NAMIBIA PREDATOR HUNT

[SNIPER59]

Hi all...
I was just offered the following hunt for June 2014, and am looking for some input as to whether this is a good deal or not, so I would appreciate any comments you may have.
Thanks kindly!!
Is this a good deal???

Package price $18250

Included:
1 hunter 14 days
Trophies:
-leopard ($6500 refundable if not taken)
-cheetah ($2800 Refundable)
-African wildcat ($170 refundable)
-lynx ($400 refundable)
-spotted hyena ($800 refundable)
-genet ($150 refundable)
Cites permits
All bait included in price
Full board and lodging
Soft drinks + alcoholic beverages in moderation
PH
Hunting vehicle
Pickup and return to Windhoek Airport
Trackers and skinners
Field preparation of trophies
Transport of trophies to taxidermist
Personal indemnity insurance
Excursion to Etosha Game Park
If times permit fishing for those huge sharks Hentie's Bay
Rifle available at no charge.

Excluded:

Flights from and to home country.
Private insurances
Taxidermy
Transport of trophies to home country
Any accommodation outside period of hunt
Bullets own cost

Please let me know your thoughts, and yes the outfitter has a very strong success rate on these cats, especially the leopard.

 

[enysse]

I think it's a fair deal.

 

[SNIPER59]

I think it's a fair deal.

a fair deal is a good thing, but my ancestry dictates I need something to push me over the edge, maybe a free dik dik??....hahahaha

 

[enysse]

A free dik, dik! lol

I'm guessing you are looking at hunting northern Namibia. If the outfitter runs a successful operation, it's definitely worth it! Some guys end up doing close to (2) 14 day safaris sometimes in Namibia to fill a leopard tag, it all depends on how lucky you are, what the weather is doing, how hard the leopards are hunted...etc. I hear spotted hyena can be fairly easily had in northern namibia. It's a dream hunt for sure!!!

 

[SNIPER59]

A free dik, dik! lol

I'm guessing you are looking at hunting northern Namibia. If the outfitter runs a successful operation, it's definitely worth it! Some guys end up doing close to (2) 14 day safaris sometimes in Namibia to fill a leopard tag, it all depends on how lucky you are, what the weather is doing, how hard the leopards are hunted...etc. I hear spotted hyena can be fairly easily had in northern namibia. It's a dream hunt for sure!!!

yes, this would be in Northern Namibia...I got my brown hyena in North Western Province of SA, just over a week ago, so now the ''spotted'' is on my mind. Cheetah is kind of a bonus, as it is not really an animal I have thought much about, but they are quite spectacular as well, and I would be more than happy to try for one. Living in Canada, we can have a few extra options for Namibia predators.

 

[Wheels]

If you deduct the refunds for animals not taken you get a daily rate of $530 which is pretty good for a dg hunt. Add in the transfer to/from Windhoek plus Etosha and fishing it sounds like a real good deal. The caveat...........do you have a legitimate chance at leopard and cheetah. As long as you do it sounds great. If not it becomes an expensive hyena, genet, caracal, wildcat hunt. Check his references for leopard and cheetah. Best of luck.

 

[enysse]

I agree with you Wheels, we are on the same page! Canadians are lucky to be able to hunt cheetahs! I'm going to hunt Northern Namibia one of these days

 

[Wheels]

I agree with you Wheels, we are on the same page! Canadians are lucky to be able to hunt cheetahs! I'm going to hunt Northern Namibia one of these days

It's nice to be agreed with occasionally. Makes me feel good.

Living anywhere but the good ole USA you get to keep your cheetah. A farmer I know in Namibia has killed and let lay the last 16 cheetah's he has seen on his property. They kill his livestock and have no economic worth to him. If he had a market to sell them to American hunters it might be worth letting them hang around and managing them for profit like the rest of his game animals. If we could just make USFW employees take an economics 101 class. (non Keynesian of course)

 

[enysse]

That is a good one! The non-Kenya economics 101 class for wildlife. lol