Zimbabwe: Save archery Buffalo hunt

10 June 2022, 20:46

L. David Keith

I've been getting requests for archery Cape Buffalo hunts in Zimbabwe so here is one I offer:
10 day Buffalo hunt
$1,250 daily rate per day
$5,500 trophy fee on kill or wounded and lost
$1,500 Bow permit
$50 per day Ranger fee
$1,750 tax and transfer to camp
Lots of good Buffalo in Save as well as plains game. Deposit of $5,000 to book this hunt. LDK

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10 June 2022, 22:08

L. David Keith

Just another way to skin a cat.
Details:
Minimum Equipment Requirements for Bowhunting in Zimbabwe
- Class A Game
Bow Kinetic Energy 80 ft/lbs
Arrow Weight 700 grain
(Elephant, Hippo, Buffalo)
- Class B Game
Bow Kinetic Energy 77 ft/lbs
Arrow Weight 695 grain
Broadheads with only two cutting edges
(Lion, Giraffe, Eland)
- Class C Game
Bow Kinetic Energy 70 ft/lbs
Arrow Weight 618 grain
(Leopard, Crocodile, Kudu, Oryx / Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Wildebeest, Zebra, Nyala, Sable Antelope, Waterbuck, Tsessebe, etc.)
- Class D Game
Bow Kinetic Energy 56 ft/lbs
Arrow Weight 463 grain
(Warthog, Impala, Reedbuck, Sitatunga, Duiker, Steenbok, Jackal, Game Birds, etc.)

Bowhunting in Zimbabwe may only be done with compound bows. Bowhunting with recurve bows, longbows or crossbows is not permitted in Zimbabwe unless a special permit has been issued for which the safari operator must apply for six months prior to the start of the bow hunt. This special bowhunting permit comes at a substantial cost.

11 June 2022, 17:54

L. David Keith

bcap, that's odd; both of my Zim PH's says there is, and that was one and two days ago.
Zim law: "Importation of Bows & Arrows into Zimbabwe
It is legal for hunters to import bows for bowhunting purposes into Zimbabwe and just as with a rifle, a special hunting permit is required at a cost of US$ 1,500."
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12 June 2022, 20:31

Trapper1

If I recall, plains game permit (in 2015) was $1500. Dangerous game permit was $3500 and required a government rep to "hunt" with you. That was another $100 a day. ALSO, all dangerous game hunts had to be filmed. This required a photographer which also cost. At the end of the hunt, the film had to be surrendered to the government. I did get a copy though. I was hunting buffalo at the same time the Cecil the lion debacle happened. Like I said, this was in 2015. Hopefully a lot of this has changed for the better..........

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13 June 2022, 02:12

Trapper1

Yeah, gotta agree with L David. Long way away from home to get in trouble over something like that. I did not like paying the fees. Not going to lie. But those were the conditions to hunt legally. Agreed, makes little sense. The "government scout" that MUST accompany you makes even less sense. We walked the first one they assigned us into the ground the first two days. She (yes, it was a woman) left on the third day and we thought we had shed that anchor. They sent a substitute the next day. Rrrrrrr....

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14 June 2022, 02:30

Scott Powell

quote:
Originally posted by Trapper1:
If I recall, plains game permit (in 2015) was $1500. Dangerous game permit was $3500 and required a government rep to "hunt" with you. That was another $100 a day. ALSO, all dangerous game hunts had to be filmed. This required a photographer which also cost. At the end of the hunt, the film had to be surrendered to the government. I did get a copy though. I was hunting buffalo at the same time the Cecil the lion debacle happened. Like I said, this was in 2015. Hopefully a lot of this has changed for the better..........

I hunted PG, Leopard. Hippo and Ele in Zimbabwe in 2015 (rifle) - we had a game scout with us but no photographer and nothing was filmed..

If there were individual permits for plainsgame and dangerous game I never saw them itemized...
Just daily rate and trophy fees.. Must have been archery only requirements...

Hunt with a bow in RSA - much easier and killing a buff at 20yds with a bow is exciting regardless of the country...

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