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Game Capturing

The following services are offered by AWA Game Capturers:

AWA Game Captures specializes in the capturing of wildlife and game and the transportation of Rare, Exotic & Plains Game species. AWA Game Capturers and its partners are also involved in Exotic Game Breeding Projects and thus fully understand the stress and strain not only for the game in transit but for the Buyers/Sellers during transportation.

AWA Game Capture can assist you with the capture, relocation and transport of game and wildlife anywhere in South Africa.

The capturing of game/wildlife is done in conjunction with a select team of veterinarians and experienced helicopter services. AWA Game Capture supplies and installs the game-capturing nets at the farm of the client and then makes use of experienced and qualified veterinarians and helicopter services during our game-capturing services. Clients can also select to use their own veterinarians and/or helicopter services during the game-capturing program.

We pride ourselves in the professional transportation of your exotic game with experienced staff who are very knowledgeable. We offer continuous communication from commencement to the desired destination that will put even the restless at ease.

We are fortunate to be able to transport a wide variety of game from the smallest antelope to buffalo. Our services are available country-wide, with our offices based in Vaalwater at the African Wildlife Auctions Game Pens.

Game Capturing Services

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Mass Capture

  • Capturing & moving large quantities of game
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Profit Sharing

  • A great solution for the game farmer
  • Available options:
    • 70% / 30%
    • 60% / 40%
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Purchase of Game On Veldt

  • Buying game directly from the farmer with upfront payment
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Capture Only

  • Capturing & relocating animals to farmers requirements
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Auctions

  • Offering Auction options in conjunction with African Wildlife Auctions
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Sorting of Camps

  • Capturing & sorting of small breeding camps
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Customised Solutions

  • AWAGC looks at all aspects of capture en offer customised solutions to best suit the farmers needs
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Specialised Transport

  • Specialising in the transport all plains game.
  • We do not accommodate for Elephant or Rhino but can help source the correct transport for your needs.
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Relocation

  • Moving of game from one farm to another.
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Ground Team

  • Specialised team with vehicle and equipment for the loading of darted animals
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Giraffe Capture & Relocation

  • Ranging from chemical capture to mass capture, AWAGC has a trained team and equipment for the capture and relocation of various giraffe quantities
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Helicopter Services

  • Proudly in partnership with West Dunes Aviation for all your helicopter services
    • Game Counts
    • Darting
    • Culling
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Permits

We can help you with all Permits:

    • Capture
    • Transport out of season (limited amounts)
    • Import
    • Export
    • TOPS Transport

Game Capturing Costs

Game Capturing Cost Only

To prepare a quote for this option the user need the following information available:

  • Farm name/quote name.
  • The Province of farm situate.
  • Town of the farm.
  • Size of farm in hectares.
  • Terrain description applicable to farm.
  • Distance from farm to game pens/boma’s in Vaalwater in kilometres.
  • Estimate game quantities on the farm in numbers.
This option is based on the cost of capturing the game which include the following:
  • Daily fee for setting up the game capturing Boma.
  • Hourly rate for the helicopter.
  • Veterinarian cost for darting game.
  • Transport of game to the boma’s in Vaalwater.
  • The only variable cost in the quotation is the helicopter cost based on the hours required to do the game capturing. Depending on the helicopter hours, the cost will be adjusted.
  • The cost payable for the game capturing is payable on the last day of the game capturing.
Pricing for the game is based on “pricing on the veldt”

To prepare a quote for this options the user need the following information available:

  • Farm name.
  • List of species on the farm plus estimate quantities.
  • Specie name(example Impala).
  • Specie category(example Female, Male or Family Group.
  • Number of animals per specie per category.
The user then input the data into the quoting system
  • The user creates a quote based on “pricing on the veld.
  • Price offers on the veldt are notorious substantially lower than market pricing as the cost of the capturing and transport is on the account of the buyer. The risk of all animals also resides on the buyer when the animals are loaded on the transport vehicles for transport to the auction’s boma or clients. These pricing offer are for clients who do not want to take any risk  and wants payments for his game as they are loaded on the farm.
  • Payment for game pricing on the veldt will be based on animals loaded on the transport vehicles at the end of the game capture.
Pricing for game based on a profit sharing principle(60% and 40% respectively)

The profit is shared on the proceeds of the auction held for the specific game based of the following percentages:

  • 40% of the proceeds of all game sold on the auction are due to African Wildlife Auctions and AWA Game Capturers.
  • 60% of the proceeds of all game sold on the auction are due to the game farm owner.
  • The game farm owner shares 65% of the upside of the game’s prices achieved during the auction.
  • To prepare a quote for this option the user needs the following information available:
  • Farm name/quote name.
  • The Province of farm.
  • The town of the farm.
  • Size of farm in hectares.
  • Terrain description applies to farms.
  • Distance from farm to game pens/bomas in Vaalwater in kilometres.
  • Estimate game quantities on a farm in numbers.
  • List of species on the farm plus estimated quantities.
  • Specie name(example Impala).
  • Specie category(for example Female, Male or Family Group).
  • Number of animals per species per category.

This quotation is based on the principle that all game captured are sold on auction at African Wildlife Auctions’s boma in Vaalwater.  The responsibility for capturing the game, transport to the boma and all auction costs are the responsibility of African Wildlife Auctions and AW Game Capturers. All costs related to the auction from the feeding in boma to catalogue preparing and marketing of the auctions is all the responsibility of African Wildlife Auctions and AWA Game Capturers. The game farm owner or seller nets 60% of the return of the game sold on auction with no other cost payable at all by the seller or game farm owner.

  • Payment of the 60% will be made to the seller or game farm owner within 7 days after the auction.

Pricing for game based on a profit sharing principle (70% and 30% respectively)

The profit is shared on the proceeds of the auction held for the specific game based of the following percentages:

  • 30% of the proceeds of all game sold on the auction are due to African Wildlife Auctions and AWA Safrican Game Capturers.
  • 70% of the proceeds of all game sold on the auction are due to the game farm owner.
  • The game farm owner shares 70% of the upside of the game prices achieved during the auction. For game prices achieved during 2014 at African Wildlife Auctions auction’s go to wildlifeauctions.co.za and go to the Information and Articles tab. These prices are substantially higher than the pricing offered for the game on the Veldt.

The game farm owner or seller is responsible for the payment of the helicopter fees during the game captures. The helicopter cost is additional to the seller or Game farm owner’s cost and this is the only difference between the 70% and 30% profit sharing principle and this quoting principle.

All other principles are 100% similar except for the helicopter cost for the period required to capture the game.

The four different quoting options are designed to give flexible solutions to the seller or game farm owner and also allow them to decide what risk and reward they are prepared to take to maximize their return. No other industry player is offering these solutions and these different offerings are a first for the wildlife and game industry.

Contact Us

Amanda Du Toit

Cellphone: +27 78 891 5129

Email: amanda.dutoit@awla.co.za