Zimbabwe Save Valley lion plains game

06 December 2010, 22:28

lde

This looks like a really good deal.
But I did notice that you have a bit higher price on taking the leopard than what the 'normal' price is.
Would that be for an additional leopard?

quote:
Originally posted by tim416:
Terry Fenn of Chinanga Safaris is currently in the Save Valley Conservancy (Impala ranch, on the Gonarezhou side corner) having just finished a lion, leopard and plains game safari.

They have a lion hitting bait but failed to connect with it before the safari ended. They have seen the lion and indicated it is a mature male. The client has taken buffalo, sable and a few plains game species.

This leaves a lion or leopard and plainsgame safari, (with lion currently on bait) available.
This safari needs to be taken immediately and is for a maximum of ten days.

If someone buys this hunt Terry Fenn will continue to bait in order to attempt to keep the lion in the area..
We do not recommend pursuing this deal you only want leopard and not lion. Although leopard is available Terry has only seen one set of leopard tracks throughout the previous safari.

The details are as follows:

Lion or leopard and plains game safari

1x1 daily rate $500.00 per day x 10 days

The following quota is available
1 Bushpig ($400)
1 Giraffe ($2200) or Hippo ($3000.00)
1 Male impala ($250)
1 Kudu bull ($1200)
2 Zebra ($900) or wildebeest ($800) or 1of each

The above is being sold as a package for $11,500.00 which includes daily rates and trophy fees on the game listed above. Any trophies not taken will not be charged.

If the lion is taken there will be an additional trophy fee of $10,000
Or for leopard $5,000
There will be additional trophy fees for bait animals if needed

This safari is normally $2500.00 per day for an 18 day safari

Transfer fee is $500.00 from Bulawayo or Harare.

Dipping and packing fee is dependent on amount of species taken

4% tax on daily rates
2% tax on trophy fees.

For more info.

Tim Farren
Farren Safaris
Farren Safaris
tim@farrensafaris.com
13 West Park Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
207-992-7297

Trophy fees for other species
Species Price
Baboon 60
Buffalo 3200
Buffalo Cow 1500
Bushbuck 800
Bushpig 400
Caracal 550
Cheetah 3000
Civet 400
Crocodile 3000
Duiker 250
Eland Bull 1300
Elephant bull 11000
Elephant bull over 40lb (heaviest) 12500
Elephant bull over 50lb (heaviest) 13000
Elephant bull over 60lb (heaviest) 15000
Elephant bull over 70lb (heaviest) 18000
Elephant Non trophy/tuskless 4000
Genet Cat 200
Gemsbuck 3000
Grysbuck Sharpes 300
Hippo 3000
Honeybadger 250
Hyena 400
Impala Male 270
Impala Bait/Female 150
Jackal 200
Klipspringer 650
Kudu 1200
Leopard 3800Lion 20000
Lioness 4000
Nyala 3200
Porcupine 200
Reedbuck Common 800
Sable 4000
Serval 600
Steenbuck 500
Tsessebe 800
Warthog 350
Waterbuck 1600
Wildcat 200
Wildebeest Blue 800
Zebra Burchells 900

07 December 2010, 00:34

DIEZ

FANTASTIC OFFER, SERIOUS INTEREST ONLY MY LEON
Would it be possible?

07 December 2010, 00:51

tendrams

Great offer...Even the slightly higher leopard trophy fee is fine given the daily rates and the fact that lion is on the menu for $500 a day. Would anyone here be upset to shoot a lion AND leopard on the same hunt for $20K...or leopard for $10K plus baits? I didn't think so! Not that both are all that likely on a 10 day hunt but walking out of this hunt with EITHER cat is a good deal IMHO.

08 December 2010, 22:32

Wendell Reich

Good Lion in Save. Wish I had the time for this one. Very good price!

09 December 2010, 00:38

tendrams

quote:
Originally posted by tim416:
this hunt must commence on December 22, 2010

By the date on the trail cam, it would seem like a good day to commence hunting. Maybe get to the blind around 3:00 AM?

09 December 2010, 01:53

Mario

I know many friends who hunted with Terry Fenn and they says only good things about him

09 December 2010, 03:17

Kathi

Terry Fenn was the PH for a friend of ours in 2003 when we were all in the Omay together.

We were so impressed with Terry,we asked Terry to be our PH in Lemco for a 2005 leopard and plainsgame hunt. He accepted and we had a great hunt.

Terry was also our PH in 2007 for an elephant and buffalo hunt in Chirisa.

Exceptional work ethic and enthusiasm.

09 December 2010, 20:49

Schauckis

By all means, irrespective of whether anyone books the hunt, keep feeding the lion!
Should you now cease feeding it and then someone wishes to book at the last minute, the opportunity might be lost.

- Lars/Finland

09 December 2010, 21:10

safari-lawyer

I made a 2.5 hour trip to Nashville last night to visit Tiffany and Co. and Louis Vuitton and came home with three pretty gift boxes.

