Your right Brick..But hey who knows? Maybe he baits one day? I do trust my PH as they have been around a long time and having a client shoot a leopard is great publicity.If you can't trust the Outfitter and PH you are screwed already.
Getting those trail cam pictures of the big fat Leopard sitting on a bait is one way that is a kind of interesting method of seeing if it is working.
Your right sir, it would be in both our best interest. I sure hope as time get's closer he will send me some cat's on trail cam. That will get the ole blood pumping!
Your right sir...Since this is my first safari I guess I ve been a rambling fool.... I m just so excited!From reading your post over the last few months
Im of the opinion , just thinking of leopard hunting gets your blood pumpimg ,mate
So right you are. After hunting extensively thru out the U.S. Alaska Canada and NZ, I am finally bringing a dream that I thought would NEVER happen to life. Not being a "high end" client has it's draw backs for sure but with dogged persistence and a big dream I can only thank the good lord for this opportunity.
Yes sir I agree. I realize that they are there to make money and honestly for me there should be no reason to charge for pre bait. Or for that matter baiting at all. It should be inclusive as my hunt is for the 12 day's I will hunt with them. I think there is always plenty of game to use for bait from other clients. The reason I have stared this thread is during my negotiation with them I made notes that all baits pre and post were to be included. I guess in my excitement when I was e mailed the contract I didn't notice they were charging me for 5 days of pre baiting at $250 per day. This is a well known and long time outfit in Namibia. I did e mail them and asked for clarification and was told they do usually charge 5 days of pre baiting. They did offer to pre bait free of charge for 3 day's, again I asked for clarification and asked am I paying for the other 2? I did tell them if this charge comes off they will only be getting it back as I will add another plains game trophy to the safari.My philosophy is that pre baiting should be what it's say, and if they baiting it for 6 month or 5 days it's not your concern, pre baiting should hold a Tom cat in other wise it's something wrong with the area or with the organization/planing.
Hope they not also will charge you for the Gin/Tonic
Remember that on a open concession it's really do not matter for the outfitter to pre bating some cats or if the cats catching the impalas them self, and on a pre baiting hunt you most of the time already pay a higher price... so I will say it's out of question to ask a client for any kind of fees for game connected to a baited hunt.
Good luck.
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