Unique African Ceramic Art
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Unique African Ceramic Art For over 30 years Ardmore Ceramics has transformed the South African art scene by bringing together fundamental western ceramic techniques and the raw creative talent from Kwa-Zulu Natal. Working as the...
Facing Down (a different) Fear… a South African Chippendale in Reno
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Facing Down (a different) Fear… a South African Chippendale in Reno The Naked Truth at Harrah’s 2019 as related by Joe da Silva I have been in the hunting industry for over 30 years and I have been in many different dangerous...
Waterfowling Africa Style- Size Matters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Waterfowling Africa Style- Size Matters In the big-game hunting world there’s a loose conglomeration of species collectively referred to as “charismatic megafauna.” These are the animals with special appeal, typically because of...
Choosing The Right Knife For Your South African Hunting Trip
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Choosing The Right Knife For Your South African Hunting Trip Ripe with plenty of outdoor adventures and thrilling hunting experiences, 70% of land in South Africa is used for wildlife conservation, with the other 30% being...
Krieghoff K-20 Victoria
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Krieghoff K-20 Victoria Ask any woman about the challenges of clays shooting, and most will land quickly on the paucity of shotguns designed specifically to meet their needs and expectations. Krieghoff has addressed that challenge...
Cloete Hepburn – A true man of the bush
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cloete Hepburn – A true man of the bush PH Question & Answer: African Hunting Gazette: When and where were you born? Cloete Hepburn: I was born Johannes Marthunes Cloete 1971 in Heidelberg, RSA in the Transvaal Province...
The Legendary Magnum Mauser Action
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Legendary Magnum Mauser Action As far as bolt-actions intended for dangerous game are concerned, the famed M98 Magnum Mauser is without doubt the most famous. It is most often associated with classy British rifles with the names...
Ostrich Jewelry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The largest, the fastest running and arguably one of the most unique birds on the planet – the Ostrich – is a hardy, resilient, yet magnificent regal creature which stands nine feet tall. Distinctly African, it is distinctly linked...
African Cats
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] African Cats The world of cartridges has now reached a degree of madness that defies belief. Barely a month goes by that one company or another does not introduce a new “factory” round — most of them merely duplicating what already...
Small Sizes Count!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Small Sizes Count! By Mike Arnold “You have just taken one of the Tiny Ten,” said Arnold. “What is that?” I asked, somewhat disinterested. My PH Arnold Claasson and I were traveling back from our vaalie hunt in the mountains near...
Dangerous-game Hunting – not just for “Real Men”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dangerous-game Hunting - not just for “Real Men” By Bill Head Uninitiated Americans often see African adventure through images of fictionalized rough and dirty “Real Men” like John Wayne (Hatari) or Robert Redford (Out of...
Mozambique Búfalo!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mozambique Búfalo! By Vance Squires In October 2017, I got an offer for an all-inclusive hunt for free-range Cape buffalo in Mozambique. The old-fashioned, one-on-one, track, stalk and hunt in the bush. I had originally met Roche...
Tanzanian Chui
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tanzanian Chui By T.J. Schwanky The plan was perfect; we’d slipped into the blind during the pre-dawn darkness with minimal fuss and now all we had to do was wait for the sun to rise. The big male leopard had been showing up on the...
Sharp Eyes: Springbok, Impala – and a Bushman!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sharp Eyes: Springbok, Impala – and a Bushman! by Archie Landals I am sitting at my computer on a cold Canadian winter’s day trying to recall every minute of our first African hunt. I am inspired by the pictures of our African...
“Did you hear the Oxpecker?”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Did you hear the Oxpecker?” by Brian Gallup We were in the bush with good men tracking the most dangerous animal in the world to hunt - the Cape buffalo. Though Sandy and I were soaked with sweat, we loved every minute of it. Our...
A Matter of Stripes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The zebra is Africa’s most recognizable animal, requiring no description. Although related to both horses and asses and of the same Equus genera, the zebra is found only on the African continent, and evidence that it existed...
Bergzicht Game Lodge: Trophy meat gets utilized in every sense of the word.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bergzicht Game Lodge: Trophy meat gets utilized in every sense of the word. Here are a few facts to keep in mind when trophy hunters visit Bergzicht Game Lodge. We also like to invite outsiders to enlighten them and learn about our...
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News from Makadi Safaris – Namibia
News from Makadi Safaris - Namibia It has been some time since we sent all our past customers a newsletter – so here it is. We hope you enjoy the brief read and it brings back fond memories of your time in Namibia. Sent on behalf of Makadi Safaris
Greywing Safari
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F120-121||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Greywing Safari By Ken Bailey The Stormberg Mountain...
Custodians of Wilderness: Sidinda, Zambezi Valley
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F14-15||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Custodians of Wilderness: Sidinda, Zambezi Valley. A...
Tripod versus 4 Stable Stick®: Range Analysis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F158-159||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Tripod versus 4 Stable Stick®: Range Analysis By Mike...
Namibians speak up on rhino horn trade and hunting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F22-23||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Namibians speak up on rhino horn trade and hunting By...
Had a Great Safari? Have Some Great Photos
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F156-157||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Had a Great Safari? Have Some Great Photos. By Jofie...
Extreme Bowhunting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F112-113||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Extreme Bowhunting By Dr Adrian de Villiers There...
Dawning of the Light Doubles
By Rudy Mola With advances in technology, manufacturing, metallurgy and the overwhelming success and popularity of the ARs as sporting rifles, many hunting enthusiasts find themselves looking for something different, and perhaps more personal, in a quality hunting...
New Huntress, Old Hunter
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F116-117||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]New Huntress, Old Hunter Two people go on a hunt...
Up Close and Personal in the Limpopo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F52-53||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Up Close and Personal in the Limpopo By Joe Gray...
A HUNTER’S RIFLE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F136-137||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]A HUNTER’S RIFLE Johan van Wyk If ever there was a...
Bow, Arrow, and a Rooiribbok
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="View article in E-ZINE" color="orange" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fafricanhuntinggazette.com%2Fspring-2019%2F%23spring-2019%2F98-99||target:%20_blank|"][vc_column_text]Bow, Arrow, and a Rooiribbok By Frank Berbuir It is end...