The Dark Continent and Black Deathhghghghg
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Africa: 2015 The Dark Continent and Black Death By James Field A close encounter with a four metre black mamba on my second safari for my first Cape buffalo, made the exciting event even more exciting. Previously, I had hunted...
Hidden Treasure – Non-Exportable Elephant Hunts
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Zimbabwe: September 2017 Zimbabwe’s Hidden Treasure – Non-Exportable Elephant Hunts By Tom Murphy Don’t ever let it be said that hunting a non-trophy elephant isn’t hard work… Zimbabwe is lousy - it’s lousy with elephants. My wife...
An unlikely marriage sent hunters afield with the finest bolt rifles of their time – and ours!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An unlikely marriage sent hunters afield with the finest bolt rifles of their time – and ours! By Wayne van Zwoll “…Within three yards of the bracken I saw a movement … my first bullet raked her from end to end, and the second bullet...
Rigby_African Hunting Guide_January 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More often than not, good hunting stories involve a great deal of hard work, no small measure of patience, and then a few moments of peril when all appears to be in jeopardy, before things come to a satisfying conclusion. The very...
The Writer and the Dean
Two of the most famous rifles ever to cross the Dark Continent—Home Again. By John Mattera There was a healthy chance that the young man sitting next to me in the small boat remained calm because he did not understand the gravity of our situation. The same thought had...
Giant (Lord Derby’s) Eland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Based on Chris and Mathilde Stuart’s book, "Game Animals of the World," published by African Hunting Gazette, here’s everything hunters need to know about the Giant (Lord Derby’s) Eland English: Giant (Lord Derby’s) Eland Latin:...
SIR CHARLES’S BABY, 110 YEARS ON
If backed into a corner at gunpoint and forced to name my candidate for “most influential cartridge” of the 20th century, I would probably say it was the .280 Ross. There is no shortage of candidates, and the .375 H&H would be my second choice. But while the .375 H&H...
Blaser R8 Success
Blaser R8 Success The success story of the Blaser thumbhole stock continues. The well-known classical silhouette of the R8 rifle with the two-piece stock is made from precious walnut wood with the ergonomic perfection of the Blaser thumbhole stock. The...
Dangerous Snakes of Africa
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dangerous Snakes of Africa By Johan Marais (African Snakebite Institute) With close on 20,000 snakebite deaths a year in Africa, one may well have good reason to worry about snakes, especially out on hunts. Surprisingly few hunters...
“THE DEADLIEST THING IN CAPTIVITY!”
“THE DEADLIEST THING IN CAPTIVITY!” Johan van Wyk The key to success is a bit of basic knowledge of ballistics and, of course, practice, practice, practice! I have a good friend who is a mechanical engineer by trade, but happens to be a gun dealer by vocation,...
Nightforce Optics
Optic Guide Special Nightforce Optics One scope to rule them all: The new Nightforce NX8™ 1-8 x 24 F1 Africa has always presented a quandary to the hunter seeking a mixed bag. You need a high-power riflescope for plains game, plus another scope or open-sighted rifle...
How Rural Livelihoods Were Compromised in Botswana
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hunter Proud Foundation: Duplicity and Deceit: How Rural Livelihoods Were Compromised in Botswana. By Zig Mackintosh An interesting paper was published in the South African Geographical Journal in March, 2017. “The effects of the...
Hunting Gazette Editorial – Response
Dear Richard, I always look forward to receiving my copy of the African Hunting Gazette which I have regarded as one of the best magazines that I subscribe to and was shocked to read your editorial in the Spring, 2018 edition. As a result, I am writing this to you as...
Mountain, Bush, and Little Blue
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mountain, Bush, and Little Blue. By Ken Bailey Blue duiker is not a species most hunters consider when creating their African wish list. They don’t have the immense size of an eland or a Cape buffalo, or the regal bearing of a kudu...
