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10 day trophy elephant $18000 all inclusive We have 2 elephant left for 2025 dates available April May and Beginning June . These elephants can be hunted as Non trophy or trophy the choice is yours as our elephants in the Binga district are not big elephants. All inclusive Trophy fee Daily...

I am back in the office and ready to take their bookings for 2025 and 2026. So many emails have come in, and I have lost who I replied to. Please use the new details below to contact me. Kind Regards Liesl Denney

Knowing elephant and having grown up on Corbett. I thought I had a bit of knowledge of India and elephant. Early this morning I had you tube on and heard a very interesting. The title name was The Mad elephant Mandala or something close to that. The elephant had escaped his handler took to...

No not that kind, just good old Hormell spam. A can behind the seat or in the back pack has provided meals in temps from minus 50 to +50. Sea level to 35,000 ft.. Although the last one I attempted to take on a plane, they said I could use the lid as a knife. I haven’t been able to eat lately...

Leaving ammunition on the dash of a vehicle is a definite no,no, but has anyone heard of ammo exploding on the dash of a vehicle while left in the sun? Does anyone have any data on temp required? Which ignite first primer or powder? Just curious. Lon

I am interested in purchasing a nightforce NX8 parallex is factory set at 125m, I would like to have it factory set at about 80m. Does anyone know if Nightforce will do this and length of time for delvery. Time is important. Lon

All members, we once upon a time a new member making a first time post. Their first post usually goes along the lines of “Hi I am Jake from Texas and am looking forward to hunting Africa”. That is great. Then as a Sponsor the first post new member wants to buy a expensive hunt, from their posts...

Just wondering if anyone has started their safari by taking a ship. If so please share with the rest of us. What do say 10 days to gang plank up. Lon

What is the proper way to vette a new member? New member, no previous posts. Could be a lot of money involved. Possibility of bad publicity for hunting. I am very uncomfortable, but want to be fair. Lon

Just had to post this. At the moment we have the most wonderful client. He took his very nice leopard yesterday afternoon. This gentleman has saved for leopard for 10 yrs had either two or three unsuccessful on hunts in Namibia. Second day of hunt 3rd hr. In blind perfect shot. The rest of the...

To eliminate vehicle breakdown we maintain all of our own vehicles. Most of our hunts are performed by our freelance PHs. Have you experienced hunting vehicle breakdowns? Did it have much effect on your hunt? How was the situation rectified? Lon

In addition for the first time ever we will be offering limited plains game after the elephant is taken. Plains game limited to Kudu, impala, warthog, bush pig, hyena. We have never allowed plains game hunting in our concession. We have a leopard hunt starting today. So I have to verify plains...

We have been granted another two exportable bull elephant permits for 2024. $15,000 all inclusive via Victoria falls. Prices will increase in 2025. Lon

This means little, but I looked at cost of Mc Donald happy meal in Calif. about $6.00 in South Africa about $2.00. I just wanted to compare some food price. Beer and liquor much cheaper. Lon

We have sold one of two of our all inclusive $15,000 elephant hunts. It has been brought to our attention by our last three hunters that due to our low prices that we must be running a scam which they found to not be true.I could really use the extra dollars, so if raising prices will lesson...

If clients deposit arrives we will be down to one “Trophy exportable bull for 1$15,000.00, 10 day all inclusive hunt. Location Binga dist. Expect 15 to 20lb. Good food, good lodging, great camp great PHs. Great prices. Lon

Today our team recovered elephant number four. If your interested two more ten day hunts available for 2024, $15,000 all inclusive pick up Victoria falls only. Our elephant have all been eligible for import into the USA. We do not know if we will be able to keep this price for 2025. Lon

Surprise visitor today. I do not knowif any of you Zimbo or Rhode’s know of Bill Taylor. One of Zims earliest warden and a general character. I have never had a chance to sit down and talk to hom about the old hunters, like Bell Taylor & John Taylor. I have always described him as a cross...

Two bull elephants available for 2024 $15,000 all inclusive pick up & return vic falls. All hunting will take place in Binga district. At added cost spotted hyena may be added. Lon

1 dead, client 2 others injured. Kafue National park, Lugup lodge. Lodge

As some of the AH hunting members have known I have been dealing with cancer for a long time and in intense pain for the last year. This week I have sold not only my pre war Rigby .416 DG rifle one of 189 and trust me there is a difference between the original and the ones being made today. To...

Yesterday I was in Safari outdoors and was looking at the myriad selection of mechanical sharpening devices, they even had a 2sided wet stone what do you use. Lon

As a Zimbabwe safari operator I have watched our post Covid cost of doing business increase substantially. Here are a few of the increases. Elephant permits 100% increase Plains game permits 50% PH with his or her hunting rig 50% Toyota 4X4s 100% Toyota OEM parts 100% Fuel varies Food % unsure...

Today I was able to watch parts of Ben Foggles SurvivalOf The Species. I am apologize not sure which episode. This was a one hour program dealing with hunting in RSA. I agreed with everything (except the ONE anti hunter), it was very fair and showed how well african game was being taken care of...

We have several Hungarian hunter who need help in traveling from Hungary to Zimbabwe. The problem is they keep having their rifle seized while still in Europe. Does any one have first hand knowledge of how to make this travel with Firearms possible. Lon

On Wednesday a Zimbabwe PH lost his life to a buffalo. This was not related to a hunt. The buffalo was found in a gin trap. The understandably enraged buffalo focused his anger on one person, a Zimbabwe PH who died of massive chest and head wounds. At this time I do not want to publish the...

