Dare to Bowhunt Auction

Target-panic · 08-25-2008, 02:38 PM

Skeeter, how about posting the content of that explanation email for all of us or email it to me at russ.davis@embarqmail.com .

I bid $750.00

PS: I think the minimum raise of the bid should be $100.00, to weed out the $1 mores.

Chew · 08-25-2008, 03:42 PM

Can someone post up a rough ballpark figure for airfare and other costs that you would incur? Thanks. How much more in trophy fees would you need to have a "complete" hunt. Thanks for any info.

Target-panic · 08-25-2008, 04:35 PM

If booked right now on Expedia, for Mid-Jul 09: $2200 - $2400 per person for airfare. I think you can beat that deal with a company that books these flights regularly.

Transport of capes and skulls back to the US is about $250.00 per animal.

It looks like the Outfitter has several consessions to hunt and the package could dictate where you can hunt and what is avaialable in the area. But, here is the rundown of what I looked at:

Blesbuck $400
Common Duiker $300
Impala $300 - $500 (horn length)
Common Reedbuck $800
Warthog $300 - $600 (tusk length)
Zebra $1200
Blue Wildebeest $900.00

So, you can spend as much as you can scrape up between now and then.

Additional days will add the daily rates for those days. $350 / day (I think)

This website http://www.daretobowhunt.co.za/, has all of the hunt data you could need.

Landrover · 08-25-2008, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Target-panic

[[LEFT]It looks like the Outfitter has several consessions to hunt and the package could dictate where you can hunt and what is avaialable in the area.

This website http://www.daretobowhunt.co.za/, has all of the hunt data you could need.

This is for the GAGU Lodge located in the NE Province/Zululand! (About 4 hours from Jo'burg) Also, my ticket was about $2,300 but I have met and heard of people getting tickets for the $1,800 - $2,000 range in coach seating. Hopefully with dropping fuel charges ticket pricing may lighten up some.
Not sure what my animals will cost to ship to Houston (capes/horns only) but my PH was thinking about $1,000 in about 90 more days for my 7 critters. Then the wildcard of whatever my taxidermist charges!