Free range Sable?

[cbmcgee34]

Does anyone have a good free range Sable outfitter? It's my dad's #1 target species and would love to get him one!

Thanks
-Chris

 

[Red Leg]

Mashambanzou Safaris Mozambique has great sable, but our own @spike.t would offer a fabulous hunt and bull at his wonderful Takeri Reserve in Zambia.

You can pull up several hunting reports from there including mine using the search function.

 

[Killo]

Zambia is supposed to have the Biggest free roam Sables….

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Zambia has some giants. I hunted with Strang Middleton this year (2025) taking a nice bull. Zambia also offers the opportunity to take Roan, and several uniquely Zambian species like Kafue Lechwe, and Crawshay Defassa Waterbuck.

Vaughan Whitehead in Zimbabwe has some sable in his new area. I hunted Ele/Buf/Leopard with him in 2023 in a different area but plan to hunt his new areas with him in the future.

Mozambique has Roosevelt Sable. I’m hunting with Mark Haldane in 2026 on his Coutada 11 concession which offers them and references have said they’ve got some great bulls.

You can also look into certain areas of Tanzania (no personal experience).

 

[375Fox]

What is his price range? Sable are a fairly expensive hunt. The base cost would typically be something around $1000/day and $5000-$8000 trophy fee. Exceptions being end of season hunts, newer outfitters, and marginal areas.

A fenced reserve in Zambia may be a very good compromise depending on budget and experience he’s looking for.

 

[roverandbrew]

Mashambanzou Safaris Mozambique has great sable, but our own @spike.t would offer a fabulous hunt and bull at his wonderful Takeri Reserve in Zambia.

You can pull up several hunting reports from there including mine using the search function.

I agree. @spike.t has the best sable I have seen either fenced or wild. 47 3/4

 

[uplander01]

There was no shortage of 40”+ sable in coutada 9 Mozambique when I hunted with makore safaris in 2023.

 

[Red Leg]

As @roverandbrew notes, @spike.t"s Takeri in Zambia is home to some incredible animals.

And Mike and Pete can be great hosts.

Thread 'ZAMBIA: Takeri Reserve - Zambia's Special Place'

Aug 20, 2021

I was not particularly happy with myself as I glanced quickly at the latest plate-sized splash of bright red blood marking the trail of a waterbuck that should have been lying dead half kilometer behind us. As I carefully moved a thorn laden branch out of the way, I agonized over the knowledge that I had pulled the shot to the right. A follow-up shot had not been remotely possible as the blocky and very tough animal dove into the brush at a dead run. This was the last day of a magical hunt on Mike Taylor's wonderful Takeri Reserve, and the extraordinary opportunity to take a rare Crawshay...

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[BryceM]

It is possible to hunt them free range in the Caprivi in Namibia, as well. Dawid Muller at Daggaboy safaris has a few on quota depending on the year.

 

[Russ16]

I’m hunting them in the Zambezi valley with CMS in August. I’ll give you a report after that trip.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Mokore in Coutada 9 Mozambique. Took mine there.

 

[dogcat1]

Mokore Safaris. They are the top shelf in Moz and have plenty.

 

[375Fox]

I’m hunting them in the Zambezi valley with CMS in August. I’ll give you a report after that trip.

You’ll really enjoy hunting the area. It is a more challenging sable hunt compared to other areas though. You see a good one you take it. I took a nice one in 2021. Saw several in 2024 hunting other game.

 

[Russ16]

You’ll really enjoy hunting the area. It is a more challenging sable hunt compared to other areas though. You see a good one you take it. I took a nice one in 2021. Saw several in 2024 hunting other game.

Yeah that’s exactly what I’m looking for. I’m really excited.

 

[wesheltonj]

My sable from Spike’s place. The sable can leave the property by crossing the river. Not exactly free range and not exactly high fenced either.

 

[Safari Dave]

I saw a giant Sable and Kudu in Mozambique in 2021.

Safaris|Legadema

www.legadema.co.za

Everything there is "free range," but (IMO), that hardly means anything anymore.

As I see it, you can buy a tag to take an animal that you might not even see (The USA model), or pay a "trophy fee" to hunt private property in RSA.

IMO, hunt RSA, and make the owner aware of your exceptions well ahead of time.

I know that there are outfitters in RSA that have access to much more land than any U.S. "Wildlife Management Area"

 

[Flipper Dude]

I saw a giant Sable and Kudu in Mozambique in 2021.

Safaris|Legadema

www.legadema.co.za

Everything there is "free range," but (IMO), that hardly means anything anymore.

As I see it, you can buy a tag to take an animal that you might not even see (The USA model), or pay a "trophy fee" to hunt private property in RSA.

IMO, hunt RSA, and make the owner aware of your exceptions well ahead of time.

I know that there are outfitters in RSA that have access to much more land than any U.S. "Wildlife Management Area"

Means something to me. But that’s just me.

 

[Russ16]

I saw a giant Sable and Kudu in Mozambique in 2021.

Safaris|Legadema

www.legadema.co.za

Everything there is "free range," but (IMO), that hardly means anything anymore.

As I see it, you can buy a tag to take an animal that you might not even see (The USA model), or pay a "trophy fee" to hunt private property in RSA.

IMO, hunt RSA, and make the owner aware of your exceptions well ahead of time.

I know that there are outfitters in RSA that have access to much more land than any U.S. "Wildlife Management Area"

I don’t really want to hunt unless there is at least a chance I won’t see what I’m looking for.

 

[Flipper Dude]

I don’t really want to hunt unless there is at least a chance I won’t see what I’m looking for.

The USA model where you buy a tag for an animal you “might not even see” sounds perfect to me.

 

[375Fox]

I saw a giant Sable and Kudu in Mozambique in 2021.

Safaris|Legadema

www.legadema.co.za

Everything there is "free range," but (IMO), that hardly means anything anymore.

As I see it, you can buy a tag to take an animal that you might not even see (The USA model), or pay a "trophy fee" to hunt private property in RSA.

IMO, hunt RSA, and make the owner aware of your exceptions well ahead of time.

I know that there are outfitters in RSA that have access to much more land than any U.S. "Wildlife Management Area"

Hunt a high fence farm in South Africa stocked with only bulls and tell me the value that trophy has to you. Hunting high fence areas comes with a lot of questions to ask and do your best to verify. Hunting free range areas comes with a different set of questions. Both can give a good experience but there’s always an attempt to downplay fencing. Free range does mean something if hunting a certain way is important to you.