In the USA, as an out of state hunter or fisherman, you pay a higher license fee than a local
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Category: BookYourHunt
Oops, We Did It Again!
BookYourHunt.com, the online marketplace for hunting trips, celebrates its 4th birthday. For four years the marketplace has been a successful rendezvous point for hunters and outfitters. With such new features as gift cards, landowners’ programs, and opening regional offices in Africa and Europe, BookYourHunt.com is looking forward to another successful year.
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BookYourHunt Africa: Opening New Horizons
Hunting on the southern end of the African continent has always been about moving forward to new horizons: long treks to uncharted areas in ox-drawn wagons in the XVI-XIX centuries; creating flourishing hunting grounds on lands that seemed to be hopelessly ‘civilized’ in the XXth. Now, as the African hunting industry breaks into the digital age, BookYourHunt.com is moving on to create a dedicated African office. Powered by exceptionally competent staff, with immense hands-on experience and local knowledge, it will help you find the best and most affordable hunting opportunities – including some you never knew existed!
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Bowhunting in Russia? Not yet! (UPD: Now you can)
While the headlines “Russian Parliament legalizes bowhunting” sound refreshingly positive, there’s still a long way to go before Pope & Young register the first Russian bowhunting trophy. Sign up for our social media pages and the blog updates – when bowhunting in Russia becomes actually legal, and outfitters start offering genuine trips, we’ll be the first to report on it!
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South Africa’s Top 5: Are you ready for the challenge?
Impala, Warthog, Springbok, Kudu and Blesbuck are the Top 5 most popular animals to hunt in South Africa. Are you ready for the challenge of hunting them all?
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Why Don’t Americans Use Over/Unders for Turkey Hunting?
Compact action, instant second shot, and choice of different chokes or loads, over/under shotguns seem to be tailor made for turkey hunting. Why do American hunters prefer repeaters?
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Good Times, Bad Times: Springbok hunting in Gordon-Cumming’s “Five Years in South Africa” and today
“The springbok is so termed by the colonists on account of its peculiar habit of springing or taking extraordinary bounds, rising to an incredible height in the air, when pursued”, wrote Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming in “Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in the Far Interior of South Africa”. The graceful antelope that has become the symbol of South Africa once covered the plains with its innumerable herds. Today it is mostly found on game farms, hunting concessions, national parks and protected areas, and the impressive “trek-bokken” is but a memory of times gone by. But are the good times of springbok hunting then or now?
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Why Does the Zebra Have the Stripes?
The skin of the zebra is one of the most popular trophies that hunters bring home from African safaris. Whether you use it as a carpet on the wall or a rug on the floor, or make a more original taxidermy out of it, the striking black-and-white skin can’t help but stir your curiosity. The old question “Is zebra white with black stripes or black with white stripes?” has been positively answered. Zebra embryos start out black (or brown), and the white color appears later, so zebra is black with white stripes. But why do they need the stripes in the first place?
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Africa’s Number One: Impala
According to a 2016 survey, Impala is the most popular trophy with international hunters in South Africa. This blog post tries to identify the secret of the species’ success.
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Small Felines. Part II: Africa
Felines are perhaps the most successful predators among mammals. This post covers small felines of Africa: Caracal, Serval, and African Wild Cat.
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A Poor Man’s Buffalo? Wildebeest and Wildebeest Hunting
Wildebeest, or Gnu, is one of the most recognizeable African antelopes. Nicknamed “a poor man’s buffalo” for similar appearance and tougness, various subspecies of the animal attract hunters to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana
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Small Felines. Part I: Genus Lynx
Felines have historically carried a strong emotional significance to us humans. Paradoxically, the yellow and black spots of a leopard act as a sign of danger, while the purr of a domestic cat is one of the most pacifying sounds in existence. You simply can’t remain neutral to feline hunting. For some, just the very idea of killing a leopard or lion is a sacrilege. For others, it’s a lifetime dream. But big cats (with the possible exception of the cougar) are something that is very distant, both geographically and financially, for most hunters. How about smaller felines – Lynx and Bobcat?
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