Some of you may know Brian Van Blerk who hunts for us in Tanzania. He is a Zimbo and hunts Zimbabwe early season until Tanzania opens in July. Brian has two leoaprd available on a ranch about an hour outside Bulawayo.

This ranch historically has produced 90% success on leopard and big leopard with one massive cat weighing 205 pounds and being 8 feet nose to tail. PG is also excellent with big kudu being abundant.

Brian will do the hunts himself so he'll pull out all the stops to make the cat hunt a success. he'll have pre baited and have trail cams going before you get there plus Brian has a few personal tricks to try.

Talked to Brian and he said clients will not enounter any war vets on the hunintg area. He also said that poaching is virtually none existent because of the intense anti poaching efforts there.

Pricing:

1x1 14 days $9,400
observer $200

Extras:

Dip/pack dependent on # aninals taken
MARS $10 per day
Zim tax 4%
insurance
Hotels before or after the hunt as necessary
International airfare and trophy shipping

leopard $3500
baboon $50
bushbuck $ 800
duiker $ 175
eland $1500
giraffe $1500
grysbok $ 400
impala $ 250
impala baits $ 100
klipspringer $ 900
kudu $1250
warthog $ 350
wildebeest $700
zebra $1000

Hunt needs to be taken before 24 June '11

Contact me anytime for further details.

Mark

Smoking deal and a fun guy to share camp with as well.

This is the deal.

How big of an area is it to hunt? Sounds like a great deal!

I hunted with Brian in Zim when he 1st started working for Adam --- I can't think of anyone I'd rather spend time hunting with than him.

Hard worker, always pleasant and thinks like a leopard.

Because of some old injuries etc I'm not the fastest walker around and Brian was very patient with the somewhat slower pace I set.

I wish I could afford to hunt with him on a long trip in Tanzania.

Phil,

The ranch is 30,000 acres and the hunter will have exclusivity of camp and area while on safari there.

Mark

Every year I tell myself NOT to book anything early.. and every year I break my own rule and then have to pay for it by seeing this type of deal come up.

Mark, I would have booked this if I was not hunting BC and Kyrgyzstan this fall.

Great offer.

Is this Wayne Clark's dads old ranch?

Jeff,

That's the one.

Mark

Never hunted with Brian but met him through Wayne Clark as Brian is his brother in law. Brian seems like a great guy and I see he is a super PH. Having said that I have hunted this ranch twice, I think it was 03 and 04, or maybe 04 and 05. Last Wayne told me some years back, the ranch was lost to the so called war vets. Wayne's dad had moved to Bot's.
Never got one one in the scope, back then these cats were professors. Things may have long changed since this was some years ago. Not trying to rain on Brian or demisish his abilites. I do know they did kill a toad or two on this ranch in the years prior to my hunts. Don't go late in the season go early.

Someone needs to jump on this one. If I weren't already booked I'd be on the phone with Mark.

Me too! Bwanna and I discussed this deal over lunch today, but since we are both going this year to the very same place and at the very same time to hunt the very same things, well. . . . .