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I have had some clients and some people who are not say,“I don’t know why you would want to shoot one of those”This comment normally comes out when discussing a big cat, a zebra (Equus quagga) or more often than not a giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis).On average I hunt two a season with clients. Not allContinue reading “There are some animals which people have an issue with hunting.”

It was a Friday evening and we were sat in the bar enjoying a couple of drinks. We live in an area where the main agricultural practice is sheep and goat farming so the conversation quickly took the line of how things were going in farming. One of the guys in the group has notContinue reading “Lamb killer in the Karoo”

I have hunted for many years now both on my own and with clients. Some of them young with the possibility of many more safaris to come and others are older and nearing the end of their safari history. Some of the hunts I like the most are with children or even just newcomers toContinue reading “IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT YOU SHOOTING SOMETHING YOURSELF”

Many of the clients who come over to Africa to hunt just want to hunt. Others on the other hand want to experience some of the other activities that Africa has to offer. Being located in the Eastern Cape of the country we have around 800km’s of picturesque coastline. This is quite a pull toContinue reading “What else is there to do?”

The hunt was booked. I saw the wish list which made me check twice.It was a varied request which you don’t often come across. This client was definitely not on his first safari to Africa.Mostly you see game such as cape kudu, gemsbok, impala etc. on the list. This was far away from those regularContinue reading “Hunting from the coast to the mountains”

Many of the people that I hunt with tell me that this is the hunt of a life time and that they have dreamt of this day since they were in their teens. I am of course talking about clients coming to South Africa and hunting here. Whether it be for plains game or forContinue reading “Film or not to film?”

After you have been to Africa hunting a couple of times and shot quite a few of the plains game species, the next step is to move up to bigger things. These being your move to the big five or dangerous game. Elephant (Elephantidae), rhino (Ceratotherium simum), lion (Pantera leo), leopard (Pantera pardus) and probablyContinue reading “Buffalo at last light”

The day started with myself and a good client heading up the mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in search of an eland bull. We had already bagged one fantastic trophy on this hunt but eland was to the client a special animal and if he could, he would hunt them every dayContinue reading “Expect the unexpected.”

There is always the debate over whose type of hunting is better. In the end we are all hunting and as long as it legal we should not criticize another as we have enough anti hunters to deal with.Some people try the traditional muzzle loader while others use a bow and arrow. I like toContinue reading “How far can you shoot?”

It’s not always what you shoot on a safari which is the highlight. Sometimes it’s what you find. My greatest find was something I regard to be my best hunting experience ever. It wasn’t a 50 inch kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) bull or a super hard old buffalo (Syncerus caffer) but a wall of history andContinue reading “Bushman cave paintings”