Well, January's half over and spring will be here in no time, so who is going on the first safari of the year? Tanzania season goes through March and Cameroon and CAR are prime now through March. After that, some of those early big elephant hunts occur in Bots and Zim.

So, who is the lucky dog that will take the first hunt and post the first report?

Not me. I don't get back to Zim until October. NZ in June and Idaho in April for Black Bear.

I do have one of the early big Ele hunts in Zim for 2013 however!

Sept for me too... I will not be the winner!

It might be me if I can hook up with CAWA for the LDE hunt.

I leave Feb. 7 for Zim elephant.

Tim beat me; I leave on March 8 for buffalo in Masailand.

Sorry 2013 for me.

2013 for me also!

May for me Kalahari

Mike

June 20th is SOOOOOoooooooooo far away.

Tim still look's like the leader, I'm not going
until March 25th (elephant with Karl Stumpfe)

You taking the H&H?

Going in right behind Tim. Leave a big one for me and my son, please.

Adam,
Yes, I'm taking the H&H, I figure that is what it was made for!
Hopefully, I'll have good pics & report by mid-April.

July 13 for South Africa

May 14th to Namibia for me.

I leave tomorrow, Jan 15, for Masailand.

I will miss the Packer games. Bummer.

July 18- Dande Ward 11

George- Buffalo again?

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Originally posted by Pegleg:
George- Buffalo again?

leopard and buff

I just returned from Cameroon on January 9th. My hunt report is partially finished, but it is going to be looonnnng.

I am trying to keep it concise, but it is difficult. A lot of wild stuff happened.

Dande East March 13th

I guess I'm behind Tim Herald and Jack D. Bold, I leave March 12 for Elephant with Nixon.

Save me one fellas.

I am going at the end of June for 2 weeks of PG hunt(mostly stalking with a bow) in East Cape SA.

Shootaway- What rifle will you use for your leopard hunt? You will have fun setting up and hunting leopard. Good luck.

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Originally posted by Pegleg:
Shootaway- What rifle will you use for your leopard hunt? You will have fun setting up and hunting leopard. Good luck.

Dave,I would like to use my own rifle-the one Ralph Martini made but there is a ban on Canadians importing rifles to Zim.I`ve requested the 458 Lott I rented the last time.I would like to have both a scoped and open sight rifle at the blind.If it`s an easy shot off a rest and light conditions are good I would really like to use the Lott with open sights.On the other hand if for whatever reason an easy shot is not possible then I would have no choice but to go with a scoped rifle.I`ll be using an open sighted Lott for whatever else I hunt there including the buff.

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Originally posted by shootaway:

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Originally posted by Pegleg:
Shootaway- What rifle will you use for your leopard hunt? You will have fun setting up and hunting leopard. Good luck.

Dave,I would like to use my own rifle-the one Ralph Martini made but there is a ban on Canadians importing rifles to Zim.I`ve requested the 458 Lott I rented the last time.I would like to have both a scoped and open sight rifle at the blind.If it`s an easy shot off a rest and light conditions are good I would really like to use the Lott with open sights.On the other hand if for whatever reason an easy shot is not possible then I would have no choice but to go with a scoped rifle.I`ll be using an open sighted Lott for whatever else I hunt there including the buff.

You can't bring your own rifle from Canada to Zimbabwe for safari?

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You can't bring your own rifle from Canada to Zimbabwe for safari?
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From Aus you now require a special permit from what I've heard. Might be the same in Canada?
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Originally posted by shootaway:

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Originally posted by Pegleg:
Shootaway- What rifle will you use for your leopard hunt? You will have fun setting up and hunting leopard. Good luck.

Dave,I would like to use my own rifle-the one Ralph Martini made but there is a ban on Canadians importing rifles to Zim.I`ve requested the 458 Lott I rented the last time.I would like to have both a scoped and open sight rifle at the blind.If it`s an easy shot off a rest and light conditions are good I would really like to use the Lott with open sights.On the other hand if for whatever reason an easy shot is not possible then I would have no choice but to go with a scoped rifle.I`ll be using an open sighted Lott for whatever else I hunt there including the buff.
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Tried that on my last Lion hunt but found it's more of a pain. In the end, I carried the open sighted 425 due to the close proximity to the bait and the fact that it would need to be clearly visible so as to age it.

I have had a few Canadian friends taking guns into Zim and none of them had a problem. They all went to SA and then got a seperate ticket to Zim and it all went just fine.

April 17th... plains game in the Great Karoo RSA

(1st African Safari, EVER)

My wife and I are going to:

Tanzania in March
And
Zimbabwe in September

June 15 for buffalo and leopard in Zambia

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Originally posted by nube:
I have had a few Canadian friends taking guns into Zim and none of them had a problem. They all went to SA and then got a seperate ticket to Zim and it all went just fine.

That certainly happens. It is still illegal, but it happens.

Dean

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Originally posted by maki:

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Originally posted by nube:
I have had a few Canadian friends taking guns into Zim and none of them had a problem. They all went to SA and then got a seperate ticket to Zim and it all went just fine.

That certainly happens. It is still illegal, but it happens.

Dean

+1

So you spend 10+k usd for a safari rifle and you can't even take it on safari?

I know that you are Canadian and you guys respect your country, but dang, you need to grow a pair! Who f-ucking cares if it is illegal?

Fly into SA then continue on to Zim.

Seriously, it is your obligation to break unjust laws.

Far from first but not too far out. Leave June 8 for leopard in Zim in the midlands.

April 6 for me, Leopard/Buffalo/PG Arda Camp Zambezi Hunters, Zim.
bH

Leaving April 26 for Dande North with CM. It will be my first bull ele hunt. Richard Schultz will be my PH if anybody has some good stories about him.

If you count a trip to Canada a safari, I went in January and froze on a very fun hunt.