very experienced and successful PH, especially on trophy elefants with today unequaled trophy weights. His books are very unique and a very good read and demanding.

To contact Kai:

P.O. Box 240
Omaruru, Namibia
+264 64 53084 or +264 570280

Hope that works for you.

Namibiahunter

Thanks for the info. Sounds like his phone and address changed from what I found. I sent email but it could be old info too.

PM to Norbert. Anyone who has experience with him, feel free to post about it with photos. If you need help with photos let me know.

I believe Kai-Uwi's current email is denkerk@iafrica.com.na. Likely out hunting, Siggi Denker will reply, but be patient as with many of the Namibian PH's, they are on old dial-up lines and Internet service is spotty.

I have not hunted with Denker, but according to others...he is a professional who expects that his clients can walk, and has no mercy on them if they cannot. He will some times just walk out of camp and cover many miles in a day. One should be prepared to shoot an old broken-tusk elephant. He has high standards and a strong personality (hey, he's German). I would very much love to hunt elephant with Denker, however, the hunts in Bushmanland (Nyae Nyae) have become too rich for my blood. But I am open for sponsorships!




(sorry about the quality, it was from a fax)

Thanks Bill as that was a lot more info then I had previously. I was really hoping it would be half that amount...ugh. That is about $1700 daily and then a 25k TF. That's basically the same cost as Calitz with 1/2 the personality.

I don't know Bryan, the elephant hunts in Botswana have never appealed to me, at least at this point. There are exceptions of course, but the term "gentleman's hunt" comes to mind. The hunts in Bushmanland are true tracking hunts, with little driving.

I don't think Kai-Uwe is short on personality!

Understood and agreed (my personality comment was faulty). I would like to meet Mr. Denker and see what kind of pace he sets. I was referring to the trophy quality somewhat and the "contractual obligation" of Denker to shoot the broken tusked bulls that you referred to. That would be tough to do when the TF is 25k and you are spending the same on daily rates. I don't understand why you are obligated to shoot the broken tusked bulls for the same TF as the big bulls. Maybe I do not have a good understanding of the setup?

And that’s valid, and likely why most of his hunters are European. But even so, I am sure it can lead to confrontations in the field if it is not addressed and agreed to ahead of time (which is why his marketing material makes mention of this I would suspect).

Having a matched pair already, I'd be good with this, assuming it was an old-old bull down to the last molars, and as long as one side had some good size. A genetic "one tusker" would be a bit harder to accept, although after 10-days of marching in the sand who knows!

Along the Hwange, Buzz and I went looking for the infamous "55lb one-tusker" which had reportedly been turned down twice last year, just to have a look, but we didn't find him.

Yukon
The Spoor of Jumbo.. Which way to go.. Quantity or Quality..
AK

I have not had the pleasure of meeting him, but feel it would require a special personaility/type of person to hunt with him. If the ground rules are not spelt upfront I think there would be problems! I have read his book and exchanged pleasant emails with him.

I too spent considerable time speaking with Kai-Uwe at SCI last year. That's where Bill's photos are taken. The one tusk he had there (a repo of one he had taken in 2006) was 117 pounds! It was incredible. I think it's one that's behind him in the photo. It was a one-tusker. I asked him if the hunter hestitated to shoot it becuase it only had one tusk and he informed me that he commits his hunters to shoot a trophy bull like that one before they even start hunting. He reasoned that it's very unlikely a person will find those huge tusked bulls where one of the tusks is not broken up a bit.

What was really interesting was Richard Harland was there for quite a bit of the conversation. When those two get together, there's a wealth of elephant hunting experience and knowledge.

Hi Guys,

I've just seen these postings, after writing something about Kai Uwe on the BOOKS AND VIDEOS section, which might be of further interest to some of you.

Bill C has the e-mail address correct.(see above)

BTW, I rate his book 5 'checks', not one as shown - my mistake!

Richard.

Author of: The Hunting Imperative; African Epic; Ndlovu - The Art of Hunting the African Elephant. (Available from Rowland Ward Publications and Safari Press)