Thanks for the info Shakari, I really appreciate your input.

I am thinking about a lion hunt with Paul in 2006. I have spoken with him and he has been 100% on lion since 1998 (when he started hunting this particular concession) and only takes three a year, all of them mature 7+ year old males and from the photos and videos I've seen they have all had very nice manes, which is my primary concern with regards to a lion. I have also spoken with two of my clients who have hunted with Paul and they had nothing but glowing recommendations about him and the area.

This would be my third safari to Africa, as my wife and I spent a month in Zimbabwe in 2001 hunting in Dande and near KweKwe (taking buffalo, sable, kudu, eland, zebra and impala) and then I spent three weeks there this past November / December hunting in the Makuti area, where I had booked a last minute cancellation lion hunt (I should and do know better than that - "If it sounds to good to be true than it probably is" - as it was in this case) but it actually was a great hunt and I had the absolute thrill of hunting and shooting an elephant, quite the rush!and also finally got a nice warthog.

Due to my guiding season and schedule here in Alaska, I am not available until the middle of November to go on safari so I am looking at a 21 day safari starting about November 20th or so.

I appreciate and thank you for your thoughts and input and look forward to anymore you might have. Oh, and I'll be sure to take a look at your website.

AKPH