Inquiry for Safari Company

[ALHunter98]

A friend and I recently went to the DSC show in Atlanta this weekend. We are looking to book a buffalo and sable hunt for 2027. We spoke with several different outfits and have landed on wanting to do a trip to Mozambique if possible. Does anyone here have any experience with the following outfits and can provide how their experience was?

Chapungu-Kambako Safaris
Niassa Safari Company/Paul Stones

We also spoke with Dalton and York about Zimbabwe, but they weren't confident about their area being good as far as Sable goes.

We also talked with HHK Safaris in Zimbabwe and Robin Hurt Safaris in Namibia.

Any commentary is greatly appreciated.

 

[Rare Breed]

I would add @TSALA HUNTING SAFARIS for Moz. They have both awesome animals and experience!!!

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Drop the sable and go for buffalo-kudu combo. Buffalo are indeed a challenge to hunt. Besides being dangerous, they are smart, spooky, and know how to use the terrain. Sable are boringly easy to hunt. It may (and usually does) take days of chasing buffalo around before getting close enough for a clear shot. Find the sable and you will shoot a sable. Kudu are just as challenging as buffalo to hunt for all the same reasons (except danger) and the trophy is just as spectacular as sable. Kudu trophy fee is usually about 1/3 sable. I suspect you will find as many if not more safari operators offering you kudu/buffalo combos. Kudu are more or less free roaming whereas sable are often put and take (sable are very easily raised in pens and then dumped on the range for hunting - kudu can jump/climb over most fences).

 

[Red Leg]

I am not familiar with either of those, but I can highly recommend Mashambanzu Safaris in Moz and Mozambique itself as a destination. I have hunted sable and buffalo with them twice very successfully. https://www.mashambanzousafaris.com/ It is a great experience hunting free range sable among the herds in their natural environment rather than potting one behind a fence on a game farm. There is also the opportunity for Livingstone Eland which are an amazing animal to hunt. They have buffalo opportunities in both the Delta and Niassa.

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In 2014, my son and I had a wonderful hunt for buffalo and plains game with Grant Taylor's Mashambanzou Safaris in the Zambezi Delta. In 2015, I signed a contract for a two-week return engagement for October of this year. I have just returned, and the hunt exceeded my every expectation.

I arrived this time better prepared to dig a buffalo out of the Delta. Or at least I thought I had. My first experience in 2014 was notable for a chest-deep wade-about as we struggled for several kilometers across spongy marsh and through deep papyrus sloughs. Courtney makes a wonderful boot for most...

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[Monski]

No experience with the companies mentioned but Mokore Safaris is a great company and has a place in Mozambique reputed to be fantastic . I've hunted with them 6 times in Zim and want to go to their place in Mozambique maybe the next time.

 

[Red Leg]

Drop the sable and go for buffalo-kudu combo. Buffalo are indeed a challenge to hunt. Besides being dangerous, they are smart, spooky, and know how to use the terrain. Sable are boringly easy to hunt. It may (and usually does) take days of chasing buffalo around before getting close enough for a clear shot. Find the sable and you will shoot a sable. Kudu are just as challenging as buffalo to hunt for all the same reasons (except danger) and the trophy is just as spectacular as sable. Kudu trophy fee is usually about 1/3 sable. I suspect you will find as many if not more safari operators offering you kudu/buffalo combos. Kudu are more or less free roaming whereas sable are often put and take (sable are very easily raised in pens and then dumped on the range for hunting - kudu can jump/climb over most fences).

Sable are free range in Mozambique. It is a very different hunting experience than shooting one behind a fence.

 

[375Fox]

Drop the sable and go for buffalo-kudu combo. Buffalo are indeed a challenge to hunt. Besides being dangerous, they are smart, spooky, and know how to use the terrain. Sable are boringly easy to hunt. It may (and usually does) take days of chasing buffalo around before getting close enough for a clear shot. Find the sable and you will shoot a sable. Kudu are just as challenging as buffalo to hunt for all the same reasons (except danger) and the trophy is just as spectacular as sable. Kudu trophy fee is usually about 1/3 sable. I suspect you will find as many if not more safari operators offering you kudu/buffalo combos. Kudu are more or less free roaming whereas sable are often put and take (sable are very easily raised in pens and then dumped on the range for hunting - kudu can jump/climb over most fences).

He’s not asking about a ranch hunt in South Africa. Sable in a concession area where they’ve always been native is a very good and challenging hunt.

 

[dchum]

I follow Paul stones on instagram and he seems like a true gentleman and hunts a good Niassa area.

I enjoy his ethos of hunting and safari tradition.
he would be on my short list for Moz.

