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Originally Posted by Guymullins
These are "Biltong" prices, not for trophy hunters, although you may get a trophy if you are lucky. Foreign hunters must use a Professional Hunter if they want to export their trophies, and the prices go through the ceiling then. If you come here just to shoot, I can take you on a similar hunt at similar prices, but getting trophies home will be a problem. You must remember that our Rand has been plummeting against the dollar these last few years, making everything more affordable for someone with dollars. Of course, if the full 5 star lodge with gourmet chefs and hunting only Rowland Ward of SCI animals is required, then there are many PHs who would be happy to relieve you of all your savings. Sadly, the Tahir has been completely culled from its Table Mountain refuge due to dippy conservationists who insist on only indigenous animals occupying the national parks. The Tahir has been there for over a hundred years, but they felt it must go. They feel the same way about the trout that have lived in the Cape rivers for a similar length of time. There are a few other places where one can hunt Tahir, but they are quite few now.
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Shame about the Tahr......it's one of those species you REALLY have to work hard to earn....sometimes even for those with the unlimited budgets who Helo lift in above them.
I REALLY enjoyed my time in SA. Most of the time was in the Eastern Cape.
The last two on my list are Gemsbok and Buff to hunt and eat.
It would be nice to have both a Gemsbok rack and Buff(cow for cost) horns on the wall, but happy with meat in my belly!
Probably the best momento from that trip is the photos of tracking a leopard rolling up on a baboon troop.
Incidental contact with spoor while walking the ground glassing for the gemsbok I never got and other plainsgame.
We had time to burn so we pursued the leopard/baboon tracks just to see what happened(I have a strong interest in man/animal tracking) and it was like a chainsaw ripped through the troop...likely a day or two prior based on ground sign aging.
What a great trip.....and learning things like swinging a white rag over your head around the Wildebeast.
I very much look forward to getting back again someday.