Sorry - there is no such place as "Africa" to hunt and do an analysis on. Every country is different in their rules, traditions and pricing. South Africa is only one of the inexpensive Mecas for hunting. Private land, and per head prices, usually without 'trophy fee' add-ons for exceptionally large specimens. In SA you pay a daily rate - usually quite reasonable - say $350-$500 for the professional hunter, truck, trackers, skinners, meals and lodging. Expect quite nice treatment and a quality experience. This model works many countries - Botswana, Namibia, etc.For the guys who have been to Africa, what's it cost all said and done? Get your animals back home and everything. Say like a 5-6 animal plains game hunt.
Steve glad you guys are having a great trip. Tell everyone I said hello. It will be my turn in a couple months.Another great day, particularly for Tyler. He got a wildebeest first thing in the morning. Then a kudu shortly after that and after lunch got a blesbuckand nearly had a shot on a warthog. He was flying high for sure. Jill didn't get anything in the morning. The kudu we have been trying for has slipped us each time. Hopefully this morning we will get him. She'd did get a management impala last night and I shot a jackal. Shaun got his kudu in the morning and Jeff got his kudu in the evening and Brenda Hammered a blesbuck last night. All in all a huge day. We have a couple left to go.
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On our hunt next year we are being charged $1 - 7.5 K per animal for trophy fees with a minimum of 3 animals taken. Kudu's being one of the more expensive animals on the list.Depends on what you hunt and do with taxidermy. Trophy Game Safari does packages that are very affordable. Their large package is about $8k for 7 animals and food and lodging. Airfare and taxidermy I would say you can be all in for $12-$15k and not skimp on anything. http://www.tgsafari.co.za/
Best wishes for a safe and successful trip!Time has come, we are about ready to Hammer Africa 2024. This year the team comprises of me, my wife Jill, my son Tyler, our friend Jeff, our friends Shaun and Brenda. My son in laws parents. The Holtmeyer team is not going to make it for this one. They had a new member that was born a couple of months ago that changed their plans. Not a bad thing, but we will miss having them there.
Weapons for this trip are as follows. I will bring a 500 Jeffery running 450gr Shock Hammers at 2700 fps and 17 Hornet running 21gr Hammer Hunters running at 3650 fps. Jill will be bringing the 20" barreled 6.5 BeanMore running the 112gr Hammer HHT at 3130 fps. Tyler will be bringing his 300 wm running the 182gr Hammer HHT at 3300 fps and the 36 Nosler running a 242gr Hammer HHT prototype running at 3075 fps. Jeff will bring his 30-06 running the 154gr Hammer HHT at 3100 fps. Shaun will be running 300 Wby with the 138gr Hammer HHT at a bit over 3650 fps. And Brenda is running the 270 Win with the 122gr Hammer HHT at 3300 fps. I think that is correct vel for the 270 win. Animals on the list for the team will be from cape buffalo down to meerkat. Collectively about 30 animals is my guess for this trip.
I always have a tough time updating while we are there but I am going to try and make an effort to stay on top of it this year. Our first day of hunting should be on Monday as long as we get to camp early enough for an evening hunt. Going to re zero the Jeff today because I had to replace the scope yesterday. That rifle has been a bit of a curse from the start! Wrong stock for the amount of recoil and wound having to intstall a brake in order to be able to manage it without getting the crap kicked out of me. Actually Jeff pretty much whipped my butt! I can manage him now, but still a handful.