BOTSWANA: Botswana Safari With NKWE SAFARIS

[Aaron.F]

Well it is officially official, we just booked our airline tickets to hunt with @NKWE SAFARIS in Botswana this Mid-May. The hunt was supposed to happen last year and we had to postpone until this year, due to that COVID thing. My wife, my two younger brothers and I will be hunting plains game and are totally excited.

 

[375Fox]

I’d be excited too after all the kudu pictures they posted. Good luck, mid-May should be prime kudu rut.

 

[WAB]

That is awesome! I don’t know Jaco, but I know the general area, it is amazing. I’m sure you will have a great hunt!

 

[NKWE SAFARIS]

Looking forward to meeting you guys. We will have a great hunt

 

[Aaron.F]

I am leaving this evening from Chicago with my wife and two brothers, arriving in Botswana on Monday. We are starting with a photo safari in the Okavango Delta and then arriving at NKWE Safaris camp on Friday for a plains game safari. We will be in Botswana for 12 days overall, to say that I am excited is the understatement of the year. This is the first safari for all of us.

 

[lockingblock]

That sounds awesome. Good luck!

 

[Aaron.F]

Arrived home late this last Saturday night. We had an amazing experience in Botswana overall and the hunt with NKWE Safaris was simply outstanding and awesome. My brothers and I harvested 20 trophies…they may not all be trophies to some but they are to us. Here are some of the photos:

 

[Aaron.F]

 

[Jaegger]

Congrats & thx for sharing … looks like a very successful first Safari outing! A trip to BOTS is on my short-list & NKWE atop the Outfitters list.

Happy Trails

 

[Werty]

Great hunt brother! One we will all remember forever. DF

 

[cls]

Looks great, congratulations all around. Any report to go along with the great pictures?

 

[Aaron.F]

Looks great, congratulations all around. Any report to go along with the great pictures?

I will be putting together a more formal one, within a week or so. I am busy playing catch up right now.

 

[Biddleman]

Congrats. Great photos and some fine animals harvested.
Looks like you put a hurting on the pigs too. Once Bots gets in your blood, it will never come out. Looking forward to the report.

 

[Scott CWO]

Wow congrats! I have heard nothing but great things about Jaco and @NKWE SAFARIS and hope to hunt with him sometime. Looking forward to more details once you get caught up!

 

[Egan36]

Jaco is fantastic.

 

[Jaegger]

Hi @Aaron.F … curious, did you select May for a specified reason or just how the dates fell?

For me, May is a special month for PG hunting - both, quality weather & +/- the Rut can bump ^ the odds abit w/ mature males willingness to group w/ females.

Hi @NKWE SAFARIS … Q: preferred hunting month for planning purposes & not meant to be a loaded question.
* March: Eland Rut?
* May: I suspect, hit the peak rut for Kudu, Impala & Warthog?
* Sept: Rescinding Delta & Barbel Run plus Hot (?) Tiger fishing?

Relatively accurate w/ these thoughts/assumptions? Thx.

 

[Frederik]

Congrats some good animals and super warthogs with good long ivory.

 

[Aaron.F]

Hi @Aaron.F … curious, did you select May for a specified reason or just how the dates fell?

For me, May is a special month for PG hunting - both, quality weather & +/- the Rut can bump ^ the odds abit w/ mature males willingness to group w/ females.

Hi @NKWE SAFARIS … Q: preferred hunting month for planning purposes & not meant to be a loaded question.
* March: Eland Rut?
* May: I suspect, hit the peak rut for Kudu, Impala & Warthog?
* Sept: Rescinding Delta & Barbel Run plus Hot (?) Tiger fishing?

Relatively accurate w/ these thoughts/assumptions? Thx.

We initially were trying for May to hit the kudu rut,but it was mostly over. Ultimately the dates we picked allowed us to take advantage of a holiday here in the US to recover from the jet lag.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Congratulations. I also saw a few of your photos on HuntTalk forum.

 

[Aaron.F]

Congratulations. I also saw a few of your photos on HuntTalk forum.

Thank you, those were probably posted by my youngest brother Dustin (Werty, on this forum), as I am not on HuntTalk. He is the one standing behind the kudu and I am the one with the great beard.