Reeder Custom Guns - the 2019 African hunt has been booked.

Colleen will be taking a group of 11 hunters over and the hunt is slated for April 19 thru 30th. You will leave Atlanta late evening on April 19th, arrive in Joburg late on the 20th, and stay at a hotel overnight. Leave for camp on the 21st. Arrive in camp late on the 21st, sight in guns. and the hunt starts on the 22nd thru the 28th. You leave camp on the morning of the 29th, leave Joburg that evening. Arrive back in the U.S. on the 30th of April. There looks to be 2 or 3 wives slated on this hunt so if your wife hunts, she is welcome to make the hunt. Unfortunately no room for non hunting wives. If you are interested, call me or Colleen at 928-527-4100. Remember only 11 openings and I think 4 are already booked.

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The Land Cruisers we ride in..
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Head honcho John Abraham with 2 of the hunting Jack Russells
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No cots, tents? Did I see white linen table cloths? Showers? Wine? My wife will flip. I don’t normally take her to resorts that nice. Ill be in touch.

there are 6 PHs and 2 hunters to a PH. This is a great camp but not a vacation resort. Hunters only.

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is a fancy resort but it is strictly hunting. I don't mean to be hard nosed about this but it is a camp rule. No non hunting wives or girlfriends or weekend hookers allowed.Period.

did nothing but whine and bitch the total time. She made the hunt miserable for her husband and all the guys there. I agree with you gary. A hunting camp should be for hunters only.

new camp his rules are no non hunting wives allowed. And I heartily agree.

My wife isn't a hunter, but she ain't no prissy sissy either. Her weapon would be her camera.

professional Hunters and making money depends upon their hunters taking game. He can't even break even baby sitting a bunch of non hunters. John is a good friend. I was with him on his first safari in 1992 and have hunted with him for 26 years. He is doing us a favor giving us this deluxe hunting lodge for only $50 per day over a standard tent camp. So I do my best to fill the camp up with hunters, not photographers or wives that are not hunters. Us getting this nice lodge depends upon me booking at least 10 hunters and I hope to do so.

I’m just not used to such fancy digs while hunting.

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Hopefully Nancy is on the list as one of the lady hunters so I can go too. Count us in.

list so far. This one should book up pretty quick.

about 3.5K?

skinners, camp girls who cook and wash your clothes every day runs about $3200. The airlines runs from $1100 to $1300 so figure $4500 as the base cost. Half the daily rates is due when you send the paperwork in which is usually mid summer or so. That works out to $1600 to $1800. The other half is due in mid to late fall. About that time Air2000 will get your credit card number and they will book the van and start on the gun permits etc. The fees for the animals you take is not due until after the hunt and after you get home. The cost of the animals varies from $500 on up. Some top of the line animals like Kudu, Gemsbok and such run a bit over $3000. Smaller animals run a lot less. So in theory you could take 4 or 5 plains game animals for around $5000. The only other charges are the van rental to camp and back, one night at a hotel near the airport, and the fee to Air2000 to get our gun permits and meet and greet us as we get off the plane and escort us around customs and to the hotel and then in the morning to the van and then meet us again when the hunt is over and escort us to customs again and to our flight. This past hunt that ran a total of about $650.

The other costs are the tips to your PH and the camp staff. What I normally do is the last evening collect $250 from each hunter which runs a total of $3000 and I give that to John. he then parcels it out to the trackers skinners, camp girls etc. The tip to your PH is all up to you. John's PHs are paid very well as they are true professionals so your tip is all up to you. Most of us tip them $350 to $500.

John's wife Lauri, is from Texas and has an account in Dallas. What I have done in the past is have Colleen deposit some money in her account every couple of weeks. This way by the time the hunt comes around I will have most if not all of the hunt paid for.

This may well be the most expensive hunt you have ever gone on, but by spreading the cost out over about a year it is not bad on you at all.

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