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Kitzrettung: How German Hunters Save Fawns from Mowers

Roe deer does leave their fawns hidden in the grass fields and meadows, and farmers during hay-cutting season, against their will, kill dozens of them. To prevent those deaths, German farmers and hunters use a number of methods, known as “Kitzrettung” (“Save-a-Fawn”).

Wolf in Western Europe: Is There a Place for the Predator

Generally, the majority of the mostly urban European population is enthusiastic about the wolf. Among the anthropogenic and raffinate European environment, the wolf represents some fresh, primordial, savage wilderness: The Return of True Nature. But rural population, obviously, is not amused.

Why are Eastern Turkey Numbers Declining (and can hunters do anything about it)?

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The populations of the Eastern Turkey are on the decline across most of its range. Admittedly, this is nothing like

Africa’s Conservation Model Under Threat

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The West needs to heed the voices of Africans calling for a sound understanding of Africa’s sustainable utilisation conservation policies and look beyond the emotional rhetoric before it is too late.

Hunting as a Wildlife Management Tool. By Cleve Cheney

Africa / Hunting is Conservation

There are very few natural habitats left in the world big enough to allow nature to regulate wildlife populations without any intervention from man. Even South Africa’s biggest national parks are too small to allow for this to happen. Smaller parks and private conservation areas may also not be afforded the luxury of a laissez-faire (“hands off – let nature take its course”) management approach.

The process of measurement of a hunting trophy

Beat a Ban: Is 3D printing an option for trophy import restrictions?

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by Peter Ruddle At the outset let it be stated that BookYourHunt.com supports the legal, responsible, sustainable utilisation of wildlife

A hunter and a scull of an antelope dead of natural courses

Sell the Experience: How to Take the Hunting Industry to the XXII Century

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For years if not decades the hunting industry in many countries, especially in Africa, relied on the so-called “trophy hunting”.

Hunting Associations of South Africa

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The majority of South African Professional Hunters belong to one or more of three main hunting associations operating in South Africa. Many of these Professional Hunters are also members of Wild Ranching South Africa which is not a hunting association but plays a very important role supporting role to this industry.

What We Do In Africa

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What does the hunting industry do to Africa? Protecting species and habitats, generating income, creating jobs, and even fighting climate change. That’s what we do.

Uzbekistan: A New Destination on BookYourHunt.com Map

Asia / BookYourHunt / Hunting is Conservation / News

BookYourHunt.com is proud to announce the addition of a new destination – Uzbekistan. The country may not be your first association with “mountain hunting”, but with unique endemic species and a set of conditions that ensures great trophies, it has to be on every hardcore mountain hunter’s bucket list.

Botswana’s Elephant Crisis

Africa / Hunting is Conservation

Botswana’s decision to lift the safari hunting ban has caused a lot of controversy. This post explores the reasons for human-elephant conflict in Botswana, and argues that trophy hunting is, at least at present, the optimal solution.

Poaching: Understanding the Threat

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Illegal harvest is a major threat for many species. This post examines the different motivations for people to become poachers, from hunting violations to subsistence, protest, status, problem animal, and organized poaching.