Campfire Thoughts & Reminiscences Part 19

Written by Neil Harmse     Chapter 20. Understanding The Shotgun     New shooters being introduced to the shotgunning sport may find the many terms and techniques rather confusing, with words like ‘load’, ‘bore’, ‘gauge’, ‘choke’ and others bandied...

The Beauty of Beadwork: Turning Waste Into Art

For the past six years, Carmen Rudman has been creating intricate works of art on mostly, South African wildlife skulls.   Living on their family ranch, Blaauwkrantz, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, a well-known hunting destination, and with her background...

Classic and Contemporary African Hunting Literature

Death in the Dark Continent Peter Hathaway Capstick (St. Martin’s Press, 1983, 238 pages.) Reviewed by Ken Bailey   There’s probably no modern author of African hunting adventures that has captured audience appeal like Peter Capstick has. After a short career as a...

Wato – The Book

By Brian Watson   Wato – The Book is a beautiful 324 page hard cover compilation of some of Wato’s hunting adventures in wild Africa and other wilderness places. The book can be purchased here: https://watosbook.square.site/ To give you a taste of...

Some Things You Just Cannot Make Up!

A tired crew in front of the cave with a worthy trophy. By Ricardo Leone   This past January 2023 at the DSC Show, I was reunited with my Professional Hunter, Gamshad Gam, from a memorable Tanzanian Safari, nearly a decade ago. We had not seen each other nor talked...