NAMIBIA: Leopard Hunt With Nick Nolte Hunting Safaris July 1-15, 2025

[AZDAVE]

Congratz!!! you earned your cat.

 

[Nyati]

Congrats on your cat, you really deserve it !

 

[slam8031]

What a relentless tale! Congrats!

 

[549]

Congratulations!!!

 

[washington867]

Yay!!!!! Congratulations, you did it. A hard-earned Leopard. Bravo, bravo!!!!!

Thanks for sharing all the details. I hope to hut a big cat soon. Great trophy....

 

[Hunt anything]

Congratulations, Dave!!
That is one hard earned well deserved cat.
David

 

[Tucketed]

Excellent! Congratulations!

 

[Troubleshooter]

Congratulations on taking your leopard! Sometimes one does get a second-chance.

Again, well done.

 

[Troubleshooter]

If there’s no witch doctor to consult with-go to the chocolate! Good luck, I’m sure something good is about to happen

Ironic, isn't it? All those spam posts we get from witch doctors and crypto recovery, and where are they when he really needs one?

 

[VertigoBE]

Waidmannsheil @375 Ruger Fan ! That took a lot of nerves to keep it together after so many failed days, and get it done on the very last moment! Well done!

 

[CAustin]

After 18 days of leopard hunting, I had two days left. Mid afternoon, we arrived at the bait location with the blind. We had sat there the prior day and nothing hit the bait. We’re hoping today is the day.

Nick and I got settled into the tent blind and so began the four plus hour sit, while being absolutely quiet. My rifle had a round chambered and ready for action.

To pass the time, I started scrolling through the photos on my phone and deleting duplicate and bad photos. After a couple of hours, Nick nudged me and pointed at the bait. I looked at the bait, and it looked the same. But a few seconds later, the Tom appeared and was soon on the bait. I was a bit startled because I anticipated the cat to appear at last light. It was a good hour before sunset and here Mr Spots was. Two taps on the leg was the signal to shoot and Nick had just done that. Switching the safety off and making a slight adjustment to the rifle to put the crosshairs on the cat, I fired and the cat dropped. However, it clearly wasn’t dead, so I had to take a follow up. Probably not the best shooting I’ve ever done, but I at least had a leopard!

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Nice cat man!

 

[M48scout]

Congratulations! You earned it

 

[Sabre]

Congratulations! Way to stick with it into overtime!

 

[Foxi]

Waidmannsheil.
The thrill when it comes is indescribable.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Congratulations and well done! Very nice leopard. Trophy of a lifetime. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[USN]

Nicely done and thanks for taking us along with the report!

 

[Philip Glass]

I’m sitting in the Windhoek airport lounge and WIFI is terribly slow. Will post more pictures and add more info when I get home. Thanks for all the positive comments! It was a long, long hunt, but it had a happy ending!

What persistence! Well done

 

[gillettehunter]

Good deal!! Congrats! I hated to read about the the first 14 days without an opportunity. Glad you were able to make it back for a few more hunting days. This will be a hunt to remember!
Bruce

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Made it to Houston, but my rifle case is still sitting in Frankfurt. I had 4 plus hours this morning to connect. My duffel bag got loaded and according to the United app, my rifle case was loaded very late. When it didn’t show up in Houston and the AirTag showed it still in FRA, I found a Lufthansa rep near the baggage carousel. He had a printed list of about 20 names and mine was on it. He said it would be on tomorrow’s flight. I am seriously thinking about avoiding Lufthansa and Frankfurt on any future flights.

 

[Green Chile]

Congrats on your perseverance paying off! Fantastic outcome after all the ups and downs of cat hunting, missing bag, etc. Very happy for you. That was your first leopard? I look forward to checking that box myself after multiple attempts. What's the next goal?