Looking for a nice place to hunt plains game in SA

DE KLERK SAFARIS said:

Hello B Frederick
We will also be a good match for what you are looking for.
We are situated in the Kalahari desert.
We have combined 8 ranches (all contiguous) into one huge block with 4 ranches high fenced into one huge hunting block with no internal fences and the other 4 ranches we run as cattle ranches where we have a lot of free roaming game like kudu, gemsbuck, springbuck, blesbuck, waterbuck and warthog, etc.
If you want a really big kudu (58 inch and over) come during the rut (May and June).
We are situated just west of Bray (borderpost on the Botswana border) and we get a lot of free roaming kudu that come out of Botswana during the rut.
The border fence is only a 4 foot fence so kudu can migrate over it with no problem.
On the Botswana side there is no hunting pressure so the kudu get the chance to grow very old.

Pick up and drop off is in Johannesburg so no extra flights needed.
Lodge has been upgraded last year so your wife will stay in luxury.
See attached some photos.
Our food is the best and our 2 chefs (Heidi and Lané) will be delighted to show your wife how to prepare some of our traditional South African dishes.

We also believe in the experience rather than stacking up trophies.
So feel free to send us and e-mail.

Sincerely
Hans de Klerk

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B Frederick said:

Hello. I would like to get some information and pricing on a plains game hunt. My wife would be with me as an observer. I have a pretty good idea of I want and don't want but am always open to suggestions. I would like to hunt a kudu, a gemsbuck and an impala. I am not looking for gold medal trophies, but I would like a chance to see/get solid mature bulls that meet the SCI minimum. Most important to me is the hunt be done in the spirit of fair chase. I'd rather spend a week of hard/fun hunting to get one good animal than to shoot an animal a day from the truck. I look forward to watching the native species in their native habitat. I understand the reason for fences around the property but then would like to hunt large parcels of land to make up for this. I do not want a canned hunt where animals are trucked in to a small parcel to promptly be shot. I am very interested in watching and learning a few things on how the trackers track. My wife would very much like to be able to spend some time with the cook learning a few new dishes. As far as duration of the hunt, I'm thinking 6 or 7 actual hunting days but again am open to recommendations. Before or after the hunt, we would like to sight see and see at least a few species of the Big 5 in their natural habitat, so having a large park within driving distance (like Addo or Kruger) would be great. However, if the distance is too much, we are open to making a park visit independent of the hunt. Timing wise, we're thinking the end of May of 2027, if this is when the Kudu are typically in rut in your area.

I hope this provides a little insight into what we are looking for. If your safari would be a good fit, I would appreciate learning more about your place and the people that we would be interacting with.

Thank you.

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B Frederick said:

Hello. I would like to get some information and pricing on a plains game hunt. My wife would be with me as an observer. I have a pretty good idea of I want and don't want but am always open to suggestions. I would like to hunt a kudu, a gemsbuck and an impala. I am not looking for gold medal trophies, but I would like a chance to see/get solid mature bulls that meet the SCI minimum. Most important to me is the hunt be done in the spirit of fair chase. I'd rather spend a week of hard/fun hunting to get one good animal than to shoot an animal a day from the truck. I look forward to watching the native species in their native habitat. I understand the reason for fences around the property but then would like to hunt large parcels of land to make up for this. I do not want a canned hunt where animals are trucked in to a small parcel to promptly be shot. I am very interested in watching and learning a few things on how the trackers track. My wife would very much like to be able to spend some time with the cook learning a few new dishes. As far as duration of the hunt, I'm thinking 6 or 7 actual hunting days but again am open to recommendations. Before or after the hunt, we would like to sight see and see at least a few species of the Big 5 in their natural habitat, so having a large park within driving distance (like Addo or Kruger) would be great. However, if the distance is too much, we are open to making a park visit independent of the hunt. Timing wise, we're thinking the end of May of 2027, if this is when the Kudu are typically in rut in your area.

I hope this provides a little insight into what we are looking for. If your safari would be a good fit, I would appreciate learning more about your place and the people that we would be interacting with.

Thank you.

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Hififile324 said:

I had an excellent Safari with Blur Cliff Safaris. Kobus and Madelien Hayward are amazing hosts. I took 7 excellent animals. The food, facilities and staff are outstanding. They are also close to ADDO National Park, Scotchia game preserve, and Port Elizabeth for side trips. You really arrive as guests and leave as family!

I liked them so much I am returning this August.

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grand veneur said:

Assessments of hunting areas are always very subjective. I also had many prejudices about some hunting areas, but after being there myself, I changed my opinion. The same applies to the Limpopo game reserve in South Africa. Certainly, there are a lot of fences there, but according to the PH's, these hardly impede the movement of the various plain game species they have many options for crossing them, and even the buffalo, that at times destroy the fences by fighting with other ones through this.


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I don't want to spoil the business of any of the outfitters present in our Forum, but take a look at the PJ Safaris website. Anyone who wants to come with his wife and bag some good trophies will find excellent accommodation and hunting opportunities there. I was only in this concession for three days after a DG hunt in the area of the Krüger NP. For various reasons, I did not bag anything in the limpopo area, but I had enough time to explore the 30,000-hectare concession, have some things explained to me, and saw in the bush the high quality of the PG trophies. The Krüger NP is unfortunately a bit far, but something can be certainly arranged. I have traveled the way by car from Hoedspruit to the Limpopo game reserve in both directions without problems.

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B Frederick said:

Thank you all that have provided such helpful suggestions. I am busy researching the many options that have been recommended and the outfitters that have reached out to me. Based on several suggestions and what I'm reading, I am now leaning to a hunt in Namibia but haven't completely decided yet. Lots of info to digest for sure.

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B Frederick said:

Hello. I would like to get some information and pricing on a plains game hunt. My wife would be with me as an observer. I have a pretty good idea of I want and don't want but am always open to suggestions. I would like to hunt a kudu, a gemsbuck and an impala. I am not looking for gold medal trophies, but I would like a chance to see/get solid mature bulls that meet the SCI minimum. Most important to me is the hunt be done in the spirit of fair chase. I'd rather spend a week of hard/fun hunting to get one good animal than to shoot an animal a day from the truck. I look forward to watching the native species in their native habitat. I understand the reason for fences around the property but then would like to hunt large parcels of land to make up for this. I do not want a canned hunt where animals are trucked in to a small parcel to promptly be shot. I am very interested in watching and learning a few things on how the trackers track. My wife would very much like to be able to spend some time with the cook learning a few new dishes. As far as duration of the hunt, I'm thinking 6 or 7 actual hunting days but again am open to recommendations. Before or after the hunt, we would like to sight see and see at least a few species of the Big 5 in their natural habitat, so having a large park within driving distance (like Addo or Kruger) would be great. However, if the distance is too much, we are open to making a park visit independent of the hunt. Timing wise, we're thinking the end of May of 2027, if this is when the Kudu are typically in rut in your area.

I hope this provides a little insight into what we are looking for. If your safari would be a good fit, I would appreciate learning more about your place and the people that we would be interacting with.

Thank you.

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