I was watching a documentary about lions in Tanzania last weekend and the wildlife researchers seemed to indicate they knew the rough approximate location of a pride from on week to the next.

This led me to thinking, IF this is so, should not an outfitter offering lions as trophies also have a fair idea of where to locate a pride? Also given the fact lion safaris in TZ are not cheap and there are game-guards in the bush to assist with the locating of a pride.

Are male lions resident in a pride hunted, or is it preferred to hunt the more solitary males?

Does the terrain make a big difference in 'knowing' the location of a pride, ie bush vs more open plains?

Are the documentaries fantasising when the claim to know the location of a pride at any length of time?