Taking Equity out of Home to Go on Guided Hunts

[stalkingwolf]

HornPorn the original OP is killing rams. Is grayrider part of this or just posting his stuff on this thread?

 

[TheGrayRider]

Appreciate the update Grayrider and I am super disappointed you didn’t get a ram, was pulling for you. Still looks like an amazing adventure and thanks for sharing some pictures!

It is called hunting and not killing, however when you are shelling out that kind of dough, you would hope for better than seeing 1 legal ram in a combined month of hunting and a 30% successful rate overall. I would have to think that most people would have a hard time spending that kind of money on a low success rate hunt. This will probably just put more pressure on the areas in Canada that still have healthy populations and high success rates.

DR


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Thanks for the reply, DRHunter. I have been very blessed and thankful over the years in all of my previous hunts in various locations, both domestic and international. No worries here and no time to look backwards because I am not traveling in that direction!

Success rates and financial costs now in dall sheep hunting in many places is very comparable to hunting leopard over bait in quite a bit of southern Africa. Very general observation of 35 - 45% success rate and $50,000+ base price easily. Some areas are better than others obviously.

I have heard of hunters returning to Africa on 5 different hunts in 5 different locations with 5 different outfitters before finally killing a leopard over bait - that is dedication ( and borderline mental insanity) in my book. (Disclosure: I have only killed a leopard with hounds in Botswana which has a much higher success rate of around 85% than leopard hunting over bait.)

I would like to try the leopard hunt over bait before I get too old to travel and hunt but much like a North America sheep hunt, I would understand the overall success rate and risk-return before beginning the journey. Like life, no guarantees. Take the good with the bad.

I am already training for my next hunt - blue sheep in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, fall 2026. Blue skies ahead…Happy hunting to all and see you on the mountain, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.