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Crop Raiding Elephant - by Jan L. Schott (Evergreen, Co, USA)
In March of last year (2007) in Zimbabwe, we were notified of crop raiding elephant in the area of Gundaveroi. A local farmer was...
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- 6 days ago
- 4 min
My Smoky Giraffe - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
In August of 2007 I was on Safari in Northern Namibia, Africa. I was hunting just South of Etosha with my PH, Barry. It had been a very...
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- Nov 18
- 3 min
Our Kalahari Hunt - by Dennis Duncan (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
I have an African Hunting story to share and this took place in the Kalahari region of Namibia (the country just north of South Africa)....
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- Nov 14
- 2 min
Gemsbok Will Fight Back - by Terry Blauwkamp (Hudsonville MI USA)
This African hunting story will give you a good idea of what may be expected from hunting a wounded Gemsbok in Africa! I was after an old...
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- Nov 11
- 3 min
Hartebeest are "Hard to Bust" by Terry Blauwkamp (Hudsonville MI USA)
As you may have read in other African hunting stories... Some animals seem to be a bigger challenge than others are and Hartebeest...
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- Nov 7
- 3 min
Cape Buffalo Hunting Up Close By - by Terry Blauwkamp (Hudsonville MI USA)
As most stories start out, "Once upon a time", this is about a Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe. We got a little too close to the Buffalo, or...
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- Nov 4
- 5 min
My First (and Last) Eland - by Paul Smith (Missouri, USA)
Several years ago I decided that I would go on an African Cape buffalo and plains game safari, although up to then, the only animal I had...
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- Oct 28
- 2 min
The Hunter's Moon - by Charlie Burlbaw (Dallas, Texas)
Have you ever heard in hunting stories about a "Hunter's Moon"? If not - let me share this African hunting story with you. I met a fellow...
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- Oct 24
- 2 min
My Warthog Hunted With a Spear... - by Willem Pretorius (Kingdom of Bahrain)
My first warthog with a spear This spear is an original specimen given to me as a gift by a grateful Bushmen tracker in the...
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- Oct 21
- 4 min
Africa Hunting for Women - Terri R. McIntosh
"You want ME to go to Africa?" No Way, No Desire! Duke (spouse) and I were invited to go to a wild game dinner with auctions being held...
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- Oct 17
- 6 min
You only go around once.... - by Roger D. Libby (Otis Orchards, WA. USA)
You only go around once... make the most of it and take your "Trip of a Lifetime"! For me, that trip began somewhere over Morocco at...
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- Oct 14
- 5 min
Third Times a Charm - by Steven Huettner (Glen Arm, MD, USA)
"Now it is pleasant to hunt something that you want very much over a long period of time, being outwitted, out-maneuvered, and failing at...
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- Oct 10
- 5 min
Namibian Gold - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
I had hunted hard for three days in the Mopane woodlands, savannahs and rocky hills of Northern Namibia with Barry as my PH. I had not,...
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- Oct 7
- 6 min
Jackpot - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
I was on a rocky hillside in Northern Namibia overlooking a valley studded with Mopane trees. Two herds of Burchell's Zebras were visible...
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- Oct 3
- 5 min
The Grey Ghost of the African Veld - by Enrique del Rosario (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
At 69 years, John had almost given up on his dream to hunt Africa. He had watched my coming and going on safari to that Dark Continent...
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- Sep 30
- 3 min
My Favorite Hunt - by Karen Eaton(Sultan, Washington USA)
It is late afternoon, and most of the men have gone out to hunt the Burchell’s Zebra. I am talking to my guides, Isabel and Hendrik, and...
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- Sep 26
- 6 min
Old Fool of the Veld - by Enrique del Rosario (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
According to an African legend, God made this animal from bits and pieces that were left over after He had finished creating all the...
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- Sep 23
- 5 min
There's an Impala you want to shoot! - by Roger D. Libby (Otis Orchards, WA, USA)
It was the first day of my much-anticipated African safari. Riaan, my Professional Hunter met me at the Land Rover at first light. We...
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- Sep 19
- 4 min
Birds of Namibia - by Enrique del Rosario (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
"You're American?" asked the one in the light blue shorts. Two women, obviously not from Namibia, sat at a table next to ours at a...
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- Sep 19
- 3 min
Rhino Hunt - by Glen Eaton (Sultan, WA, USA)
February 16, 2007. The Safari Club banquet in Seattle. I am the highest bidder for a Rhinoceros hunt in South Africa. Not a normal hunt...
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- Sep 16
- 6 min
Like the Stillness of the Stars - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
It was my first day at the camp of a hunting ranch in Northern Namibia. The previous night I had met all the hunters and guides in camp...
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- Sep 12
- 7 min
Five *MORE* Rifle Calibres for International Hunting - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
My first essential caliber is the .223 Rem., which is one of the most popular rifle calibers in the United States and Internationally....
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- Sep 9
- 6 min
Five Rifle Calibres for International Hunting - by Stephan Hofmann (Illinois, USA)
I have decided to list my choices of the five most useful rifle calibers available to an International Hunter. I have limited the choices...
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- Sep 5
- 6 min
A First Impala Hunt - by Mike Cramer (Brooklyn, NY)
Hunting stories are the beginning of literature. It's not the epic poem, no matter what the professor of your freshman "Core Humanities"...