Africa- Barry

[Andy L]

Barry,
Thanks for the reply of my email. I appreciate it.

I dont know much about it, so I figger maybe some others dont either. I checked out your website. Good site.

Could you elaborate a little on what a non-rich guy could get as a package hunt for say, 4-6 animals? Maybe a couple of types of antelope and a couple of other lesser animals, like warthog, hyena, jackal, ect.... ?

Im not trying to nail you down or anything. This is just very interesting to me and always wanted to do it. Actually, Im planning on doing it someday, maybe soon. Just wondered if you could post some examples of what may be available for a guy like me. Cost, less airfare to Africa, and where I would need to fly to and what is included in the package.

Thanks Barry. Your a great addition to Huntchat IMO.

Andy

[BIGGAME-P/H]

Hi Andy..

IN GENERAL MOST PLAINSGAME HUNTS WOULD RUN IN THE 250-350 US$ PER DAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNTRY YOU WANT TO HUNT, AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON A 1 X 1 OR 2 X 1 BASIS..

FOR THE GUYS WHO ARE WORKING TO A BUDGET..I PERSONALLY WOULD SUGGEST FINDING END OF SEASON TYPE DEALS..USUALLY TAGS LEFT OVER FROM THE PRIME TIME SEASON HUNTERS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER....YOU GET SOME REALLY DISCOUNTED DEALS..THE DOWNSIDE TO THESE DEALS, TRAVEL / BOOKING THESE HUNTS IS LATE IN THE YEAR..AND SOMETIMES AVAILABLE AT REALLY SHORT NOTICE, WHICH UNLESS YOU`RE YOUR OWN BOSS AND TAKE OFF FROM WORK..

A TYPICAL END OF SEASON HUNT FOR PLAINSGAME WOULD RUN SAY US$300 X 7 DAYS =US$2100 AND THEN YOU COULD HUNT THE FOLLOWING:-

KUDU US$950
ZEBRA US$900
IMPALA US$300
WARTHOG US$300
HYENA US$350
BUSHBUCK US$600

DAILY FEES US$2100, TROPHY FEES US$3400 DIPPING/PACKING OF YOUR TROPHIES US$350.......TOTAL OF AROUND US$5850

THE ATTRACTION OF END OF SEASON TYPE DEALS IS, IF THE OUTFITTER HAS SAY AN ELEPHANT OR LEOPARD TAG LEFT OVER, YOU CAN HUNT THESE FOR TROPHY FEES ONLY...AS THESE `TROPHY` ANIMALS ARE NORMALLY PAID FOR EITHER IN ADVANCE, AND HAVE TO BE PAID FOR WHETHER SHOT OR NOT, ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT / BIG GAME CONCESSION...SO OUTFITTERS WANT TO HAVE AS MANY OF THESE `TAGS` TAKEN/PAID FOR BY THE SEASONS CLOSING.