Zimbabwe Recommendations

[Mark A Ouellette]

If your budget is limitless, head to Botswana for a big bull!

Getting back to reality...

Exportable or not?
Do you want to import your ivory?
If not, trophy fee is much lower

Bull or tuskless?
Tuskless have low trophy fees and are dangerous! Less total walking but you may have to run for safety a time or two!

Can you walk 10+ miles per day, everyday for a bull?

In Zimbabwe;
Charlton McCallan is tops for big bulls but expensive, at least for me. They are too of the line!!!
Dalton and York are less expensive and will get you next to a big bull or tuskless
Tokoleske (spelling) offer wonderful lower cost elephant hunts.

There are of course other outfitters. I hunted Zim for ele previously and a new PH to me is getting my money in 2025, Dalton and York.
I would have booked with Charlton but... life had other plans for my money

I have first hand hunt reports from AH close friends who praise the three outfitters named above.

 

[uplander01]

Makore Safaris-talk to Gary

 

[aminkus]

If your budget is limitless, head to Botswana for a big bull!

Getting back to reality...

Exportable or not?
Do you want to import your ivory?
If not, trophy fee is much lower

Bull or tuskless?
Tuskless have low trophy fees and are dangerous! Less total walking but you may have to run for safety a time or two!

Can you walk 10+ miles per day, everyday for a bull?

In Zimbabwe;
Charlton McCallan is tops for big bulls but expensive, at least for me. They are too of the line!!!
Dalton and York are less expensive and will get you next to a big bull or tuskless
Tokoleske (spelling) offer wonderful lower cost elephant hunts.

There are of course other outfitters. I hunted Zim for ele previously and a new PH to me is getting my money in 2025, Dalton and York.
I would have booked with Charlton but... life had other plans for my money

I have first hand hunt reports from AH close friends who praise the three outfitters named above.

Hello my friend , i hope all is well
I am looking to hunt a exportable Ele bull and my hunting buddy is looking for a non-export. The massive bulls of Botswana are not in the cards ( at the moment ) but someday soon.

I have lost over 67lbs in the last year and yes i can walk 20 miles in a day if i have to.

 

[Rare Breed]

If your budget is limitless, head to Botswana for a big bull!

Getting back to reality...

Exportable or not?
Do you want to import your ivory?
If not, trophy fee is much lower

Bull or tuskless?
Tuskless have low trophy fees and are dangerous! Less total walking but you may have to run for safety a time or two!

Can you walk 10+ miles per day, everyday for a bull?

In Zimbabwe;
Charlton McCallan is tops for big bulls but expensive, at least for me. They are too of the line!!!
Dalton and York are less expensive and will get you next to a big bull or tuskless
Tokoleske (spelling) offer wonderful lower cost elephant hunts.

There are of course other outfitters. I hunted Zim for ele previously and a new PH to me is getting my money in 2025, Dalton and York.
I would have booked with Charlton but... life had other plans for my money

I have first hand hunt reports from AH close friends who praise the three outfitters named above.

If budget is a concern at all I would recommend Dalton &York for a budget of 10 days $1,000 per day rates, $14,000 bull elephant trophy fee and $5,500 for buff bull trophy fee. Air to JNB then Harare about $2600. split air charter four ways $500. You will see many elephant per day. expect 20-35 pound bulls. Just my exact experience in 2023. Great place and. outfitter for dual above two animals. 2+ million acres no fences walk your butt off hunt

 

[aminkus]

If budget is a concern at all I would recommend Dalton &York for a budget of 10 days $1,000 per day rates, $14,000 bull elephant trophy fee and $5,500 for buff bull trophy fee. Air to JNB then Harare about $2600. split air charter four ways $500. You will see many elephant per day. expect 20-35 pound bulls. Just my exact experience in 2023. Great place and. outfitter for dual above two animals. 2+ million acres no fences walk your butt off hunt

I will absoultly sit down with them at SCI in jan! Thank you for the recommendation

 

[Rare Breed]

In 2023 four of us at D&Y saw zero tuskless in 10 days yet in 2022 and 2024 good number of them

 

[Rare Breed]

I will absoultly sit down with them at SCI in jan! Thank you for the recommendation

Tell them Rare Breed, (Craig Hodnett) recommended them then tease York by imitating what he says to all his clients after they make their first shot on all his videos…”come, come, come” with his Africa accent!!!! He will laugh his butt off. Great guys!

 

[aminkus]

Absolutely will do

 

[Zim Fan]

Contact David Langerman or John Sharp. There are a couple places in Zim that might be what you are looking for at a reasonable rate.

 

[Maaax]

I am seeking recommendations based on past personal experience for outfitters in Zimbabwe for a buffalo and plains game rifle hunt in 2024.

