Recent content by PietVis

The Bushmen/San people certainly have the reputation of being the best trackers. I've had the opportunity to hunt with Bushman several times in Namibia and Botswana. When I was at Uni a friends had a farm in Northern Namibia and I spent several winters hunting Kudu with the young Bushmen that...

I find it quite amazing that some people don't understand that $10 000 is a very very large amount of money for someone who earns ZAR, Nám $, ZMW or BWP. Life must be fantastic in America is that amount of money is easy to make..

Question - Has anyone ever wondered why there are so few African Outfitters, PHs and Hunters participating on the Africa Hunting forum? That is apart from the purely marketing aspect.

I suspect that you have not had the opportunity to travel extensively (to the non-touristy area) in Africa? Edit - and do you think the Outfitters get their areas in the rest of Africa for free? That they don't pay through their noses for every concession? And that they don't work for money, and...

I used 10" gongs, the range had a few in stock. When I destroyed them I the guys at the plant I used to work for to cut me gongs from the same Bennox plates we used to make Hammermill hammers for. I really think it is important to simulate hunting conditions when training. DG hunting is all...

There are less, or no regulations in African countries..

I don't see anybody commenting on shooting under pressure, with a elevated heart rate and bumpy nerves. Almost everybody can shoot straight when you are calm and have time to take a shot. Running, then rapidly emptying my magazine on a set of steel gongs with my DG rifle has helped me ramp up my...

I hunted in NG 2 a while after the first mortalities were reported. One of our trackers was a very sharp Herero man with a unpronounceable name. He lives in the area and has a Moraka where he keeps own livestock. A person with deeper understanding and a bit of substance, a man whose opinion I...

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Researchers affiliated with the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University, Kigali, Rwanda are conducting research on the quadruple bottom line (conservation, community, commerce and culture) impact of potential foreign government bans on trophy hunting imports. We...