Hunting Zambia

Hunting Zambia - Zambia is a premier country for cats and buffalo hunting. You can also hunt the Zambian species like sitatunga, roan, sable and lechwe.

"Game animals are tenacious and the hunting areas are vast. The safari operators are progressive and the wildlife authority is still interested. Zambia has all the ingredients to become Africa's finest safari-hunting destination."

Zambia Hunting Season

There is no set hunting season. May to October is optimal, based on the weather.

Zambia Weather

There are 3 distinct weather seasons
Dry - May to August 24-28°C
Hot - September to November 38-42°C
Wet - December to April 32°C

Zambia Map

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Zambia Game Laws

All trophy hunting to take place within the hours of daylight
No hunting is allowed at night or with artificial light.
A hunting license is issued for a specific number of species in specific hunting areas.
The minimum number of days for a hunting safari is strictly controlled by the Government and based upon the species being hunted.
The hunter may opt for a full bag hunt including lion, leopard, roan and sable by buying a permit for all the animals on quota in an area OR opt for a 'mini' hunt, of no more than 7 plains game species.
Combinations of these licences are available so different species may be hunted in diferent areas.
Shooting from a vehicle is not permitted.
Hunting permits must be issued prior to the hunt commencing.
A separate permit must be issued for each individual hunting client.

Zambia Hunting Species

Recommended Reading

Hunting In Zambia by Tony Sanchez-Arino (1997). Writings on big game hunting in Zambia by Selous, Foa, Gibbons, Wallace, Lyell, Letcher, Shorthose, Stewart, Atcheson and many others.

Siatwinda by Joe McGregor-Brooks is a well-written account of a life as a professional hunter in Zambia. His fifty years of hunting problem crocodile, buffalo and elephant in the Zambezi Valley of Zambia.

If The Crocodiles Permit by John Buckley is a privately published memoir of a hunting trip to Zambia. A great big game hunting trip in true safari tradition with much on lion hunting.

Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu by J E Hughes covers virtually all the game of Zambia and everything in the Bangweulu region, which is still one of the great game areas of today. Includes hunting in the swamp and river areas. The author literally went on an eighteen year safari.

Recommended Viewing

Death In The Mumbwa DVD. Hunting Zambia - from the cats to the unique plains game and a buffalo hunt that you must see to believe. This DVD also contains footage from the Kafue Flats and Bangwelu Swamps where the Kafue and black lechwe, tsessebe and the sititunga are taken.

Zambia Safari - Buffalo And Roan DVD by Ken Wilson includes the hunting of 4 cape buffalo plus 2 Southern roan and Crawshay's waterbuck, Chobe bushbuck and puku. Footage is shown of Livingstone, Mukuni Village and Victoria Falls, as well as numerous species of big game and birds not hunted. 60 minutes. DVD.

Zambia Safari - The Bangweulu Swamps DVD by Ken Wilson. The black lechwe is only found in the Bangweulu Swamps and this hunt ends with a 26" animal. Then the hunt begins for one of Africa's greatest trophies, the Zambezi sitatunga. 55 minutes. DVD.