Ok folks this is for this year.
Now through Sept 30
Outfitter Andre Dutoit
Ph: Not sure yet who is available more info to come depending on dates.
Mariental Area Namibia
3 days hunting included
SEVEN Animals
Zebra-Burchells
Gemsbok
Blue wildebeest
Red hartebeest
Springbok
Ostrich x 2
This property requires use of silencers so rifle rental and reasonable amount of ammo will be included.
$4200.00 ALL IN. NO HIDDEN COSTS.
Includes everything else. Pick up and drop off at airport. ph,skinner and trackers, lodging, meals. All you have to do is get there and then take care of your trophy shipment costs and vet fees etc.
Office +264 (0) 63 240 777
cell + 264 (0) 81 127 7626
email quarto @Iway.na
or
mdshunter@glwb.net
cell 440 864 3469
Additional animals and days can be added at normal rates see www.namibiatrophyhunting.com

Why the compulsory use of silencers Mike?

I am not sure Matt but my guess is not to disturb other guests. Much simpler to travel without firearms in my book though.

It will be a fine fu####g day when I have to apologize for hunting !!!

Dude no apology needed and it isn't my call. These lodges cater to hunters, photographers, and yes even greenies. However all that was said was that they didn't want heavy rifle fire disturbing other guests. No where was there an issue about hunting. Don't go off on something needlessly.

Hi Mike. Is that a typo on the hunting days? 3 seems like a rather short amount of time to stand a chance of harvesting 7 trophy quality animals. Thanks Bruce

That's what I was going to ask. Sounds like a good offer, just short on days.

Frankly, I would also consider using a silencer a very good way to ensure that you don't disturb other nearby game! I had never hunted with one before last week but will now be investing in silencers when and if I ever return to the US. Why cost yourself your hearing, annoy neighbors, and disturb nearvy game when it is not necessary. Is the look traditional? Of course not...but the practicality of suppressors cannot be denied.

As far as I know it is 5 days all together. I will double check this. 3 hunting days included 2 travel days allowed. You can add the extra days, that is just what he rolled into the deal. It is 40,000 acres semi fenced. That means low fence. Small game will be restricted to the property but large game can come and go freely. Personally I would want a couple more days but with the abundance of game 3 days is very do-able. I would also talk about adding Dik Dik since they are available.

Tendrams, I am with you. After having used silencers for the first time this last trip I am sold. So much better all the way around, especially my hearing.

AZ writer, no offense but if you want to place an add don't do it on mine please!

Gato:

I removed it.

Thank you AZ I knew that wasn't like you!

I have not talked to the outfitter yet but I will try to add a bit of clarification from my point of view. Although they allow 2 "travel" days they are only about 3 hours drive give or take from the airport so I read it as almost 5 days. Call it 4 if you will. Still it is a good question and I will make sure I clear it up. This is another one I make nothing on and only do this to try and help friends out. Once again, no good deed goes unpunished....

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Originally posted by Mike Smith:
Thank you AZ I knew that wasn't like you!

I actually didn't even pay attention to the fact it was a hunt offer - I thought we were talking about PG hunting in Namibia. My apologies.

I talked to the outfitter and it is as I thought. 5 days including arrival and departure. You will be able to hunt at least part of the day on both travel days.

No takers here yet? Looks like the Europeans are at least jumping on these. I still hope someone from here can take advantage of this deal.

A proper safari does not REQUIRE a gentleman to use a borrowed rifle with a suppressor. I wouldn't go if the hunt was free and the outfitter paid my plane fare.

If it is a cull hunt, call it what it is and be done with it.

Call it that if you want and it makes you feel better. They are all trophy animals that will be taken. On that note I am done with this. I only tried to help a friend. I am tired of people just stirring crap when they have no intention of hunting anyway. If anyone is interested contact the outfitter directly. If your not interested please be polite enough to not sling a bunch of crap for no purpose.

Sharpsguy, A "proper gentleman" does not make comments on someone's add just because they don't agree with the way it is being done.

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Originally posted by Mike Smith:
...Sharpsguy, A "proper gentleman" does not make comments on someone's add just because they don't agree with the way it is being done.

Couldn't agree more.

I see there are two "gentlemen" here that I wouldn't care to share a camp with or hunt with. You have your ethics, I have mine.

