NitroXAdministrator
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17/10/06 03:20 AM
Re: Self-guided dangerous game hunting?

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In cameroon or central- africa: Travel on the rivers would probably be a better idea to get away from populated areas into real wilderness? And then walk into the more likely areas from the river.. I've also heard that the elephant in these areas hasn't been to hard poached as they're less accessible? Meaning I'm more likely to find a suitable one.




A lot of "in accessible" areas would be very heavily poached, especially as Central African 'real wilderness' probably has sizable African populations, not all of them friendly either. I was speaking to one of our members the other day who has hunted reasonably extensively in Central Africa and the roving poacher gangs are truly bad news. They had to vacate an area for safety reasons ie not being shot or ambushed.

Africa might be big compared to Europe but it is not empty and "wilderness" is a relative term.

If someone was planning a safari like you are talking about and had no personal experience on the ground I would want to find a very experienced person and have some very good and long talks to the person to get first hand knowledge of where I would be heading and what the situation (the whole works) would likely be.

Harold Wolf who publishes the magazine 'Hatari Times' wrote an article of his attempts to do solo hunting, possibly in Cameroon, and if I remember rightly his first attempt was a complete fizzer and the second (again if I remember rightly) not much more successful but that time he at least got into the bush. And Harold has more experience than most guys you would "meet" on the net, or elsewhere. Find a copy of that edition of "Hatari Times".

There is also a book "Solo Safari" that will be listed on some of the safari book publishing catalogues. It might be worth a look too, but I can't say if it is any good or not. I have a copy but have never read it. I have seen some adverse reviews of the book.




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