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Hunting Uganda

Hunting Uganda in the newly opened wilderness areas will be tough but rewarding. You need to be fit, prepared to walk and tolerate some degree of hardship and not expect 'shopping list' hunting.

For the first time in over thirty years, 5 wilderness areas in Uganda, including the renowned Karamoja has re-opened for hunting.

The hunting concessions are vast, each being approximately 27,000km2 (10,000 square miles) and there has been no sport hunting there for over 30 years.

After the demise of Idi Amin in the late 1970s, constant insecurity and sporadic bouts of warfare had more or less sealed these areas from the outside world. In the past few years, the Ugandan Government has seriously tackled the issue and an effective disarmament program has returned the region to normalcy.

This is a rare opportunity to hunt the real Africa - to go with the local tribesmen to their traditional hunting grounds, to live an unscripted adventure that will not be possible anymore in a few years: asphalt is coming, the region is opening up, and things will soon change.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has agreed to allow hunting these areas and most importantly, these agreements stipulate that 75% of the trophy fees accrue directly to the local communities, while the Government (through UWA) retains only 25%. By making the local communities the major beneficiaries from sport hunting revenues, the wildlife is transformed from a nuisance to be poached to extinction into a valuable resource.

"I have dreamed of hunting in Africa since I was a small boy. I never expected to be able to experience Africa as it was in the early 1900's. But that's what the Karamoja area of Uganda is like right now. I have traveled in East Africa on business and for vacations eight times in the past. I was amazed to see this area of Uganda and I was not prepared for the beauty of the area."

Uganda Hunting Season

There is no set hunting season for wilderness hunting in Uganda but the rainy seasons would be best avoided.

Uganda Weather

Uganda is on the Equator, and at 1200m altitude and above (4000ft and more).
Temperatures vary between 20ºC and 30ºC year round.
In the north, nights are cool and at times cold and days slightly hotter.
Rains occur, in theory, from March-April and October-November.

Uganda Map

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Uganda Game Laws

These Game Laws apply to wilderness hunting in Uganda and not fenced area hunting which may vary
All trophy hunting to take place within the hours of daylight, except in special cases such as bushpig
Shooting from a vehicle is not permitted.
Hunting with dogs is not permitted.
Hunting with lights/flares/night vision equipment is not permitted, excepting certain species like bushpig and leopard.
Hunting permits must be issued prior to the hunt commencing.
A separate permit must be issued for each individual hunting client.
Automatic and semi-automatic firearms are not permitted, as is the use of silencers.
No shooting of immature animals or apparently pregnant females.
No minors (under 18 years) are allowed to hunt or handle firearms.
Bow hunting is permitted in wilderness hunt areas

Uganda Hunting Species

There is CITES quota for exporting leopard trophies from Uganda, however a leopard may only be hunted as a genuine PAC animal after complaint has been received from the locals.

Hippo may also only be hunted as PAC animals.