The season has begun and we have had a great start to it.

Area - MATETSI ECA
PH - PHILLIP SMYTHE (IVORY TRAIL SAFARIS)
Rifle - .375
Species - Leopard, Sable, Hyena, odds and ends
Dates - 17th April - 30th April 2017

We headed up to Matetsi for a Sable and leopard hunt in April this year. For those of you who know Matetsi, the long grass makes it a challenging hunt, particularly so early, but we were confident that we would make it work.

With the heavy rains Zimbabwe had over this last wet season, everything was a lot greener and wetter!

We had a fantastic hunt, even though it did rain a few days in April (very strange) and we walked away with some great memories in those 2 weeks.

I hope you enjoy the photographs and that they portray a story about how we are passionate about what we do and why we do it.

Happy hunting.









The elephant whisperer...














Our leopard was the prefect specimen to take. Nice and old, his teeth tell a great story.




We found some amazing things on the way!

Way to go Phil! April I believe is a tough time to hunt leopards. Congrats to you and your hunter!!!! Well done!!!!!!

Well done you guys

Great trophies and pictures. Well done

Very nice, Phillip

Phillip, congrats can't wait to here the story about the elephant. See you in a few short weeks
Best!

Well done! Thanks for posting.

Great hunt Phillip- congrats!

Beautiful old leopard, and great sable and hyena. Well done!
What is the store about the elephant whisperer?

Torbjorn

Woohoo! Well done.

I think elephants are nice, but I am not whispering to them....

Great report. I always enjoy reading about your hunts. If I ever decide to hunt leopard, you will be the first person I call.

very well done. Great Chui

Well done Phillip!

Well done Phillip and a nice selection of trophies.

That elephant was actually quite fascinating...

This was a local community that had found a young elephant a few years ago and was educating the populace. She was quite 'friendly'!

I wasn't sure how she would take to the truck with the smell of blood on it, but she okay with it and seemed to like Royce a little too much!

I was very impressed with how the community were taking initiatives and utilizing funds from the hunting industry, going towards not only school ad water projects but an interactive approach to teaching others about our wildlife.

Well done Phillip and a great cat to take. Awesome trophies all round and the client's smile says it all.

Nice trophies Phil...way to go. Excellent old tom

Thanks Gentlemen, we are having a great year and I am looking forward to the rest of it.

Well done and nice big head on that tom

(Somebody has to ask)

What caliber did you use on the turtle?

Well Done!

Outstanding!

Outstanding Phillip miss you guys

quote:

Originally posted by Jefffive:
(Somebody has to ask)

What caliber did you use on the turtle?

HAHAHAHA - as you can see I made a great stalk getting in reeeeal close.
I'm sure you have heard the tails of African PH's lulling animals to sleep with their whispers.... no calibre necessary...

Looks like a fantastic Safari you guys have done. Congrats