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Goggle the following: - NEI sponsored Age Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and AREDS 2) - Bausch & Lomb's PreserVision's AREDS 2 Eye Supplement Good luck my friend.

Ouch! Several years ago, I was camping in Mana Pools NP with a few Zim friends. After dinner and prior to retiring to our respective tents, one of my friends began placing chairs along one side of my tent. My friend advised me to sleep with my head on the side with the chairs. When I...

My condolences to their family and friends.

Yep, that's the one. Thanks for posting.

The BVC just posted (on their Facebook page) an article published by National Geographic. The article is one of the best yet regarding the surplus lion issue. Very pro-sustainable hunting. I am unable to provide a link at this time. Perhaps someone can post a link on our behalf. Thanks!

Still don't believe that the "Cecil the Lion" debacle will have a negative impact on ethical hunting here in the USA? Excerpts from a recent Outdoor Life article dated February 19, 2016: Trophy Hunting and Conservation in 2016: Recent Threats and What We Can Do About Them Trophy hunting. It’s...

In an effort to better understand the anti-hunters mentality, I encourage you to visit the various anti-hunting social media sites including Facebook (especially Lion Aid and Wild Aid). However, please be forewarned that if you attempt to engage them in a "fact vs. emotion" based debate, they...

Being a retired peace officer, I have a tendency to make distinctions between death threats (aka - terroristic threats) and other methods of exerting pressure (aka - persuasion) that do not have the potential to result in either bodily injury, serious bodily injury, and/or death. My...

Actually, the raffle was initiated (and eventually cancelled) by one of the four PH's that hunt the BVC and not the BVC management and/or shareholders. The PH was going to donate the resulting proceeds to an Oxford led research team currently conducting lion research at the BVC. My...

Polar bear and brown hyena.

Regarding Mr. Blondie Leathem's statement: "I wish we could give about 200 of our lions away to ease the overpopulation. If anyone knows of a suitable habitat for them........". Hmm? How about ole Johnny Rodrigues's (Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force) backyard?

Greeting Erich, During my last visit to Zimbabwe, the camp staff served (at our request) leopard on a couple of occasions. Whenever my friends discover that we ate leopard, they always ask "Well, did it taste like chicken?" I usually respond "No, it didn't taste like chicken. Actually, it...

In addition to Pere David deer, the Three Amigos appear to be doing well in Texas: "Three African species of antelope, near extinction in the wild, are thriving in Texas. The Scimitar Horned Oryx, Addax and Dama Gazelle, nicknamed the “Three Amigos,” are flourishing on Texas ranches. Ninety...

Greetings MarkCZ, Thanks for your response. Over here in the states we have what I refer to as your "garden variety" anti-hunters (all talk and no walk). For example, the Global March for Elephant and Rhino organized a protest over at the Dallas Safari Club and approximately 20 ignorant...

Greetings MarkCZ, From my perspective, it appears that Great Britain has an unusually high number of rabid anti-hunters (on a per capita basis) when compared to Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Belgium, etc.. Assuming that you agree with my perspective and/or observation, why...

I am thankful that my branch of the human evolutionary tree (and not the baboons) decided to climb down from the trees and begin foraging and hunting for meat. Last week, I watched the Planet of the Apes movie for the 3rd time and ..................................

According to an article published by LiveScience (Oct. 03, 2012): *** "Fragments of a 1.5-million-year-old skull from a child recently found in Tanzania suggest early hominids weren't just occasional carnivores but regular meat eaters, researchers say. The finding helps build the case that...

A couple of months ago, I was at a nearby Walgreens printing out a few photos. The lady working the photo section advised another customer that I was a hunter and that I had hunted Africa on several occasions. Well, the customer, a rather large, middle aged, gravity challenged lady, looked at...

Perhaps my observations are somewhat skewed since most of my acquaintances, friends, and family members are from either Texas or Louisiana.

Hmm? With very few exceptions, my experience has been somewhat different. But then again, during my stay at various safari camps within Zimbabwe, I have always managed (with hyena and baboon being the only exceptions) to convince the camp manager to cook the lion, leopard, buffalo, croc...

Really sad that WWF is on the list. Not too long ago, they were advocates for ethical and sustainable hunting. Apparently, that is no longer the case. As far as United Way is concerned, I have but two words "Bye Bye".

The odds of an ethical hunter convincing a rabid anti-hunter to accept sustainable hunting are slim and none and slim left town yesterday. Our efforts should be focused on the non-hunters (see LivingTheDream's comments above) who are interested in learning more about sustainable hunting and...

Ole Andreas just had to play the "class envy" card including: (1) extremely wealthy individual (2) millionaire investment banker (3) millionaire and former owner of a coal mining company. Andreas, for the record, I am a member of SCI, DSC, and HSC and have visited Southern Africa as a...

Regarding Lion Aid's Facebook page, earlier today I noticed that one of their kool-aid drinking followers (from Great Britain) posted a link to the FBI's and Interpol's "animal cruelty" website so that anti-hunters can report big game hunters. A subsequent visit to Lion Aid's Facebook page...

I have noticed that Lion Aid is now "dialing in" on leopard hunting. Apparently, donations resulting from the recent Cecil the Lion debacle are decreasing. To quote Prez Nobama's former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Cheers!

Apparently, our ole friend Pieter Scat with Lion Aid is a big fan of Africa Hunting websites. Below is an excerpt from his latest posting: The Inside Story of Captive Lion Hunting What actually goes on behind the scenes? We now have a South African professional hunter telling his side of the...

Dis-Organizer Michael Donovan inadvertently exposed one of their primary concerns/issues with big game hunting in Southern Africa - CLASS WARFARE. Quote: "Basically these are wealthy fly-in hunters, going to Africa, shooting an animal, cutting its head off, bringing it back to North America and...

