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Well my wife and I finally settled on our first safari that is of the "wilderness" type. I've grown tired of the south african game ranch scene and for some reason have a huge desire to experience the expanses of africa.
Thanks to this site I have read many hunting reports and watched many videos. Its helped me to really decide what I want in a safari and to help me pick the exact experience I want. Going into the expo I was dead set on Martin Peiters safaris but decided to look around at all the possibilities anyways. My heart has been set on a loepard but not just any leopard. I want to hunt a leopard with hounds. Some people call it unfare and not ethical but I don't see it that way. For some reason it appears as if you have a decent chance of getting charged by a loepard this way and everything about it for some reason gets my heart rate up. After reading about craig boddingtons daughters leopard hunt I had my mind set. I know that story was very tragic but the fact that I keep hearing that so many cats don't tree and charged gets me extremely excited and this is the hunt I want. Yes I also know it may not turn out this way but the ending won't be realized until the end and thats where the excitement lies, whether it be a treed cat or a cat held up in thorn brush.
while my wife and I were wandering the floor we came across the operation on Doddieburn ranch in zimbabwe. Since it is 100,000 acres high fenced they can hunt leopard with dogs and once I heard this my ears perked right up. they have plenty of croc and buffalo to hunt and from the past clientelle I spoke with the buff hunting was of the same experience as open concession hunting which is what finally sold me on hunting with huntessential on the doddieburn ranch. yes I know its not true open concession hunting but its a leopard with hounds and for now its my dream hunt. I was almost sad to not be hunting on a true open concession with Martin Pieters but then again we are talking about my dream leopard hunt with hounds. I told my wife I will just go back and hunt with Martin next year and concentrate on my dream leopard hunt for now.
To make the experience even better I was able to cash in some skymiles and book me and my wife both first class tickets to africa and back. To add the final icing to the cake I will get the honor of telling all my jealous friends that I got to spend my fourteenth anniversary with my wife on a safari in the middle of zimbabwe. What better way to spend an anniversary than in zimbabwe on a leopard, buffalo, croc, pg hunt? I'm so excited to go I can hardly stand it.
Thanks Jerome for an awesome website that has really helped me to realize a hopefully "perfect" safari. My safari's have been booked in zim and zam. safari gal has been contacted. tickets have been bought. Only thing left is for an awesome hunting report on here with me holding a leopard with a monster skull. Wish me luck guys and good luck to you guys in all your hunts this year.
Tony A P
New Mexico
Thanks to this site I have read many hunting reports and watched many videos. Its helped me to really decide what I want in a safari and to help me pick the exact experience I want. Going into the expo I was dead set on Martin Peiters safaris but decided to look around at all the possibilities anyways. My heart has been set on a loepard but not just any leopard. I want to hunt a leopard with hounds. Some people call it unfare and not ethical but I don't see it that way. For some reason it appears as if you have a decent chance of getting charged by a loepard this way and everything about it for some reason gets my heart rate up. After reading about craig boddingtons daughters leopard hunt I had my mind set. I know that story was very tragic but the fact that I keep hearing that so many cats don't tree and charged gets me extremely excited and this is the hunt I want. Yes I also know it may not turn out this way but the ending won't be realized until the end and thats where the excitement lies, whether it be a treed cat or a cat held up in thorn brush.
while my wife and I were wandering the floor we came across the operation on Doddieburn ranch in zimbabwe. Since it is 100,000 acres high fenced they can hunt leopard with dogs and once I heard this my ears perked right up. they have plenty of croc and buffalo to hunt and from the past clientelle I spoke with the buff hunting was of the same experience as open concession hunting which is what finally sold me on hunting with huntessential on the doddieburn ranch. yes I know its not true open concession hunting but its a leopard with hounds and for now its my dream hunt. I was almost sad to not be hunting on a true open concession with Martin Pieters but then again we are talking about my dream leopard hunt with hounds. I told my wife I will just go back and hunt with Martin next year and concentrate on my dream leopard hunt for now.
To make the experience even better I was able to cash in some skymiles and book me and my wife both first class tickets to africa and back. To add the final icing to the cake I will get the honor of telling all my jealous friends that I got to spend my fourteenth anniversary with my wife on a safari in the middle of zimbabwe. What better way to spend an anniversary than in zimbabwe on a leopard, buffalo, croc, pg hunt? I'm so excited to go I can hardly stand it.
Thanks Jerome for an awesome website that has really helped me to realize a hopefully "perfect" safari. My safari's have been booked in zim and zam. safari gal has been contacted. tickets have been bought. Only thing left is for an awesome hunting report on here with me holding a leopard with a monster skull. Wish me luck guys and good luck to you guys in all your hunts this year.
Tony A P
New Mexico