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Scam Alert! (And how to protect yourself)

Africa / BookYourHunt / News

No hunter that used BookYourHunt.com ever fell victim to online crime. And yet we feel compelled to offer a few tips on how not to lose your money to scammers

A Few Thoughts on Hunting with Night Sights

Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

Can technology turn night into day?

Uzbekistan: A New Destination on BookYourHunt.com Map

BookYourHunt / News / Hunting is Conservation / Asia

BookYourHunt.com is proud to announce the addition of a new destination – Uzbekistan. The country may not be your first association with “mountain hunting”, but with unique endemic species and a set of conditions that ensures great trophies, it has to be on every hardcore mountain hunter’s bucket list.

PH carrying a harvested antelope on his shoulders

Adventure at Karrekloof. By James Reed

Hunting Stories / Africa / BookYourHunt

Karreekloof has been converted, in just three years, from a livestock farm to a 105,000-acre game reserve with more than 6,000 wild animals, including both black and white rhinoceros, thus creating one of the leading self-sustaining conservation models in Africa and a true rhino sanctuary.

Elk Hunting in Colorado: What you need to know

BookYourHunt / Hunting Tips and Techniques

This post answers the most common questions that prospective hunters may have about elk hunting in Colorado, including but not limited to OTC elk tag options, best elk units, best time for hunting, choosing an outfitter and and other tips.

A lonely figure of a hunter in the mountains

BookYourHunt.com Gear List: 1. Mountain Hunt in North America

Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

“What should I pack for my hunt?” This question may challenge even experienced hunters who are planning to break into new territories, to say nothing of those who are only making their first steps afield. To help answer it, here is a generic list of hunting gear for a North American mountain hunt, composed by James Reed.

Hunt, Not Harass: 3 reasons why put a suppressor on your rifle

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt / Europe

Do silencers have a place in the hunting field? Peter Ruddle answers the most common questions about hunting with a sound moderated rifle.

Yucatan: Adventure in the Land of the Maya

Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

The cradle of the Maya civilization, the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, is full of exotic plants, big, brightly colored birds and small, secretive animals that dwell under the canopy of the rainforest. A trip to the Yucatan is more than a hunt, it’s an adventure!

James Reed returning from a hunt in Alaska

Skookum Rams of the Brooks Range. By James Reed

BookYourHunt / Hunting Stories

It’s been a long time since we posted a story by James Reed. In the meanwhile, the BookYourHunt.com Director for North America has been on yet another dream hunt.

Planning Your First Hunt in Africa: Preparation

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

In the final part of the series on planning your first hunt in Africa, Peter Ruddle covers perhaps the most important aspect of preparation: the hunter. What are the basic requirements to physical shape and rifle shooting skills?

Poaching: Understanding the Threat

BookYourHunt / Hunting is Conservation / Africa

Illegal harvest is a major threat for many species. This post examines the different motivations for people to become poachers, from hunting violations to subsistence, protest, status, problem animal, and organized poaching.

Meat Hunts

Africa / BookYourHunt

Meat! This is the most important result of any hunt. In fact, every hunt is a meat hunt: the animals that are harvested during a ‘trophy’ hunt are always utilized, one way or another. This post explains what is “meat hunt” from the point of view of the hunting industry.