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Newsletter 88

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DEAR HUNTING FRIENDS

I trust this 88th version of the Take Aim Safaris newsletter finds you well, this mid-year newsletter is somewhat of a dagga boy special it would seem…

This has been a great year as far as hunts and hunt bookings go, a great come back year from the Covid years we have gone through, our clients have been rewarded with these superb trophies on hunts conducted in the Sengwe 1 and 2 areas of Zimbabwe and also in the Matetsi ECA of Zimbabwe that is very conveniently situated close to the Victoria Falls and the Victoria Falls International Airport.

These 6 recent buffalo hunts were guided by PH’s Nixon Dzingai, Simon Dzingai and Zane Bronkhorst, all great old bulls that were hunted by clients from USA and Europe, thanks for the bookings.

 


 

These two elephant bulls in the 45-to-55-pound range were both hunted in the South-Eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe, Sengwe 1 and 2 with PH Nixon Dzingai.

 

 

The leopard was hunted by a client from Europe in Matetsi with PH Zane Bronkhorst, a super cat, well done Zane.

 

 

The crocodile was hunted in the Chitsa area by one of these buffalo hunters with PH Simon Dzingai who is such a great guy to hunt with and has been a loyal friend of mine for many years now, thanks Simon and well done on yet another great hunt, great photo of the croc, wonderful surroundings. Zimbabwe is a great place to hunt.

 

 

As for me, I have been working in Botswana for the last year (and the next few years to come) developing a game reserve and luxury hotel for German conservationist clients of mine that have bought some stunning properties in Botswana/the Tuli Block and consolidated them into a 100km2+ one block game reserve that has an abundance of water, the Limpopo and Lotsane Rivers flow through the property, hippo, crocodile, occasional elephant, leopard and plains game are found in big numbers, as of 2023 there will be plains game hunting available on the game reserve that has over 3000 head of animals on it.

I must add here that this is hunting conservation in action, some of these consolidated properties were previously cattle, sheep and goat farms, the land was unavailable for wild animals until these German clients bought the properties to covert them back into a wildlife only habitat with no more livestock or agricultural farming on the properties, no more bulk harvesting of water for pivots from the rivers and no more habitat destruction by maize or cattle farming, anti-hunters don’t see these wildlife conservation milestones, none the less hunters are the real conservationists, our work continues…

There is a 5 Star Hotel being built on the Botswana property plus a luxury bush camp that has been built, a luxury tented camp, camp sites and many more facilities that make Lotsane the perfect holiday and hunting destination in perhaps the best hunting country in Africa, Botswana in a word is Magnificent. This game reserve and hotel have been designed to be and are being built to be the best privately owned hotel and plains game hunting destination in Botswana and a unique tourism destination. We have the best eland and best kudu hunting I have seen, the bulls of all species on Lotsane are next level as far as top trophy quality and age of animals goes, contact me to be the first to hunt this magnificent property.

Speaking of top-quality hunts and top-quality hunting destinations, the Sengwe 1 and 2 areas of Zimbabwe remain the best trophy elephant and dagga boy hunting destination that I have ever seen in a lifetime spent hunting Southern Africa, not to mention the best priced trophy elephant bull and trophy buffalo bull hunts on the market.

As always, Hunters, Agents, Outfitters, Operators and PH’s please contact me for more information and a quote on your next hunt.

Hunters best wishes

Carl Knight

(JHB RSA)
Contact Number: 0027-82-749-1747
Email: carl@takeaimsafaris.com
Web: www.takeaimsafaris.com

 

Newsletter 87

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DEAR HUNTING FRIENDS

I hope this 87th edition of the Take Aim Safaris newsletter finds you well.

Since my last newsletter sent out in January 2022 clients of TAS have had early season hunting success in the Gonarezhou hunting areas Sengwe 1 and 2 plus Naivaisha, the early season movement was not as strong as it has been in previous years although some good bulls were hunted, my take on the revision of high vs low seasons has a lot to do with the high rainfall we are having year on year lately. Going back to 2007 when I started operating in the Gonarezhou hunting areas the rainfall was considerably less during the late part of the rainy season, now we have more and more late rain, even consistent flooding that keeps the Limpopo River full and flowing for many months of the year, that flooding stops the elephant and buffalo movement over/across the Limpopo from the Kruger National Park into the Sengwes, this is a new (to me) phenomenon, what I have noticed more and more is that the late season hunts on elephant and buffalo are getting better and better, many big bulls are being hunted late season, say from July to November before the rains start is the new prime time. Interesting, a changing world we are living in.

