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Color Phases and Color Variants in Game Animals: What you need to know

Discover the fascinating world of color phase animals in North America and Africa, from black bears to golden wildebeest. Explore their origins, value, and conservation.

Impala Hunting in Southern and Eastern Africa

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

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.

Hunting Prices in South Africa: Book your hunt early in 2021 to avoid disappointment

Africa / BookYourHunt

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.

Botswana’s Elephant Crisis

Africa / Hunting is Conservation

Botswana’s decision to lift the safari hunting ban has caused a lot of controversy. This post explores the reasons for human-elephant conflict in Botswana, and argues that trophy hunting is, at least at present, the optimal solution.

What Kudu Is That? (Cape, Southern Greater, or… ?)

Africa / BookYourHunt

Is the Kudu you just hunted really an Eastern Cape Kudu because of its location or was it a transplanted genetically engineered animal? When will DNA sampling become a prerequisite for anyone wishing to enter a trophy into the record book?