Hello from the UK

Welcome to AH!
 
Srvet, welcome to the site. Buffalo is what we do so please feel free to email me direct for some more details. info@spearsafaris.com. I hope to hear from you.
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Hi
Firstly thank you for left me join this forum. I live in north west England and have been shooting and hunting for the last 35 years. I spend most of my spare time stalking Roe and Red deer but also enjoy target shooting (in particular precision rifle shooting). I have joined this forum to leArn about hunting in Africa as I have wanted to visit to hunt plains game and buffalo for many decades. Now my kids are a bit older this seems more attainable so perhaps 2021 may be the year!!

Welcome to the AH forum, I am sure you will enjoy it. You are absolutely right about 2021, there is just to much uncertainty at this stage that might impact on any plan stitched together now. This will allow enough time to plan your trip and assess how Covid 19 is going to play out. I am sure you will agree that a "new normal" will be established post the reality of Covid 19, which will change the look and feel of most businesses on the one side and create opportunity on the other side, more specifically relating to conservation and game management.

Game Trackers Africa (GTA) is a long standing Outfitting operation facilitating predominantly free-ranging safaris in Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Cameroon. Our South African concessions are large fenced areas ranging from 4000 acres to in excess of 10000 acres.

GTA's diverse offering in Safari areas in five countries provides clients with more flexibility to tailor their Safari to fit their specific need considering their planned journey, experience expectation and specie diversity selection.

You are welcome to contact us with your specific needs or general plan and we can assist to design your Safari for consideration and get to business once we understand the "new normal" and sustainability in this new environment.

Stay safe and kind regards
 
Welcome welcome welcome
 
Welcome to the forum @SRvet , you have definitely came tot he right place to your hunting research. You will get a lot of recommendations and prices from outfitters on here and i think everyone on the forum has proven them selves as reputable operations!! So choosing your hunting destination will depend on a few personal preferences.

If you want more detail regarding a hunt with Bos en Dal Safaris please feel free to contact me either on the website or by email on gerrit@ehw.co.za

We offer hunts that is very well fitted for the new comers to Africa as traveling to our hunting areas are hassle free and quick, our hunting areas are well managed delivering great trophies year in and out, with great accommodation for the whole family!!

All the best in your search
 
SW Scotland we can see Isle of Man also
Ahh I see, yes not far away at all. I used to stalk roe a bit at Newton Stewart and occasionally use Peter Jackson’s Range at Glenswinton, lovely part of the world
 
Welcome to the forum sir. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions you might have... A lot of information and experience on this site.

All the best,

Jacques Spamer
 
Welcome to our forum....there are a few other English lads on here. Enjoy.
 
Ahh I see, yes not far away at all. I used to stalk roe a bit at Newton Stewart and occasionally use Peter Jackson’s Range at Glenswinton, lovely part of the world
Hi I live 14 miles south of Newton Stewart
 
Welcome to the forum SRvet.
Here in South Africa "field shooting" is very popular.
Basically we try to simulate hunting conditions so on a typical competition day you might have 6 different shooting ranges. 3 ranges might be gongs and 3 will be different animal targets where the heart and brain counts 30 points, lungs 20 points, stomach and or legs is a minus 15.
We also shoot against time and the distances are not known and must be guessed and shooting position might be from a tree or over an anthill or from a log lying down or free hand sometimes or from shooting sticks, or sitting or kneeling, etc.
Lots of fun. I use a 6 mm SLR mainly because you can see your impact of the bullet on the steel gongs and can correct your next shot. With a bigger caliber you lose the gong out of your scope during recoil.
So the faster lighter calibers are very popular.

If you come on safari with us we can take you with us to one of our competitions.
E-mail us for a quote.

Sincerely
Hans de Klerk
 
Things are tough and uncertain, hope some sort of normality will return soon to get your Safari plans back on track.

Good luck
 
Hi S

Hope you are well.

A good site this, I posted on here about my first trip to Huntershill a couple of years back: https://www.africahunting.com/threa...ame-in-the-eastern-cape-sa.41664/#post-416842

I'm afraid Robin's (August) trip might now be moved to 2021 unless he can go in November.

I fear my Buffalo plans will be delayed by Covid 19 in more ways than one (sale off!)

All the best

Nick

Hi Lancaster
All good thanks, hope you and yours are too. Covid has had many effects for lots of folk, sorry to hear about the sale. I’m sure the buffalo will wait for a bit longer
Cheers
Simon
 
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Hi Lancaster
All good thanks, hope you and yours are too. Covid has had many effects for lots of folk, sorry to hear about the sale. I’m sure the buffalo will wait for a bit longer
Cheers
Simon

All well thanks and yes, I appreciate my safari woes our very much a First World problem!!
 
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Welcome to AH SRvet!
 
Welcome SRvet. This forum has a wealth of information from some extremely knowledgeable folks, enjoy and have fun planning!

Whenever your ready to start with your planning, let us know if you need any assistance with the rifle import permits, email henry@riflepermits.com.

Kind regards
Henry
 

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