Corona and now the war in Europe have definitely affected our bookings, I suppose added to this is the fact that there have been no European hunting shows since 2020, even then those shows were not good as Corona hit us just after that, the bulk of my bookings, especially on elephant come from European clients, that said, we carry on… Hunters are resilient, those that want to hunt seem to make it here one way or another, when you do get here you will find a reliable partner in TAS ready to conduct your hunt.

Since January we have done the following hunts, including taking these two super dagga boys, a 60 pounder, a 50 pounder and a 40 pounder elephant:




I do have quota available on buffalo and elephant in the Gonarezhou hunting areas Sengwe 1 and 2, please contact me for more information. Our Matetsi hunts are about to start, look out for hunt updates from Matetsi and also further hunt updates from Gonarezhou hunting areas.

As for me I am currently based in Botswana developing the most beautiful game reserve and luxury hotel for German clients of mine, Lotsane Safaris, a truly amazing place that will be open for limited hunting in time to come, when that does happen I will update you.

To all our RSA clients that plan to attend Huntex next week, you will find TAS at Huntex where you can book your free range, fair chase buffalo, elephant, hippo and croc hunts with us for Sengwe 1 and 2 areas of Zimbabwe, 150 kms north east of Musina, come see us there or send me an email or whats app for more in +27-82-749-1747 as you may know Beit Bridge is now open for holiday travel.

Thanks for taking the time to read and share my newsletters with your hunting friends, Hunters, Agents, PH’s and Outfitters are all welcome to contact me for your Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe hunting requirements.

Hunters best wishes

Carl Knight

(JHB RSA)
Contact Number: 0027-82-749-1747
Email: carl@takeaimsafaris.com
Web: www.takeaimsafaris.com

Newsletter 71

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Dear Hunting Friends

I hope this newsletter finds you well, since my last newsletter two months ago we have had some great hunts to report back on including another trophy elephant bull and a couple of great dagga boys, please read on: I have just returned from Botswana where I hunted plains game on a 100.000 hectare hunting concession that comprises of multiple low fence cattle farms that all have loads of wild game on them, the camp is good, food is great = this is free range fair chase hunting that reminds me very much of the old days growing up in and hunting in South Africa, I am working on marketing rights and a price list for these Botswana plains game hunts and will update you in due course. Also interesting is the indications that Botswana will be re-opening elephant hunting later this year for the 2019 season and beyond, you can be sure that when this happens I will endeavour to get quota on these bulls for my valued clients. I will update you accordingly.

Onto recent hunts:

In my last newsletter I mentioned that another big elephant had just been hunted on a hunt that I booked, here are the photos and confirmation of the bull that was hunted in April 2018: initial estimates put this bull at over 100 pounds per tusk…. The official weight of these tusks was just shy of 100 pounds per tusk @ 95 pounds and 93 pounds respectively making this bull a very respectable solid 90 pounder and the biggest elephant hunted in Africa this year so far that I know of taking that title from the 85 pounder that my client shot earlier this year a month before this bull was shot in the same area. This trophy bull as per the last one was hunted in the Gonarezhou Safari Area Naivaisha guided by Zim PH Lloyd Yeatman and assisted by RSA PH Russ Field who booked the hunt from me.

On another recent hunt in Zimbabwe, this time in Matetsi a client of ours from the USA hunted this very good hard boss buffalo with Zim PH Zane Bronkhorst:

On another recent hunt this time in RSA, a client from Europe hunted this very nice hard boss buffalo plus roan and nyala with PH Riaan Lourens:

Lastly whilst I was in Botswana I hunted this 55 inch kudu bull with my sons Hunter and Luke, a great bull.. Great hunt… Lots of these big bulls around those parts… please contact me if you want to jump the que and book your plains game hunt in Botswana.

As always thanks for taking the time to read my newsletters and pass them onto your hunting friends, please contact me for more information about hunting in Southern Africa. As for me I am off to Namibia in August for a few weeks with my good friend Zim PH Simon Dzingai, we are going to hike the Fish River Canyon and so some hunting, from Namibia I am off to Botswana again in search of elephant quota for when elephant opens again in Botswana then onto Zimbabwe to visit Matetsi and the Gonarezhou to see the new hunting areas Mahenye and Bothmans that have as of 2018 become available for my clients to book and hunt, please email me for more information and standby for updates later in the year.

Hunters best wishes

Carl Knight