ZIMBABWE: Has Anyone Hunted With Bishopstone Ranch?

[Doug Hamilton]

I have booked a safari for Zimbabwe next year. My main interest for this hunt is a good buffalo and nyala. We will be hunting on the Bishopstone Ranch. Have any of you hunted this property? What other game should I be looking for? Overall impressions?

 

[tinie kok]

Doug
We buy quota from John at bishopstone every year , the hunting is very good for buff and nyala and the camps are great , plenty of game around to keep you on your toes , you’ll have a fantastic safari
Cheers
Tinie

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Doug
We buy quota from John at bishopstone every year , the hunting is very good for buff and nyala and the camps are great , plenty of game around to keep you on your toes , you’ll have a fantastic safari
Cheers
Tinie

Thank you! I made my first safari in Zim in 1983 with Clive Lennox. After 38 years we're going again. We had a fantastic hunt back then, and if he thinks this is where we should go for buffalo and an nyala I'm all in. I just can't wait! I'm happy to hear that you think this is a great place.

Doug

 

[Shakka]

I have booked a safari for Zimbabwe next year. My main interest for this hunt is a good buffalo and nyala. We will be hunting on the Bishopstone Ranch. Have any of you hunted this property? What other game should I be looking for? Overall impressions?

You made a great decision to hunt Bishopestone! The camp is beautiful and the area is incredible and full of game.

Best of all is that the camp manager is John Hunt who is one of the nicest, most honest and trustworthy people that I ever met in my life....I know him and his whole family very well.

Besides being a fantastic PH, he is well known for being a Leopard specialist with over 100 cats taken.

You made a wise decision and you won't be disappointed I promise you.

When are you going?? I will be there in Sept as long as it's possible with the virus

 

[Doug Hamilton]

You made a great decision to hunt Bishopestone! The camp is beautiful and the area is incredible and full of game.

Best of all is that the camp manager is John Hunt who is one of the nicest, most honest and trustworthy people that I ever met in my life....I know him and his whole family very well.

Besides being a fantastic PH, he is well known for being a Leopard specialist with over 100 cats taken.

You made a wise decision and you won't be disappointed I promise you.

When are you going?? I will be there in Sept as long as it's possible with the virus

I'll be there in August '21. So far I've heard nothing but good things and I'm really excited. Thanks for your information. My wife is a non-hunter and is thinking about going along. Is there much for her to do while I am out hunting? She does like to flyfish, so maybe there would be a place for bream or something? I just don't want to hear about it if she's bored for 2 weeks, if you know what I mean.

 

[Shakka]

I'll be there in August '21. So far I've heard nothing but good things and I'm really excited. Thanks for your information. My wife is a non-hunter and is thinking about going along. Is there much for her to do while I am out hunting? She does like to flyfish, so maybe there would be a place for bream or something? I just don't want to hear about it if she's bored for 2 weeks, if you know what I mean.

Doug, of all the camps I've been in, Bishopestone is the only one I would bring my wife too. First of all the place is beautiful and well manicured. The food was great and there is a small but nice swimming pool there as well.
If she likes to fish there is a huge dam on the property that I'm sure has fish in it. Lots of birds and game to be seen there too.
Best of all, John's wife Debbie is there too, and if there is anyone nicer than John it is Debbie. She will keep the wife busy I'm sure.
One morning I heard Lions roaring and I asked John about it and he told me that a few miles away there is a farm where a lady keeps a few pet Lions! He arraigned it and we spent an afternoon there, having tea too. It was incredible....seeing her lions up close. Plus they had a few pet mongoose running around and one sat in my lap. She also had a pet Giraffe which I fed a few oranges to.
Bishopestone is also a working orange plantation, and I almost forgot to tell you that, John constructed an outpost camp where they keep a supply of damaged oranges for wild Elephants to feed on...he will take you there and you will see them up close! He will also dump oranges in a dry river bed and make a blind for you to blast Baboons from...there are hundreds of them there. There is way more to do there than killing, you will both love it!

PS: Messina South Africa is a short drive away but the border crossing is a major hassle with AK47 carrying soldiers present so I would not even think about going there, especially with my wife. Not much to do there anyway.

Let's hope that the airlines are running in time!! John thinks that it will by then but I'm a bit worried

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Doug, of all the camps I've been in, Bishopestone is the only one I would bring my wife too. First of all the place is beautiful and well manicured. The food was great and there is a small but nice swimming pool there as well.
If she likes to fish there is a huge dam on the property that I'm sure has fish in it. Lots of birds and game to be seen there too.
Best of all, John's wife Debbie is there too, and if there is anyone nicer than John it is Debbie. She will keep the wife busy I'm sure.
One morning I heard Lions roaring and I asked John about it and he told me that a few miles away there is a farm where a lady keeps a few pet Lions! He arraigned it and we spent an afternoon there, having tea too. It was incredible....seeing her lions up close. Plus they had a few pet mongoose running around and one sat in my lap. She also had a pet Giraffe which I fed a few oranges to.
Bishopestone is also a working orange plantation, and I almost forgot to tell you that, John constructed an outpost camp where they keep a supply of damaged oranges for wild Elephants to feed on...he will take you there and you will see them up close! He will also dump oranges in a dry river bed and make a blind for you to blast Baboons from...there are hundreds of them there. There is way more to do there than killing, you will both love it!

PS: Messina South Africa is a short drive away but the border crossing is a major hassle with AK47 carrying soldiers present so I would not even think about going there, especially with my wife. Not much to do there anyway.

Let's hope that the airlines are running in time!! John thinks that it will by then but I'm a bit worried

Thank you so much for all this information! It helps a lot.
Doug