Charlton McCallum Safaris
2024 archive

Field journal 49

JW - Kazuma

20248 photographs2 field notes

PH Comment - Len

After spending 21 days in the area I was happy we had taken the biggest and oldest lion out of the area. We found our lion on day one however we spent a few days adding bates and getting trail camera photos. We got a really nice big old giraffe for baits on day one and that put us in a good place for the rest of the hunt. We took a good lion on day 3 from a blind JW made a good shot and all went well from there. On day 5 we got a really nice old buffalo he was a single bull I had been seeing his tracks day in and day out. Later on day six we took a nice male Zebra after a long stork, JW made a really good one shot Kill on all his animals. And finely we got JWs prized old sable bull. This bull we had been following him for some days before he finally made his mistake. During the Hunt we came across many elephants and other tracks like good leopard and even other lions. Kazuma has made it into one of my top hunting areas in Zimbabwe it is located in the top western corner of Zimbabwe on the Botswana border making it a exalt elephant hunting area in the drier months. It is Kalahari sand veld with teak forests, the sandy soils make it accessible all year round. The camp from a hunting stand point was great and the staff are all well trained. Overall Kazuma is located close to Victoria falls and lends itself to sight-seeing after long hunt.

Client Comment

Excellent in all departments! Great hunting area. Camp staff attentive. PH and trackers really good. Brillant food. And an incredible lion to top it off!