If you could only do one, or one more safari

[Hunter-Habib]

Rhinoceros (It’s the only member of the African Big 5 which I’ve never even once been able to hunt).

With a Heym Jumbo sidelock ejector in .600 Nitro Express.

 

[Fatback]

Either a full bag Tanzania hunt or a Lord Derby/Buffalo in Cameroon. I’d be taking my 404 Jeffery with 400 grain AFrames for the big guys and 300 Win Mag with 200 grain TBBCs for PG

 

[Elkeater]

No idea who I’d hunt with. But there would be a Cape buffalo involved. A double rifle in .470 NE (I don’t have one I just want one) and I’d be headed to the Caprivi Strip. Figure I’d plan a full 2 weeks.

If time allowed adding some plains game with my Ruger M77 II in .300 win mag.

This is actually my unofficial plan for my mid life crisis which should be due in about 6 years.

 

[Altitude sickness]

100 pound Botswana elephant

Then Chase all the Eland varieties

Hunt for a very worn Buffalo.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Realistically one more will be buffalo in a wilderness area. If money were no object then a full bag in Tanzania. No doubt in my mind

 

[Red Leg]

LDE

 

[Andrew62]

I'd go back to Zimbabwe and do another elephant/buffalo hunt, somewhere along the Zambezi River. I'd take my Kimber .375H&H, and a bottle of good bottle of gin!

 

[Cme1983]

I might go to Namibia and hunt with Drikus Swanepoel. He has taken some monster ele in his concession the last couple of years.

 

[Danchy007]

Supposedly we are talking where money is no object. And all is possible
Cape buffalo
Croc
Elephant
Rhino
Sable
Roan
Bongo in the congo
Sitatunga
Forest buff
Forest ele
Impala(all varieties)
Wildebeest (all coats blue and black)
Blessbuck (all coats)
Bontebok
Waterbuck
Eland
Oryx
Thompson gazelle
Gerenuk aka giraffe gazelle
Grants gazelle
Nyala
Bushbuck
Steenbuck
Scimitar and arabian oryx also if they would be somewhere legal and possible to hunt

And supposedly have enough room to make em all shoulder mounts
This is just at the top of my head what i would want to hunt but there is probably more animals that would make the list just can't think up of them at this point
Rifle wise certainly a classic H&h WR or Rigby in either 375h&h or 416rigby to keep it classic custom made rifle of course with some nice engravings
Locations oof welp again counting on the money is no object factor Caprivi strip, Tanzania, South Africa and maybe Mozambique or Zim or Zambia and Congo and central Africa in general for the jungle animals maybe Kenya too if we are talking ideal scenario where I can hunt everywhere

 

[BourbonTrail]

Money available: 6 weeks+ in CAR/Cameroon chasing Bongo, LDE, Lion, Savanna Buffalo, Roan, and if possible forest elephant…yeah, it would be expensive if not impossible (multiple licenses, locations).

All hunted with 1 gun, in 100+ degree heat.

More likely: Zimbabwe elephant hunt with a buffalo add on.

 

[Hunt anything]

While we’re dreaming here, I would make a swing through the 4 outfitters (1in Mozambique and 3 in RSA)I’ve hunted with before and spend 8 days with each hunting animals I haven’t hunted with them yet and then make a swing after LDE and bongo in central Africa and finish out with a swing through Uganda and Ethiopia, looking for all of the spiral horns and as many of the duikers, dik-diks and other Pygmy antelope I could find, probably would take about 50 days or so.

 

[Hunt anything]

Realistically it hopefully will be a 2 country trip with a visit to Spike at Takeri and a return trip to Game 4 Africa about 6 days in Zambia and 8 in RSA.

 

[Puddle]

Probably western Zambia for as long as they let me stay. Pack a .404 Jeffery to use on everything and anything.

 

[Justbryan]

Cameroon Bogo, LDE, Forrest Buffalo, Giant Forrest Hog, Tiny Antelope, etc.

 

[Osama Mahdi]

Rhinoceros (It’s the only member of the African Big 5 which I’ve never even once been able to hunt).

With a Heym Jumbo sidelock ejector in .600 Nitro Express.

There are 2 available on Hunting South Africa Facebook page. Male and female.

 

[Fatback]

I know I’ve already replied once but I could also see myself being quite happy with a safari to Uganda for buffalo and the various bushbucks that are found there as well as other PG species found there. This is a difficult topic to ponder. There is so much of Africa that I hope to be able to hunt at some point. This is a good thought provoking activity.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Ethiopia - full bag including lesser kudu, mountain nyala, both bushbucks and leopard. 300 wsm Browning Abolt that I got for my high school graduation.

Or if my body allowed it, Yukon Terrority, Dall sheep and Mountain Caribou, Ruby Range with my Nosler 270wsm.

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

I’m sure this topic has already been discussed at length but what would you choose if you could only do one safari for those that haven’t been, or one more safari for those that have?
Where would you go?
Who would you hunt with?
What would you hunt?
What rifle/cartridge would you use?

Well I'm headed to Zambia again next June for leo, croc, hyena, maybe another buffalo and kudu.

But my dream safari would be Tanzania
Buffalo, Leopard, Croc, Sable other plains game
375 H&H and 30.06 or 300wm or 300 wsm

 

[375Fox]

To everyone saying lord derby eland and Cameroon, don’t put off going. You look at countries in the region Chad, CAR, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger and realize Cameroon will not be stable forever. Don’t put off going, I don’t think it will be available in the near future. If you see Cameroon you’ll understand more clearly. A lord derby eland is probably the greatest trophy you can take in Africa at the moment.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

There are 2 available on Hunting South Africa Facebook page. Male and female.

This is absolutely fantastic news, Osama. Too bad I don’t have Facebook. But my daughter does, so I will ask her to check it out.