Had a great time with Leon DuPlessis. Great operation. Will be going back again in August. Feel free to PM for details. Gary

 

[Niklas]

I had the pleasure to hunt with Dalton (Dalton&York Safaris) in October of this year. Did a great two-site hunt with 7 days in Chewore South (Tuskless and Buffalo) and 5 days in Omay (Hippo and PG). Would recommend anyone who has the possibility to hunt two areas to do so… like being on two different trips in one. Both of these areas are absolutely top notch.

Dalton will push harder than anyone else to give you the opportunity to shoot the animals you wish to harvest.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

In 2023 four of us at D&Y saw zero tuskless in 10 days yet in 2022 and 2024 good number of them

So need to hunt in the even years???

 

[Rare Breed]

So need to hunt in the even years???

lol!!! who knows with tuskless

 

[Smull1010]

Another vote for Mokore in the Save Valley

 

[meigsbucks]

It’s been several years, but the Bubye had a lot of PG and a decent amount of buffalo. Saw a fair number of elephants, some with decent ivory.
I was booked to hunt with an outfitter (thru an agent) that left about six months after I booked. I was given the option of canceling or going with a freelance PH (Ade Langley). I hunted with Ade and had a great hunt. He now operates KOS in Uganda.

 

[375Fox]

If your budget is limitless, head to Botswana for a big bull!

Getting back to reality...

Exportable or not?
Do you want to import your ivory?
If not, trophy fee is much lower

Bull or tuskless?
Tuskless have low trophy fees and are dangerous! Less total walking but you may have to run for safety a time or two!

Can you walk 10+ miles per day, everyday for a bull?

In Zimbabwe;
Charlton McCallan is tops for big bulls but expensive, at least for me. They are too of the line!!!
Dalton and York are less expensive and will get you next to a big bull or tuskless
Tokoleske (spelling) offer wonderful lower cost elephant hunts.

There are of course other outfitters. I hunted Zim for ele previously and a new PH to me is getting my money in 2025, Dalton and York.
I would have booked with Charlton but... life had other plans for my money

I have first hand hunt reports from AH close friends who praise the three outfitters named above.

A tuskless hunt can cover more miles than a bull hunt. I wouldn’t take walking less miles as a consideration for a bull over a tuskless cow. A bull hunt you’ll only follow certain tracks. A tuskless hunt you’ll follow every group of cows hoping to find a tuskless without a dependent calf then possibly follow a second herd if there is still time in the day. I know of more unsuccessful tuskless hunts than bull hunts, so it could add up to a ton of walking over 10 days. I’d say they can both be very difficult.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

I had the pleasure to hunt with Dalton (Dalton&York Safaris) in October of this year. Did a great two-site hunt with 7 days in Chewore South (Tuskless and Buffalo) and 5 days in Omay (Hippo and PG). Would recommend anyone who has the possibility to hunt two areas to do so… like being on two different trips in one. Both of these areas are absolutely top notch.

Dalton will push harder than anyone else to give you the opportunity to shoot the animals you wish to harvest.

This is great advice. Hunting around Marula was very different than hunting in Matetsi on my 2023 Zim Hunt. Even the PH's had different styles and approaches to hunting. I didn't plan the hunt like this but just happened into it because of finishing up early in the first area.

I was talking to D&Y in 2022/23 about planning this same type of split hunt before I took the last min opportunity in a different area of Zim in late 2023.

 

[Uintaelkhunter]

Hello just stumbled on this thread, i am looking for Elephant and Buffalo in zim?
Any suggestions as to who as to who i should hunt with in Zim?

Contact Wayne @NYAMAZANA SAFARIS
I just did this exact hunt last month with Wayne.
He hunts a lot of elephant and has a great success rate. Also is a top notch guy and outfitter.

 

[deewayne2003]

@aminkus

My first trip to Africa was in July with Dalton & York; I could not have asked for a better experience.

I got my tuskless on day 2

I also got an amazing Bushbuck, big impala and caught a large Vundu catfish.

Others in our group of 5 got …..
2 big buffalo
Trophy bull elephant
Hippo
Water buck
2 big bushbuck
Klipspinger
2 missed shots at hyena

Couldn’t have asked for a better first trip.

Thread 'ZIMBABWE: 2024 - My First Trip To Africa, Dalton & York'

Jul 14, 2024

This trip was more than a year and a half in the making and for the sake of brevity I will be splitting it up into two posts; one for the hunting and another later post for the lessons I learned along the way in planning and executing my first African hunt.

This being the hunting write up I'll start with the pertinent info....

Outfitter: Dalton & York Safaris
Area: Omay North
PH: Bruce Cronje

Weapons:
Sabatti .470 with Trijicon RMR 1 moa firing Woodleigh 500gr Hydro solids & Weldcore softs.
Ruger M77 MKII .300win Leupold Vari-XIII 4-14x40 firing hand loaded 200gr Partitions.

After many...

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[Fatback]

I had a great buffalo hunt in Matesi 2 in early September this year. We also saw hundreds and hundreds of elephants while we were there. Classic African Hunting is the company. Guav Johnson is the operator.