A long time ago I remember seeing some adds for WILLIAM DOUGLASS DOUBLE RIFLES. I think the price was close to $10,000.00, caliber .470N, with ejectors. I have never seen one. Were they any good? I also remember they were regulated for Federal Premium. Why did they stop making them?

I have given a lot of thought to even starting this post. I have reached a stage in my life where I would like to bring a few things to light. That some members especially the average working guy, who we always directed our hunts too.I will be posting a few stories. As far as I know I will not...

I know that some of you out there think the R8 is the finest rifle ever built. I am not posting this to take anything away from what I assume is a fine rifle. Here is the situation we recently experienced. We had a foreign hunter and language was a big problem. This story was relayed to me from...

Does anyone know where I can purchase tap sets? I have the Brownells number 2 set I need the number 1 set or similar. Must include 3, 4 & 5. Straight, taper & plug.

I will be ready to mount a RMR sight on my wife's 88b & 89b in the near future. Due to the mounting system that will be used the sight must have the Trijicon footprint. I would prefer 1 MOA, 2 MOA might be acceptable. Both are available to me in South Africa. The Trijicon RMR type II seems to...

Does anyone know what size and thread is used on the rear trigger guard screw of a Zastava Mauser? The front screw is standard Mauser, but the rear screw (original is missing) seems to be a different thread. This is a CAMPFIRE rifle and like all of them a mess.

Does anyone know who makes a red dot mount for a Heym Martini Express? Heym show one, but who makes and or sell this mount? It uses a Talley pattern 19mm X about 800 thousands. Sorry about mixing the metric with imperial.

The day before yesterday a croc took another fisherman, that makes three since the first of the year. What is different about this one the young man was pulled from his canoe, yes a regular canoe. Somehow he managed to get free and back to shore. In a moment of what I would call insanity he...

Today most of our visiting hunters are from Scandinavian country and Germany. Most seem to have to fly thru Frankfurt none of them will travel thru Frankfurt with a firearm. I have an American who was in the process of booking his airline reservations from the U.S. to Zimbabwe. His booking is...

Binga campfire is bringing me a couple of Zastava M-70 .458 WM to look at. They recently purchased these rifles, every time they fire a round the magazine pops open. I have never worked on a Zastava rifle, but I have seen a few and really never paid much attention to them other than the fact...

Trophy elephant 7 day hunting days allow for travel all inclusive $15000.00 days can be added at $600 per day. best hunting is now until May. all inclusive means. all daily rates all Ph fees all meals and drinks laundry every day airport pick up and drop-off at Victoria falls airport only...

Does anyone have any suggestions on breaking in new or very tight older double rifles? I have had recent experiences with double rifles that are very stiff on opening and closing. Due to ammunition availability and reloading being impractical shooting 100s of rounds is out of the question. The...

We just got hit with a major rain/lightning storm so I am not going outside to do any scope weighing, but I am guessing that the newest Swarovski Zi6 weighs about twice what the old Leupold DG scope weighs. I believe this would push most CRF Model 70s in .375 H&H to close to 10lbs. Strange 2...

We had a borehole drilled for all the game in a certain area in the conservancy to fill a natural pan that we call zalo as we felt it would be great for them to have water here during the dry months as there is a lot of good vegetation for them this would also increase our wildlife numbers in...

I would like to make a statement. That at least one of the persons who murdered Bloodnut was apprehend and died trying to escape police custody. Firearms that were used in the murder were recovered. For those who commented on the inefficiency of our investigative law enforcement I cannot say...

Here is a list of rifles with and without scopes that are suitable for Africa, this is not meant to be the only rifles suited for African hunting it is just rifles either owned or available to me for weighing. Note all weights listed in pounds. 9.48lb 7.62X51 FN-FAL carried by Rhodesian...

I have been informed that Ethiopian Airways on 30 November will start 4 days a week service London, Heathrow to Bulawayo Zimbabwe. If interested you may want to verify thru your travel agent or Ethiopian Airways. For many visiting hunters this will be a welcome change. Cheers, Lon

We just received news from one of our clients that his elephant which was taken in the Binga district of Zimbabwe has received USFW permit approval. Cheers, Lon

Has anyone had experience traveling from the U.S.A. or Canada to Zimbabwe with ammunition only? As travel on airlines with ammunition becomes more and more difficult we are finding more clients wish to use our firearms which is not a problem. What is becoming a major problem is ammunition. In...

Has anyone traveled U.S. to Africa with ammunition and no rifle. Any problems

Not sure if this is correct or not? My wife just informed that on her Zimbabwe forum, that it was stated SAA airlines is no longer transporting Firearms. I do not know if this is correct on not, maybe someone can clarify. Lon

Hopefully some of you out there can give me some advice. Recently I was advised that I had developed cataracts on both eyes. If I want to improve my vision I am going to need surgery. I asked the Dr. that I saw in Bulawayo his opinion of shooting heavy recoiling rifles after surgery. His answer...

Hopefully one of you can satisfy my curiosity? I just finished doing repairs on a Zimbabwe National Parks Rifle. The rifle has Browning Morgan Utah, Belgium stamped on it Caliber .375 H&H The action looks like a Mauser 98, but in Push Feed? The bolt release was very cheaply made just a piece...

Long time Zimbabwe PH, Dion Stephens passed away today. From what I understand was natural causes. For those of you that knew him, he was a great hunter and one of the Gwaai's colorful characters.