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Why only Eastern Cape. Why not Western Cape as well and then have a sideline trip to sample some of the west wines in the Napa Valley of South Africa.

Welcome. I have developed good relations with a client of mine that is from Vancouver and understand it to be a beautiful city. Welcome to our site.

Welcome. I am a PH in Cape Town so if you need a chat let me know.

A client said that if something is moving and it should not be then that is what the duct tape is for and if it is not moving and it should be then that is what the WD40 is for. Never goes around without these two items.

Welcome to the forum and greetings from Paarl in the Western Cape in South Africa. I have friends named Jim and Liz Roach that have a cabin in Vermont. I have visited once before and was amazed at the golf course that turn into a ski-slope during winter.

Compound bow would be my suggestion

Congratulations. I have the Tika T3 in a .300 WM configuration. It also has the plastic stock and for a working rifle it is the best there is. I also have a Remington 700 in .308 and it came out with a plastic stock. I replaced it with a wooden one but after two years I have moved back to the...

We normally have three people skinning a Waterbuck. Two will hold and pull back the skin and the third will do the knife work. As long as the skin or the two handling the skin does not get into contact with the meat and al long as the knife handler does not get into contact with the skin...

The rifle that your son will use to bag a Hippo or Elephant would be of a significant calibre. My question to you would be - "How many shots can your 11 year old shoot with this rifle while instantly getting back onto the target after the first shot". Within that - "How accurate is he over...

Welcome on board.

As a South African doing at least 5 - 6 international trips to the US and Europe every year I have stopped exchanging currency before departing home. At the destination I will draw some local currently using my credit card and pay for most expenses with a credit card. The same advice I have...

Can you Americans please please please stop buying up all the stock so that we can get some shipped to South Africa :) We have a tremendous shortage on many types of cases, bullets and rounds.

Great hunt. Your rifle made quite a big entry and exit wound on some of those animals. What calibre were you shooting?

As said before - suppressors are not a controlled item in South Africa. Pack it in your bag with your rifle and there will not be a problem.

September in Limpopo is going to be warm to hot with cool evenings and mornings. You are welcome to wear either camo or a khaki colours. Think "layers" that you can take off as the day heat up. No thermal underwesar needed though. The country side will be coming out of winter where most grass...

Quite often the reason for shooting sticks is because of the height of the bush around you and the animals when you hunt. If the grass and bush was low or there was none then why not always lie down, be stable and shoot of the rifle bipod or sit. @cptkirk - Be careful to depend on a non-stick...

I have a Landrover 110 Defender Double Cab. Currently it has a canopy on the back. I want to convert it to a permanent hunting vehicle and remove the canopy and refit what ever is necessary. I already have built in compressor, water tanks, extra fuel tanks, rear diff-lock, front limited slip...

“The Darkest Things about Africa has always been our Ignorance of it” – George Kimble (Twitter: @Bushman10)

Ahh - thanks. Then it is not the App, it is the Forum that requires the necessary software. Hope it happens one day as it is a great way to access forums.

Thanks @BRICKBURN - I will therefore assume that others can access it on TapaTalk and it is just me that can't. Will engage with the App support desk.

I read all the forum while on the road using TapaTalk but can't seem to find Africa Hunting on there. Anybody know why?

Invest in a Tripod Trigger-Stick. They fit into your rifle bag, are more stable than a bi-pod and are easy to adjust on uneven ground. In South Africa they cost about $100. Regarding the stance - Read @tedthorn post above. He has it nailed especially regarding how you hold the stick with your...

Hi there - If you have not yet managed to secure a hunt then I can definitely help out. We have some very big concessions in the Eastern Cape. The lodge is situated about 20 km's outside Grahamstown and we collect you at the airport in Port Elizabeth. What dates are you looking at? You are...

Can't understand what you don't agree with. If you look at the map above then the entire North America fits into only a small portion of Africa so there is a comparison with Africa and North America. The entire China and the entire India also fits into only a portion of Africa so again there is...

Father & Son hunts are special. Enjoy the time together.

Hi there Raymond. Pity you are only going to Johannesburg and not Cape Town. I will send you a PM with a couple of ideas, especially for your wife as well.

I am with @Marius on this one. I also use 130 grain solids in my .308 and have taken a number of Blue Wildebeest with them. Only difference is I use the non-expanding Impala brass solid. Most recent Blue success was at 350 meters with this point in the open plains of the Karoo.

Open up MS Outlook or equivalent email on your PC. Go to the options and add an "Additional time Zone". If you don't know how to do that for your specific mail solution then just read the help section. When you add the Additional time Zone then a whole stack of options pop up. Depending on your...

I would strongly recommend Jacques Greeff from Eastern Cape Professional Academy of Hunting. His Academy is 25 km from Grahamstown where Willhelm seemed to already have spent some time getting to know the area. When I my training with Jacques we had two Swedes on the course dong their PH...

@kal - In your original posting you specify you have a 70lb bow with a 28" DL. For this setup I have no problem recommending the Rage 2 for African plains game animals from Duiker to Kudu. For Blue Wildebeest, Gemsbuck and Eland I would recommend a more solid fixed blade BH. There is one proviso...

