Great report and great lion Will! Congratulations!

Very good and congrats. Thanks for posting!

Amazing hunt Will! Thanks for sharing.
Now I really can't wait the next 4 weeks to get out there!

O

Great report Will, well-written! You made us feel as we were right there with you in the lion blind! I must say I also admire and respect very much your "one lion" decision even though you are still a young man with many hunts left to go. I'm fifty eight, with just two safaris under my belt (the first at age fifty) and even though I might have two or at the most three safaris left, I'll never be able to hunt a lion. Again great report and thanks!

Congratulations Will!


Doug

Well Done Will!!!

JEff

Well done Will!
If you remember, you encouraged me @ SCI to book with Professor Labat for
leopard in 2013. We are scheduled with Thierry in Sango for mid-May & can only hope to do
half as well as you!
Hopefully, his luck will continue for us!
Excellent job again, that's a real brute of a lion
Jim

Fantastic Will! And a toast with my favorite soft drink to boot-Green Cream Soda!

Awesome Lion!! Hard to believe that leopard was the second best of the trip.

Fantastic Will! I went straight for the pics now to settle down and read your report.
Awesome!!!!

SPECTACULAR Will...Good for you...Well done

Will,

Way to go. A real lion.

Mike

As Gomer would say"SHAZAAM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I'll be back in the truck with Legend Labat in just 13 more months.

Well fed cats.
Congratulations.

Will and Theirry congrats. Amazing cats. I hope some of your luck is stuck in those Courtneys I bought from you that you both wore

Congrats to Will, who was an awesome tour guide for my first African Safari. The lion was even more impressive in person...as one of the staff said, "a mucking fonster"!

Absolutely fantastic, right out of the top drawer.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Did you use the Swifts on the lion?

Yes. 400gr Swift A-Frames on lion and on the leopard and buffalo as well.

Mudini: What a decent, down to earth, hard working and courageous man. A leading poacher nabber, month in and month out during the off season when we were working for Roger Whittall. I can't tell you how many poachers we brought to book together... A good man to have at your side when the fists/sticks/rocks/pangas/bullets start flying...

Thierry: It's been 17 or 18 years, but it doesn't seem that long ago when I took a very keen young man hunting impala on Ruware in the Chiredzi conservancy, where we then lived. We didn't shoot any impala but I never rated myself as a PH and we had a lot of fun anyway...
You have come a long way in a short time my friend and the sky's the limit. I am very proud of you.

Will Parks: I salute you and the many others like you on this site who continue to hunt Zimbabwe, who have backed us through thick and thin. You guys are the reason many Zimbabweans are able to put food on the table/send their kids to school, and I thank you on behalf of country and countrymen. I also congratulate you on your incredible collection of trophies.

Zambezi Hunters: Consistent quality speaks volumes. Pure class.

David

Gorgeous Lion Will....congratulations on a wonderful hunt!!

Will, those are BIG cats, well done!

Show-off!!! :-)

Will thanks for the e-mail and pic. You should never hunt one again, This one you would never best. Congrats on a great hunt and over the top trophies! Great Report as usual. Who is doing all your cats?

Well written and well hunted.
What an awe expiring Lion!!!!! That is one animal that you could never have too many photo's of.

Hey Buzz,I want that lions brother!!

You'd be hard pressed to better that lion I venture. Sounds like you had a great hunt and a fantastic time.

What an incredible Lion, congrats

Will, you are both lucky and blessed! Congrats on the lion! The buffalo and leopard ain't too shabby either! Mieta for sharing the hunt with us!

Three of the Big Five in one hunt! Well done, superb trophies all... especially the lion.

Great trophies, Congratulations. Thanks for the photos and well written report.
Randy

Outstanding

Will,

Awesome trophies and a great report as usual.

I can't wait to hear it first hand at one of our meetings.

what a fine hunt with superb trophies, congratulations.

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I will confess that the ongoing conversation on this site about aging lions assisted me as I knew, for myself, that these lions were not shootable lions as soon as I saw them.

Then all the controversies of the years will have been worth it!

HOLY SMOKES !!!! I knew you had a good report coming.....but geeze. What some cats, what a monster. CONGRATULATIONS! I can hardly wait till next week to get the story up close and personal. Please don't wash all the smell and flavor of Africa off for a few more days yet.

I think this morning the magnatude of this safari finally settled in on me.
This would have been an "EPIC" adventure to me & I'm quite sure it was to Will as well.
Truely a memorable experience!
Congratulations Will.

Great hunt Will, congrats to you and Thierry. You guys continue to make a great team!

I met Thiery's parents on my way out of Harare in April, nice people.

Which scope did you end up using, and was it indeed "traditional" (no illumination)?

Have you thought about how you will be mounting that magnificent lion?

great report, AWESOME lion!

Well done Will! Sorry I'm tardy on my reply...been busy. I spent a good bit of time visiting with Thierry in Roger's old camp in Chewore South in '06...he put us onto a great kudu bull...what a fine fellow! Keep well my friend!

Will,

I realize you are probably catching up on some work... but, we need more photos !!!

Andy

"Please excuse the excessive pictures." You're kidding, right????? I agree with ghostbird - I want more photos! Will, so glad you got the same lion you saw a year ago, gave a name to, and have been dreaming about ever since. That makes him even more special. He's truly every hunter's dream - the perfect lion. Like bwana cecil said, the word "EPIC" comes to mind. A perfect safari for sure. And a fantastic hunt report too.