CMS Ele Bulls So Far

31 May 2010, 17:33

Buzz Charlton

I promised to up date many people here on the AR with regards to the out come of the discounted ele bull hunts In Dande East that I had offered and many were interested in but for various reasons were unable to commit.

We have just completed our first full 10 day double ele bull hunt in the East with Petr and Sdenek . Petr had hunted with us before and shot tuskless and buff. In 10 days hunting in East with Richie Schultz they shot two very nice ele bulls. We still need to weigh them but they are in the 40- 50lbs range which for a 10 day hunt is excellent.

The last bull was shot out of a group of 16 bulls!! Richie, due to the fact that they were close to the Moz border and fickle winds, decided to take the first decent bull they saw which was the 3rd bull. It certainly was the right decision but one wonders what was in the other 13 bulls!!! Petr and Sdenek are presently in Moz hunting croc and I heard they have got one so far which is 13 ft plus which is nice.

The Dande Safari Area has been second to none for elephant in the Zambezi Valley. Out of our quota of 3 we have got a 71 lbs with Gabrielle, a 53lbs with Rob Jolly and what would have been conservatively another 50lbs plus which we unfortunately wounded and after 2 days of tracking was lost crossing into Mozambique. Our average would have been 58lbs for our 3 eles which for the Zambezi Valley would, with out doubt been the top average for a Zambezi Valley area for the 2010 season!

Apart from the eles, despite the very thick bush, we have had good buff and cat hunting. We have shot 3 out of our 5 leopard with two hunts still coming in and we got our one lion on quota. Check out our website www.cmsafaris.com for more info! Happy hunting.

Cheers for now Buzz

31 May 2010, 19:10

ozhunter

Congrats on a successful beginning to the season.

31 May 2010, 19:48

Marty

Well done, and thank you for the word and photos.

31 May 2010, 20:23

Charles_Helm

Very nice.

31 May 2010, 22:30

Sevenxbjt

Sounds like you are off to a wonderful start.

01 June 2010, 00:53

dirklawyer

Keep baiting us Buzz that's enough eye candy to loose some sleep on, fantastic!

01 June 2010, 03:14

safari-lawyer

Well done Buzz.

01 June 2010, 03:27

MJines

Forget about the elephants, what's the scoop on the lions and where is a picture of that mutant lioness that weighs 400 pounds that we are hunting?

01 June 2010, 03:52

bwanamrm

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Originally posted by MJines:
Forget about the elephants, what's the scoop on the lions and where is a picture of that mutant lioness that weighs 400 pounds that we are hunting?

Hah... hunting puddy tats with Buzz ought to be fun!

Nice elephant Buzz, very nice!

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01 June 2010, 05:08

Skip Nantz

Tie one up! See ya in 58 days! But whose counting!

Nice ele!

01 June 2010, 08:14

john e

Congrats Buzz!!! Super ivory on those Zambezi Valley ele's. No doubt you'll succeed extremely well in Dande. Keep them pics coming!!!! Cheers mate.

01 June 2010, 12:14

Ahmed Sultan

Very nice ivory, thanks for sharing.

01 June 2010, 14:31

zhaba

Nailed it again Buzz well done mate

01 June 2010, 17:06

Will

Yikes. Giant jumbo.

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08 June 2010, 09:27

bronxfats

You may rightfully be proud of your and your hunters' success. Congratulations. Jim

08 June 2010, 23:09

Use Enough Gun

Great pics and great trophies!

08 June 2010, 23:28

matt u

Keep the reports coming Buzz
wonderful tropies

08 June 2010, 23:57

daleW

great hunts. congratulations ....well done!

11 June 2010, 12:23

JPK

Very nice Buzz! Congrats on you all's success with your new concession.

JPK

11 June 2010, 12:40

Karl S

Mooi Buzz and Miles!

07 July 2010, 04:23

700 nitro

nice work if everything gose as planed ill be back on my feet by the end of this year and ill be looking to book a ele hunt with ya for 2011 or 2012

07 July 2010, 05:21

KPete

As one of the storied hunting concessions in all of Africa, Dande has long held a fascination for me. Well done with your season so far, Buzz. Claudia and I are looking forward to our hunt with you there this Fall - and hopefully your streak of success will still be going strong!

08 July 2010, 14:09

Buzz Charlton

Hi All

Thanks for the comments guys. It has been a great season so far. Two more ele bulls were shot in the East by Niel Duckworth in 3 days of hunting. One about 40lbs and a 70lbs which unfortunately was wounded and lost across the border which is a terrible thing which I have experienced first hand this season also!

We still have a single bull avaialble and as the Masau fruit are out there is quite alot of bull movement still in the area.

The DSA hunting has been great and the drier it gets more Buff seem to pile in so we are looking forward to having Tim Herald and group and also Kim and Claudia to mention a few of the AR members out soon with us! Happy hunting!