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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 86

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DEAR HUNTING FRIENDS

I hope this 86th version of the Take Aim Safaris newsletter finds you well, may I also take this opportunity to wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2022.

Since my last newsletter sent out in October 2021 we conducted two elephant and hippo hunts in the Gonarezhou safari areas Sengwe 1 and 2, both of those hunts were successful, here are the photos of the 60+ pounder and the 50+ pounder that were hunted during November and December, happy clients from Europe, thanks for the bookings.

Both of these hunts were guided by PH Nixon Dzingai, well done Nixon.

These concessions are getting better and better every year, the hunting quotas are so very low vs the elephant and buffalo populations that the quality of the hunts and the quality of the trophies are constantly getting better. This year will be the 5th year in a row that we have not increased our prices, in fact we are the best priced trophy elephant bull hunting operators in Africa (same goes for buffalo), to take advantage of this fact please book and hunt with us during this year as we will have a price increase towards the end of this year effective 2023 onwards.

As for the year ahead we do have a good amount of early season elephant and buffalo hunts in the Sengwe’s and Mahenye plus big cat, elephant and buffalo hunts in Matetsi that I will update you on as the season rolls out, my main reason for sending out this brief newsletter is to let you know that we are open and hunting, please email me all your hunt enquires for Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. We have a stunning game reserve in the Tuli Block of Botswana for plains game hunting, take a look at Lotsane, Botswana on my website.

Clients, Agents, PH’s, Outfitters and Operators please contact me for a quote on your upcoming hunts.

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

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight

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

Newsletter 85

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DEAR HUNTING FRIENDS

I trust this 85th version of the Take Aim Safaris newsletter finds you well.

This is my 4th and final newsletter for 2021, that has been a cracker of a hunting year for TAS clients and partner Operators, in fact this year has been my highest pound average on elephant hunts ever, the quality of trophy elephant bulls being taken in our Gonarezhou concessions of Zimbabwe and our NG49 concessions of Botswana are simply put the best in Africa. With next year lined up to be another great hunting year please watch this space for our hunt updates and please contact me if you are interested in booking a hunt.

Our (SSG Safaris) Gonarezhou concession lease has recently been renewed for another 6 years, and my Operator partner in the NG 49 concession of Botswana has also just been given a 5-year lease… here we grow again.

Check it out here:
https://lotsanesafaris.com/botswana-hunting-areas/

Since my last newsletter that was sent out in June 2021 it has been a busy few months with TAS clients harvesting these wonderful trophies on top class fair chase hunts.

During the last few days, a client from Europe hunted this 89 and 83 pounder elephant bull in the Gonarezhou hunting area Chibedziwa with PH Zane Bronkhorst, also hunted with this hippo bull:

For those of you that believe that the early season elephants hunts are the only good ones in the Gonarezhou… You are wrong. In the nearly 15 years I have been operating in the Gonarezhou I can conclusively tell you that my clients have hunted this quality of elephant all year around consistently, the elephants here don’t magically disappear after April/May. In fact if I did the calculation we could easily find that the bigger bulls have been shot late season, the adjoining un-fenced National parks get dry late season, the bulls (elephant and buffalo) move into the hunting areas for food, it’s super simple to understand the movement patterns, important not to try and over think things, book and come hunting is the answer.

On a recent hunt conducted in the Matetsi ECA area of Zimbabwe a client from Europe harvested these excellent old bulls on his hunt that was also guided by PH Zane Bronkhorst who has become on of Zim’s top PH’s and a super nice guy to hunt with, well done Zane.

