Lefol Expelled from SCI

[Uncontrolled_round_feed]

Crap PH but I am guessing he throws a mean fastball

 

[leslie hetrick]

I’m sorry but I can’t take a grown ass man that goes hunting with a mustache like that seriously.

Honestly he looks like he should be wearing a top hat and tying a woman to railroad tracks in a silent film!

you must pay the rent, i can,t pay the rent. off to the railroad tracks with you.

 

[Mike Nicholas]

I put my antenna out with someone who is very close to the Lefol family. He confirmed 100% what the article describes. Kewin has neglected to send trophies for at least three years and never bothered to occupy himself with the operational part of Lefol Safaris. He has burned his name for good in this business and his relatives are furious with him.

That being said, a group of prominent hunters, ex-employees and others have stepped forward to try to disentangle the mess Kewin left behind and with new management and more trustworthy local people on the ground, they are still trying to get those trophies out and put the territory back on track.

Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree. A shame what Kewin did to the hard work and decades of struggle his father went through to build up Lefol safaris.

I’m very sorry for this situation @Mike Nicholas.

V.

Thank you for the post and confirmaion. I might add, that, in my opinion, he was very rude/dismissive to his mother - who tried to help him from what I saw. He probably blew all the savings his mother and father built and has left her broke.

He may have some kind of mental illness. Even though he didn't want to be bothered with back office operations, he was involved enough at some point to see what his mother and father must've done to operate, felt some sense of pride and obligation you would think. He's not stupid. Like I say, maybe mental issness or spoiled or something.

Mike

 

[wildwilderness]

Entitlement is often the case with a younger generation that didn’t have to work for what the previous generation sacrificed to build.

 

[bwanamrm]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune and thanks for the heads up regarding your experience with this outfitter. A shame any time it occurs but the CAR is a damn expensive safari to get screwed on...

 

[Mike Nicholas]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune and thanks for the heads up regarding your experience with this outfitter. A shame any time it occurs but the CAR is a damn expensive safari to get screwed on...

I agree, but as you're aware, there are much more expensive ones.

MIke

 

[TheGrayRider]

Entitlement is often the case with a younger generation that didn’t have to work for what the previous generation sacrificed to build.

I sent Mike a lengthy private message earlier. This whole situation pisses me off and I didn’t even make that hunt.

How can a person be so negligent, foolish, or lazy to mismanage in just a few years an established African hunting safari company in an exotic location that was handed to them on a silver platter? Most people would bust their ass to succeed under such circumstances, I would think.

These “Big Three Antelope Hunts” (bongo/LDE/mountain nyala) cost in the extremely high 5 figures by the time you pay for everything. Plus they are usually once-in-a-lifetime type of hunts.

I guess I’m overthinking the whole thing. You have to practice so much due diligence and then just hope that you don’t get screwed by a few underperforming outfitters.

Good luck and happy hunting to all, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[Andrew62]

How can a person be so negligent, foolish, or lazy to mismanage in just a few years an established African hunting safari company in an exotic location that was handed to them on a silver platter? Most people would bust their ass to succeed under such circumstances, I would think.

Sometimes you have to remember this saying, “stop expecting you from other people”.

 

[Sarg]

I should've gotten a rare Yellow-Back that the guys all said was within 10 yards for a few, but I couldn't see in the think almost jungle place he was at.

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Thank you, very nice bunch of animals you got to hunt, I’d kill for the GFH myself, would like a Olive Baboon to & at least you got to hunt & shoot one as well as RRH.

I think don’t dwell on not receiving or getting you trophies home, best to think of a great hunt in an awesome place !

I know if I could hunt those species in that great country/environment on the condition I couldn’t export them, I’d still do the hunt, of course at a lesser price as I can’t afford to go on such a hunt in the first place.

I was prepared to do that on my West African hunt but I succeed in getting them home.

 

[Pablo]

I’m sorry but I can’t take a grown ass man that goes hunting with a mustache like that seriously.

Honestly he looks like he should be wearing a top hat and tying a woman to railroad tracks in a silent film!

Snidely Whiplash!

 

[Scott CWO]

Hey guys Fico Vidale is there in CAR right now. He just sent me pictures and an on the ground account of what is going on there. He also conducted a successful bongo hunt there last year. His current clients killed two bongo in one day, one near the road in the afternoon on the way to sit a machan for the night and the other from the machan. I asked him what he is doing there since African Parks is taking over and leasing to Ganam?

“Hi Scott. No GANAM hasn’t yet but I think that it’s a pipe dream. You can’t charge what they propose in an area like this. No Eland here, poached out. They haven’t signed yet with African Parks. Nothing is organised very well here. I am very disappointed in the professionalism from these French guys. Kewin is a good hunter but not cut out to organise and run the company.”

You can see Kewin and his mustache are still there. I never liked the mustache either.

Nothing has been reinvested in the area and bongo are still obviously there but little to no eland. They know of just three eland that have been seen all year. No active antipoaching.

Fico told me last year that African Parks bought out Lefol. This talk of an investor is news to me? I guess it’s possible that Fico was given wrong information but he is there now and was there last year.

I would be very careful going forward with Ganam or anybody that takes over unless all you want is bongo.

Sorry about your troubles @Mike Nicholas