“I want to hunt in Africa, but I really don’t want to hunt game behind a fence.” This is a common statement I hear from hunters who are considering a trip to southern Africa for plains game. I used to feel the same way.
Continue reading
Tag: hunting
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.
Continue reading
The First Safari Book: Cornwallis Harris’s “Wild Sports of Southern Africa”
Many a page in the “Wild Sports of Southern Africa” may seem appaling for modern readers, both for the blatant racism and for hunting practices described. However, it is a document of an epoch, and inspired many later hunters and explorers. Here we reproduce an abstract from it.
Continue reading
Hunting 101: What do I need to start?
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,
Continue reading
2021 Heads Up: Draw Applications, OTC Tags and Preference Points for Most Popular Western States
The world of limited draw, application dates, preference points, and alternative over-the-counter options in the USA is so wide and various that a comprehensive review for any given year could easily fill a 1,000-page volume. In this post, we’ll give a brief overlook on a non-resident hunter’s prospects of hunting in the most popular states in the West.
Continue reading
Blesbok and Blesbok Hunting
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.
Continue reading
Handguns in the Backcountry: What, when, and why professional guides carry, and should you?
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”.
Continue reading
Americans and Travel to South Africa
America is still the Land of the Free. Many nations close or limit travel opportunities to their citizens these days.
Continue reading
Impala Hunting in Southern and Eastern Africa
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.
Continue reading
Africa’s Conservation Model Under Threat
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.
Continue reading
BookYourHunt.com Online Hunting Show 2021
BookYourHunt.com virtual hunting show can’t offer you eye-to-eye communication, meeting of old friends, and the latest guns and gear. But it brings you, to the comfort of your home, the essential part of any hunting show ever: The best deals from the most trusted outfitters worldwide!
Continue reading
Hunting Prices in South Africa: Book your hunt early in 2021 to avoid disappointment
Shop wisely, stipulate a “COVID clause” for rescheduling the hunt in case of an unforeseen travel ban, but shop early and book your hunt now.
Continue reading