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Wife's 6.5 Creed for Africa
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<blockquote data-quote="gillettehunter" data-source="post: 2584052" data-attributes="member: 25760"><p>For example here is a 7 day hunt in So. Africa for 4 animals for $2780.</p><p><a href="https://www.africahunting.com/threads/7-day-limited-plains-game-hunt-with-mafojani-safaris-limpopo-south-africa.69225/" target="_blank">https://www.africahunting.com/threads/7-day-limited-plains-game-hunt-with-mafojani-safaris-limpopo-south-africa.69225/</a> </p><p>The above offer includes almost everything but your airfare. By the way I am not affiliated with the company quoted above in any way and have never hunted with them.</p><p>A little math: </p><p>7 day hunt w/ animals $2780</p><p>airfare I fly cattle class and the plus extra legroom $1900</p><p>Tip at 10% of hunt plus some extra for skinning $350</p><p>Taxidermy ?? Could be European mounts or</p><p>shoulder or full body or just pictures. Done in Africa or the</p><p>USA. 0 to $5000 depending on what you want. Total of above is </p><p>a whopping $5030 or about what I see some custom rifles selling for. Less I think than most western elk hunts. In addition you'll almost certainly kill all 4 animals unlike a western elk hunt. Many guided elk hunts have less than a 50% success ratio. So is it expensive? To some it is. For many it is attainable. I have gone essentially every 2 yrs for the last while. Perhaps a thread on actual costs might be fun.</p><p>Bruce</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gillettehunter, post: 2584052, member: 25760"] For example here is a 7 day hunt in So. Africa for 4 animals for $2780. [URL]https://www.africahunting.com/threads/7-day-limited-plains-game-hunt-with-mafojani-safaris-limpopo-south-africa.69225/[/URL] The above offer includes almost everything but your airfare. By the way I am not affiliated with the company quoted above in any way and have never hunted with them. A little math: 7 day hunt w/ animals $2780 airfare I fly cattle class and the plus extra legroom $1900 Tip at 10% of hunt plus some extra for skinning $350 Taxidermy ?? Could be European mounts or shoulder or full body or just pictures. Done in Africa or the USA. 0 to $5000 depending on what you want. Total of above is a whopping $5030 or about what I see some custom rifles selling for. Less I think than most western elk hunts. In addition you'll almost certainly kill all 4 animals unlike a western elk hunt. Many guided elk hunts have less than a 50% success ratio. So is it expensive? To some it is. For many it is attainable. I have gone essentially every 2 yrs for the last while. Perhaps a thread on actual costs might be fun. Bruce [/QUOTE]
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