I tried leopard in Zimbabwe this year and I’ll never do it again. It is not even as much fun as tree stand hunting whitetail. We drove around the first three days shooting a few bait animals of which I didn’t get to shoot but others with the outfitter did. No objection in that. For the next three days we drove around looking for leopard sign, hanging cameras, and then driving around for the following week checking cameras and setting in blinds morning and night hoping a mature male would come to bait. I convinced myself to do it the whole two weeks but I’ll never do it again. Spent a lot of money to never pull the trigger.
dang I’m sorry you didn’t get your cat, maybe that hunt would be best with other animals. Help with baits then go do some other hunting and keep checking baits until things come together. We were thinking of SA or Namibia and have settled on SA for this trip. That is at least one decision made. We both want a quality kudu and I am quiet fond of those little bushbucks and nyala either way kudu is the focus.
Go to the Niassa Reserve in northern Mozambique. Lots of species to hunt there and probably get your leopard in a few days. Got mine on 3rd or 4th day and first afternoon in the blind after several leopards hit my baits. I got it as a cancellation from a guy who had killed four leopards there with a bow in the daylight in four trips! I got mine in the daylight at 4pm. Send me a private message if you want information.
