Dear Hunting Friends

Happy new year to you all, and welcome to another edition of the JWK Safaris newsletter. We had action packed hunts in 2016 in our South Africa and Zimbabwe hunting concessions, and looking forward to another in the 2017 hunting season to make the 2017 season even better.

Closing off the 2016 season in the Gonarezhou Safari areas with Nixon Dzingai and Simon Dzingai, this 67 pounder elephant bull that as you can see is very old and a perfect bull to hunt combined with a old dagga boy.

We currently running a Buffalo Special in Gonarezhou Safari Area of Zimbabwe for 2017:
 
One Buffalo Hunt (shoot 1 Buffalo)

• 7 day buffalo hunt @ 990 USD per day
• Buffalo trophy fee 4.500 USD
• Extra charges:
• 750 USD road transfer fee from Harare to Gonarezhou including the return trip (air charters available on request).
• 2% Government levy on day fees
• 4% Government levy on trophy fees
• 350 USD field trophy preparation fee and transport of trophy to taxidermist fee
• Plains game can be hunted for the trophy fee

 
Two Buffalo Hunt (shoot 2 Buffalos)

• 10 day hunt @ 990 USD per day
• 1st buffalo 4.500 USD
• 2nd buffalo 4.500 USD
• Extra charges as above
• Plains game can be hunted for the trophy fee

We only have 2 leopard tags left for the 2017 hunting season in the Gonarezhou Safari Areas. April to September are the best months for hunting leopard and the below factors influencing timing of year on leopard hunt are as follows:

• During our winter there are dry leaves on the ground that leopards will step on when hunting/approaching their natural prey making it harder for them to hunt, as a result their own success ratios on hunts are at their annual low during this period. This is one of the facts that makes winter a good time to get and keep leopards on bait.
• Also during our winter months the bush is at its thinnest making the leopards hunting approach hardest without being noticed by their prey, another factor that helps us get an keep leopards on bait during this time of year. They get spotted by their prey easily during winter.
• Another factor is: Our winter months are our dry months with no puddles of water around where the leopards can and do drink during summer months, this fact helps us pick up fresh tracks at water points making identifying baits sites on fresh tracks an easier task when we can predict drinking patterns. 
• Besides this baits last longer in winter keeping the clients costs associated with baiting leopards down. 

One Leopard Hunt in the Gonarezhou Safari Areas

• 10 days @ $1,320 per day
• Leopard Trophy Fee @ $5,000
• Extra charges:
• $750 road transfer fee from Harare to Gonarezhou including the return trip (air charters available on request)
• 2% Government levy on day fees
• 4% Government levy on trophy fees
• $500 field trophy preparation fee and transport of trophy to taxidermist fee
• $15 per person per day VAT on accommodation
• Plains game can be hunted for the trophy fee
• Pre-bait fee / day $250 (if required)
• CITES Tags for Leopard is $200 each

CLICK HERE to view our Gonarezhou Pricelist for the 2017 season.

Early December 2016 Steve Meyer hunted this monster crocodile. This crocodile was not accurately measured but my own estimate puts this crocodile at 5.2 meters if we consider that Steve who is in the photo is 1.76 meters tall. Regardless of the exact length this crocodile is massive, they don’t get any bigger than this in the wild.

One crocodile and one hippo in our Binga Concession:

• 10 day hunt @ 1.320 USD per day
• Crocodile trophy fee 4.500 USD
• Hippo trophy fee 4.000 USD
• Extra charges:
• 400 USD road transfer fee from Victoria Falls to Binga including the return trip.
• 2% Government levy on day fees
• 4% Government levy on trophy fees
• Plains game can be hunted for the trophy fee

CLICK HERE for our Matetsi and Binga Pricelist for the 2017 hunting season.

To the old and new faces who booked their next African hunt with JWK Safaris – Thank you for your support and welcome on board folks – Prepare yourselves for the adventure of a lifetime.
 
Feel free to contact us on info@jwksafaris.com if you are interested in booking your next African Hunting Safari. We can also be reached on US +1 682 200 6557 or RSA +27 11 083 9997
 

Hunters Best Wishes,

Adriaan, Carl, Jono
www.jwksafaris.com