Hunting

DEUR J. DU P. BOTHMA – Die wildebeeste het 2,5 miljoen jaar gelede uit die uitgestorwe reuse-antiloop Megalotragus priscus ontstaan wat in die uitgestrekte grasvelde van […]

BY JOHAN VAN WYK – It was one of those dry and windy winter’s days in the Eastern Cape’s open country. I had spent the morning […]

DEUR KOBUS DE KOCK – Die geelbekkie se roep het eensaam oor die vlei weggerol. Skoon en helder in die laaste lig van die dag. Duidelik […]

BY DANIE GROBLER – Outwitting a gobbler takes some effort.   Many moons ago, back when ESPN still meant “actual television” and not an app, I […]

DEUR THINUS STEYN – Die kleiner vlaktebokke bied almal unieke uitdagings. In dié reeks kyk ons na die mees algemene kleiner vlaktebokke: hulle voorkoms, gedrag en […]

BY JOHAN VAN WYK – The world of African hunting literature has provided us with many talented writers over the years.   Ernest Hemingway was the […]

BY KOBUS DU KOCK – “Fair chase” is a term used by hunters to describe an ethical approach to hunting. The original “fair chase” creed of […]

DEUR JOHAN VAN WYK – Olifante wek dikwels emosie op, maar is hulle werklik bedreig?   Die olifant, soos die renoster en die leeu, is sonder […]

South Africa has published new export hunting quotas for elephant, black rhinoceros and leopard for 2026 and 2027, ending a four-year gap since the previous quotas […]

DEUR FANIE PRETORIUS – Jag in die Kalahari het sy eie unieke aanslag. Ons was onlangs op ’n jagtog in die Kalahari en die bekende ou […]

One of the biggest challenges in any industry is marketing, and the international hunting industry is no exception. It does not matter how long your kudu’s […]

by KOOS BARNARD Get ready, the leaves are falling… Hunting season is upon us, the mornings are crisp and the evenings are getting cooler. If you […]

BY KOOS BARNARD MANY modern products make hunting more enjoyable and contribute to success. Binoculars and rangefinders fall into that category; I regard a binocular an […]

A traditional African folktale about the tsessebe tells how he arrived late when the creator was dishing out different adornments to the various animals – tusks, […]

If you’ve not hunted bushbuck before you have been missing out. These animals can be extremely tough to hunt, as I found out some years ago […]

The clatter of hooves on stony ground suddenly alerted the two hunters. Excitedly pointing a finger, the younger rifleman exclaimed, “There they are!” As the small […]

Africa is home to a wide variety of antelope species, some of which are strikingly beautiful while others are majestic in size and appearance. The Alcelaphus […]

“Take my breath away…” THE greywing partridge has long been extolled with superlatives ranging from the Crown Prince to the crème de la crème of Africa’s […]

The sun had been up for thirty minutes when we met the rest of the shooting party between Delmas and Kendall in Mpumalanga. The sunlight struggled […]

Gamebird hunting as a sport began with falconry, thousands of years ago. The first sporting guns were massively heavy, slow-firing matchlocks, so gamebirds were shot on […]

The 55 000 hectare Pilanesberg National Park, also known as the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, is a wildlife conservation area situated in our North West province and […]

ON SAFARIS in wilderness areas in Africa, the indigenous local tracker is the most important element for success. Many PHs guiding foreign clients are also competent […]

While chatting to some newly licenced professional hunters at the recent PHASA conference, I became aware of their main concern – the non-availability of dangerous game […]

by HILTON HAMANN THE SHOTGUN is one of the most versatile firearms a hunter can own. Although a short-range weapon, when appropriately loaded, it can take […]

By THINUS STEYN A versatile, quality scope to help find your quarry in the dark SA Jagter/Hunter magazine recently tasked me with testing the NNPO TCS-635L […]

’N JAGSTORIE wat my altyd gefasineer het is die van Harry Manners wat olifante vanaf ’n leer, of staande bo op ’n spoorsnyers se skouers, geskiet […]

Deur KOBUS DE KOCK Stap vir stap word ’n voëljagter gebore. Sus wou leer voëls jag en die voorreg was myne. Hemingway het geskryf: “All you […]

By ANDREW BALDRY When the animal has the advantage, hunting can be dangerous but exhilarating. The sound of thunder is ominous. It is the pending sound […]

Deur JOHAN VAN WYK As jy ’n buffeljag vir ’n seekoeijag verruil… Die suidoostelike laeveld van Zimbabwe is ’n area wat my baie na aan die […]

Deur JOHAN VAN WYK Die hamer moet soms eerder so ’n raps groter wees! Die ontmoetingsplek was ’n oop grasvlakte nie te ver van die Hoëveldse […]

Deur ANDRÉ GERBER Vlaktes so wyd soos die Heer se genade… So wyd soos die Heer se genade, so wyd lê die wêreld om Upington – […]

By DANIE GROBLER Never underestimate an oryx! All serious hunters love hunting dangerous game, but for obvious reasons, this is a pastime that doesn’t always lie […]

Deur DIRK OOSTHUIZEN Buffeljag op die regte manier! Dit was 17 September 2016 en ek was weer op pad na Mosambiek om te jag. Hierdie sou […]

By DOCTARI Have a healthy respect for the unpredictability of the formidable big boys. It was an afternoon in November 2016, and we were in the […]

BY DANIE GROBLER When things go wrong, they truly go wrong. At school, and being Afrikaans, we always joked about the literature of William Shakespeare. However, […]

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Deur JOHAN VAN WYK Nie net betroubaar nie, maar ook bekostigbaar en weereens gewild. Die 9.3×62 Mauser het deur die jare baie diep spore in die […]

By DOCTARI Have a healthy respect for the unpredictability of the formidable big boys. It was an afternoon in November 2016, and we were in the […]

By DOCTARI Have a healthy respect for the unpredictability of the formidable big boys. It was an afternoon in November 2016, and we were in the […]

By JOHAN VAN WYK Intro: Sorting the wheat from the chaff as far as trophy hunting is concerned. Trophy hunting has, of late, come in for […]

The Real Threat to Wildlife – the Facts from a Game Ranger By RICHARD SOWRY What are the real issues to discuss when talking about hunting? […]

DIE AFRIKA-OLIFANT: BEDREIG OF NIE? Deur JOHAN VAN WYK Olifante wek dikwels emosie op, maar is hulle werklik bedreig? Die olifant, soos die renoster en die […]