AR Group special

Good day my fellow AR members –

I have decided to offer an AR group hunt for the months of JUNE and JULY – these are PRIME hunting months as you know. I somehow still have these dates open and would like to fill them!!
The hunt can START from the 8th June...

This group hunt will be for 4 hunters, or less – and you will be hunting with Myself and one of my PH’s as 2 on 1’s.

The BAG consists of 2 x tuskless, 2 buffalo cows, 1 buff bull, 1 leopard and all Plainsgame
Tuskless – $3,700
Tuskless – $3,700
Buffalo bull – $3,800
Buffalo cow - $1,700
Buffalo cow - $1,700
Leopard – $4,800
Plainsgame

Option of another leopard and or buffalo if wanted

For 14 days - daily rates will be $7000 EACH

Equates to $500 each per day !!!

The camp we will is in Gokwe North - (the Kawastiga hunting camp on the UMI river - we can hunt from our doorstep!)
I have attached some pictures for you to have a look.





Tuskless here are a dime a dozen, leopards as well – Waterbuck, Kudu, Impala, bushbuck, warthog, sable (small numbers) are all there as well.

(Hunting can be done at night for the cats and I do offer prebaiting if needed for $300 a day plus bait impala - $150)

Here are some of the animlas we shot last year end of season.














Additional cost on this will be:

Dip and pack - $350 per person
4% on daily rates - $280 (EACH)
4% on trophy fees – TBA (each hunter to pay his own 4% on his trophies shot)

Air Charter to the area- $4,000 for the plane (twin engine Navajo) – Harare - Gokwe – Harare

Any questions, just let me know!
Thanks

Happy hunting
Phillip Smythe

Anybody else game? :-)

Pm sent.

Phillip,
PM sent

Miko

Dream hunt, will play the lotto and go if I win tonight Good luck and great offer!!

I already have a hunt booked for that time period or I would be interested. Biebs, let me know how it goes.

PM sent Biebs
PM sent Bill73

Good to chat Miko!

PLAY that lotto Svinejakt!!!

Interested in leopard
PM me

Great deal.

A good offer, Philip. I would have considered this myself, if I had not been booked for 2014.

Torbjorn

Good prices. Someone should buy the whole lot.

Fil,

You have tuskless?

Hey Wendell

I have tuskless - heads up!

Faisal - PM sent

Torbjorn - They are only growing BIGGER!!!!

Oh Wendell ..... I have tuskless - have I mentioned that!

Guys, this is a smoking deal and Phil is a great PH. I promise you won't be disappointed as Phil is good at what he does and loves getting in close.
Would love to get in on this, but Africa in the next 2 years just isn't going to happen.

quote:

Originally posted by Biebs:
Anybody else game? :-)

I am if you are, Jon.
Sending e mail to you now.
Jess

quote:

Originally posted by Phillip Smythe

Torbjorn - They are only growing BIGGER!!!!

Torbjorn

I hunted that camp with Clinton Rogers (Dudley's son), very rustic, but I loved it. Lots of Eles there on the Ume river. I shot my first Ele out of that camp, a non-trophy bull, 32 x 27.5 in the Jesse, very exciting.
We had Eles in camp at night.

I was in this camp in 2006 and can attest, it is stunning and a quintessential African experience.

Hey Butch - I didn't know you had been there! Started hunting the area beginnning of last year and really enjoy it - Camp is right in amongst the game - we use Solar, so ele/ buff still walk through the camp!

Love it!

Yep, 2009. Bushbucks and impala crossing in sight of camp. One thought, Clinton had a Honda 4 wheeler and we rode it up river to areas that are basically roadless. Fun stuff

Hey Butch -

Now THAT is a good idea!!! I just used my cruiser!! We had to go a little bit faster in some places!!

Hey Phil,
PM headed your way. PLUS a bump to the top.

PM sent!

I always thought AR Group hunts went quickly!

This has still not been sold ---- going once... going twice.... well actually it'll just stay here until it is!



Cheers!

Phillip,
If I wasn't already hunting with the Duckworths this summer I'd be in, maybe next year?
Guys, I was on an AR group hunt in Zambia last fall and had a great time. Kinda nice to have a group to share camp with. And for those of us on limited budgets a real great price. I would recommend it.
Bill

My available dates are from August 5th - back
Seems kinda hard to get a few guys on the same schedule together

Phillip:
Could the reason for the slow sale is it is so close to summer here in the US and many if not most of us have our plans made? To hunt 2-3 months out is short notice in itself but to plan 4-5-6 guys all with different schedules is a bit difficult I would imagine. I would love a hunt such as this but I'm already set for Zim in June and Australia in July. Perhaps a bit more time. I know in my situation a few more months of being able to plan and I could (would) have been "in."
Cheers.
Cal

Hey Bill - you are going to enjoy hunting with the Duckworths - Sengwa Research is an awesome area!

Cal - Yup - 2/3 months notice is too short it seems!

Hopefully see you in Zim in June!

BTT

Sounds like a real fun hunt with game animals right in camp!

I wish I could do this!

....The fellow in the green cap with the buffalo, looks like an acquaintance of some years back before he became a P/H. His name, Kurauvone Mapfumo, or as I knew him, Kura.

If it is Kura, as him if he received a photo taken in Johanna Block of him, and a dube he shot. I promised I'd mail it to him, and I did. I hope he received it.

If the fellow is not Kura, my compliments on the buffalo all the same.

Is the "bag" (quota) per hunter or a total for all 4 hunters? Could 4 hunters all go on the same charter flight and split the $4,000 charter fee?

Tsibindi - YUP thats Kura! Sure thing, I will ask him if he recieved his picture.

Labman - The 'bag' is a total of what can be taken on the safari for ALL 4 hunters (option of adding on another buff can be arranged)

And yes all 4 hunters will go on the charter (navajo twin engine) so the cost is $1000 each to fly - usually driving is around $600... so flying if sharing is definitely the way to go.

Phil

Phil,
Is this an area we can look at for next year? How big are the leopards on average?

Chuck,

Area will still be there next year! I still need to see what National Parks will be doing in terms of pricing etc, but will be hunting this area for a few years - I enjoy it, particularly for leopard, tuskless and buff.

Leopard here - are similar to the zambezi valley cats, long but slim - The last one we shot was 7 foot 2 - and weighted 140lbs...

Every now and again we shoot a nice cat - 160lbs but generally they are slimmer here.

Hope this helps.

Phil

Email sent. I am still dreaming while my heart is thumping!

Phil,
Sent you a PM.

What year will this take place?