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About Cheetah hunting
Once the cheetah roamed all open arid areas, deserts and semi-deserts in Africa and Asia, up to India. This famously fast creature needs wide open spaces and many small ungulates to survive. With human encroachment on the wilderness, and sheep and goat herders not too happy with the neighborhood of the predators. However, cheetah thrives on game farms and hunting concessions, with protection from poachers and abundance of antelopes, and CITES allocates a limited quota for cheetah hunting for Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Where to hunt Cheetah
Once the cheetah roamed all open arid areas, deserts and semi-deserts in Africa and Asia, up to India. This famously fast creature needs wide open spaces and many small ungulates to survive. With human encroachment on the wilderness, and sheep and goat herders not too happy with the neighborhood of the predators. However, cheetah thrives on game farms and hunting concessions, with protection from poachers and abundance of antelopes, and CITES allocates a limited quota for cheetah hunting for Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Price distribution
Cheetah hunting usually comes as a part of a plains game hunt. Cheetah is not usually included in package deals. The trophy fee is in the $2,500-$4,000 range for most outfitters. Add to this the daily rate (from $1,500-$2,000 for 5-7 day hunt, although many operations require to book a 12-14 day hunt for cheetah), and the price of other trophies you might want to take, and there you have it.
$190
$7,018
$13,846
$20,674
$27,502
When to hunt Cheetah?
There is no particular “best” time for cheetah hunting, and you can schedule your cheetah hunt at any time during the trophy hunting season in Namibia, which runs from February 1 to November 30. However, given that the hunter will have to cover a lot of ground looking for cheetah, it’s probably better to schedule the hunt in the end of the dry season, when the temperatures are still not hot, but the game congregates around waterholes.
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Hunting methods
Despite being diurnal animals, active mostly in the morning and in the evening, cheetahs are some of the most difficult cats to hunt. They don’t eat game killed by someone else, so the only situation when baiting is applicable is when the hunters disturb a cheetah at its kill. The predator will likely return to it, so it is a good idea to wait in a blind quickly put up there and then. But the most common method of cheetah hunting is by spot and stalk. Hunters will usually have to cover a lot of ground before they can find a cheetah or fresh cheetah tracks. Cheetah are not only predators, but also prey for larger felines, so they are constantly on the alert. The average harvest success rate for Namibia is said to be just 20%.
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Cheetah making a very slow approach on its prey
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Cheetah climbing a tree
Why hunt Cheetah?
Why hunt an endangered species? Because legal, regulated hunting can be a powerful tool of conservation. Hunting concessions create perfect conditions for wildlife, by keeping wilderness from being converted into farms and pastures, offering protection from poachers, and working to improve habitat conditions (i.e. make water holes). This ensures high densities of prey for cheetah, and cheetahs actually thrive on game farms and hunting concessions. Income generated by trophy cheetah hunting provides an additional incentive for the local population to tolerate the presence of the cat that is not above snatching a sheep or goat, and for hunting operators to protect and preserve this wonderful predator.
Hunt Namibia 2x1
Namibia
Cheetah, Black impala, Black springbok, Black wildebeest, Black-faced impala, Blue wildebeest, Brown hyena, Burchells zebra, Cape eland, Caracal, Common blesbuck, Common duiker, Copper springbok, Gemsbuck, Giraffe, Golden gemsbuck, Golden wildebeest, Hartmanns zebra, Impala, Kalahari springbok, Kudu, Leopard, Nyala, Red hartebeest, Red lechwe, Roan, Sable, Steenbok, Tsessebe, Warthog, Waterbuck, White blesbuck, White springbok, White-flanked impala
Bow Hunting, Crossbow Hunting, High Seat, Horseback Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Feb 1, 26 - Nov 30, 26
Daily rate fee
$2,470
for 7 days, 1 hunter
Buffalo & Plains Game Package
Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
Cheetah, African wild cat, Baboon, Black-backed jackal, Blue wildebeest, Brown hyena, Bushbuck, Bushpig, Cape buffalo, Caracal, Civet cat, Common duiker, Eland, Gemsbuck, Genet cat, Giraffe, Honey badger, Impala, Klipspringer, Kudu, Nyala, Porcupine, Russian sable, Sable, Serval, Spotted hyena, Steenbok, Tsessebe, Vervet monkey, Warthog, Waterbuck, Zebra
Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Mar 1, 25 - Dec 31, 26
Price from
$18,000
for 10 days, 1 hunter
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Namibian Plains Game 1x1
Namibia
Cheetah, Baboon, Black impala, Black springbok, Black wildebeest, Black-backed jackal, Black-faced impala, Blue wildebeest, Brown hyena, Burchells zebra, Caracal, Common blesbuck, Common duiker, Common springbok, Copper springbok, Damaraland dik-dik, Eland, Gemsbuck, Giraffe, Golden wildebeest, Hartmanns zebra, Impala, Klipspringer, Kudu, Nyala, Ostrich, Red hartebeest, Red lechwe, Roan, Sable, Steenbok, Warthog, Waterbuck
Bow Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Stalking
Season: Mar 1, 26 - Dec 20, 26
Daily rate fee
$1,200
for 3 days, 1 hunter
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