I think the best thing about participating in the Africa Hunting dot com forums is the means to "Gather your intelligence locally". By locally in this example I mean directly from those who have "been there, done that".
Personally, I gather information from posts on AH and if very curious, I send an AH Direct Message (DM) to the poster and ask to have a phone conversation. During this week past, I spent two hours talking to a new AH friend, and almost an hour each taking to two other members. Using the What's App application, I can converse with persons in Africa, Europe, or anywhere else free of charge.
The above stated, I have hunted
@Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS twice. The first time was so good that I asked the owner Stuart Williams if he would coordinate a CBL lion hunt for me in the Kalahari to be followed my traveling to his Safari ranch/area in Limpopo. TO further complicate this, I arranged for Stuart to accommodate not only my wife, but her sister from Johannesburg and her husband and two children. The two hunt reports are posted via the following links,
Expectations, we all have them. How often are ALL of one’s expectations fulfilled? For me, this was the case in my second hunt with Stuart Williams’ Tally Ho Safaris. Granted, my expectations were realistic based on much research and having hunted with Tally Ho a year prior. My wife tells me that I overthink everything. To that I respond, thinking is my superpower. I plan for the worst and hope for the best!
The background is that I hunted with Stuart and his PH Rudi Nel for four days last year enroute to a Zimbabwe elephant hunt. I came back to Tally Ho because they did everything right...
Cull Hunt at @Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS – October 2022
I had arrived in SA on Sunday evening. We traveled to the Kalahari on Monday, hunted lionesses on Tuesday thru Thursday morning, and drove to Limpopo the remainder of Thursday. (
See the thread Kalahari Lionesses with Tally Ho Safaris) The next seven days at Tally Ho would be a cull hunt for critters that Stuart had too many of. I had my trophies in the two lionesses. No self-imposed pressure now, just hunting for the pleasure of it.
Friday morning at Tally Ho, I verified my 375 and 458 were sighted in at 100...
My wife wanted to pose as a hunter...
Of those operators (outfitters in USA grammar) mentioned above posts, my wife and I had a great conversation with the AH Sponsor De Klerk father and son (
@DE KLERK SAFARIS ) at DSC 2024 convention. Somewhere on AH
@DE KLERK SAFARIS posted photos and descriptions on their new 4 or 5-Star lodgings. Can't get your wife to accompany you to Africa, show her those photos! Maybe our
@DE KLERK SAFARIS will post those photos on this thread?
I would definitely hunt with them. Also, this morning I read of an outstanding elephant hunt with
@TSALA HUNTING SAFARIS experienced by
@eyedok and his wife.
Area: Gaza Province, Southern Mozambique bordering Gonarezhou , close on the Save River and Thabazimbi, Limpopo, South Africa.
Outfitter: Tsala Hunting Safaris
Professional Hunter: Brandon van Zyl
Dates: September 16 – October 2, 2025
Hunt Details: 2 Part Hunt 5 Days of Plains game Hunting in Limpopo followed by a 12 Day Trophy Elephant Hunt in Mozambique.
Species Seen: Elephant, Buffalo, Wildebeest, Kudu, Suni, Sharpes Grysbok, Zebra, Duiker, Steenbuck , Impala, Lion and Leopard tracks as well as a Cheetah Kill.
The Hunter asked us to do a hunt report on his behalf due to time...
I've read but haven't verified there are approximately 7,000 safari operators in South Africa. Undoubtedly there are a few bad ones in that group. Monthly we read on AH of an auction hunt in South Africa where the lucky winner had a few problems. I can assure you that Stuart of
@Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS will communicate with you before, during, and after the safari. Stuart has other businesses and knows that happy clients return and bring their families and tell their friends of how great an experience they had. For this, it is three years after my sister-in-law's children received an education about the benefits of hunting at
@Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS and they are very quick to tell their friends and teachers about "the animals" and how the meat is given to the local orphanage.
I very much wish this photo was in focus!
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