I have an elephant with CITES to be hunted before 31 Dec 2010 in the Klaserie in South Africa. Property approximately 120 000 acres and borders Kruger Park.

Details are:
Trophy fee US$ 14 500 (up to 40 lbs a side)
7 days @ US$ 650 per day all inclusive
Observer(s) welcome @ $ 180 per person per day

Other game available in the vicinity:
Kudu $ 2 300
Zebra $ 1 500
Spotted hyena $ 1 750 (depending on permit)
Impala $ 400
Bushbuck $ 1 150

Can be combined with an optional photo safari of the surrounding areas as an add-on. If hunt successful before the 7 days are over, then we can visit Kruger and surrounding area at no additional cost.

Pieter Kriel
www.huntinginafrica.co.za
hunt@huntinginafrica.co.za
++27 82 824 7681
PO Box 664
Silverton
0127
South Africa

Now that is a heck of a deal! Greater Kruger for about the price of many Zambezi Valley hunts? A bit short but not too shabby!

Morning tendrams

At your request I can of course increase the amount of days to as many as you like! There are so many elephants out there that it looks like Wall Mart on a Sunday.

If you add a photo safari after the hunt the daily rates come down some. Other hunting opportunities can of course be explored.

Pieter

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Originally posted by tendrams:
Now that is a heck of a deal! Greater Kruger for about the price of many Zambezi Valley hunts? A bit short but not too shabby!

Do you think so?

What is the total price of the Hunt?
What all is included and what is not?

larrys01, the following is included:
1. pick up and drop off at Johannesburg (if you arrive late afternoon, we spend the first night in a guest house of my choice of which the cost is included in the total costing)
2. as much as you can eat
3. as much as you and I can drink: water, soft drinks and I am partial to a brandy or scotch at night (a beer has been known to do me no harm either)
4. CITES tag fee which amounts to just shy of $800-00 at current exchange rates.
5. accommodation in an air conditioned house
6. laundry
7. personal cook

Then, if it so happens that an elephant is harvested on the third day we get to do all the other stuff like feed Jessica the tame hippo. Some of you may have seen her on Discovery channel. Visit a reptile park and do some site seeing. We can visit Kruger to do game viewing, go on a hot air balloon ride or go hunting. The cost of the hot air balloon is for the hunters own pocket and is weather dependent. If you choose to hunt, then the cost of the additional animals harvested is for the hunters pocket, but the daily rates will include additional hunting excursions.

The price you see is the price you pay. All admission fees to all the facilities we visit is included.

There are no other additional expenses barring the balloon ride.

Of course if you would like to do shopping, that will be for your own pocket. This offer excludes all taxidermy associated costs and shipping fees. I also take the tusks personally to Fish and Wildlife to have the export serial number stamped and personally deliver them to a taxidermist on this side. I deliver you at the airport for your trip back home.

If you really want to you can make use of my 375, but then again, I'm sure you have your favorite rifle. The cost of using my rifle is included, but if you shoot more than a box of ammo I would be appreciative if you replaced the ammo.

Hope this helps and thank you for the question.

Regards

Pieter

If all that is available for $14500.00 then that is a great deal. Are the travel days before and after the hunt or are they part of the 7 days?

Day of arrival will be included as that is just going to be an adjustment day. However, the accommodation will be a guest house en-route to the hunting destination so depending on where we are, it could be a room without a view, without air conditioning and with an over head fan. Dinner could be a piece of steak we braai on the fire but the beer will be cold.

Day 7 of the hunt can be spent at the hunting lodge, day 8 will be spent on the road back to Pretoria/Johannesburg. If your flight departs on day 9, then I can set you up in a guest house of your choice at your cost. This can amount to anything from $100 to whatever you are prepared to pay. I'll drop you off at the airport the following day, included in the price.

We may have time to visit the taxidermist to discuss your requirements.

Pieter

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Originally posted by larrys01:
If all that is available for $14500.00 then that is a great deal. Are the travel days before and after the hunt or are they part of the 7 days?

I think it's actually $19,050. The trophy fee is $14,500 but the daily rates are $650/day. Still a good price though.

I wondered if that was the total cost.

Yes sir, that's the total cost. However, if you decide to hunt other critters then the total cost could escalate some.

Thats the base line you are letting yourslef in for. The rest is up to me to supply.

Pieter

I have hunted with Pieter quite a bit over the years.

You will like hunting with him and can trust his word.

Be prepared for a practical joke once in a while however.

What happens in the likely event that the elephant is 50 or 60 lbs?

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Originally posted by Russ Gould:
What happens in the likely event that the elephant is 50 or 60 lbs?

VERY good question. My guess is the Klaserie does not want to shoot their big tuskers as they attract the tourists so the hunter would probably have to keep looking for the 40 pounder. The real question is what happens if the PH says "shoot that one", the hunter does, and the weight turns out to be 50 pounds.

Good evening Palmer and thanks for your kind words.

In my experience over the last few years it is much easier to apologise than to ask for permission. In the event that I say "shoot", and it happens to be 51 1/2 pounds, it is my problem. You will still get to keep the trophy and I will sort out the paperwork.

Last time I hunted there we saw a lone bull (did not get a shot), a group of 5 bulls (1 juvenile, one with a broken tusk and 1 BIG bull that I would not have been able to explain my way out of. I could not properly see the other 2, but body size indicated juveniles), then a group of 4 bulls of which we took one of 38 lbs. This was on 1 day after having a mid-morning start to the hunt. There are a lot of elephant on that concession. (The hunter was 2 days away from returning home).

The concession belongs to private owners that gave permission to transgress each others boundaries. We will be assisted / accompanied by one of the game scouts employed by the body corporate to show the way and help in the estimation of tusk weight.

Russ I hope this answers your question? tendrams, does this clear it up some? Thanks for your interest shown.

Regards

Pieter