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With Hounds after Black Bear: A Conversation with an Outfitter

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Pursuit of black bears with packs of hounds is a classic American hunt. These days, you don’t get many opportunities

What on Earth is “Veld”?

Veld, also spelt veldt, is a word from Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch colonists in South Africa. This word is used to describe a wide open grassland landscape.

Hunting in Maine

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Maine was one of the first destinations for hunting and fishing tourism in the USA, and remains a great choice for residents of large East Coast urban areas even today.

Hunting 101: What do I need to start?

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Let’s make a couple of assumptions here. Statistically, you’re probably a middle-class professional from an urbanized place, such as New York, just bordering in age from “young” to “new young”. This is the group of people that usually struggle when they want to take up hunting,

Blesbok and Blesbok Hunting

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Blesbok, or Blesbuck, is one of the most popular antelopes with hunters in South Africa. However, harvesting this dweller of open spaces is not easy.

A 44 Magnum owned by one of the survey respondents

Handguns in the Backcountry: What, when, and why professional guides carry, and should you?

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100% of hunting guides who responded to our survey find a handgun useful for their guiding duties. More than half carry a pistol wherever and whenever they legally can. About a third said they carry a handgun in the course of their guiding duties only when they are not carrying a long arm, e.g. during archery hunts or fishing, and a tiny minority packs a handgun “usually, but not always”.

Impala Hunting in Southern and Eastern Africa

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Impala is often referred to as the McDonald’s of the African Bushveld, because it is the most commonly killed prey animal for every predator from large eagles and pythons to humans, and also due to a conspicuous black ‘M” shaped mark on their backside.

Some Outlook for the 2021 Spring Turkey Season

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A brief outlook and essential information about the 2021 spring turkey hunting season. What’s the best state for gobblers, populations, season dates and more

Elk Hunting in Idaho: What you need to know

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General non-resident elk and deer licenses for the 2021 hunting season go on sale December 1, 2020, and if you want to get one of those, you literally don’t have a minute to lose.

Moose Hunting in the Lower 48: Problems and Opportunities

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The Lower 48 have hardly been on top of anyone’s moose hunting destination list – until COVID-19 and related travel bans made many Americans look more closely at hunting opportunities at home.

So, what can the heart of the USA offer to an aspiring moose hunter?

Giraffe and Giraffe Hunting in South Africa

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It is not surprising that where Giraffes have an economic value they are preserved to such an extent that overpopulation now occurs in some areas. Giraffes are not a popularly hunted trophy species.

Leopard and Leopard Hunting in Africa. Part II: Hunting tips

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If there’s one thing that is for sure with Leopard hunts, it is there are no guarantees that you are even going to even see a Leopard even though your PH may try every trick in the book to get a suitable animal on bait. Leopard hunting is like chess, a mind game where you are always trying to out manoeuvre your opponent, in this case “Mr Spots”.