Recent content by yukonspirit

Glad to hear that my report made you steer away from that outfit. Can't recommend Martin Pieters and the PH's he surrounds himself with enough. They made my second buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe, that time in the Bubye River Conservancy, the hunt of a lifetime! Good luck to you.

I heard good things about Johnny du Plooy. I am mainly after buffalo, with one or two of kudu, waterbuck, or hartebeest, to keep me busy after I get a buff.

Hi Emkull, I have had good luck with Yolanda of Yofreight (info@yofreight.ca) of importing my trophies into B.C. She is keen, quickly responds and is very familiar with the rules.

I am planning a hunt in the Luangwa Valley and understand that some areas have been poached out. Has anyone experienced hunting in GMA's that were "poached out"? Any information about hunts in good GMA's is much appreciated.

Here it is. Very pleased with this hunt and trophy. The other bulls I saw that came out of that camp had similar bosses.

I returned from a hunt out of this Chamalaya camp a couple of weeks ago, specifically to hunt buffalo. It was fantastic! Saw over 100 buffalo daily. Got a great dagga boy on the second day. I had booked with Martin Pieters and his PH was Chap Esterhuizen. Chap was a wonderful guide. The camp is...

I am glad you had a good hunt. And under those circumstances I would have enjoyed my hunt too. But keep in mind your hunt occurred in 2024 and in (a) good block(s), apparently bordering the park. The abundance of game that you describe is in stark contrast to what I experienced in Matetsi ECA...

Here are my answers Mtn_Infantry: I wasn’t familiar with the Zimbabwe permitting system, i.e. how permits are allocated. I assumed that since Elephant Trails stated they had permits for that area, that things would be ok. The Florida owner had stated, referring to Unit 5, “since we go often...

So here is the contract, which clearly states 1 buffalo for Unit 5. The contract was dated February 18, 2025. Acccording to Martin Pieters who has hunted this area for many years, no permits were issued during 2025...and the outfitter would have known that.

Sure, your point about buffalo and some PG moving around is well taken. However, sedentary antelopes like bushbuck and impala were absent from prime habitat. And there was a lot of prime riverine bushbuck habitat with no tracks.. This points to poaching IMO. That the Matetsi ECA area is heavily...

Well, in Matetsi he saw very little buffalo activity, while in unit 5 (which borders Hwange Park) he saw many buffalo.

Sure, I like to have my rifle loaded and on safety when I leave my vehicle too. In this case, the rifle that was available to me was one with a very flimsy trigger safety. I once had a rifle like that, I think it was a Zastava-type trigger safety, but I had my gunsmith exchange that with a...

Yes I insisted that the outfitter put hunting in Unit 5 in the contract, which required some pressure on my part. You see, I had talked to a hunter who hunted both Matetsi ECA and Unit 5 last year and basically told me to steer away from ECA for buffalo. The outfitter tried to steer me away from...

There actually was a positive story about the outfit on the BYH site last year, so I can't blame BYH for carrying them. Another hunt I had a few years ago in Cameroon was with an outfitter listed on BYH, and that turned out to be a great outfit. And BYH took my complaint serious and put some...