An argentine friend is trying to find a good deal on a leopard hunt .Please any information is welcomed .

Your friend needs to buy the most expensive leopard hunt he can afford with a good cat PH who has a proven track record rather than the cheapest leopard hunt he can find.

10-4 on that. There are no GOOD DEALS in cat hunting.

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Originally posted by chuckmaxman:
10-4 on that. There are no GOOD DEALS in cat hunting.

Amen !!!

Occasionally there is a "deal" on a leopard when there has been a cancelation etc but generally a deal re cheap leopard hunt means your chances of success are very low. IMO if your not paying around a $1,000 per day and a $,4000-$5,000 trophy fee for a leopard/PG combo you probably have a slim chance of killing a leopard. Additionally I think booking the right dates during the year and moon phase are very important. Finally as Steve said you have to book with a cat guy.

Mark

I hunted Leopard on 3 separate safaris prior to getting one. I also have hunting partners who have killed multiple Leopards in daylight with no trouble. That's cat hunting.

Above is all good advice. Get an experienced cat PH and a good area that produces.

Shakari is absolutely correct. I've known many who went on several hunts and sat in blinds for days and days and were still unsuccessful.

Try Michel Mantheakis. His Lukwati area is teaming with good cats. Just got back in October. It's a great area. We had multiple, multiple baits hit before we stopped checking after taking a nice chui.

Area is great for buffalo, sable and other game. Camp is extremely well-run, equpment is new and works. Plus, Michel simply thinks like a cat.

I can put together a real good deal..........real good for me !! Does that count ??

what about a special deal and i get steve shakari to do the hunt on my place.

Luan

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Originally posted by luan:
what about a special deal and i get steve shakari to do the hunt on my place.

Luan

So much for retirement!

A leopard is about the only type of hunt I could do with my dodgy hip but if anyone could convince me to come out of retirement & do one last one, it's my good friend Luan.

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Originally posted by Neil-PH:
I can put together a real good deal..........real good for me !! Does that count ??

And me. What about you pay, don't shoot a Leopard and then I can sell it on to another.

Thanks Steve

You know you coming out of retirement next year for a few weeks just to come enjoy a fire with me and one cold one.

Fairgame sell that leopard to me for half price lol

luan

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Originally posted by luan:
Thanks Steve

You know you coming out of retirement next year for a few weeks just to come enjoy a fire with me and one cold one.

Fairgame sell that leopard to me for half price lol

luan

Might be more than one my friend! LOL

You know.....a "good deal" can mean many things fellas......I know Juan and his hunts are a "good deal". You GET what you pay for with him, that, is a good deal.

I am sure that is what he is looking for......to get what he pays for...... AKA a good deal.


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I got lucky. My very first trip to Africa was in 2008 to Namibia. The small rancher I was to hunt PG on was beginning to hunt Leopards on his farm in the Erongo mts which is crawling with leopards. He offered me a 14 day combo with leopard for $8750 including leopard trophy fee. His operation was meager, no trail cams, etc. but we had leopards on bait. First evening in the blind, third day there, I shot a female leopard, perfectly legal at the time,(no longer legal), at dark thirty, couldn't tell sex, no lights permitted, no night hunting . Went on to shoot a Mtn Zebra, gemsbuck, springbok, warthog. Total bill was less than 11K. Sure I would love to shoot a big Tom, but the price for a leopard seems too high to me and not as much fun as hunting Cape Buffalo.
That's a good deal.

Hunting a good male leopard with an experienced PH is an experience you don't want to miss. The bill is inconsequential; it's the experience. I wouldn't bargain shop, you'll spend a lot more in the long run and, if you are lucky, wind up with a whole lot less cat.

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by luan:
Thanks Steve

You know you coming out of retirement next year for a few weeks just to come enjoy a fire with me and one cold one.

Fairgame sell that leopard to me for half price lol

luan

Might be more than one my friend! LOL

Steve, we need to get down there for some pigeons and guineas, and of course a cold one.

K

Why is everyone talking in the singular?

Bugger having ONE. Let's have several!

Steve

Will sent you some photos of the trail cam.
You know i only allowed one a night so i will look after you guys

Luan,

Ja but that one you're allowed needs to be a gallon bucket!

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Hunting a good male leopard with an experienced PH is an experience you don't want to miss. The bill is inconsequential; it's the experience. I wouldn't bargain shop, you'll spend a lot more in the long run and, if you are lucky, wind up with a whole lot less cat.

Best advise. Zimbabwe is the obvious choice.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Hunting a good male leopard with an experienced PH is an experience you don't want to miss. The bill is inconsequential; it's the experience. I wouldn't bargain shop, you'll spend a lot more in the long run and, if you are lucky, wind up with a whole lot less cat.

Best advise. Zimbabwe is the obvious choice.

That would depend of a person's feeling about daylight vs. spotlight.

There are lots of daylight only leopard hunting areas in Zim and often these areas offer excellent success. Personally I've shot all of my leopards in daylight.

Mark

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Hunting a good male leopard with an experienced PH is an experience you don't want to miss. The bill is inconsequential; it's the experience. I wouldn't bargain shop, you'll spend a lot more in the long run and, if you are lucky, wind up with a whole lot less cat.

Best advise. Zimbabwe is the obvious choice.

That would depend of a person's feeling about daylight vs. spotlight.

You suggesting this is a question of ethics Jim lad?

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Hunting a good male leopard with an experienced PH is an experience you don't want to miss. The bill is inconsequential; it's the experience. I wouldn't bargain shop, you'll spend a lot more in the long run and, if you are lucky, wind up with a whole lot less cat.

Best advise. Zimbabwe is the obvious choice.

That would depend of a person's feeling about daylight vs. spotlight.

You suggesting this is a question of ethics Jim lad?

Not at all. It's a matter of personal choice. I went back and forth on daylight vs. spotlight when I looked into the booking we made in Moz (now unfortunately indefinitely delayed).

I spoke personally with two well respected Zim PH's with excellent Leopard success rates. I spoke with an AR member with five Leopards.

There's an excitement to that nighttime blind spotlight scenario, no doubt.

It's just not for me at this point.

Has zero to do with ethics my friend.

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
There are lots of daylight only leopard hunting areas in Zim and often these areas offer excellent success. Personally I've shot all of my leopards in daylight.

Mark

Daylight Leopards are taken in Zim no doubt but I would prefer to increase my odds if I wanted a daylight only Leopard and choose a place with little to no Leopard persecution. That's why I chose the Niassa Reserve in Moz.

Also remember I am not an inches guy. So the potential for a smaller Cat in the Niassa meant little to me.

Jim,

I just didn't want folks to think that the spotlight hunts were the only alternative in Zim. I beleive in all of Mozambique you can hunt leopard at night but it probably is not necessary particularly in Niassa. Best of both world in my opinion.

Mark

Is Wayne Grant still operating in Zimbawe .....

Juan he is still hunting Zimbabwe and in Mozambique as well....I could put you in touch with him if you like.

Did you read his book yet?

Dear friend didnt get the book ,and yes i want to contact him ,i have a friend and local guide, who wants to hunt leopards ,he hunted sometimes in Africa but now hes only intersted in leopards .I know that Matobo hills are a good spot ....so perhaps hes the rigth person .