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CM Safaris End of Season Newsletter
29 November 2018, 13:12
Buzz CharltonOne correction- the trade edition of my book is selling for $39.95 not $45. Thanks!
29 November 2018, 13:23
fairgameWell done Buzz and great to see Dande respond to responsible management. This is well illustrated in the quality of your hunted game.
I am very impressed to see that 50% of your profit base goes to communities and such partnerships will be the future for us all.
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29 November 2018, 15:24
Thor KirchnerVery well done on a great season and spectacular trophies. Great to see outfitters doing the right thing for conservation rather than business. Good luck at the shows and the coming season. Dont forget you still owe me a beer
29 November 2018, 16:23
Charlie64.
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"Up the ladders and down the snakes!"
30 November 2018, 06:47
Use Enough GunOutstanding, Buzz!
30 November 2018, 07:00
Safari2Great Job Buzz!!
30 November 2018, 12:07
WR500Buzz,Myles and crew, well done indeed on a stellar season!
You guys run a slick operation and it shows with all the great trophies and satisfied repeat clientele.
Must say that the Niassa trip you facilitated for us was indeed incredible, and I can
Recommend this place for the die hard buff hunters.
Special mention should be made for the PHs on these safaris. They are all outstanding, and I’ve hunted with most of the CM Phs , they are indeed at the top of the proffession.
Big thanks to my PH in Niassa Dave Langerman. Absolute champion effort and a wonderful young Zimbabwean
PH already at the top of his game. Keep up the good work , round two is in the planning for us to hunt again in Moz.!!
Looking forward to the big catch up in Reno guys.
Cheers!!!
30 November 2018, 16:46
bwanajayCongrats Buzz and Myles on another super year!
30 November 2018, 18:37
Buzz CharltonWR 500- You are absolutely correct and any hunt that we book in Luwire will have Dave as the PH. He is indeed a very talented young PH who has everything going for him! We had the pleasure of having Daves Mum Chooks work a season for us!
01 December 2018, 06:59
bwanamrmBuzz,
Kudos to the CMS team for another incredible season. You gentlemen set a very high bar for outfitters across the breadth of Africa!
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
01 December 2018, 18:15
MJinesYear in and year out . . . one of the best. Another year filled with happy clients and quality trophies.
Mike
01 December 2018, 21:14
Bill73Buzz,
Reading through,I noticed that you called hunting elephant in the Zambezi valley the purest & hardest form of hunting today? I would appreciate you explaining that?
I have only done one tuskless with M.Pieters in the omay & a buff with Nixon in Malapati.
DRSS
02 December 2018, 10:00
Buzz CharltonBill 73
I refer to elephant bull hunting rather then tuskless. The reason being is that tracking a single bull in the terrain that the Valley offers means that you better have
1/ EXCELLENT TRACKERS- I have hunted Ele bulls in most concessions in Zim and outside of the Valley the tracking, at a risk of generalising, is very easy.
The Save /North western areas etc have a lot of Gussu sand and easy well marked roads making tracking and cutting tracks easy. You do not need an expert tracker.
In the Valley you better have 2 expert trackers as well as a good driver as unlike other areas the blocks are huge and tracking extremely hard. There are generally a lot more cows vs bulls in the Valley making staying on a track hard unlike say Kazuma where we do our big bulls and where you are lucky to see a cow herd on a 15 day hunt.
2/ YOU NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT- I would say that an average daily tracking session on an elephant bull in the valley is 5 of more hours. Day in and day out it takes its toll. The bulls for what ever reason, and it may be due to poaching pressure in the past, travel great distances. Combine this with the huge blocks this can result in tracking and elephant bull from sun up to sun down with out catching it. This, in my eyes ,is as it should be- it is fair chase! The fact that the elephants are on high alert if they hear you or smell you you are in for a few more hours tracking before you catch them. This is unlike other areas where one does not have to even check the wind!
3/ YOU NEED TO ADJUST TROPHY EXPECTANCY- The valley average has been 35 lbs a side for many years and the price reflects that.
02 December 2018, 21:33
Bill73quote:
Originally posted by Buzz Charlton:
Bill 73
I refer to elephant bull hunting rather then tuskless. The reason being is that tracking a single bull in the terrain that the Valley offers means that you better have
1/ EXCELLENT TRACKERS- I have hunted Ele bulls in most concessions in Zim and outside of the Valley the tracking, at a risk of generalising, is very easy.
The Save /North western areas etc have a lot of Gussu sand and easy well marked roads making tracking and cutting tracks easy. You do not need an expert tracker.
In the Valley you better have 2 expert trackers as well as a good driver as unlike other areas the blocks are huge and tracking extremely hard. There are generally a lot more cows vs bulls in the Valley making staying on a track hard unlike say Kazuma where we do our big bulls and where you are lucky to see a cow herd on a 15 day hunt.
2/ YOU NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT- I would say that an average daily tracking session on an elephant bull in the valley is 5 of more hours. Day in and day out it takes its toll. The bulls for what ever reason, and it may be due to poaching pressure in the past, travel great distances. Combine this with the huge blocks this can result in tracking and elephant bull from sun up to sun down with out catching it. This, in my eyes ,is as it should be- it is fair chase! The fact that the elephants are on high alert if they hear you or smell you you are in for a few more hours tracking before you catch them. This is unlike other areas where one does not have to even check the wind!
3/ YOU NEED TO ADJUST TROPHY EXPECTANCY- The valley average has been 35 lbs a side for many years and the price reflects that.
Appreciate the explanation,I can hopefully swing a hunt such as this before I am too old or broke
DRSS
02 December 2018, 22:29
Buzz CharltonPleasure Bill 73 - bottom line it is as affordable elephant bull hunt as there is. It is a matter of perspective as we all know though! The only sure thing is we are getting older!!
02 December 2018, 23:04
FjoldGreat Buzz! It looks like you're doing great things.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite
04 December 2018, 18:55
Odingood season! Elephants and lions. !! Looking forward to empty Your beer cooler in Dallas.
19 December 2018, 09:45
Buzz CharltonOdin- I have just ordered more beer so looking forward to seeing you and Lars and your better half there!
