in the various Southern African countries. My son is now 16, all muscle, very fit, an experienced hunter (since he was 7) and a fine shot. I doubt I'll make another trip to Africa, can he hunt alone (with a PH, of course) with signed parental permission/waivers or whatever? If not, how old does he have to be?

I realize that he won't be able to take his personal guns, thanks to the far seeing US government and maybe others, so he would have to rent or borrow them in country. We went to Namibia in '08 when he was 14 and he made 6 one shot kills on Kudu, Gemsbuck (2), warthog, and impala (2). Obviously not a huge record, but I've seen much worse by experienced hunters.

He may hunt without direct parental supervision in Zimbabwe, as long as he is guided by a licensed Zimbabwean professional hunter.

Depends on the country buddy.

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Originally posted by shakari:
Depends on the country buddy.

Well, duh, Steve, that's what I'm asking?

I guess of the ones he might reasonably hunt in, we have an answer for Zimbabwe, what about South Africa and Namibia?

And for that matter how much trouble will importing firearms be?

Gator..... oops, sorry mate, I misunderstood!

South Africa will vary from province to province (I think) and most of the rest (as well as some provinces in RSA) would allow him to hunt if under the supervision of a licenced PH.

Putting it another way, I don't think anywhere requires a parent to be in attendance.

Give me a day or two and I'll try to find out a bit more about it.

Ryan:

I can't prove it right now, but I'm almost certain that he, being under 18 (and maybe 21), can not fly with firearms. I think I read that somewhere in the past, but it is just a memory. So he would have to rent or use a loaner, which is unfortunate since some of those are not as good as you'd like, but that is what it is.

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I can't prove it right now, but I'm almost certain that he, being under 18 (and maybe 21), can not fly with firearms.

Fatcat,
You're right... I had to claim my son's rifle as "mine" when he and I traveled to the Eastern Cape last year. If he travels alone you will have to arrange for a loaner rifle which most companies can easily provide. I hope it works out for him! Heckuva of trip for a young man... I am sure he is special and deserves it!