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Rebuttal from Michelle Garcia of Jack Atcheson & Sons, Inc.

Keith Atcheson is away hunting at this time. We saw that Scott DeMars filed a complaint with The Hunting Report concerning his safari in Zimbabwe last year with Russ Broom. Below is the Hunt Questionnaire he filled out for our company upon his return:

Your Name: Scott DeMars Your Address: 865 Bluegrass Dr W, Billings, MT 59106 Tel. 406-652-9356; 406-256-0077. Fax. 406-256-3069 E-mail: demarsdpm@msn.com

Outfitter's Name: Russ Broom Dates Hunted: July 2 - July 11, 2004 Approximate game seen (all species): Kabula - elephant, few buffalo (no mature bulls). Kwekwe - two sable, eland, one wildebeest, many zebra, kudu, impala, baboons, duiker and few warthog.

Were you successful in taking the species you were licensed to take? Buffalo, sable, eland, wildebeest, zebra, impala, baboon.

In your opinion, what are the strongest points of the company you hunted with? Well-organized camps, good PH's and trackers. All details attended to.

The weakest? They seemed not to have previously been aware of the extent of poaching and numbers of squatters in hunting area.

What was your general opinion of your guides? Camps? Very good, couldn't ask for more, good effort and knowledge of hunting and game.

What was your general opinion of the hunt? Please keep in mind the weather, your physical condition, time in the field, trends in game populations, and the species hunted. Game populations were very disappointing. I was very fortunate to take all the animals I did; in general I was pleased with hunt, but could not recommend it for a future hunt.

Which travel agency did you use for your travel arrangements? Were you satisfied with their services? Gracy- excellent. Eleven airplanes used, no problems at all with travel or customs.

What information could we send you concerning future hunts? (Alaska, Africa, Argentina, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Mexico, Canada, Russia, Asia, Australia, New Zealand): Elephant, buffalo, leopard, kudu in Tanzania. Botswana or Namibia, buffalo to Australia. New Zealand.

Please include any additional comments you may have: Elephant appears to be the only good game to hunt at Kabuba Camp. Kwe Kwe has huntable numbers of eland, zebra, impala and kudu only. Poor for sable. Russ Broom Safaris is an excellent outfit, but you must be careful of where you send hunters in Zimbabwe, game seems to be rapidly declining. PHs were surprised at low numbers seen.

My hunter was George Parkin. George is an experienced Zimbabwe professional hunter. Prior to the land invasions, he ran an extremely successful plains game and leopard hunting operation, that hunted in close to 800,000 acres of different ranges throughout Zimbabwe. It was a pleasure to hunt with George again. I had hunted with him three years ago, on a plains game hunt at his ranch. His ranch has subsequently been lost to squatter acitvity. The camp was clean and the food quite good. George is a spectacularly successful leopard hunter and likes to hunt them out of tent blinds (as opposed to tree blinds that are often used in this area). Georges knowledge of game habits and particularly of leopard is quite astounding. If I was to schedule a hunt with Russ Broom, I would certainly ask for George's availability for leopard and all dangerous game. I hope to be able to return again to Zimbabwe and would look forward to hunting with Russ Broom and George Parkin again.

This hunt was booked through Bill Williamson. As usual, Col. Williamson was extremely helpful and detail oriented. I would hesitate to use anyone but Bill Williamson (as his numerous other clients would attest to).

Response From Colonel Bill Williamson

The following is in response to the report filed by Mr. Gordon Campbell on a safari I booked for him with Russ Broom Safaris in Zimbabwe in 2003. This response is from both Russ Broom and Colonel Bill Williamson. It is very unfortunate that Gordon was unsuccessful on his safari and did not take leopard nor an elephant. It is the policy of both Russ Broom Safaris and Fair Chase, Limited that the client is always correct. Therefore, we do not dispute any of the claims made by Mr. Campbell. We both readily admit that we told Mr. Campbell that we believed that he had an excellent chance for both leopard and elephant on this safari. We stand behind that claim. I do feel it is only fair, however, that we point out certain facts. During the 2002 and 2003 seasons, Russ Broom Safaris harvested a total of 26 trophy elephant bulls. Four of them were in excess of 60 pounds a side, the largest being 67 pounds. Twelve were between 50 and 55 pounds, eight between 40 and 50, and two between 35 and 40.

