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Regarding camo clothing in Zimbabwe, I asked one of that countries longest running operators to comment...he states "Strictly speaking it is not legal, but people do go hunting in Zimbabwe in camouflage. If you do make sure it is NOT military camouflage" The comment not to wear actual...

Ernest What did these tusks weigh?

The fact is that the people of Zimbabwe - particularly those who tourists and hunters come in contact with at game lodges and safari hunting camps, are amongst the best educated and cheerful people one could hope to meet anywhere. They have a one party state government in effect a dictatorship...

There is a mistaken belief amongst black politicians almost everywhere in Africa, that land is the answer to their staying in political power whereas the reality is that land ( more so marginal land) in the use of unqualified and often disinterested land users will degrade rapidly and produce...

Isilo died a short while after this photo was taken by the Demers family on a trip to Tembe between Xmas and New year of 2013 so is a valuable record of this gentle giant who was very accustomed to being near people. Sadly the whereabouts of Isilo's huge tusks has not been established as far as...

The large elephant Isilo that lived in Tembe Game Reserve in northern KawZuluNatal, South Africa has been mentioned in previous posts on this thread. This huge animal was reported by the park authority to have been found dead in early 2014 and assessed to have died of natural causes but the...

The airlines would be better employed in sorting out their own corrupt staff and airport officials who are involved in carrying poached wildlife material. Good evidence for example exists that ivory from Hwange National Park elephant killed by cyanide poisoning went out through Harare...

What weights did these tusks come out at? Very much a right handed bull seems like?

Picture #Two ....great depth and focus. Was torn between an African and non-African photo but for photo excellence Photo Two takes it for me!

Highly reliable reports have emerged that Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Field Rangers and ZR Police at Victoria Falls are contacting Zambian based poachers transiting the western tip of Zimbabwe making their way to or back from, lucrative elephant poaching forays into Botswana. These poachers...

Hunters with an interest in how sustainable hunting is and in the condition of areas in which they might be contemplating hunting would do well to read the full text of the Zambezi Society's February Bulletin Here is a link to the Zamsoc Bulletin Feb 2015. http://eepurl.com/beyMKH Recent...

If anyone is hunting in South Africa in 2015 and would be kind enough to take a set of Third Edition Selous Books ( family heirlooms in fact) back to my nephew in Austen Texas ( they weigh about 5.6 kgs) please contact me. John Davison Pinetown South Africa davisonjohn.1947@gmail.com

The genetic vs environment debate on how significant genetic determinsim is of the expected occurrence of large ivory in African elephants vs environmental issues relating to tusk growth ( nutrition and mechanical wear of tusks) suggests a field exists that Hunting funding might well consider...