Just got back from 21 days with Paddy in the Selous, got lion,leopard andbuffalo, if anyone is getting ready to go and want any info on hunt, travel etc etc, pm me and I will be glad to answer...

That's great but we need a hunting report and PICTURES!

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Originally posted by kld:
Just got back from 21 days with Paddy in the Selous, got lion,leopard andbuffalo, if anyone is getting ready to go and want any info on hunt, travel etc etc, pm me and I will be glad to answer...

Congrats..one question..how bad is the elephant poaching? Did you see any/many eles?

Thanks

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Originally posted by kld:
Just got back from 21 days with Paddy in the Selous, got lion,leopard andbuffalo, if anyone is getting ready to go and want any info on hunt, travel etc etc, pm me and I will be glad to answer...

I believe you got an excellent Lion - Congrats!

I am heading to the Selous this month for elephant and leopard. Did you see many elephant?

Jason

What a tease.

No Thank you! But where are the pics and report?

Mike

The elephants were just starting to come in as I left. We saw several groups of cows and a couple of small bulls. As far as the poaching goes, yes, they have some of it there and it appears to be active. Luke and the gov. have patrols out everyday and they are doing their best, but it is a biiiig concession. They caught a group of 12 that had bicycles while we were there. I know that I would not want to be a poacher and get caught by the patrols that we saw. The tetsi flys are as bad as you remember alsossss..kd

What concession were you hunting in?


Mike

they are luke samaras block up on the rufiji river u4,ms1,, he currently has 4 blocks

What was the weather like? I leave on 9/24 with Jaco in the Selous. Se any good bull elephant?

The weather was pretty hot during the daylight hours, it got around 90 in the heat of the day, and nothing seemed to be moving, we usually sat it out by a waterhole, but by the time your trip comes, it will be hot. Seems like you can not find a pair of ankle boots that dont retain toooo much heat, make sure they are ventilated, I think I may try high top tennies next time. Heat in the tent was unbearable during the afternoon, good reason to stay outside looking around...

Pictures, or it didn't happen

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Originally posted by PD999:
Pictures, or it didn't happen

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Nice that you have provided a glint into your safari.
A report and pictures would be nice.

When i was there in 2010 in November i saw more elephants than anything else. I also hunted in the Selous and on the Rufigi.

We would stumble into groups of elephants daily while out looking for Cape Buffalo. closes one was a cow about 20 yards away and then it calf showed up and we scattered as we were being eyeballed.