In those same two seasons Russ Broom Safaris also took 24 male leopard with a success rate of about 80 percent. Several of the cats exceeding 180 pounds in weight.

The company also took 96 buffalo bulls in those two seasons, the average size being 38 inches. About a third of the bulls were over 40 inches and two made 48 inches. Company policy is to not to shoot bulls out of the herds which means that many of our buffalo are over their prime and, consequently, their horns are slightly worn down. We feel this is a sound conservation policy that perpetuates our herd estimated by Zimbabwe Parks Department at over 5,000 animals.

Russ Broom Safaris consistently takes some of the best quality trophies in Zimbabwe. Generally the terrain in the concession is quite rugged. The majority of hunting is done on foot with animals being taken at close quarters in thick bush. The hunting is hard but very rewarding due to the consistently high trophy quality that has been taken over the last twelve years.

Mr. Campbell hunted in April, which dependent on the rainy season, is generally one of the best times for both elephant and leopard. Elephant hunting is conducted closer to the native villages at that time of the year because the majority of elephant are crop raiding. We agree with Mr. Campbell that there is not a lot of plains game in the area that he hunted. However, this area represents only a small fraction of our concession. Had Mr. Campbell taken his elephant, or elected to move camps, we would have transferred him to another part of our concession which has no human habitation and a good concentrations of plains game.

Russ Broom Safaris does not guarantee success on elephant although we still maintain that the possibilities are good. In fact we have two elephant in the 60 pound range so far this season (2004, out of four taken to date). Elephant hunting is both challenging, and more often that not rewarding. However, true elephant hunters realize that there is a chance they will go home disappointed especially when looking for an elephant of over fifty pounds. The old African classics indicate that even over a hundred years ago the majority of elephant taken were between 35 and 40 pounds.

Although many clients take both elephant and leopard on a safari it can be difficult hunting. Leopard hunting and elephant hunting are often in direct conflict with each other for both time and territory. We are pleased that Mr. Campbell was satisfied with all other aspects of his safari. It is unfortunate that last year the hunting in the early part of the season was uncharacteristically poor. Later, in the season the hunting turned out to be vey good. This is a fair chase hunt and we, unfortunately, have no control over the movement of game, particularly elephant, at that time of the year. We are dependent on weather and migration patterns much like hunting elk in the Rockies.

Fair Chase, Limited has booked safaris with Russ Broom Safaris for many years, twelve years in the Bonga concession. As this is written, in May 2004, Fair Chase Limited has already had four repeat parties of clients hunting with the Brooms this season, two of which also hunted in with the Brooms 2003. Two of the parties are still in the field while the first two parties took two elephant and a good Tom leopard. The Brooms have taken a total of four leopard so far in 2004.

No one is more disappointed than Russ Broom or Bill Williamson when a safari does not go as planned. With Gordon Campbell it is was particularly disappointing as he had told us he had hunted Zimbabwe three times previously without taking an elephant or leopard.

We are still offering Mr. Campbell a replacement hunt this year, or in the future, should he wish to consider it. Our goal is to satisfy Mr. Campbell's desire to take an elephant and leopard, and have a good safari. Unfortunately, our correspondence seems to have broken down. Incidentally, if Mr. Campbell was at the SCI convention, neither Russ Broom nor Bill Williamson were aware he was there.

This report was compiled by both Russ Broom, Russ Broom Safaris and Colonel Bill Williamson, Fair Chase Limited, and represents our joint response to Mr. Campbell's report.

Colonel Bill Williamson For Russ Broom Safaris and Fair Chase, Ltd