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Hunters – We Are Caring
Robert harvested many excellent animals. Here he is with a very impressive Black Wildebeest. A beautiful animal indeed.By Lavon Winkler “You have to be flexible. It’s called ‘hunting’ for a reason. Sometimes things go well and other times, well, they don’t go...
The Road Back to Africa
By Andrea Bogard In August 2019, as a very new hunter, I had an opportunity to journey to Africa. Seeking both plains game and adventure, I touched down in Namibia with no idea what to expect from the next three weeks. The experience was both illuminating and...
The Magnetic Draw of Africa
I was recently in a large classroom, and the question was asked how many people had been to Disney World. About 80% of the audience raised their hands. The second question asked was how many people had been back to Disney World, and almost the same number of folks...
Zebra in the Dusk
My heart is pounding, sweat is dripping from my brow. The dash to the tree, the only cover available in this wide-open barren landscape, isn‘t especially far, but with an evening temperature of almost 30 degrees it‘s been a real drain on the little energy I have...
Into The Thorns
Into The Thorns Chapter One Ambush Alley On one of the farms on the far western boundary of the Project, just ibefore we cross the Ingwezi riverbed onto AJ’s properties, the dirt road snakes its way between two high ridges of rugged koppies that run parallel to...
Into The Thorns
In 2008, renowned Zimbabwean leopard hunter, Wayne Grant, wrote a book called “Into The Thorns,” which was published by Mag set publications. This book was very well received, and regarded by many, as the best, most complete work on leopard hunting and leopard...
Where The Turacos Sing
Usually, hunting bongo is not very difficult; it doesn't require insurmountable physical effort. But it does demand tenacity, concentration, and the willingness to face the often-hostile and sometimes painful equatorial forest. One must also accept the long, tedious...
Africa Keeps Luring Me Back
The Bergzicht team poses with my waterbuck.By Aleen Kienholz In October 2020, I was signed up for a photo safari to Kenya and Tanzania and then a follow-up hunt back at Bergzicht Game Lodge in Namibia. The Covid pandemic nixed my travel plans along with those...
If only we had more wall space…
A black wildebeest was my first plains game trophy.I am strolling down Memory Lane again with a smile on my face. My six trophies just arrived this morning from my third hunting trip to Bergzicht Game Lodge in Namibia. Every year our house looks more and more like a...
One for the Road
Masailand, 2006. A scene that could have occurred in 1906, or 1806, or… But memories are more real than any photograph.By Terry Wieland Dreaming, Remembering, Reliving Three levels of fantasy In a column for Esquire in 1935, called “Monologue to the...
Next Time with Chad!
Written by Dustin Bomley Africa has been a mystical dream since I was 15 and started hunting with my uncle’s hand-me-down recurve bow. As I grew older and began shooting in 3D archery tournaments around the region, I always most enjoyed shooting the exotic African...
On Target at 85
By Ron Machado When I stepped out of my room this morning, it was cold and dark. I grabbed a sweater near the door and went to meet my PH and his tracker. They were waiting near our hunting truck and within a few minutes, we were on our way. But let’s...
Bow, Arrow and a Bosbok
By Frank Berbuir It is end of August and I am lucky to be back again in South Africa to hunt with bow and arrow. We are on a nice farm, managed by a lovely couple, on the border of the North West Province close to the Limpopo Province. We are familiar...
A Leopard For Günter
By Sidney Lovell-Parker August, 2024 The year was 2004, and I was finalizing the analysis for a potential offshore oil discovery between Portugal and Spain for the Italian company I worked for when my secretary interrupted saying that my friend Mike...
One for the Road
By Terry Wieland But what about snakes? What about them? It’s been a while since I wrote anything about snakes and, to be honest, I haven’t missed it. Writing about snakes requires thinking about snakes and not being a snake guy, my mind prefers to...
Luangwa ( Loo – ung, “as in hung” – gwa)
By Richard Lendrum So, Zambia is the country of my birth and, having left at three years old to move to Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), meant I remembered nothing. The sum total of my experience with the land of my birth was a visit to Kubu Lodge just upstream...
One for the Road
Superb trackers and valued friends, from left: Lekina Sandeti, Momella Torongoi, and Abedi Shimba. Lekina and Momella are both Masai. Abedi, who died a few years ago, was part-Bushman, and taught both Roger and Derek Hurt about tracking and bushcraft from an early...
A Father/Daughter Safari
To be on the game-rich plains of Africa never joy, especially when with family, a fine rifle, and the opportunity to put said rifle to the test. This would be my third trip to Africa, and this safari was made all more special by the fact my daughter would not only be...
The Unforgettable Bushveld
Written by Shiri Castellan An experience that forever cemented my love for hunting. “I’ve been hunting for over twenty-five years and the biggest misconception people have is thinking that hunters are just killers. Whereas, in truth, every hunter I know...
African Daydream
Here is a wonderful account of Dan and Michelle Luba's hunting trip to South Africa. If you have a story to tell, please send it in using this form - we'd love to share it with everyone.By Michelle M. Luba Dedicated to my husband Dan, who shared his daydream,...