Buffalo with a Bow … seven species
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]America and South Africa: 1980s Buffalo with a Bow ... seven species. Part 1 By Dr Adrian de Villiers It was the early 1980s, and it was time for something different. I decided to focus on wild oxen of the world, starting with a...
One for the Road
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Hunting giraffe with bow and arrow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Africa: 2017 Hunting giraffe with bow and arrow By Frank Berbuir It is the beginning of August and I am very happy to make it back to beautiful South Africa. Once again I want to hunt with bow and arrow, together with my friend...
Stalking Black Death
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Africa: 2015 Stalking Black Death By Joe Byers Day One, just past dawn, three bachelor Cape buffalo bulls slipped into a large patch of extremely thick bush on the Rock Haven property. Professional hunters Piet Otto and Rassie...
Artist Profile- Kanati studios
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Adventure Re-Lived - Our Mission At Kanati we help our clients re-live their adventures by providing an elite taxidermy experience. Kanati - The Name Kanati: [ka-nah-tee] (Cherokee) guardian of the hunt Kanati was the first man...
Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.
Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage. AHG Vol23 # 3 Editorial This is the definition of FAIR, as an adverb in the dictionary. It puts into question, or at least should question, everything that this industry is about and stands for. Please stay with...
Captive Lion Breeding – Public Guidance Position Statement by the TGA
A Public Guidance Position Statement The TGA was asked (by many people) to "take sides" - which we would never do. We were also reluctant to "interfere in the domestic affairs of the wildlife industry" because that is against the mandate of our constitution. So we...
A FLOWERING OF SERPENTS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A FLOWERING OF SERPENTS One of the first questions you hear, when you announce that you’re going to Africa, is a tremulous, “But aren’t you afraid of snakes?” Answer: “Yep. Terrified! What of it?” If I let my life-long dislike of...
Classic .505 Gibbs Express Rifle
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Classic .505 Gibbs Express Rifle By John Mattera .505 Gibbs—just the name commands respect. From the days of Hemingway’s The Green Hills of Africa, we have lived in awe of the reputation of this grand African caliber and the rifle...
Krieghoff Semprio—One Rifle, Many Possibilities
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Krieghoff Semprio—One Rifle, Many Possibilities By Monty Hudson It's been several years since Krieghoff unveiled the technology-laden Semprio. Krieghoff is perhaps best known for world-class shotguns and double rifles, and the...
Philip Hennings – who hunts in a Namibian paradise.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]African Hunting Gazette: Tell our readers when and where you were born. Philip Hennings: I was born in Namibia, the year of Independence, 1990. AHG: And tell us all about your family. PH: Both my parents are born in Germany, and...
Hannes du Plessis – a genuine professional in every sense of the word.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hannes du Plessis – a genuine professional in every sense of the word. African Hunting Gazette: When and where were you born? Hannes du Plessis: I was born 6 February 1963 in Windhoek, Namibia. AHG: Tell us about your family. HdP: My...
A CARTRIDGE TO DREAM ABOUT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A CARTRIDGE TO DREAM ABOUT By Johan van Wyk I suppose every schoolboy that was raised on a mixture of the gospel according to Messrs Taylor and Ruark, together with a dog-eared copy of Cartridges of the World, and a fair dose of...
LOADS FOR THE LADY (AND ME)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]LOADS FOR THE LADY (AND ME) Buckets of ink are spilled annually analyzing what rifle and ammunition is best to take on safari, but almost all are aimed at men. Little thought is given, it seems, to what rifle a woman should use....
Namibia (Caprivi)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Namibia (Caprivi): 2014 From Broomsticks to Buffalo by Roger Wiltz “Doug, take him!” snapped professional hunter Karel Grunschloss, “and remember the broomstick!” Doug Koupal eyed the approaching bull elephant as it closed the...
Buffalo in Bushmanland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Buffalo in Bushmanland By John P. Warren “Either shoot the buffalo today, or shoot me,” my wife Joyce said to me - only slightly jokingly - when PH Jamy Traut, his trackers, the conservation officer, and I came in from the morning...