SOUTH AFRICA: Has Anyone Hunted With Boss Safaris?

[poco]

We been seesawing between Zimbabwe, RSA Limpopo, Namibia capri for a buffalo hunt ( with additional of opportunity ) in 2025
and talked with Wayne @ Boss and requested referances but haven’t heard a response yet
has anyone hunted with boss ?
it’s my first safari and my buddy 2nd and he has been asking me about references on boss ( a sponcer here)
TIA

 

[poco]

Anyone?
we still haven’t gotten a response from boss safaris, trying to reach him has seemed difficult

 

[lawrence_court]

Big red flag.

 

[poco]

Big red flag.

Crap !

 

[Brent in Az]

Plenty of quality sponsors here that can hook you up with a good hunt.

 

[dchum]

References from the outfitter are useless. Cherry picked clients.

Unless you know them personally I wouldn’t trust someone else’s opinion that much.

 

[375Fox]

References from the outfitter are useless. Cherry picked clients.

Unless you know them personally I wouldn’t trust someone else’s opinion that much.

I think checking references adds a lot of value depending on the questions you ask and the references you ask for. I look for consistency in answers, not just they recommend the outfitter. I also try to ask for all the previous season’s clients.

 

[dchum]

I think checking references adds a lot of value depending on the questions you ask and the references you ask for. I look for consistency in answers, not just they recommend the outfitter. I also try to ask for all the previous season’s clients.

I see the point in asking around and especially asking here if someone has hunted or at least heard of.

But say Boss safaris does get back to him- and say “ya, give this guy a call” and slides op a number to ring

Useless in my opinion. Lots of confirmation bias in the safari world.

 

[WAB]

Hunt reports are a great source of information.

 

[375Fox]

I see the point in asking around and especially asking here if someone has hunted or at least heard of.

But say Boss safaris does get back to him- and say “ya, give this guy a call” and slides op a number to wring.

Useless in my opinion. Lots of confirmation bias in the safari world.

They are a sponsor here. They haven’t been seen since Feb 20, interesting that was also their last Facebook/instagram posting. Hopefully everything is alright with them.

 

[Jason Miller]

Boss Safaris is a sponsor here FYI

 

[Doug3006]

How long has it been since you asked them for the list? References should be at their fingertips. Personally, I’d walk away if it has been more than a couple of weeks. If a provider is slow to respond to a prospect, they won’t be responsive when you are a booked client.