Iwannahunt
AH veteran
Well, here goes. Just a quick report on my first hunt in Africa.
I decided that I was not getting enough hunting opportunity "at home" in Saskatchewan due to not getting drawn for any species this year. It's that circumstance that inspired me to finally consider an African hunt, something that I used to read and dream about as a young teenager.
After quite a bit of consideration I decided that a Cape Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe in 2019 would be "the ticket".
As I gathered information on potential outfitters thoughts of hunting just one animal and hunting it almost a year from now had me questioning my decision.
Well, long story short, I decided that if I liked Africa (and short of getting a fatal disease I was sure that I would) I would want to return. Hunting Cape Buffalo before hunting plains game seemed a bit like putting the cart before the horse so the plan was changed.
A plains game hunt sooner (if possible) rather than later looked very good.
As I looked, Namibia emerged as appearing exceptionally good for a free range plains game hunt.
I chose Kowas Safaris because it is a family owned and operated outfitter that looked like they provided personalized service. Kowas has far more than plenty of huntable land and the trophy potential looked exceptional.
After an introduction via email, Kowas informed me that they could still take me on a hunt in October of this year.
There are just far, far too many details about each of the hunts that I was on to wright about them here.
Suffices to say that Kowas didn't disappoint.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.
My heartfelt thanks to Danie, Ansie, Jacques, Elleni, Begs, Christian, Julia, Matheus and the other Kowas staff for their exceptional efforts as they made this trip very special in every way. I do hope to return sometime in the future.
JP
I decided that I was not getting enough hunting opportunity "at home" in Saskatchewan due to not getting drawn for any species this year. It's that circumstance that inspired me to finally consider an African hunt, something that I used to read and dream about as a young teenager.
After quite a bit of consideration I decided that a Cape Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe in 2019 would be "the ticket".
As I gathered information on potential outfitters thoughts of hunting just one animal and hunting it almost a year from now had me questioning my decision.
Well, long story short, I decided that if I liked Africa (and short of getting a fatal disease I was sure that I would) I would want to return. Hunting Cape Buffalo before hunting plains game seemed a bit like putting the cart before the horse so the plan was changed.
A plains game hunt sooner (if possible) rather than later looked very good.
As I looked, Namibia emerged as appearing exceptionally good for a free range plains game hunt.
I chose Kowas Safaris because it is a family owned and operated outfitter that looked like they provided personalized service. Kowas has far more than plenty of huntable land and the trophy potential looked exceptional.
After an introduction via email, Kowas informed me that they could still take me on a hunt in October of this year.
There are just far, far too many details about each of the hunts that I was on to wright about them here.
Suffices to say that Kowas didn't disappoint.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.
My heartfelt thanks to Danie, Ansie, Jacques, Elleni, Begs, Christian, Julia, Matheus and the other Kowas staff for their exceptional efforts as they made this trip very special in every way. I do hope to return sometime in the future.
JP
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