any game farm owners on here in southern africa?

[Andrew McLaren]

Ndlovu,

I think the Post Subjet line sums it up nicely?

You want to test the waters on marketing/becomming involved in the hunting safari business in southern Africa? I do not proclaim to know enough about Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana - the other major southern African hunting destinations, to speak about them. But, having been a registered Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter for just about a quarter of a century in South Africa, I think I'm reasonably qualified to speak about those aspects here.


There are a number of reasons why you should be very careful before you associate yourself with any particular person in South Africa: Here, as elsewhere in the world, we have our sharks and snkoil salesmen! Trouble is, unless you know a lot about snake oil quality, quantities and markets, you will be very easily taken for the proverbial ride by a snake oil salesman.

Maybe I did not express myself well by warning that you should know a bit about snake oil: It may come over as implying that you yourself should be a bit of a shyster? Not intended so at all. What I'm trying to say is: You probably know very little about the game, game ranching, marketing hunting opportunities to hunters outside South Africa etc. You could be led nicely up the path by a clever farmer or PH if you do not know much about the basic that you're dealing with.

I, for one, would be most interested in discussing any form of across-the-ocean co-operation with any serious person. Please send my an email message to andrew@mclarensafaris.com . We can talk some.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren