Recent content by saprof

While living in RSA, I hunted in Limpopo, Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, and North West. I have a serious Limpopo bias. I hunted in the Waterburg region near Bela Bela several times and loved the lay of the land and had tremendous luck when hunting. Limpopo is also great because you can...

Hello All, Here is an update on my Kenyan wingshooting adventure. I took the Kenya Wildlife Service Game Bird Shooting License test today and passed (total cost of test and license 5500 ksh or about $60). The test was in 2 parts. The first was answering random questions about the Kenya...

Hi Again, I own all types of shotguns, O/U (Winchester 101), Semi-Auto (Remington 1100), Pump (Wingmaster)...all are great guns. The thing to keep in mind is that RSA is not the USA and the shotgunning culture in RSA is very different, tending to lean heavily on English traditions of s/s...

Hi, My two Rand worth of advice... I just moved to Kenya after spending the past 4 years bird hunting in South Africa. The ONLY shotguns that were accepted by the general wingshooting community were single shots, over and under and side by sides. Semi-autos and pumps were frowned upon and...

I will be taking the Kenya Wildlife Service Game Bird Shooting License examination in Nairobi on Wednesday. If I pass this test, I will be licensed to shoot game birds in Kenya....once I get my shotgun imported from the US. I will continue to post as things progress. Cheers, B. Robinson

Jerome, Thanks. They were the first ones I checked with. Sadly, they only deliver the "full safari experience" to foreign hunters. Being locally based, taking a full safari every weekend during bird season is not practical. I got spoiled in South Africa, where I could take to the field...

Hi All, I have used .30-06 180 grain Federal Power-Shok exclusively, and since it works, I have not used or recommended anything else. In 2008, I bought an inexpensive Marlin XL-7, slapped on a Burris Scope I found on ebay and went to town dropping several Kudu and Blue Wildebeest with one...

Hello All, I am an avid wingshooter who has recently moved to Nairobi, Kenya from South Africa. In South Africa, I spent over 30 days a year in the field wingshooting with my wingshooting group (Wingshooters.co.za). Given my six year assignment to Kenya and my reletively modest means, I...