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.
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Horseback Hunting in the KwaZulu-Natal Mountains. By Willem du Plessis
The bull turned one more time and looked straight at me. It was now or never. I got my breathing under control, aimed the small copper bead dead on, and started squeezing the trigger. The 570 gr Barnes hit him like a ton of cement and he dropped instantly. I looked at my friend next to me and he confirmed the kill without saying much … A 140 m kill shot with my favourite rifle – that had just happened!
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Adventure at Karrekloof. By James Reed
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.
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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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