You know, I didn't want to get into a public pissing contest with you. That is what I was saying in my comment as well. If you have a problem with the hunt, you were, and are more than welcome to talk to me privately about it. As far as questioning my ethics you have stepped over the line. Anyone that knows me personally or has shared camps with me can vouch for my integrity. I will say the same about any transaction I do. I try to give the most value I can and go above and beyond as much as I can. As far as I know you have never met me. You have shown by your statement you do not know anything about me or the gentleman who also felt your post was in bad form. All you needed to do was handle this privately at least until you were given a reason not to. You also know nothing about the outfitter, the property, the lodge that manages it, or anything else except what was posted here. The funny thing is I don't care about the hunt. I make no money on it. I am not involved in it except to try and help out a friend. I was at least trying to do something good. You on the other hand were doing what besides being rude?

Jorge400, Although I don't know you, thank you for backing me up on this one. It was much appreciated. It appears though that now your integrity has been called into question because of it.

I got a dog in this fight, actually I like a dog in this fight; Mike Smith. I've shared a hunting camp a couple times over the past ten years with him and have found him to be very good company. He's 'straight arrow'.

So if you don't like his offer, simply pass on it and move on.

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Originally posted by Mike Smith:
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Jorge400, Although I don't know you, thank you for backing me up on this one. It was much appreciated. It appears though that now your integrity has been called into question because of it.

No problem. I was simply in agreement with your comment and his selective use of the word "gentleman". I'm not real sure how that reflects on my ethics (unless between the lines it says I like to shoot pink nosed lions in fenced enclosures with silencers), but then again I don't much care what this fucktard thinks about me.

A couple of things. I said that a PROPER SAFARI does not require a gentleman to use a borrowed rifle with a suppressor. I never said that I was a PROPER gentleman. The gentlemen that I hunt with and grew up around as a youngster considered a suppressor to be the tool of a cull hunter and/or a poacher. I still feel that way. A gentleman doesn't use a suppressor for sport hunting where I come from. If you fellows are comfortable with the ethics of a suppressed rifle on a sport hunt, go for it. I guess my ethics are different from those of a PROPER gentleman, so you boys knock yourselves out and go for it.

You still don't seem to get it. It isn't about the hunt or the suppressor at this point. It is about your behavior and how you chose to go about this. I understand you don't like suppressors, that is your right. It is not your right and bad form to do what you did on my post. There is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. You chose a wrong way. Then you went on to question my integrity. I don't know if you really believe you have the right based on your Jerry Springer mentality or are just not willing to admit you made an error in judgment with your approach. You can not divert attention from your behavior by throwing dirt at me or Jorge. Again all you needed to do was discuss this privately first.

Oh and just so you know, suppressors are used commonly many places in the world. They were once here in the US as well until they became a political issue. There are many reasons to use them and have nothing to do with culling or poaching. So just because in your narrow world view they don't fit does not mean that is the same everywhere. Does that make them right, or wrong? Neither! It is learned behavior like anything else.

The funny thing about this is East Texas is known to be one of the worst areas in Texas for poachers, and you can't leave any valuable items out or it will get stolen the minute you leave. We all get your point sharp, but this thread isn't the time or place to post your opinion. You also realize that hunting whitetail with a silencer is legal in Texas now?

Mike, while I don't plan to do this hunt, I certainly appreciate you posting a deal.

Sharpsguy,

Silencers might not be de rigueur in your neck of the woods but they are in many others, including in many parts of Africa and usually for good reasons so if the outfitter prefers to make that a requirement why should that be a problem for you?

If you don't want to use a silencer then just don't book this particular hunt.

FWIW, I sincerely wish they'd been fashionable 30 odd years ago because they'd have saved me from losing 40% of my hearing in one ear and 60% in the other and stopped me suffering from severe tinnitus all the damn time. Deafness is a real bastard and for that reason alone, silencers are a bloody good idea.

I'll also echo Matt Norman's comment that Mike is as straight as an arrow.

Someone define proper safari for me. are we talking about 1800's 1900's 2000's

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
Someone define proper safari for me. are we talking about 1800's 1900's 2000's

My guess for a proper gentleman would be 1800's, early 1900's.

Oh,so because I hunt with a suppressed rifle during deer season that makes me a poacher? Sharpsguy, you're exactly the kind of ignorant person that we don't need here in the US. Perhaps you should learn more about a subject before you go showing your ass... Why on earth would I want to protect my hearing? What a douchebag.

OHH OK then were talking about safari's lasting up to a year. Proper safari gotcha

so i guess my last six trips to SA don't count as proper!! oooopppps what a min. Safari is Swahili for trip,journey,excursion,travel, etc. ok mine was proper. including the great 06 musgrove rifle i used complements of my friend there. Since some of us can't transport rifles from country to country.