ZIMBABWE: Dream Realized

[A Frame66]

Congrats!! Very nice cat!!

 

[Lone Star Bluegrass]

I love it. Some of my best trips have started out with a logistical or transportation fiasco. Very glad that yours turned out well.

 

[LWood]

Congrats on a beautiful leopard!

 

[slam8031]

congratulations on a beautiful cat!!!

 

[7mmFan]

Congrats on a great cat. Would love to hear details!

 

[Doug Hamilton]

I just finished my successful leopard hunt in the West Nic region of Zimbabwe.
3 days late thanks to Delta airlines, I arrived in camp to several baits being hit, one being quite promising.
I was hunting with @NYAMAZANA SAFARIS and had been communicating with owner and PH Wayne Van Den Berg while stuck in an Atlanta hotel. Wayne assured me baits were hanging and fresh sign was plenty,
I scored on a beautiful mature tom on day day 3 in the bush. And the plan "B" bait had a large male hitting it as well.
I believe Wayne's attention to detail with the baits and blind placement construction contributed to my success.
I am a blue collar guy and this hunt was years in the making, thanks Wayne, Wayne jr. Sam and the rest of the guys.
James Gray

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Beautiful! Congratulations!

I'd love to hear the story. Time of night, rifle, how you saw him, what you were thinking, etc.

I've never killed a leopard, but the first one I ever heard was near West Nic in 1983.

Well done!

Doug

 

[mengle]

Fantastic cat. Nighttime cat pictures are the best.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Congratulations on a beautiful Tom

 

[cpr0312]

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

 

[TTundra]

Congrats! Wayne and his guys are a machine at getting cats in the salt!

 

[VertigoBE]

Waidmannsheil ! @jgrayjr
that's a gorgeous beast of a cat!

 

[uplander01]

congrats on the accomplishment!

 

[AZDAVE]

Very nice leopard. It is always so satisfying when you have a life's dream come true. Congratulations!!!

 

[wildwilderness]

I just finished my successful leopard hunt in the West Nic region of Zimbabwe.
3 days late thanks to Delta airlines, I arrived in camp to several baits being hit, one being quite promising.
I was hunting with @NYAMAZANA SAFARIS and had been communicating with owner and PH Wayne Van Den Berg while stuck in an Atlanta hotel. Wayne assured me baits were hanging and fresh sign was plenty,
I scored on a beautiful mature tom on day day 3 in the bush. And the plan "B" bait had a large male hitting it as well.
I believe Wayne's attention to detail with the baits and blind placement construction contributed to my success.
I am a blue collar guy and this hunt was years in the making, thanks Wayne, Wayne jr. Sam and the rest of the guys.
James Gray

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Congrats on your Leopard but more importantly-

CONGRATS on your FIRST Post on AHF !!!

 

[Smitty]

Thank you for sharing. Absolutely a dream come true.

 

[Nyati]

A great cat, congrats