During the 2021 season I booked 3 leopard hunts, all 3 of those hunts were 100% successful (3/3), look at the size of the two Zim cats featured on this newsletter plus the 103 kg cat from Botswana that was featured on my last newsletter, all real monster tom cats:



On another recent hunt, this time in Naivaisha/Gonarezhou PH Lloyd Yeatman guided this client of mine from Europe on this very good leopard:

In the Matetsi ECA Steve Meyer and his team of PH’s guided a 4-hunter group from Europe on this buffalo hunt, all 4 hunters got their buffalo on their 8-day hunt plus a whole host of plains game:


During September I hunted the Zingela reserve in South Africa, I hunted with fellow PH Nico Van Der Merwe, I hunted my 14th buffalo, this 44-inch bull that we estimated at 12 years old, some plains game was also hunted, great place, great people:

Also during September a client of mine hunted Thabatholo in the Limpopo Province of RSA with PH Mark Dedekind, they hunted this 43-inch dagga boy, more great people and a special place to hunt:

As always thanks for taking the time to read my newsletters and pass them onto your hunting friends, if you are interested in a big game hunt in Zimbabwe, Botswana or South Africa for 2022 or beyond please contact me for more information. From my side, I have been super busy in Botswana where a client of mine has bought a beautiful property on the Limpopo River… Lotsane.. There will be limited hunting available on Lotsane in time to come, please watch this space for more information.

I plan to attend the Dortmund and Salzburg hunting shows during 2022 if all goes well and we are allowed to travel from Africa, if you wish to have a meeting with me to plan your Southern African hunt please meet at either of those shows, you can what app me on +27-82-749-1747 or email me on carl@takeimsafaris.com for more info.

I have a big 4 hunt starting in a few days with Nixon and an elephant hunt starting with Lloyd plus a few late season buffalo hunts, I will update you on those hunts early 2022.

Hunters, Agents, Outfitters, PH’s please contact me for all your big game hunting requirements.

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight

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

Newsletter 68

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Dear Hunting Friends

I hope this 68th version of my newsletter finds you well.

Since my last newsletter in November 2017 we have done some good hunts although the December/January period is our low period due to holidays and since the rains effect our ability to move around the concessions freely due to mud and floods, the rains were not as good as expected however we are currently experiencing some late rain in the Lowveld that is a welcome surprise and will make for very good early season elephant hunting in the Gonarezhou area especially.

We attended the early season hunting shows: SCI where Jono and Adriaan worked our booth there, I went to Dortmund with Steve Meyer for the 11th year in a row that Take Aim Safaris has done the German hunting expo, our fair chase free range hunts are always well received by the European hunters that attend that show, thanks for the support.

For the year ahead I have booked a record number of hunts already with the bulk of the booking season still to come so look out for my 6 or so newsletters that you will receive this year that will be full of interesting information and photos from our hunts. From my own point of view I hope to see you in the newsletters, if not this year then perhaps next year, book now to get the dates and hunting quota that you want.

To all our Spanish clients we will once again be attending the Spanish hunting convention CINERGETICA this year in Madrid from the 1st to the 4th March 2018 we will be in prime booth # 321 in the main hall, please come and visit us there.

You may be interested to know that a client of mine from Russia shot the biggest lion in Zimbabwe last year, judged in accordance with skull measurement’s. The hunt was guided in Matetsi by PH Steve Meyer, here is the award Steve won and a photo of the very old lion:

I do have one more lion on quota in Matetsi for this year, I have already sold two.

I also have a Gonarezhou lion on quota for this year that has not been sold yet.

Since my last newsletter we have done some great hunts, here are the updates and photos:

A client of ours from South Africa hunted this buffalo in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe with PH Steve Meyer in November 2017.

During January 2018 PH Nixon Dzingai guided this client from Europe on this buffalo, crocodile and elephant bull hunt in Sengwe 1 and 2 Zimbabwe.

During December 2017 PH Nixon Dzingai guided a client from Europe on this dagga boy hunt in Malipati Safari area, Zimbabwe.

During February 2018 PH Albert Johnson guided this plains game hunt in Limpopo South Africa:

How about this baobab in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe:

As always thank you for taking the time to read my newsletters and pass them onto your hunting friends, if you are planning a hunt in South Africa or Zimbabwe please allow me the opportunity to tell you more about our hunts and our pricing for instance our Gonarezhou dagga boy hunts are to my knowledge the best priced buffalo hunts available in Zimbabwe, I do have quota and dates available on all big game hunts for 2018 and beyond.

Hunters best wishes.

Carl Knight
Contact Number: 0027-82-749-1747
Email: carl@takeaimsafaris.com
Web: www.takeaimsafaris.com