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Dear Hunting Friends

I hope this newsletter finds you well.

Since my last newsletter on the 10th of July 2015 we have had some very good hunts in both South Africa and Zimbabwe, please read on for photos and updates from the hunts. I do have quota and dates available on all big game for 2015 and 2016 in RSA, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. We have lots of buffalo left on quota in the Gonarezhou for this year and the movement of buffalo into the hunting areas is very good, if you are considering a buffalo hunt then this year is a perfect time to do your hunt.

Lots of hunts still to come for this year so please keep an eye out for my newsletters.

During August I guided long term clients of mine Matt and his family on this hunt in Limpopo RSA, Matt moved one step closer to completing his dangerous 7 by taking this croc, we also hunted this very good dagga boy buffalo in the 40 inch range plus this 29 inch nyala, this sable, zebra, bushbuck and reedbuck.

During July clients from Europe hunted these great trophies in Matetsi/Zimbabwe with PH Talmage Alexander:

Also during July a client from the USA hunted this very good leopard in the Gonarezhou Safari area with PH Kent Yeatman:

Back in Matetsi PH Steve Meyer guided Brian from the USA for this great kudu bull and zebra, as I write this they are still hunting for Brian’s leopard.

Please email me if you would like a quote on a hunt in either RSA, Zimbabwe or Mozambique, all concession information and camp pictures are available on my website. Client, Outfitter, PH and Agent enquiries are welcome.

As always thanks for taking the time to read my newsletters and pass them onto your hunting friends.

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight
www.takeaimsafaris.com

Dear Hunting Friends

Southern Africa June 2015.

I hope this newsletter finds you well.

I am pleased to be able to share more early season hunting successes with you, this year has been a good year so far with late season hunts looking to produce fantastic results, the low rainfall we experienced end of 2014 and early 2015 prompted the very good early season movement of game out of the National Parks into the unfenced adjoining hunting concessions this game movement will continue into the late season months in fact it will get better and better as the winter months set in.

The Gonarezhou has produced some very big elephants already this year with 2 bulls over 85 pounds being taken plus a good few over 60 and 70 pounds, these bulls were featured on my previous 2015 newsletters that you should have received, if not you can view those newsletters on my website. Gonarezhou buffalo movement is currently very good and will continue until the rains start in December. I still have elephant, buffalo, leopard, hippo, crocodile and plains game on quota in the Gonarezhou for 2015.

Game movement in Matetsi is looking great with PH Talmage Alexander taking this 42 inch sable in Matetsi during May with a European client, the same client also shot this very good crocodile in Binga. I do have quota on elephant, buffalo, leopard, sable, hippo, croc and plains game between both Matetsi and Binga.

Also during May Gonarezhou PH’s Lloyd Yeatman and Simon Dzingai took these two great dagga boy buffalos, this hyena and this very good nyala with clients from South Africa. I haven’t got the measurements yet but one of these buffalos looks well into the mid 40 inch mark to me.

On this hunt the client and the PH’s were tracking an elephant bull when they were confronted by a herd of Gonarezhou elephant cows, young bulls and calf’s, the herd charged the hunting group who in turn shouted and performed at the elephants to get them to turn away, the elephants did turn away at first then decided to come back this time in full charge, this elephant cow was shot in self defence in full charge at a distance of 10 meters. A very close call.

Also during May PH Philip Craucamp took this 60 pounder elephant in the Gonarezhou with an American client. Another client who booked with me shot a 50 pounder elephant also in the Gonarezhou during May, I unfortunately don’t have a picture of that bull yet, I hope I can add that bull to my next newsletter:

In Matetsi during May/June PH’s Steve Meyer and Talmage Alexander once again showed why they are such a highly rated PH’s delivering these results to this happy hunter who managed to shoot this magnificent leopard, this 40 inch sable and this buffalo on an 18 day hunt. Matetsi is amongst Zimbabwe’s top hunting concessions especially for late season hunts. I do have dates and quota available.

If you are interested in a big game hunt in either Zimbabwe, Mozambique or South Africa then please email me for a quote and more info. PH, Outfitter, Client and Agent enquiries welcome. Please share my newsletters with your hunting friends.

Hunt pricelists, area information, camp photos and trophy photos from previous hunts booked with me are all available to be viewed on my website.

Thanks for taking the time to read my newsletters.

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight

 

Dear Hunting Friends

I hope this email finds you well.

