RogerHeintzman
AH fanatic
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2009
- Messages
- 746
- Reaction score
- 414
- Location
- Aberdeen, South Dakota
- Media
- 47
- Member of
- SCI (Sioux Falls, SD) RMEF, NWTF, NRA, NTA, BCSC, SDTA, NDTA, P&Y,
- Hunted
- Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Canada (Ontario,British Columbia,Manitoba), USA (Colorado,Montana,Wyoming,Texas,South Dakota), Africa(Limpopo,NW Province, East Cape, Kwazulu Natal,) Namibia x3,
To begin 2018's hunting adventures, I will be heading back to New Zealand in May for another Tahr for a lifesize mount. The Tahr I shot in 2015 was 12 1/2 yrs. old, skinny and not suitable for a full mount.
Wallabe's which I was not able to hunt the first trip cuz of snow storm. Then likely Chamois by the twisting of my arm from the outfitter who has offered a can not refuse price including the helicopter ride. California Quail, Paradise Ducks if time.
I have applied for a Mountain Goat tag on Kodiak Island for this fall. I will find out on the draw in mid February. If I do not draw the goat tag, my back up plan is to head to Africa to complete my Tiny 10. I am in need of Suni, Red Duiker, Sharps Grysbok which are the toughest and most expensive of the ten.
The two SA provinces for these critters is Limpopo for the Grysbok, KwaZulu Natal for Suni and Red Duiker and would require a lot of traveling between. What I have been finding out with the Suni's is much of their area has been closed to hunting them and permits are not plentiful.
Mozambique has popped up on the radar as a place to hunt the toughest 3 Tiny 10's. Here I can hunt all 3 out of the same camp, less traveling, less days to book because Suni and Red Duiker are very plentiful and I mean plentiful. Suni sightings 100-200 per day, and Duiker 200-300 per day. Sharps very good quality but not as plentiful.
On a scale of 1 being easy and 10 very difficult to hunt,
Suni a 2
Duiker a 2
Sharps a 4
And to top this all off, the quoted price is thousands less then SA quotes. The daily rate is higher, but TF's are so much cheaper. The outfitter has been featured on Buck McNeally's hunting show.
Mozambique is all free range and wild.
"A dream can be relived, again and again in Africa."
Wallabe's which I was not able to hunt the first trip cuz of snow storm. Then likely Chamois by the twisting of my arm from the outfitter who has offered a can not refuse price including the helicopter ride. California Quail, Paradise Ducks if time.
I have applied for a Mountain Goat tag on Kodiak Island for this fall. I will find out on the draw in mid February. If I do not draw the goat tag, my back up plan is to head to Africa to complete my Tiny 10. I am in need of Suni, Red Duiker, Sharps Grysbok which are the toughest and most expensive of the ten.
The two SA provinces for these critters is Limpopo for the Grysbok, KwaZulu Natal for Suni and Red Duiker and would require a lot of traveling between. What I have been finding out with the Suni's is much of their area has been closed to hunting them and permits are not plentiful.
Mozambique has popped up on the radar as a place to hunt the toughest 3 Tiny 10's. Here I can hunt all 3 out of the same camp, less traveling, less days to book because Suni and Red Duiker are very plentiful and I mean plentiful. Suni sightings 100-200 per day, and Duiker 200-300 per day. Sharps very good quality but not as plentiful.
On a scale of 1 being easy and 10 very difficult to hunt,
Suni a 2
Duiker a 2
Sharps a 4
And to top this all off, the quoted price is thousands less then SA quotes. The daily rate is higher, but TF's are so much cheaper. The outfitter has been featured on Buck McNeally's hunting show.
Mozambique is all free range and wild.
"A dream can be relived, again and again in Africa."
