Jan 3, 2024 | Archive, Hunting Stories, News
The letter below was copied to me by an Alaskan hunter. What made the letter particularly meaningful is that just this week something terrible happened. When you read the letter below, you will see a reference to gin traps and how terrible they are. And the...
Dec 6, 2023 | Hunting Stories, News
Elephant in the Okavango. Botswana has one of the few remaining healthy elephant populations—healthy to the point of threatening their own well-being through habitat destruction. Proper elephant management is difficult because of international opinion, made all the...
Dec 6, 2023 | Archive, News
Rhino War Major General (Ret.) Johan Jooste with Tony Park (Ingwe Publishing, 2022, 268 pages) Reviewed by Ken Bailey Rhino War is a fascinating read describing the staggering level and sheer brutality of rhino poaching in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, and...
Dec 4, 2023 | Hunting Stories, News
This highly ornate Rising Bite double rifle was refitted in Rigby’s London shop for a second barrel set in 9.3x62mm to accompany the original .350 Rigby Magnum barrels. The extension seen at the breech end of the barrels fits very precisely into the action face where...
Nov 10, 2023 | Archive, News
Wato Brian Watson ( 2019, 321 pages) Reviewed by Ken Bailey Brian Watson’s Wato is purely and simply an enjoyable read. I suspect that’s in part because he’s one of us. Like many of us he took a fancy to guns, shooting and hunting as a child, and he grew up in...
Nov 10, 2023 | Archive, News, News
Written by Neil Harmse Chapter 24. A Martini Henry – Resurrecting an ‘Oldie’ A number of guns were put up for sale by a retired hunter and among these was a very rusty, badly pitted sporting Martini Henry .577/450 made by Isaac Hollis &...