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Mbalabala Safaris Mid Season Report- Zimbabwe

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18 July 2017, 15:00
Lin Stanton
Mbalabala Safaris Mid Season Report- Zimbabwe
Operator: Mbalabala Safaris
Areas: Hwange Communal, West Nic, Marula, Chewore South, Nuanetsi Ranch and Ngamo/Sikumi
PH's: Lin Stanton, Tinie Kok, Pierre Hundermark,Chap Esterhuizen, Mike Blignaut and Brian Ellament

We have had a fantastic start to the season so far this year. We have taken some beautiful cats and still several safaris ongoing and more safaris still to come.

Our Cats:


Leopard taken in Sidinda


Leopard taken in Chewore South


Leopard taken in Marula


Leopard taken in Nuanetsi Ranch


Leopard taken in Nuanetsi Ranch


Lion taken in Chewore South


Leopard taken in Mbalabala


Leopard taken in Tsholotsho


Our Non trophy Elephants:


Taken in Hwange Communal Land


Taken in Hwange Communal Land


Tuskless Elephant taken in Chewore South


Taken in Hwange Communal Land

Our Buffalo:


Taken in Ngamo/Sikumi


Taken in Ngamo/ Sikumi


Taken in Chewore South


Taken In Chewore South


Taken in Chewore South


Taken in Nuanetsi Ranch


Taken in Chewore South

Our Various Plains Game:
































Our Fish:

All fish were caught in the Lower Zambezi






















Mbalabala Safaris would like to congratulate all our clients and professional hunters. Thank you to all our clients for all your valued support - we look forward to hunting with you soon.


Lin Stanton
Email: lindon@mbalabalasafaris.com
www.mbalabalasafaris.com
18 July 2017, 20:27
fairgame
Great stuff and a couple of those Leopard are monsters.


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18 July 2017, 20:32
BuffHunter63
Lindon,

Wow! Seems like you are having a great season.

If I could figure out how to get my wife to not divorce me, I would love to shoot a big leopard (and have another go at a big buff).

I plan to get my hip replaced this winter and hopefully, I will be able to follow the tracks better.

Thanks for sharing.

BH63


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19 July 2017, 10:34
huntelkrc
Very nice.
22 July 2017, 16:17
Vaquero
Well Done
01 August 2017, 16:54
L. David Keith
Good stuff Lin, congrats on some great trophies!


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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262
Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142
Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007
16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409
Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311
Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941
10 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322
Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson

Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......

"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
03 August 2017, 00:13
Slider
quote:
Hwange Communal Land
How many non Trophy Bulls are seen in a Day during your Hunts?
09 August 2017, 00:34
Lin Stanton
Hi slider
It can depend on the size of the group of bulls that we would follow sometimes only two or three sometimes there can be twenty or mor bulls. Also sometimes we don't catch up to them in a day.


Lin Stanton
Email: lindon@mbalabalasafaris.com
www.mbalabalasafaris.com
09 August 2017, 03:44
Slider
Thanks
16 August 2017, 20:33
MotorCity
Looks like a awesome season! Great looking cats!
19 August 2017, 13:22
zhaba
Well done Lin and the guys great trophies !! some awesome cats there especially that Mbalabal cat must be about due for a return to Zim myself