Here are some details I cut/pasted from the flyer that the outfitter, White Lion Safaris, provided (actual file was too big to upload). Minimum bid, per WLS groundrule, is $3000.

Kalahari Lion Hunt for 2 Hunters

Six (6) Day Kalahari Lion Hunt for 2 hunters and a trophy fee credit of $2,500 for each hunter towards any
trophy male lion. (Note: Lion male trophies start at $14,500. Add a lioness for $3,500). Hunt will take place in
the Kalahari region of South Africa. Hunt may be taken in 2014 or 2015. Value $11,600. Hunt can be upgraded
to include extra days & other dangerous game or plains game – see web-site for trophy fee pricing.
http://www.whitelionsafaris.com/

Included:
• Pick up and drop off at Kimberley Airport
• All accommodation, gourmet meals, alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages in fully catered camp w/staff
• Trackers, skinners & Professional Hunter with hunting vehicle for each client
• Field prep of trophies and delivery to our taxidermist
• All hunting licenses & CITES permits

Excluded:
•Trophy fees, less donated credit
•Taxidermy & shipping charges for trophies back to U.S
•Additional stay days ($550/hunter/day)
•Observer/non-hunter daily rates (250/person/day)
•Gratuities to staff & professional hunters
Available on request for $2000/p/p extra:
•Videographer to capture hunt on film (includes 3 edited copies)
•Scenic charter flight to and from hunting area

Duck Hunt for 4 Hunters at Halls Bayou Ranch located on the edges of both Galveston and Brazoria Counties off West Galveston Bay.

Silent Auction
 

Here is a Custom Antler Pen and Pencil set we'll be featuring in our auction:

Any gator hunts being auctioned this year? 'Someone's' got the urge to try her luck on another dinosoar.

Rick, I wasn't able to get a gator hunt this year for the banquet. Not sure if anyone else was able to or not.

Bob

Bobby, I will be bringing some raffle items and a custom made knife and scabbort from Pullig Knives. Can't post picture but a really cool looking blade.
Dean

Dean, glad to hear that you are coming to the banquet again this year. Thanks for your continual support to the LSBA with your donations. Cannot wait to see the knife.
Bob

http://www.ebay.com/itm/African-Lion-Hunt/171060410118?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D1 11000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26m eid%3D8470794015580654670%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1 006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D171060410118%26#ht_578wt_1166

Update on the Lion Hunt that was donated for our auction......Given that it's an expensive trip, we decided to give it more exposure by listing it on eBay (see link). Thus it will not be part of the Live Auction. However, this listing is set to end Saturday night during the Banquet; we hope to be set up such that if anyone there wants to bid on it they can log into eBay and do so. Otherwise hopefully we end up with a successful online auction in the midst of our Live Auction!

RE: Lion Hunt

So, to bid on the hunt we'll need to bid via Ebay? When does bidding open and what if a potential bidder doesn't have an Ebay account?

Before we decide to bid I also need to ask if there will be any 'issues' obtaining a permit to hunt the animal with a bow. I ask solely because a close friend of ours successfully bid on a lion hunt last year at a Safari Club (forget whether it was the Dallas or Houston event), never the less the hunt was to happen this summer. Ten days ago he was informed that his 'bowhunt for a lion' was denied by the regulatory agency that oversees the methods and modes of dangerous game hunts.

Last question - are there any 'mininum draw weight' restrictions, or KE requirements?

See y'all this weekend

RH

Rick, those are some really good questions. Hopefullywe can find out those questions and ad them to the auction. Thanks

Re: the Lion Hunt auction on eBay.......

Yes, bidding needs to be done via eBay and is already open. As I write this though no one has bid on it yet. However, with eBay listings its not unusual for there to be little bidding activity until the last minute. In order to bid on this hunt, an eBay account is required (these are very easy to set up).

If we don't receive any bids on eBay by the time the listing closes at 8:23 Sat night, then we would be free to sell/auction the hunt by other means, so we could open the hunt to bidding among the attendees at the banquet. However if someone really wants to bid on it, doing so thru eBay would be the best strategy.

As for the questions about doing the hunt as a bowhunt, we will check on that and post any clarifications ASAP......

Muley Hunt
 

I'll be donating a Muley Hunt for those interested. This will be over water out of the one blind I have. My Mom's place is in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains. Here's a pic of one of the bucks we had coming in last year. We never got him. Heck, I didn't get one at all but I guess that's hunting. I haven't checked the pics this year.

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/m...otbh/Mulie.jpg

HWOH & LSBA Team Up!
 

The Lone Star Bowhunters Association will be giving away a bowhunting safari in South Africa to a veteran and Hunt With Our Heroes will be giving the winning veteran a $1000 travel voucher to help cover the airfare!

The hunt will be at Campfornis Safaris in the heart of the Limpopo province. One lucky veteran will win a 7 day (2 travel, 5 hunting) bowhunt; includes 1 impala male, 1 male warthog and 1 female kudu, accommodations including full board, wine, beer and soft drinks, laundry, full service of a PH, staff trackers and skinners, field preparation of trophies, all transportation in hunting area, pick up and drop off at International airport. Must be taken between June and September, 2014. Does not include: International and domestic flights, traveling days, trophy fees for any extra animals shot or wounded, dipping, packing, shipping, taxidermy, air charters and accommodations before and after safari, tips for staff, telephone calls and curios.

Must be present at the banquet to win. Please see Nathan Nelson at the HWOH booth to sign up.

HWOH
http://www.hwoh.org

I'll be donating a Muley Hunt for those interested. This will be over water out of the one blind I have. My Mom's place is in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains. Here's a pic of one of the bucks we had coming in last year. We never got him. Heck, I didn't get one at all but I guess that's hunting. I haven't checked the pics this year.

Sounds like a great hunt

Here is a bit more info from one of our contacts at WLS:

I know for a fact that we've had clients who've hunted lion with us with a bow, so unless anything has changed, there should be no problems obtaining a permit.

I've forwarded the questions to Ricus and as soon as he replies, I'll let you know.