Trophy hunters have been wrongfully accused of driving the world’s wildlife to extinction ever since Europeans began to travel to
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Let’s Talk about our Feelings: The Ban on Trophy Hunting for Grizzlies in British Columbia.
Dear well-intentioned people who supported the ban on trophy hunting for grizzlies in British Columbia, If you really care about
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All said and done: What’s the bottom line for an average South African hunt?
It can be hard for a beginner to calculate a budget for an African hunting adventure. Some of the prices
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Cats, Dogs and Mixed Emotions: Hunting Mountain Lions with Hounds.
You will be thrilled. You will be shaken and stirred. As the guide opens the cages, and the dogs jump
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Two Dianas in Somaliland: The First Lion Hunt.
Back when the word “safari” hadn’t entered the sporting lexicon, the British had “shooting trips” – and some of these
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The Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, or, Why is there no hunting in India?
For a Throwback Thursday, we’ll roll the time back 110 year ago, when India was a big-game hunter’s heaven on
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Why Take a Child Hunting?
Because hunting is not just a tradition, it goes beyond and deeper into our essence. We’re not genetically programmed to spin, or to burn witches for that matter. But we’re programmed to hunt.
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How Hunters Saved Markhor in Tajikistan
The story of a successful community-based conservation program that increased the herds of the Bukhara markhor and other mountain game in Tajikistan.
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Most Dangerous Animals
The spring of 2017 rudely reminded the hunting community why “dangerous game” is called dangerous, as two prominent PHs lost
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A Perfect Elk Hunt
The hair on the back of my neck was standing on end. We were completely surrounded by a frenzy of
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Come together: How to combine hunting and a family vacation.
In the modern world, there are many kinds of families. There are families where none of the spouses hunts (but
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How to Survive High-Volume Dove Shooting in Argentina.
Argentina is the wingshooter’s paradise. For a devoted bird hunter, “Cordoba” is not “a town in Spain”, but “doves galore”;
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