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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‘Gator and Croc
This post covers the difference between alligators and crocodiles from a hunter’s perspecitive: how to hunt alligator and how to hunt crocodile, how much does it cost, etc., in addition to the basic data about biology, appearance, distribution, etc. And yes, you meet one later, and the other after a while, the alligator and crocodile joke.
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Hunting for the Perfect Hunt: A personal touch
Most hunters have a bucket list of hunts they want to do, empty spots on their virtual trophy walls, animals
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Two Days Deer Stalking in Britain, by Dom Moore
Hunting is often perceived as something prohibitively expensive. It may well be true for some ‘shoots’, but there are also countless opportunities to hunt on the British Isles on a tight budget. This is a story about an affordable deer stalking cull hunt as told by the happy hunter
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The New Year Message: Do Not Repeat Our Mistakes!
The year 2018 was a good one for BookYourHunt.com. Passed a 3 year watershed, improved every KPI, introduced many new awesome features, inlcuding the gift card. In the new year, we wish you spend more time hunting and more time with your family – and the convenient and money-saving online marketplace BookYourHunt.com is there to help you.
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7 Steps to Adventure: Buying and Using the BookYourHunt.com Gift Card
What gift can be greater than the gift of the outdoors, and this gift card is the key to over 4000 hunting trips worldwide, directly from trusted outfitters at no extra cost. Here you will find detailed information on how to order a BookYourHunt.com gift card, and how to use it to pay for your hunting adventure.
For friends, family, husband, wife, child, boss, business partner, if the person is a passionate hunter, you’ll have the present problem sorted out for ever. For Christmas, New Year, birthday, anniversary, retirement, graduation, or any other occasion BookYourHunt.com gift card is the best present a hunter can get!
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