CAMEROON: Cameroon With FARO EAST NORTH CAMEROON

Rem280 said:

Do it while you can! YOLO! Their headgear is impressive. Here is the one the other hunter took. View attachment 751264

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I plan on it. Need to get through my NWT Dall Sheep Hunt first. Then I need to decide if I want to do LDE or Leopard first.

Mtn_Infantry said:

I plan on it. Need to get through my NWT Dall Sheep Hunt first. Then I need to decide if I want to do LDE or Leopard first.

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Thank you for a great write up of a great hunt, really appreciate your time, you obtained some grand old trophy animals that Roan is something else & congratulations on the Anubis/Olive Baboon, just a bit harder & more expensive to come across than the Chacma down South !
I would absolutely love such a hunt myself but will never have the US coin to do so !

@Mtn_Infantry: I think you should chase the LDE if you can afford to, only a few countries have LDE & only 1.5 can be hunted at this time & anything could happen at any moment there !

Leopards are all over & may even be increasing in the country’s where they are hunted ?

Sarg said:

Thank you for a great write up of a great hunt, really appreciate your time, you obtained some grand old trophy animals that Roan is something else & congratulations on the Anubis/Olive Baboon, just a bit harder & more expensive to come across than the Chacma down South !
I would absolutely love such a hunt myself but will never have the US coin to do so !

@Mtn_Infantry: I think you should chase the LDE if you can afford to, only a few countries have LDE & only 1.5 can be hunted at this time & anything could happen at any moment there !

Leopards are all over & may even be increasing in the country’s where they are hunted ?

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Thank you for the advice. This exact thought has been the reason I’ve considered LDE before trying again for a Leopard.

Mtn_Infantry said:

Thank you for the advice. This exact thought has been the reason I’ve considered LDE before trying again for a Leopard.

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I learned a lot about how they conduct their LDE hunts and it was tempting. Just never a target of mine. Hit up Romain. Never know. YOLO

Fantastic hunt. Thank you for sharing and congratulations. It's unfortunate Western Africa has dwindled in hunting opportunities due to violence.

Congrats on a great safari to Cameroon. Your buffalo is a stunner. I hunted close to you a few weeks before and came up short on red river hog as well...

And another "thumbs up" to Mathias at Iles Voyages in Paris. His meet and greet team and choice of hotels were pivotal in making my arrival and departure a success.

Again, well done!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

What an amazing adventure, thank you for sharing and taking us along. I'm glad I asked you if there was a report, somehow, I had missed it. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing a super hunt.

Hi Tony

Funny enough I was in FARO EAST on a Lord Derby Eland this year. All of what you mentioned is very accurate and makes me re-live the moment. From airport handler to accommodation, safety, vehicules, food and last but not least… the hunting itself, I could honestly not come up with one complaint.

I feel blessed having had the luck to hunt is this beautiful area with abundant wildlife, particulary well managed with regards to anti-poaching. There is obviously no reward without effort! A big upgrade of the Cameroon I’ve seen 15 years ago and decided to never go back to.

A chat with my father, now 71, asking him what he considered as the most memorable hunt in his life made me change my mind. Tracking Lord Derby in Cameroon.

Gathering the funds is one thing, but finding a good concession ran by good and honest people is another. This concession is owned by veteran in the game, Patrick Dahlan, and his son Romain. Both easy going, experienced and straight forward people. They prepare the hunts way in advance and give feedback whenever asked.

The results of good management were there. I can in all honesty say the entire trophy list could have been hunted and bagged throughout the journey. Every single day we saw red duiker, baboons, buffalo, warthog, roan and cob in good numbers. Hartebeest, oribi, elephant, eland, bushbuck, reedbuck and red river hog we saw at least once with a good opportunity on a trophy for each specie. Luck was obviously on my side, but still all the ingredients had to be there in order to be able to be lucky. This was definitely the case.

On the first day, the experienced Patrick Dahlan and his excellent team of trackers brought me to a big group of Eland after 13km of tracking. The trackers played the wind well and we had the time to properly observe the herd containing 3 mature bulls, and although being it the first day, I decided to take the shot. Beggars can’t be choosers… beautiful eland down and I was a very happy chappy.

The “pressure” was gone and as from the second day onwards we could start hunting and explore freely. Patrick is picky when it comes to trophies and I consequently bagged some very nice specimens.

All of them were hunted with .375 Barnes X, doing well on both small and big animals.

For everybody keen to live this experience, talk to Romain indeed! Cell 0032 485 21 22 74.

Glad I could share my journey with you guys!!

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Superb duiker & the buff is a trophy too ! Congratulations & thanks for sharing.


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Great report! I would love to get a chance at LDE, but I'm not sure that will ever be in my budget. Making my first trip over next year!