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To Africa with Guns: All You Need to Know About Bringing in the Firearms for Your Safari

Learn the temporary import rules for hunting guns in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

The Most Authentic and Adventurous Hunting Experience: My Cape Buffalo Hunt in Zimbabwe

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This is a story of a Cape buffalo and plains game hunt in Zimbabwe that Harri Rissanen found and booked on BookYourHunt.com, told in his own words.

Hunting in Zimbabwe: Legal Aspects, Tourism Attractions, and Professional Associations

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There’s much more to hunting than pulling the trigger, especially when traveling to a foreign country. It’s essential to be aware of and comply with the laws and regulations. On the other hand, you may some of the tourist attractions and splendors.

Hunting in Zimbabwe: Where, When and What to Hunt

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

The safari industry in Zimbabwe is well regulated and many impoverished local communities rely on the income derived from hunting to improve their livelihoods. An added benefit is poaching decreases as local communities receive financial benefits and protein from donated hunted trophy meat.

1001 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Hunt in Africa: Part 4

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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series 1001 Questions about Hunting in Africa

Part 4 of the “1001 Questions” series deals with questions about health, medicine and insurance policies, money and payments, as well as various odds and ends related to camp and lodge life.

1001 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Hunt in Africa: Part 3

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series 1001 Questions about Hunting in Africa

By Peter Ruddle This is the third post in our “1001 Questions”. Part 1 covered general questions of safari booking,

Giraffe and Giraffe Hunting in South Africa

Hunting Tips and Techniques / Africa

It is not surprising that where Giraffes have an economic value they are preserved to such an extent that overpopulation now occurs in some areas. Giraffes are not a popularly hunted trophy species.

Leopard and Leopard Hunting in Africa. Part II: Hunting tips

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

If there’s one thing that is for sure with Leopard hunts, it is there are no guarantees that you are even going to even see a Leopard even though your PH may try every trick in the book to get a suitable animal on bait. Leopard hunting is like chess, a mind game where you are always trying to out manoeuvre your opponent, in this case “Mr Spots”.

Nyala and Nyala Hunting in Southern Africa

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

The English naturalist, George French Angas first described the Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in 1849, on the shores of Lake St Lucia in Zululand (South Africa), calling it the “Angas Bushbuck”. Hence the origin of its scientific name while its common name came from the Zulu (African tribe) word “Inyala”. That is why today you most commonly hear professional hunters pronounce the word Inyala instead of Nyala as spelt. The name Inyala when translated from Zulu means the “shifty one”, a fitting description for such an elusive species.

The Prince of the River. By Malcolm McDonald

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I guess it is safe to say that every hunter, during his lifetime of hunting adventures, will face a particular species and have a similar experience. In my particular situation I would say that I was lucky rather than good, and that I was in the right place at the right time. I have certainly been most fortunate to have taken some spectacular specimens. Taking the Chobe bushbuck still remains a challenging hunt and an exhilarating experience for me, as this animal truly is “the prince of the river”.

Kudu and Kudu Hunting in Africa

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques / BookYourHunt

This impressive animal with massive and very distinctive corkscrew-like horns derives its name from Khoikhoi, an indigenous ethnic group closely related to the San (Bushman) people of Africa. Like elk hunting in the United States, Kudu attracts trophy and meat hunters alike, and is topping every first time African hunter’s wish list.

Suni Hunting in Southern and Eastern Africa

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A member of the “Tiny 10”, this small antelope stands 12-17 inches high at the shoulder and weighs 10-12 pounds (4.5-5kgs). A dainty little specialty animal normally only hunted by the true collectors who are probably African hunting veterans by the time they decide to shoot one.