iowaducker
New member
Hello all, this is my first post on the site, but have read through many posts and articles after recently becoming very interested in African game, and love the site.
Like I mentioned above I have over the past year or become very interested in goign to Africa and even more recently got interested in doing a safari. I have discussed this with my wife and think I have her convinced it would be an incredible trip and recently she said go ahead and start looking. With that being said I want to make sure that this is a trip that both of us will enjoy and not just me, she is very into photography so I don't think that is much of an issue, but I want her to be comfortable and able to relax also.
I on the other hand have a wish list of animals as long as my arm, but my top 3 priorities would be to take a nice Kudu, a Red Hartebeest as well as a Warthog, and have a chance at a Gemsbok, Springbok and Wildebeest, but would be open to pretty much any plains game.
Taking all this into account I guess I have 3 main questions.
1. What aould be the preferred country to look at in terms of the game mentioned above? Namibia seems to be a good choice, but I wanted to get some other opinions.
2. Does anyone have suggestions for outfitter or camps that would allow me to hunt hard and yet be a nice enough place where my wife could relax or go along to take pictures.
3. Since this would be a first time trip would I be better off doing a daily hunt rate and trophy fees or look at a package. I know ther are alot of opinions on this, but most packages I see have animals included that are not very desirable for me to harvest.
Thanks in advance for any help, and I look forward to readign the responses.
Like I mentioned above I have over the past year or become very interested in goign to Africa and even more recently got interested in doing a safari. I have discussed this with my wife and think I have her convinced it would be an incredible trip and recently she said go ahead and start looking. With that being said I want to make sure that this is a trip that both of us will enjoy and not just me, she is very into photography so I don't think that is much of an issue, but I want her to be comfortable and able to relax also.
I on the other hand have a wish list of animals as long as my arm, but my top 3 priorities would be to take a nice Kudu, a Red Hartebeest as well as a Warthog, and have a chance at a Gemsbok, Springbok and Wildebeest, but would be open to pretty much any plains game.
Taking all this into account I guess I have 3 main questions.
1. What aould be the preferred country to look at in terms of the game mentioned above? Namibia seems to be a good choice, but I wanted to get some other opinions.
2. Does anyone have suggestions for outfitter or camps that would allow me to hunt hard and yet be a nice enough place where my wife could relax or go along to take pictures.
3. Since this would be a first time trip would I be better off doing a daily hunt rate and trophy fees or look at a package. I know ther are alot of opinions on this, but most packages I see have animals included that are not very desirable for me to harvest.
Thanks in advance for any help, and I look forward to readign the responses.