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Zimbabwe lion hunting consistently produces excellent African lions with success rates that can not be touched by most areas in Africa. A good quality African lion is becoming very difficult to find. One of the most sought after of the Big 5, the African lion remains one of the most popular hunts. This Zimbabwe lion [...]
By: Garth Owen-Smith, Co-director of IRDNC Namibia Over the past years the escalating media frenzy, sensational headlines and misinformation over the Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s issuing of trophy elephant hunting permits in Namibia has been incredible. Having worked as an agricultural official in the then Kaokoveld (1968-70), I was in charge of the Endangered [...]
Research on Lion Manes A new study conducted by scientists at the Chicago Field Museum and published in the Journal of Zoology sheds some light on the controversial topic of why lion manes vary so much among wild lions. According to the study, wild lions generally develop manes in accordance with local climates. In Equatorial [...]
Sometimes you don’t want a package hunt and just want to pay a day fee and choose the Plains Game you want to hunt from the price list. This Traditional Safari is a way to save money and hunt the African way! The Plains Game Safari industry in South Africa is based on the luxury [...]
Every now and then I have one of those nights that I just can’t sleep because I’m dreaming of an African Hunting Safari. I really don’t know why either, next week I am going on a coues deer hunt in southern Arizona. This is a really great hunt and I should be counting coues deer [...]
There are several things to consider when you are booking your first trip to South Africa. I’ll start with the one of the misconceptions that I come across all the time when working with clients. Ninety-nine percent of South Africa hunting is behind high-fence. For many hunters, including myself, Africa is their first high-fence hunting [...]
A century ago Africa had just 6,000 elephants left. Now there are 600,000, and some say they are a pest – which is why the guns are out. CEO of webhosting giant GoDaddy released a controversial YouTube video last month of him hunting elephants in Zimbabwe, Africa. Our own Marc Warnke was interviewed by The [...]
A hunter shot this crocodile in Africa and when they were cleaning him, they found a partially digested person inside. Native’s in Africa won’t eat crocodiles because they feel they are eating their relatives. That’s how many man eating crocodiles there are in Africa. If you have a weak stomach, beware. These pictures are…. graphic. [...]
by allAfrica.com Mbombela — A rhino DNA sample kit is expected to help prosecutors be even tougher on those caught with rhino horns. If DNA tests positively link a horn to a specific rhino carcass, poachers will no longer get away with only a charge of possession, they will also be charged with the illegal [...]
Travel to Africa for a hunt from the US can be a daunting undertaking the first time you do it, but if you have all of the correct information there is no need to worry. Here is what you need to know for your upcoming African Safari. 1. First, you need to get a letter [...]
Well last night was the night. After over a year my Africa plains game mounts finally arrived. I was excited as a kid in a candy store. In this age of instant gratification we all want it now and my Africa Trophies were no exception. For those of you who have ever dealt with a [...]
by African Indaba While legal rhino hunting does exist in some parts of Africa, poaching is still rampant in many areas. A recent flurry of blogs, webpostings and newspaper reports focused on the worsening rhino crisis in Southern Africa. On August 18th a male white rhino was killed by poachers in the iMfolozi Game Reserve [...]
I came accross this story recently while browsing HuntersNetworks.com. It is about a man who found a poached rhino in Africa and while looking for evidence, found a baby rhino. He took it home and is raising it. Pretty cool story. The news came in from a gamescout patrol via hand-held radio. A rhino had [...]
An unbelievable nature video. A must watch if you haven’t seen it before.
I got this information from the African Indaba Newsletter. Angola In Cangandala the cameras showed the well-known four to five pure adult female giant sable and five sable/roan hybrids, including the four youngest animals, two male calves born in 2006 and two females in 2007. We suspect that there were no calves born this year. [...]
Scientists from the Zoological Society of London and the University of Copenhagen reported in recorded the journal BMC Biology that the depth of the clicking sounds produced by walking eland bulls correlates to body size and are signals to show the bulls’ fighting potential thus establishing mating rights. The sound is thought to be made [...]
Check out this photo sequence of an elephant terrorizing some not-so-happy campers in Africa. I’ve got to say, this would be intimidating. When you see it standing next to the vehicles it sinks in how big they really are. It turns out OK, but could’ve gotten really bad. photos by Jan
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