A 44 Magnum owned by one of the survey respondents

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

Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

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”.

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Hello, 2021, Goodbye, 2020! 

BookYourHunt / News

It’s hard to argue the year 2020 was bad, but each of us can look back and find not only things that went wrong, but also things to be grateful for. It taught us a number of important lessons, such as the value of the essentials – including hunting. And, while 2021 isn’t going to be all bed of roses either, BookYourHunt.com remains optimistic. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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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.

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