Tonight, I ask the family if I can miss Christmas and New Years.

Report (or obituary) to follow. Stay tuned.

09 December 2010, 21:46

505 gibbs

good luck Will...

09 December 2010, 21:47

tim416

I would think the Louis Vuitton and Tiffany gifts would at least upgrade the results of missing Christmas, from an obituary in the newspaper to
"Safari-Lawyer Critically injured in Bizarre domestic incident"?

10 December 2010, 04:00

safari-lawyer

Wife says no!

10 December 2010, 04:07

Chris Lozano

Will Go back and get another box.

10 December 2010, 04:11

safari-lawyer

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Lozano:
Will Go back and get another box.

Can you get a new Lexus in a box?

10 December 2010, 06:01

Charles_Helm

quote:
Originally posted by safari-lawyer:

Can you get a new Lexus in a box?

I believe they call it a shipping container.

10 December 2010, 06:25

JudgeG

Maybe you can't put a Lexus in a box, but you sure can put a pine box in a hearse.

No, it's not called a shipping container. Rather, a coffin, I believe.

Dang, Safari-Lawyer! Need a bit of professional courtesy? I have an extra bedroom and some bandages.

10 December 2010, 06:31

pinotguy

quote:
Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
quote:
Originally posted by Chris Lozano:
Will Go back and get another box.

Can you get a new Lexus in a box?

Just slap on one of those GIGANTIC bows they use in their commercials and you should be fine.

10 December 2010, 08:45

505 gibbs

quote:
Wife says no!

Are you returning the stuff to Tiffany's & L.V.?

10 December 2010, 17:05

safari-lawyer

quote:
Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
quote:
Wife says no!

Are you returning the stuff to Tiffany's & L.V.?

Nope. It stays. Should help with July's elephant outing.

10 December 2010, 17:37

JudgeG

About 8 years ago I found myself divorced right at Christmas time. A great fellow from here at AR who had never met me invited me to his home for Christmas. I'll never forget it. His and his family's grace was better than any safari.

Trust me, you'll be happier at home than in Zimbabwe.... well, kinda!

You must have a great wife that "allows" you to go so often, albeit, not at Christmas.

I'm sure she deserves a Lexus. Maybe next year!

Now go get a huge elephant this summer!

11 December 2010, 01:36

505 gibbs

quote:
Are you returning the stuff to Tiffany's & L.V.?

Nope. It stays.

that doesn't hardly seem fair.

11 December 2010, 02:48

MARK H. YOUNG

I've led a charmed life. My partner of 30 years is every bit as enthusiastic about Africa as I am. If I bought her haute coutre gifts she'd ask first if I won the Lotto and second why the money was not going for trophy fees.

Mark

17 December 2010, 22:17

fairgame

What is mature about this Lion?

Secondly this cat will be baited until the client arrives and then shot? And we all condemn canned Lion?

18 December 2010, 00:32

spanishhunter

The fact that the PH will be baiting lion before the hunter arrives does not guarantee the lion will remain there for the hunter, because is a wild animal, and thats the usual way wild lion is hunted.
Of course, some of us still prefer to hunt lion tracking them up, but both ways are acceptable for me as "wild animal hunt"
Canned lion hunts has nothing to do with this, canned lions are not "wild" as they are breed in captivity and hunted in a fenced area with no chance at all to escape or move out...Cant you see the difference?
It´s so anoying for me to read something like that coming from another hunter, at least, we are supouse to difference hunt from canned kill...
I still hope some one will take advantage of this discounted hunt, be lucky to shot the lion and have the time to write a full report of the hunt here for us.

best regards

18 December 2010, 01:37

jdollar

quote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
What is mature about this Lion?

Secondly this cat will be baited until the client arrives and then shot? And we all condemn canned Lion?

Oh Lord, here we go again!!

18 December 2010, 02:58

505 gibbs

quote:
we all condemn canned Lion

Andrew, you have obviously never had DelMonte's canned lion, it is DeeLish, especially on a Ritz cracker (I think you call those biscuits).

18 December 2010, 03:52

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
quote:
we all condemn canned Lion

Andrew, you have obviously never had DelMonte's canned lion, it is DeeLish, especially on a Ritz cracker (I think you call those biscuits).

I prefer my canned lion on triskets.....

Brett

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18 December 2010, 03:54

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
What is mature about this Lion?

Yes Andrew many of us agreed on a thread in the Big Game Hunting section that this lion is young and has no business being shot. Perhaps you'd like to discuss it over there.

Brett

18 December 2010, 09:12

fairgame

Very sorry Brett did not see that and have just got out of the bush.

Spanishunter,

You could keep feeding that Lion till the new year if you have enough meat.

Quite right it is not canned but rather tied to the tree.

18 December 2010, 14:32

BrettAKSCI

I figured as much. Hope you were successful!

Brett