Congratulations on a great hunt, I really enjoyed your report and pictures. Thanks

Thanks for the report Ahmed - super photos, super story and super trophies. You well deserve your huge elephant!!

Cheers mate!!
Matt

Fantastic hunt and fantastic report!

What else can I say?

Congratulations with a fantastic elephant, trophy of a lifetime...

Very nice report too...

Congratulations on an excellent hunt. In addition to Elephant and Sable, what other animals are worth considering on 21 days hunt in Lukwika?

Ahmed, Excellent wonderful fabulous extrodinary remarkable amazing and very well done Sir.

Ahmed: Thank you very much for sharing this great experience with us. Impressive elephant!!! jorge

One of the coolest reports I've seen.

Congrats!

Very good report. That is probably the best looking matching pair of ivory I have ever seen.

Your Sable and duiker are also great looking.

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Originally posted by Ace Hunter:
Congratulations on an excellent hunt. In addition to Elephant and Sable, what other animals are worth considering on 21 days hunt in Lukwika?

You can get buffalo, kudu, croc, hippo and other smaller pg species. BUT if your focus is Ele, then the rest are to be considered trophies of opportunity.

How many Tembo of this quality do you take each year off this concession?

Jeff

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

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Originally posted by Bwanamich:

quote:

Originally posted by Ace Hunter:
Congratulations on an excellent hunt. In addition to Elephant and Sable, what other animals are worth considering on 21 days hunt in Lukwika?

You can get buffalo, kudu, croc, hippo and other smaller pg species. BUT if your focus is Ele, then the rest are to be considered trophies of opportunity.

Very true Bawana, in addition there is also Waterbuck in good number but the trophy quality and body size is not great. There is also good Leopard, Impala and bushpig.

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Originally posted by Bwana Bunduki:
How many Tembo of this quality do you take each year off this concession?

Jeff

Jeff, you may want to ask that to Michel Mantheakis, owner of Miombo. I don't think he posts here but you can email him.

An amazing Tembo. Would love to whack one like him.

Jeff

Hello Ahmed,
I think I shot the lion You saw about a week later!

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Originally posted by svaneknop:
Hello Ahmed,
I think I shot the lion You saw about a week later!

That is great, congratulations. He is as good as it gets in Selous these days. If he is the one that I saw, he must have quite a bit black mane on his front, will appreciate some more photos of him. Was he still feeding on wildebeast in the airstrip area? Who was your PH?

PH Haydar Gulam and I arrived in Miombos R3 camp by the Ruaha River after a long days drive from Dar Es Salam. We saw big Lion tracks already the first morning just after we passed thru the last dried out creek before the airstrip.

After some negotiations with Nicole Mantheakis at Miombos Dar Es Salam office (I only had a 10 days license and intended to shoot buffalo) we started bating. We baited 3 places from 1 to 4 miles from the airstrip.

I shot him in the morning of the 10th at the bait closest to and east of the airstrip.

Haydar Gulam and me


Haydar showing where My bullet hit


Haydar with the two trackers Fabi and Baroni.

Thats a Super Simba for the Selous.
Congrats !

Seloushunter

That indeed is a good old lion.

Ahmed, in addition to the animals you mentioned, can Lion be also hunted from the same area with good chances?

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Originally posted by Ace Hunter:

Ahmed, in addition to the animals you mentioned, can Lion be also hunted from the same area with good chances?

This lion was shot in R3 Selous. The population of lions there was not that great, I only saw one male but I only stayed 3 days.

Lukwika is also not considered to be a good lion hunting destination.

Ahmed,

What can I say that others haven't? Well done. Congratualations!

Thanks for posting,

Armbar.

looking at the video , that was an absoulutely excellent shot , well done my friend , a perfect shot and a humane kill for a truly majestic animals , doesnt hurt that he had such excellent tusks either !!!

Great report. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally posted by ivan carter:
looking at the video , that was an absoulutely excellent shot.

Thanks Ivan, before going on the hunt I watched your "Boddington on Elephant with Ivan Carter" that sure did helped in pulling off that shot.

Ahmed,

Congratulations! Your hunts are only matched by your reports. Holding true to your standards can be tough. Thanks for sharing. Your photography skills really enhance the report.

Thanks,

Hugh

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Originally posted by Hugh W:
Ahmed,

Congratulations! Your hunts are only matched by your reports. Holding true to your standards can be tough. Thanks for sharing. Your photography skills really enhance the report.

Thanks,

Hugh

+1
Very well done sir.

Congratulations on a fantastic trip. Your report was a very enjoyable read. Thanks!

After almost two years I finally got the trophies. I have not managed to put them properly yet but here are few photos:







Got the ears painted.

Outstanding!

Wow really nice, who painted the ears ?

Great collection! I too very much like the ear paintings, they are quite nice.

Stunning Ahmed. Very, very nice.

Absolutely marvelous. Just to let folks know, Michel Mantheakis keeps a pretty low profile -- it's just his nature. However, he is a great PH and great to deal with.

It is my understanding that he is no longer associated with Miombo. His new contact information is:

Michel Mantheakis Safaris, Ltd.
P.O. Box. 354
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
+255 (0) 655 336 559
michel@mm-safaris.com

The first pic, the guy with the binos and the rifle on his shoulder, with the clouds in the background has to be about the baddest ass hunting pic I have ever seen.

Outstanding elephant love the thick ivory. Sable what a handsome animal.

Mike

Fantastic trophies. Congratulations.

Fabulous ivory!

Another great hunt for you. Good adventure, good animals, good shooting. Also, you tell the story well and have very good photos.

Congratulations.

I have seen a lot of those painted elle ears and most look like junk, but those were very nice. Congrats on some great trophies.

Ahmed,

Congratulations...everything looks spectacular