Recent content by Dutchlund

Yes, I’ve now run the calculations against several other outfitters’ trophy fee plus daily fee schedules, and virtually all of them have come out within a thousand dollars or so, some more, some less. Essentially, since both my wife and I were “hunters” our outfitter had to make up about 5k in...

I just got back from my first safari and had many of the same reservations...But it was the greatest hunting experience of my life. Watching the trackers track some of our animals before the shot and find a couple others that weren't hit as good as I'd have preferred was literally breath...

Here are the seven animals we took. Waterbuck, Nyala, Kudu, Common and Black Impala, Gemsbuck and Blesbuck. While I was initially upset by the trophy fee amounts, when I actually computed the entire cost for our trophies (about seventeen thousand), the total was about the same as other...

Just returned from my first safari…a “free” safari purchased at a charity auction that turned out to be anything but free. Other than the cost, the experience was life changing, and I can’t wait to go back, but will do more research this time.