Slugs Away, during my last visit to Zimbabwe as a consumptive tourist, I was determined to try everything that we shot. I wanted to take the "high ground" whenever my non-hunting friends asked "Well, did you eat it?". With one exception, every game animal that we took was processed, cooked...

I purchase most of my safari clothing from Tag Safari (except for my boots) for the reasons stated above (i.e. - hand made in Zimbabwe, employ hundreds of Zimbabweans, use local grown and processed material, etc.). My safari boots were manufactured by the Courtney Boot Company. Both...

Quote: "Substantial progress has been made under CITES to combat illegal trade in ivory, particularly through the preparation and implementation of National Ivory Action Plans (NIAPs) by 19 key countries implicated in the illegal trade in ivory. The Standing Committee agreed that the NIAPs of...

While hunting in Zim several years ago, I asked my PH if he was a friend and/or acquaintance of Mr. Sharp. My PH advised me that they were acquaintances and that he once witnessed Mr. Sharp lifting and placing a drum of diesel onto a flat bed truck without any assistance. Assuming that a drum...

Ouch! When it comes to rabid and ignorant anti-hunters, apparently Canada is preparing to surpass the UK (on a per capita basis). Those anti-hunting UK folks are some serious haters. Although we have rabid anti-hunters here in the states, thus far, their efforts are limited to a handful of...

We need more hunter-conservationist folks like Ivan Carter, Jim Shockey, John Jackson, Shane Mahoney, etc. They are doing an incredible job of representing ethical and sustainable hunting. If the petition's objective is to ensure unbiased representation, then the petition's "ban all hunters...

Whether one is a waterfowl, rabbit, squirrel, dove, grouse, deer, elk, moose, bear, antelope, lion, elephant, mastodon, or T-Rex hunter, we hunters must always remember the quote attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop: "United we stand, divided we fall". Today, with the...

Roger that! Almost without exception, our ole friends Pieter and Johnny are playing a major but misleading role in the bad and negative press. IMO

Greetings Norfolk, Here in the states we have our fair share of bunny huggers. But on a per capita basis, you guys are off the charts! Unfortunately, the UK anti-hunters aren't your typical, part time anti-hunter. They are big time haters who have a propensity for using vulgar language (and...

Thank you sir! Well done. Ethical hunters need to exit the shadows and begin to share our success stories with the non-hunters. As far as the rabid anti-hunters are concerned, we Texans have an ole say'n "Those folks have issues". Earlier today, I was picking up my photos from the local...

Sure wish that one of her ilk would try that here in the Republic of Texas. We don't take kindly to adults who physically assault our children even if the perpetrator is suffering from a terminal case of S-V syndrome.

What Lion Aid, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, and their ilk fail to realize (or understand) is that the BVC has an annual lion quota. Even though the raffle has been cancelled, the BVC will sell their lion quota to big game hunters (albeit at a reduced price due to existing importation...

Mr. Brickburn, thanks for the confirmation. Happy New Year to you and your family. Cheers!

As per Lion Aid's Facebook: NEWS JUST IN!!! Bubye Raffle to hunt a lion has been cancelled!! We have just received a phone call from the BBC World Service to say that Bubye Valley Conservancy have informed them that the raffle to hunt a lion has now been cancelled. We have yet to receive any...

I just revisited the BVC's Facebook page and deleted my post commending them for their ongoing wildlife conservation initiatives. Bowing to pressure from the rabid anti-hunters provides the anti's with another major victory, emboldens them, and advances their agenda to ban all ethical and...

Ouch! The BBC World Service is reporting that the Bubye Valley Conservancy lion raffle has been cancelled. Apparently, the BVC folded "like a cheap suit" when confronted by the bunny huggers. Another major victory for the rabid anti-hunters. Oh well, where's my ole squirrel rifle?

Bruce, Happy New Year to you and your family as well! Ouch! The raffle has been withdrawn? Hopefully, it is due to some reporting issues (as per Martin). Please feel free to call me a skeptic, but I suspect that the raffle became a PR nightmare for the BVC. Damn rabid anti-hunters win again!

Bruce, this is true! I inserted the word "American" since we American big game hunters seem to be hated and despised (thanks to an infamous American dentist) more than other international big game hunters. "South African Big Game Hunter" works for me. Cheers! :A Way To Go:

I hope that an American big game hunter wins the raffle and then proceeds with option #2 (tranquilize and collar). Then The Telegraph or Guardian can write an article entitled "American Trophy Hunter Pays $150,000 to Shoot An Iconic Lion Named Jonathan". An American trophy hunter paid $150,000...

Hopefully, the publicity provided by the Telegraph's article (and other social media) will encourage non-hunters to access (either out of frustration, anger, or just curiosity) the BVC's website. The BVC has an incredible wildlife conservation story (funded entirely by hunter's dollars) to tell...

Obviously, there are many success stories similar to the Bubye Valley Conservancy (for example: the Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe, the Nuanetsi Ranch in Zimbabwe, the Royal Kafue in Zambia, etc.). Both the Save and Nuanetsi are former cattle ranches that have recently transitioned to...

Unfortunately, hunters and our various hunting organizations are doing a very poor job of sharing our successful wildlife conservation stories with non-hunters. For example, the following verbiage was excerpted from the Bubye Valley Conservancy's website. The BVC is one of many private...

Initially, I chuckled when I read the above post regarding the Dutch Secretary of State's ongoing efforts to implement a global ban on trophy hunting. Believing that the Netherlands was nothing more than a very small and insignificant county in Europe, I googled the Netherlands and encountered...