Of course I have no actual experience with him so
due diligence is in order. But he seems like a good outfit from the surface.

 

[Hunting Hitman]

I hunted with Chapungu-Kambako Safaris and they are a first rate. One of the better operations I've hunted with.

HH

 

[Ryan Brown]

I hunted with Chapungu Kambako. You can find my report on here. I had an absolutely wonderful hunt with them. Lots of Roosevelt Sable and Buffalo. If you need any specific information, feel free to send me a message.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

He’s not asking about a ranch hunt in South Africa. Sable in a concession area where they’ve always been native is a very good and challenging hunt.

By all accounts I've read, even in the "wild" areas sable are not terribly challenging. By all accounts, they are a LOT less challenging than kudu. Interesting that the buffalo on the RSA "ranch hunts" are so spooky and smart but the sable are not. I found sable more inclined to stand and look, similar to mule deer. The habitat kudu prefer is also typically much more difficult to hunt. The challenge for sable seems to finding them. Stalk is usually not terribly difficult. Wasn't for me anyway.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Took a nice sable with Mokore in Mozambique. It’s a different animal than a ranch hunt. Buffalo there also First class operators

 

[Scott CWO]

By all accounts I've read, even in the "wild" areas sable are not terribly challenging. By all accounts, they are a LOT less challenging than kudu. Interesting that the buffalo on the RSA "ranch hunts" are so spooky and smart but the sable are not. I found sable more inclined to stand and look, similar to mule deer. The habitat kudu prefer is also typically much more difficult to hunt. The challenge for sable seems to finding them. Stalk is usually not terribly difficult. Wasn't for me anyway.

You cannot generalize about such things. Took me nine days in a great area in Mozambique to get a free range big sable and I didn’t get one on another hunt. Saw lots of sable but getting a shot at the bull in each herd is quite challenging in the thick vegetation.

 

[Red Leg]

By all accounts I've read, even in the "wild" areas sable are not terribly challenging. By all accounts, they are a LOT less challenging than kudu. Interesting that the buffalo on the RSA "ranch hunts" are so spooky and smart but the sable are not. I found sable more inclined to stand and look, similar to mule deer. The habitat kudu prefer is also typically much more difficult to hunt. The challenge for sable seems to finding them. Stalk is usually not terribly difficult. Wasn't for me anyway.

You have never seen a sable outside a fence, much less in Mozambique, but you are an expert on the differences between hunting one and a kudu in that environment. That is simply amazing.

 

[wesheltonj]

I would look at Zambia, the Sable big genes there.

Mbizi has a big private area with both or Takeri could fix you up with a big sable at his place and find you a place to get your Buffalo

 

[Ontario Hunter]

You have never seen a sable outside a fence, much less in Mozambique, but you are an expert on the differences between hunting one and a kudu in that environment. That is simply amazing.

Yes, I have seen and hunted buffalo, kudu, and sable in fenced areas (huge fenced areas). As I said, kudu and buffalo were extremely difficult. Saw plenty of sable. Not nearly as wary. Actually, not wary at all. Again, why would springbuck and eland be running at the sight of even a vehicle a half mile away and sable stand and look sixty yards off the road as we drive by? Same farm. Where I hunt in Montana I can push up a nice mule deer and he will stand and look. Whitetail buck on the same property will vanish before I can exhale. Different species act differently. My comment to PH after shooting my sable was "Well, that wasn't so hard." He said they typically aren't so tough to hunt.

 

[BnC 04]

We came across 2 sable bulls while in Zim and they sure as hell didn't stand and pose for pictures. Once they knew of our presence they hightailed it into the bush.

 

[Cam300]

Yes, I have seen and hunted buffalo, kudu, and sable in fenced areas (huge fenced areas). As I said, kudu and buffalo were extremely difficult. Saw plenty of sable. Not nearly as wary. Actually, not wary at all. Again, why would springbuck and eland be running at the sight of even a vehicle a half mile away and sable stand and look sixty yards off the road as we drive by? Same farm. Where I hunt in Montana I can push up a nice mule deer and he will stand and look. Whitetail buck on the same property will vanish before I can exhale. Different species act differently. My comment to PH after shooting my sable was "Well, that wasn't so hard." He said they typically aren't so tough to hunt.

I’m sure I’ll regret getting involved here, but Sable are an expensive species and hunted far less frequently than those springbuck or eland. That likely explains the difference in behavior. I would think this is especially true on a higher volume game farm.

 

[Flipper Dude]

I’m sure I’ll regret getting involved here

Damn if that doesn’t sum up fully half of my posts.

 

[BigHill]

@KWALATA SAFARIS in MZ, Niassa, L9 by the Lugenda river, huge area.