What is your dream hunt in Africa..?

[RootballExpress]

Dry land hippo w/ Hyena hunt in Namibia

 

[chonk34]

I reckon a full bag hunt in Tanzania would be my dream hunt.

 

[WAB]

Tracking hunt for wild lion in the Kalahari.

Tracking hunt for LDE in the savanna.

 

[Tanks]

Tracking hunt for wild lion in the Kalahari.

I assume Botswana rather than RSA?

 

[375Fox]

I did my dream hunt for lord derby eland in 2023. I’ve done several others on this list too such massailand and elephant bull. I look back and realize my favorite hunts were the ones I clicked with PH best and saw the most wild areas. Hunting Zimbabwe and Namibia have been my best experiences so far.

 

[WAB]

Tracking hunt for wild lion in the Kalahari.

Tracking hunt for LDE in the savanna.

Sorry for the repeat. On heavy painkillers
After knee
Replacement surgery.

 

[WAB]

I assume Botswana rather than RSA?

Most definitely!

 

[Saul]

Kudu in Tanzania seems pretty hard to beat.

 

[Green Chile]

Kudu in Tanzania seems pretty hard to beat.

Lesser kudu?

 

[Saul]

Lesser kudu?

Still a dream for me at this point so I would go for greater for my first hunt there at least.

 

[LWPhunt]

My dream hunt is basically whatever the next hunt is. I have tried to do all the things that were most important to me in the moment when they seemed most important and as soon as reasonable/feasible.

But that's the great thing about hunting. As soon as I have done a hunt that I have looked forward to for years, I come up with another one to look forward to.

If I die tomorrow, I will do so knowing I did as much as I could with the time I had. If I live to be 100, I will still come up with another dream hunt I would like to do the next year.

I really enjoy this take on things, I can't say I could say it as well, but sure hope it's how I have done things. You do what you can, and thanks for this neat take on it. Cheers

 

[dgr416]

Back in the 1920s when Africa was really wild and you didnt shoot and Elephant unless it was 100 pounder .There were tons of rhinos and herds of millions of wilderbeast .To also meet Martin and Osa Johnson while there .I would like to use a win 1895 in 405 win or a double rifle in it .

 

[Betterinthebush]

I change my mind. I meant what I wrote before, but in my dream world I’d love to hunt for and harpoon a bull sperm whale off the coast of Namibia, go for a Nantucket sleigh ride and yell “chimney’s afire!”.

That’s my dream African hunt. It’ll never happen of course. But, well, that’s the dream.

 

[Rimbaud]

One month plus in Tanzania. Leopard, cape buffs, and much much more

 

[Wyfox]

Full bag in the Luangwa Valley

 

[Cme1983]

I think it would be Maswa to search for a huge Tanzanian bull with long ivory.

 

[Fatback]

For me personally, wild exportable/importable lion. I’m going in 2027.

Next would be tracking LDE and roan.

Overall I would forgo all of it to get my daughter and son in law in a concession without fences to hunt whatever they wanted to hunt.

 

[30.06king]

Been fortunate enough to enjoy several dream hunts in Africa. The best have been in the Zambezi Valley with CMS and my one Cameroon hunt for LDE. I constantly relive these hunts in my mind and long for more, hoping I will make them happen before old age overtakes me. But any and every time I plant my feet on African soil another dream is realised.

 

[Hedge774]

I’m not picky at all… for me it’s more about being thousands of miles away from the desk… red dirt on the boots.. enjoying the flora and fauna.. nights around the fire.. early mornings with Nescafé and a rusk, etc etc… I sincerely get as excited over a blue wildebeest cull as I do a Cape buffalo hunt (strange, I know).. the hunt is for me one part of the larger experience..

I chased a fairly nice impala last September for about 800 yards… we worked super hard to get the wind in our face, sun to our backs, etc and to close the gap from about 400 yards where we first saw him to a reasonable shooting distance..

After almost 30 minutes we finally were in just about the perfect position.. right as the sticks were coming up a monster Rowland Ward blesbok stepped out of the bush not even 75 yards away and presented a hard quartering away shot… my impala hunt immediately became a blesbok hunt…

And was probably the best hunt I’ve had in the last 3 years…

We worked super hard to be absolutely quiet.. the stalk was about as perfect as could be imagined.. the terrain in this area was particularly beautiful.. the go-away birds and vervets did their absolute best to try to bust us, the animal taken was truly world class, etc etc..

It was an incredible experience… and was just a common blesbok hunt…

Amen to desk free safaris! Best therapy ever!

 

[Hogpatrol]

First hunt was with a muzzleloader. Would like to make the next one the same, on a buffalo.