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Which reserve is that? Hunting buffalo in some of the Eastern Cape reserves would be a fantastic experience... the Great Fish River reserve has some fantastic dugga boys in the reeds and thickets along the rivers, a challenging hunt that would be!

Thanks all. Reloading is not an option in Zambia and so it's factory ammo or bust... It's interesting that there isn't much known on the Fiocchi ammo. Same price as Prvi, but better finished and packaged. Just no idea what kind of bullet is up front. Any ideas on why Norma would make their...

Hi all, I have just recently bought a Voere 2155 in 9.3x62, and am very happy with it. I bought some Fiocchi ammunition- they shoot very well, but I cannot find a single review anywhere. Does anybody have any information on how they perform in hunting? I'm weighing up my options for some...

When you read the press around rhino and elephant poaching, hardly an article goes by without some drone salesman making a pitch, claiming to have 'THE answer' and aiming at the conservation organisations' $$$s... Drones certainly do have potential, but the technology isn't quite there yet to...

Pay per inch to hunt this guy? Alternate caption: How much would this fetch at a game-breeding auction!? Pelorovis antiquus. Photo from Wikipedia, from Nairobi Museum.

Yeah, it does look odd that Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia all have good quotas, but then SA gets shut off for inadequate record keeping! The way I see it, SA will be hosting the CITES convention this year. We would want to make sure that everything is in order, especially in light of the probability...

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Hi there, I also noticed that that was quite a young waterbuck. I cleaned the skull of a defassa waterbuck of roughly the same age/size of yours this year and have exactly the same problem with the flaking. I thought perhaps it was because I had soaked the skull in a stream for a few weeks, but...

My collection... all pickups/animals brought in for post-mortems. All from the Lydenburg/Ohrighstad area in Mpumalanga, SA. From left to right: 18"+ with nice symmetrical and thick horns. Found in the mountains. 17"+ leopard kill. Looks longer than the set to the left... guess the horn is much...

My collection... all pickups/animals brought in for post-mortems. All from the Lydenburg/Ohrighstad area in Mpumalanga, SA. From left to right: 18"+ with nice symmetrical and thick horns. Found in the mountains. 17"+ leopard kill. Looks longer than the set to the left... guess the...

Wow, that really is an old, worn-down bushbuck! Certainly a nice trophy!

Wow, that's a fantastic black lechwe! How was it back in the '90s? What species did you hunt up here and did you see any roan or lion?

And now, consider this: A very average Kafue lechwe skull, nothing special: BUT, turn it around, and you get a completely different view to appreciate: So, I really would like to display this set of horns 'the wrong way round'. Any creative ideas on how one might do that???

Looks completely different from behind. Kafue lechwe, average specimen, picked up on Kafue flats south bank.

Average specimen from Kafue flats south bank, pickup

OK, here's the picture I referred to in my first post...

Both pickups from Bangweulu swamps, Zambia

Hahaha, oops, OK let me try figure this one out... meanwhile, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the world-record here to 0ur left <===

The elegance of Lechwe horns So, aren't lechwe horns so fantastically elegant? No matter what angle you look at them from, they always present a different shape to please the eye. And the differences between the various subspecies/species are very obvious once you really start looking... black...

Very interesting to read this five years down the line and discover that Mr Eustace's predictions have come true... now, if they had just listened six years ago 3000+ rhinos would still be alive, and many more would be thriving on private properties, paying for their own protection!

It's fictional satire... but quite within character! Thought the antis should know about lions bones being the alternative! Also couldn't resist a dig at Zuma, which may only be relevant to any South Africans on this forum.

It's been an interesting week! Check out HIS trophy room! Mugabe puts end to lion-hunt controversy Harare, July 2015 In a string of typically insane yet insightful comments, President Robert Mugabe (91) of Zimbabwe has weighed in on the recent controversy involving the alleged illegal...

Dispatch from Africa: trending social media topics (actual sh*t off my facebook feed and online ads targeting the African market): - 10 Most Expensive cars in the world. - Highest President Salaries: You wouldn't believe who's Number 1! - Revolutionary new way to regrow missing hair - Witch...

So, perhaps what everyone should do is pre-empt the fallout like this: Before leaving on a hunt make a post on social media with your hunting pictures, say you have just returned from Africa where you hunted x,y and z animals. Now, while you're off on your hunting holiday, the storm will brew...

The problem I see with this whole issue is that it has polarised the hunters and non-hunters. Both sides make valuable contributions to conservation. Both sides have bad apples that tarnish the image of the rest. Why are hunters not coming out strongly about one of these 'animal lovers' making...

Vevew, "Are you saying that human head hunting should still be legal?" Yes. Especially when vegetarians are the only herbivore species left on the planet! Jokes aside, I don't want to really go into the morals around hunting, because that's a rather subjective topic. I think many thinking...

When it comes to explaining trophy hunting to the public, this is how I explain it: Many people like hunting, it is an instinct and a primal connection to nature of which killing is only one part. A trophy is a memento of that intense experience. Those with enough money then 'collect' these...

Watch this space, he'll have his say yet!

Looks like it could be bigger than 18"!!

It is interesting reading the discussion on this issue on one of the large South African hunting forums (**NOT**PERMITTED**.co.za). There is a lot more condemnation coming from hunters, possibly because we're more 'local' and know that there most definitely are questionable operators out there, especially...

With wildlife, trees and fish STILL being the major employer in Zambia, one would think there would be corresponding reinvestment back into their management... sadly not the case. Although then I'd be out of a job too...

I also saw that statement today and found it well-reasoned, and it also puts an end to everyone claiming 'ZAWA says there's 20 000 lions and that's what they're basing their quotas on'. Only correction I can make is that impala and zebra are in herds, not prides- minor semantics- and that if...

It is indeed a lovely specimen- from Kasanka National Park. Also has thicker horns than usual for that park, more like the ones here in the Bangweulu Swamps. The second and third picture are of the biggest sitatunga bull I've ever seen, and I have been getting a good look at 30-40 bulls every...

Spot the sitatunga! And, How much more horn is down there in the grass?

Hi Brickburn, how's this for a start?

Hi Erik, that Nile Lechwe would be from a game ranch in the US I guess? There are so few left in Ethiopia now, so I don't know if they can be hunted in the wild. As for the stronghold in South Sudan... things aren't going to well there, even though there must be some fantastic hunting areas...

Jerome, do you have any more info about this photo in the historical gallery? What are these antelope?

Thanks for the welcome everyone... and I'll definitely be posting pictures.

Hi all, I have browsed this site for a long time, but only getting to registering now. I have gleaned a lot of useful information from it, and hope I can contribute something useful too. I live and work in Zambia's Bangweulu Swamps, which I am sure more than a few of you will have visited as...

Does anyone have an idea what antelope this could be? A roan?

Is it at all possible to have more details about where this picture was taken? Those antelope look very strange, like a cross between Kob, Waterbuck and Lechwe!