As the hunting season gets going here in Southern Africa I am pleased to bring you more good news of successful elephant bull hunts in the Gonarezhou and the first bull shot in Binga for this year. We are currently in prime time season for Gonarezhou trophy elephant bull hunts and have a record number of hunts coming up over the next few months. Watch this space for updates from the Gonarezhou that I maintain is the best area in Africa for trophy elephant bulls.

I have dates and quota available on all big game including elephant bulls, please contact me for more information.

Zimbabwean PH Luke Swartz followed up on his early season success on elephant bulls by taking this trophy bull with symmetrical tusks both weighing 87 pounds, this bull was shot in the Gonarezhou area during March. Luke’s last bull that was shot in February also in the Gonarezhou area had tusks weighing 86 and 80 pounds, that bull was featured in my last newsletter and can be viewed on my website in the trophy gallery.

Also during March in the Gonarezhou Zimbabwean PH Stephen Meyer took this very old 60 pounder elephant.

During late March Zimbabwean PH Talmage Alexander took this crop raider elephant in Binga, note the crops in the background of the photo.

Buffalo Special Offer:

I have the following special offer available:
10 DAY HUNT FOR 2 BUFFALO BULLS :

10 day hunt @ 1.000 USD per day
1st buffalo 4.500 USD
2nd buffalo 4.500 USD

Plains game can be hunted as per my Gonarezhou pricelist for 2015.
EXTRA CHARGES :

2% Government levy on daily rates
4% Government levy on trophy fees
350 USD field trophy preparation and trophy transportation to taxidermist fee
750 USD road transfer fee from Harare to the Gonarezhou and back to Harare
HUNTING AREA :

Gonarezhou concessions:

–          Malipati Safari Area
–          Sengwe 1
–          Sengwe 2

Camp pictures and area info can be viewed on my website.

There is NO better deal available for buffalo hunts in Zimbabwe in recognised safari areas. I can also offer this deal on a 7 day hunt for 1 buffalo.

I have quota available on: elephant, buffalo, sable, hippo, croc, leopard and lion.

Thank you for sharing my newsletter with your hunting friends.

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight
www.takeaimsafaris.com

Queridos cazadores espanoles 

Si eres una persona de habla hispana y deseas cazar con un cazador profesional espanol en Sudafrica o Zimbabwe, por favor contacta conmigo ya que tengo a mi disposicion cazadores profesionales espanoles para guiarle en su caceria desde el primer contacto y le atenderemos durante su reserva y toda la duracion del safari en espanol.

Los cazadores profesionales que uso poseen una gran experiencia tanto en cacerias de animales de planicies en Sudafrica como cacerias de animales peligrosos en Zimbabwe y Sudafrica

Contacta conmigo para mas informacion.

 

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Dear Hunting Friends

Happy new year to you all, we hope to see you in the Southern African bush at some time during this year on your hunt with us.

This is a short newsletter to show you the early season Elephant movement in the Gonarezhou area of Zimbabwe.

This is the first Elephant shot this year in the hunting concessions I offer in the Gonarezhou the heaviest tusk weighs 75 pounds. This bull was shot on the 8th January 2015.

On the 10th of January whilst patrolling his hunting area a Zimbabwean PH from the Gonarezhou saw this bull inside the hunting area, sadly there was no hunter with him to shoot this very old bull he did however manage to get this photo before the bull walked off. Is this a 100 + pounder? Looks like it to me with the right tusk clearly touching the ground.

To my knowledge the Trans Frontier Park is the only place in Africa that a hunter has a chance to shoot one of these magnificent elephant bulls that have seemingly disappeared into hunting legends and myths. If you want a chance at a bull like this one then contact me to book your Gonarezhou hunt we are currently in the high season for elephant bull hunts.

Hunters, Agents, Outfitters and PH’s contact me for all your Zimbabwean and South African big game hunts for 2015 and beyond, I have quota and dates available on all big game hunts.

South African Leopard Hunt 2015:

I have sold the Leopard hunt I mentioned on my last newsletter, the one in Origstad Mpumalanga.

I have got another Leopard hunt permit available in South Africa with Cities export for 2015, this one is in Hoedspruit in the Limpopo Province, this concession has an 11 kilometre shared boundary to the Greater Kruger Park a very good area for Leopard.

I am confident that whoever buys this hunt is going to shoot a big Leopard.

• 14 Day hunt @ 1.200 USD per day daily rate
• Leopard trophy fee 6.500 USD
• Buffalo can be added for the trophy fee of 9.500 USD
• Bait animals and plains game available as per my 2015 South African pricelist available on my website

Please contact me if you wish to hunt a Leopard in 2015.

I also have Leopard available in Zimbabwe.

