Recent content by Primo661

I agree completely, my apologies. A product of my writing that while I was half asleep I suppose! Thanks for pointing that out.

Three species in particular stand out for me. The warthog is sometimes referred to as the poor mans buffalo and the bushpig the poor mans leopard. These warthog are incredible quarry for a walk and stalk, both will have no qualms flattening you if wounded. Bushpig especially is an incredibly...

If I may, I would like to present a different view on this. I don't know if Kendall has done this for publicity and if she has, that is her deal. To me it makes no difference at all why she posted them up, the act of posting them up and generating this sort of publicity gives us hunters an...

The same can be said of every animal I have deliberately shot in the brain. All dead before the bullet exited the skull. The point with any shot is that you must aim at the right place and hit it. A head shot is no good because the head is a big place and most places you could hit wont be an...

I saw that too, I thought the writer as a non hunter did a pretty decent job of taking the emotion out of his writing of the encounter. It is one of those things that makes the anti hunters go 'you see! They're barbarians looking for a high and take pleasure in killing' when in actual fact it...

Here's a link to a fantastic artical that says everything I want to say with greater eloquence. http://clashdaily.com/2014/06/defense-trophy-hunting-stupidityemotion-hunting-greatest-threat-african-game/

I am very impressed with the new layout and skin. It's user friendly and easy on the eye with some great new features. Many thanks to everyone involved!!

I'm jealous, I haven't had one yet. You just can't win with some people. One thing I have found is that if you engage with them on a public forum like Facebook or YouTube, you're almost guaranteed not to convert them. However, you are just taking an opportunity to get your point out there, get...

I haven't had the chance to bow hunt yet but I am slightly further along the curve than you are but there are a few things that helped me and maybe they will help you too? The first time I shot a bow, I shot a family members 80lb draw compound and being lightly built man that I am, it taught me...

Congratulations! A stunning animal, and it must be so much sweeter that he made you work for it! I'm incredibly jealous of your experience! You have inspired me to give a Reedbuck a try with a bow next time I go home, that's for sure. I completely agree about the Natal Midlands being one of...

If you're so inclined to read up on the science and experimental results on such things, you might want to take a look at the work done by Dr Ashby posted here. Looking at it from an engineers point of view that physics and mechanics of arrow penetration relies on more than momentum or kinetic...

For those of you who don't know Pietermaritzburg in KZN, South Africa is a city of half a million people with a fairly decent green belt around it particularly toward the north east of the city. The I spent the vast majority of my holidays in the Cascades timber plantations and Ferncliff Nature...

Ya, fair enough. Unfortunately they are not much cheaper in the UK or I could have brought one back when I come home in Sept, good luck!

Not to state the obvious but they are available in SA. Or is it a matter of cost?

I agree completely. I am all for hunting high fence concessions or conservancies. The fact is, they and the hunters that fund them have done more for conservation than almost anything else in South Africa and the vast majority are facilitate fair chase hunts in my mind. The point I was making...