Lets split this into two discussion - one on quick death and the other on blood trail as you can not link the two: Blood trail - In my experience hunting with the bow and guiding bow-hunters, blood loss has very little to do with whether you hit the animal in the heart or in the lungs. It has...

There is nothing wrong with a 3 blade as long as you don't shoot Gemsbok and Eland with it. Kudu and anything smaller will easily fall with a proper shot placement of a 3 blade. The Gemsbok is a very hardy animal with a very strong rib cage and the Eland rib bones are even heavier and thicker...

Seeing that I raised this issue in your previous thread @kal I will give it a go assuming that nothing bigger than an Eland will be hunted: Aiming for around 500 grains I would go for an Easton N-Fused Axis carbon (10.7 gpi) arrow with a 300 spine for your 70 lb bow. At the front I would have...

Hi @miksahunts - For a family hunt one would typically look at a Plains Game hunt as opposed to a generous Game hunt. If you are not fixed on a Gauteng or KZN hunt then why not try Cape Town and the Western Cape. The BA flight is an overnight flight and lands around 08h00 at Cape Town...

I used the 160 grain Nosler Accubonds in my .308 and had great success with it. Only problem was that they are very expensive in South Africa and a day on the range required a fair investment. I used them on the range as I wanted to practice with the same bullet that I hunt with. I then...

Shot a Blue Wildebeest at 350 meters with a .308 and a 130 grain Impala Bullets brass solid. Did not allow enough for the strong right to left wind drift and the shot was a back lung shot. We were on top of a small hill and the animal ran around the hill all the time while we were watching...

FOUND - FOUND - FOUND - After phoning all over the country I managed to find .300 Win Mag brass at Frontier Guns & Ammo in Klerksdorp. They have some more .300 WM Remington brass available so phone them on 018 462 6117 and speak to FJ.

I have a .308 and have been shooting the Impala 130 grain LWHV for about three years with great effect. I use 42.2 grains of Sonchem S335 powder and get a speed of 2915 fps. I only shoot in the vital triangle and have yet to track a wounded animal. I have shot Blue Wildebeest at 350 meters and...

I am not aware of a serial number on the barrel. Ditto to the above - as long as your serial number on the action and the calibre on the barrel match the permit you have then there will not be a problem. Now if a South African rebarrels a rifle in South Africa it is a whole different ballgame...

@kal - There are many legislations all over the world that one wonders "how they were determined" and it will take a huge effort through legislation to change them. I always wonder how the speed limit of 120 kmh / 80 kmh / 60 kmh has been determined but that process is really irrelevant...

The Western Cape province has issued a formal Bow Hunting proclamation that is legally enforceable. As I understand it the same has been done in the Eastern Cape and in the Northern Cape. I am not sure about all the other provinces as I am not a registered PH in those. I attach the minimum...

I already spoke to Kloppers and they don't have anything and no idea when they will get again.

I have also been searching for .300 WM brass and have phoned all around Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Kimberley and Bloemfontein. VLT in Pretoria has Norma brass at a cost of R1052 x 50 and Kalahari Arms has PMP brass at a cost of R422 x 20 or R1055 x 50 (which is crazy). I have decided...

I would be less concerned with the amount of arrows as opposed to the type of arrow that you are using. The Victory VAP is in NO WAY suitable for hunting plains game in Africa. The shaft is only 5mm in diameter and depending on your arrow spine only weighs in at 300 (8.9 gpi), 350 (8.1 gpi), 400...

Your current CCI BR2 primers has a "Power Average" of 4.37. The Federal GM210M suggested is 4.64. The Remington 9 1/2 LR is 4.75 and the rest of the primers mentioned I don't have ratings for. The closest "Power" to your current primers will be CCI 200 LR (4.28). Use ANYTHING else and then...

I am a registered PH in the Eastern Cape where you are going to hunt and a Bowhunter as well. You have selected the most difficult type of hunting that we have to offer which is very admirable. During April and May the Eastern Cape can still be very hot so you must NOT wear winter clothes or...

I am from Cape Town and would typically meet the arriving hunters and make sure the rifles are received after the travel. We arrange the temporary import permits ahead of time to make this easier. We would then take you to your hotel and make sure you are checked in safely. We can arrange all...

There is more to South Africa than just hunting. If this is going to be your first trip to the continent then why not start at the Southern tip and work your way North. Landing in Cape Town you can see some great tourists sites and do some wine tasting in the South African Nappa Valle, Paarl -...

You could also consider the Western Cape. Cape Town has loads of great things to offer and if you are flying from Canada then you take the long haul to London, UK and then the long haul directly in to Cape Town from London on British Airways. Why not spend a day or two acclimatizing in the Nappa...

So most PH's will have bi-pod shooting sticks made from actual sticks of wood from a tree as opposed to the aluminium and plastic ones you buy in a shop. These are only of one length and the height is adjusted by how wide apart the legs are placed. The reason why tri-pods are not popular in this...