Hunters best wishes

Carl Knight
www.takeaimsafaris.com

Dear Hunting Friends

Welcome to the 39th edition of Take Aim Safaris newsletter.

This has been a fantastic year so far for clients that have booked and hunted with Take Aim Safaris in our concessions in South Africa and Zimbabwe, I feel that the pictures speak for themselves both on this newsletter and previous editions. More hunts to come for 2014 include a Zimbabwean lion hunt and more buffalo hunts plus elephant and plains game.

I am happy to announce that in addition to the Gonarezhou, Matetsi, Binga and Nyakasanga concessions in Zimbabwe that I currently offer I have added Zimbabwe’s biggest hunting concession to the list of concession areas I offer, this is the Dande area. I will from 2015 onwards be offering Dande North, East and South that have numerous camps and many different hunting options available including 14 leopards on quota per annum plus lions and all other big game species plus sable are found in big numbers and are on quota, the Dande areas I now offer are 1.400.000 acres or 640.000 hectares in extent. Below this newsletter I have attached more information (extracted from my website) about the Dande and camp pictures. With TAS offering Nyakasanga and now the Dande you can be sure that these are the best concessions that the Zambezi Valley has to offer.  Prices to hunt the Dande are on my website please contact me for more information and for bookings.

Since my last newsletter it has been a busy period where we have been conducting numerous hunts and concluding concession pricing and agreements for 2015 and beyond. Hunters, Agents, PH’s please contact me for your 2015 bookings.

On recent hunts in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe TAS clients got these very good trophies:

Also on recent hunts we got these very good trophies for clients including a 42 inch buffalo and a 55 pounder elephant and two other very good elephant bulls in Matetsi and Binga both in the 40 pound range. Matetsi and Binga are in the west of Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls, excellent concessions.

Here is the information about Dande and camp pictures.

TO SEE PRICES FOR DANDE PLEASE CLICK HERE

Dande Area Information

Dande Is without doubt amongst the best dangerous game hunting areas in Zimbabwe.

Dande is the largest hunting concession in Zimbabwe @ 1.400.000 acres or 640.000 hectares.

Dande offers more hunting and tracking options to hunters than any other Zimbabwean hunting concession due mainly to the size of the concession and the great numbers of animals that live in the Dande.

There are multiple camps in the area that allow hunters to hunt the entire concession. The annual hunting quota is big due to the size of the area.

These facts/factors are reflected in the cost of hunting the Dande, this is a true Hemmingway style safari.

Hunting the Dande

Dande offers a 100% success rate on elephant bulls and has had the highest Zambezi Valley pound/lbs tusk average for the last 3 years in a row. There are numerous resident elephant bulls in Dande, with an added bonus being the 30 + kilometer boundary that the concession shares with Mozambique which is well worth checking as there are often big elephant bulls coming in from Mozambique.

(NOTE from Carl: Gonarezhou remains my best offered concession for hunting trophy elephant bulls)

Dande is a classic tracking/walk and stalk hunting area that gives you the hunter a very good overall elephant hunting experience. If its tuskless elephant that you are after Dande has hundreds of tuskless elephant and if hunted hard, you will experience numerous approaches and have no problem finding your tuskless elephant or bull elephant for that matter.

Buffalo hunts in the Dande concessions currently offer a near 100% success rate on hard boss buffalo bulls. A nice thing about hunting Dande is that there are large numbers of resident buffalo in the area- both herds and Dagga boy groups which means you will track and see buff every day before shooting your buffalo.

There are far too many lions in the Dande area and with a very conservative lion quota it goes without saying that we have been very successful on lion and lioness, and will continue to do so.

The Valley leopards average out at around the 130lbs mark and are very numerous in Dande, in the last 10 years there has only been two failed leopard hunts and considering that this concession gets 14 leopard tags a year Dande has had plenty of happy leopard hunters!

Lion and Leopard hunting in Dande South is superb, being partly National Parks Safari Area and partly campfire area, which allows hunting after dark the success rate on lion and leopard is close to 100%. The main method of hunting cats is by baits and blinds. This is also one of the few areas left in Africa where lioness can be hunted, this is because of the over population of lion in the area which has necessitated lioness being put on quota as a management tool.

There is a tented camp on the Zambezi river which is used for hippo and crocodile hunting. At this camp you can also catch tiger fish and bream and/or game view from the stunning Mapata Gorge.

Zambezi River Tented Camp

Dande North Main Camp

Dande North Second Camp

Dande East Camp

Dande South Camp

Thanks for taking the time to read my newsletter and pass it onto your hunting friends, please contact me for all your big game hunting requirements for South Africa and Zimbabwe.