Top 5 animals you would take in Africa.

[Critter Ritter]

1:Kudu
2:Bongo
3:GemsBok
4:Eland
5:Cape Buffalo

[DoubleJ]

I thnk Bobcat is afraid of the stuff that will kill you LOL

Well, no, I don't think that's it. I'm not sure why but it probably has something to do with me being more of a meat hunter than a trophy hunter. If that makes sense.

Africa has never been high on my list of things to do. I have a lot more hunting to do in North America before I'd have any interest in going to Africa. Just mule deer and elk in various western states every year is plenty "exotic" for me. And throw in a moose hunt or two in Alaska or Canada, and perhaps Caribou once or twice, and I'd be happy. Oh, and lots and lots of antelope hunting in Montana and Wyoming. I don't see myself getting bored with North American hunting anytime soon.

My sentiments exactly.

[lhrbull]

cape buffalo
sable
nyala
bongo
lord derby eland

[couesbitten]

Would love to go to the dark continent, my top 5 in order of preference.

1.  Cape Buffalo
2.  Bongo
3.  Kudu
4.  Lord Derby Eland
5.  Nyala

[arees]

I thnk Bobcat is afraid of the stuff that will kill you LOL

Well, no, I don't think that's it. I'm not sure why but it probably has something to do with me being more of a meat hunter than a trophy hunter. If that makes sense.

Africa has never been high on my list of things to do. I have a lot more hunting to do in North America before I'd have any interest in going to Africa. Just mule deer and elk in various western states every year is plenty "exotic" for me. And throw in a moose hunt or two in Alaska or Canada, and perhaps Caribou once or twice, and I'd be happy. Oh, and lots and lots of antelope hunting in Montana and Wyoming. I don't see myself getting bored with North American hunting anytime soon.

My sentiments exactly.

I suppose it is a matter of taste.  All those North American hunts sound like fun too.  I hope to do them as well.

If you are a meat hunter, I guess I am an experience hunter (who also likes the meat).  I go on hunts to enjoy the experience of it.  Sometimes it is experiencing my son trying to kill his first animal.  Sometimes it is experiencing the annual elk trip with good friends (there is always a lot of laughing on that trip than there is elk).  Sometimes it is experiencing a different culture and different environment on the far side of the world where the animals, plants and people are all different.

As for the meat in Africa, it all gets eaten.  While you are there hunting you are either eating meat from animals you shot or from animals shot by the previous hunter.  Whatever you don't eat goes to feed the camp staff.  If there is meat beyond that the locals show up to haul it off.  I have always heard that when an elephant is shot the locals appear out of nowhere and strip the carcass clean (another scene I would like to experience).  The meat is certainly never wasted.

While I love the taste of game meat and keep a well stocked freezer, I don't hunt efficiently enough to make it cheap meat.  Even a local deer hunt costs me more per pound than just buying at the grocery store.  Hunting in Africa costs much more in dollars per mouthful of meat eaten, but either way I make up the costs in the value of the experience.

[bobcat]

I'd love to go to Africa someday but I would prefer to just go on vacation there and not hunt. I'd rather spend my time seeing as much as possible while I'm there. I would certainly invest in a good camera and take pictures of the wildlife. Maybe I would change my mind about hunting in Africa after having been there.

[lhrbull]

If you hunt Africa there is a good chance you will find a way to go back. I was concerned about the whole process enough I almost cancelled the trip. Long flights gun rules long way from home. All the being said I long to go back and hunt over there again. I may not be able to afford what was on my top 5 list but there are so many less expensive animals to hunt and the diverse countryside as well as cultures. Yes I have hunted in North America (as well as Canada) all great trips but Africa is different and also rewarding.

[Austrian Hunter]

Bull Elephant
Kudu
Leopard
Lion
Buffalo

[lokidog]

kudu
nyala
bongo

flexible on the others, but the cats don't really interest me.  I have a ceiling that might fit a giraffe rug... 

I'd like to try to use my bow or ML.

[sirmissalot]

The Africa thing has never interested me much. People I know who have went on one it was just a high fences luxury hunt. I do need to kill a Cape buffalo some day though, and while I'm there I wouldn't mind taking a few animals like a hyena and baboon for their skulls. Crocs and hippos have always seemed cool to me too, can't even imagine how I would display a hippo skull.

[Bob33]

I went to Africa last year for the first time. The year before someone basically "gave" me a hunt at a price too good to pass up. Prior to that I had no interest in going to Africa and until I was actually there I really wasn't all that excited about the trip.

Now that I have been there, my perspective has changed. It can truly be a wonderful experience unlike anything you will see or do in North America.

As for animals: one I have not seen on anyone's list is a zebra. Perhaps it's not a top five, but it is a far more challenging animal to hunt than you might think.

Meat: it stays in Africa and supports families on very limited budgets. make sure you eat some while you're there. Trophies: take as many or as few as you wish. A picture album is a great alternative.

I would really encourage anyone on the fence about going to just do it.

[Jellymon]

Camel

[couesbitten]

one I have not seen on anyone's list is a zebra.

Reply #12, no1waterdog, had zebra on his list

[Bob33]

one I have not seen on anyone's list is a zebra.

Reply #12, no1waterdog, had zebra on his list

[trophyhunt]

The only interest I have in Africa's animals is the kudu or a leopard. My Grandma would turn over in her grave if I ever shot an elephant, I'm not an anti hunter in anyway shape or form but, I couldn't imagine ever killing an elephant. They have human like emotions, very smart and I just can't see the challenge or reason of killing such an emotional being. I'm not by any way putting those down who want to hunt them, it's just the last animal on this earth I would want to kill. I prefer the North America animals way more than anywhere else in the world.