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I've been pondering for a long time as to how lechwe and waterbuck, both semi-aquatic antelopes, are able to survive in places like the Kalahari where they've been introduced. I know that they are likely supplemented with the necessary amount of water, but the fact they're to survive and even...

So I've heard a lot about this guy and his community project in Kaounde, with everyone having nothing but nice things to say about him. Yet I also kept seeing news articles from the 'Zambian Watchdog' in 2020 about his alleged racism and disregard for the rule of law, with many of the...

It seems customary for those who write about hunting lions to begin by citing influences of others gone before. They will first recall youthful rereads of Patterson, Akeley, Taylor and Hunter, then just as certainly mention the more recent adventures of Mellon, Ruark and Sanchez-Arino...

The Karamoja region of northern Uganda may best be known for the elephant-hunting exploits of WD “Karamojo” Bell and his famous writings. However, today this remote area derives its well-earned reputation from offering what many experienced hunters consider the absolute best buffalo hunting in...

Based in Zimbabwe, Professional Hunter (PH) John Sharp applied for an apprenticeship for his professional hunter’s licence in 1978 in what was then Rhodesia, before undergoing his final exams and proficiency test in 1983 kick-starting his career. John has hunted in Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia...

Excerpt from 'Great African Trophies,' by Dianna Rupp: The SCI record book lists lions taken in South Africa and Namibia separately from those taken in other regions of Africa. The No. 5 listing in this category is this beautifully maned cat taken by Sherwin Scott in April 2000. He was hunting...

Excerpt from 'Great African Trophies,' by Dianna Rupp: This huge leopard was in the Rowland Ward top five at the time it was shot in Kenya in 1969. It measured 8 feet, 5 inches. Robert von Reitnauer guided Weatherby Award winner Frank Hibben to this huge cat in the Hell's Gate region near Mount...

PART 1: (FATHER) GAVIN BLACKBEARD Any cattle post owner in the early days had no option but to shoot lions and I've shot my share. I started my lion hunting with my dad, Dennis, at one of his cousin's cattle posts when I was still in my early teens. My first cattle-killing lioness put on a...

PART 1: THE HISTORY OF SAFARI HUNTING IN BOTSWANA In 1962 the Botswana government allowed organised 'East Africa-type' safaris to be run for the first time in the country and granted huge hunting concessions to four different companies on a sole-usage basis with a renewable three-year lease...

Excerpt from 'Great African Trophies,' by Dianna Rupp: We were up at 3:30, and my hunting partner, David, stated that at breakfast that today was the day. I wanted to believe him as my feet were getting past the tender stage and more to the well-done stage. When Fred tells you to bring two...

Excerpt from 'The Hunting Blackbeards of Botswana,' by Brian Marsh: I was once camped on the Botletle riverbank at Makalamabedi with two South African clients from the Orange Free State. One chap was called Dup, his surname being 'du Plessis,' and the other's name was Gustav. Anyway, Dup was a...

Excerpt from 'Great African Trophies,' by Dianna Rupp: There are twenty buffalo bulls listed in Rowland Ward's book of records with spreads of over 54 inches and one cow with a 64-inch spread (the world record) from Lake Manyara in Tanzania; the cow was hunted by Mr. Cabrera in 1946. Never in...

Greetings. I am a small-time collector of hunting photographs from various books over the years. I do some hunting myself now and then but photo collecting is a hobby of mine that I enjoy. The reason for my creating this account is that I've noticed a great absence of some great photographs that...