A Hunting Ban Saps A Village’s Livelihood
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Lions have been coming out of the surrounding bush, prowling around homes and a small health clinic, to snatch goats and donkeys from the heart of this village on the edge of one of Africa’s great inland deltas. Elephants, too, are becoming frequent, unwelcome visitors, gobbling up the beans, maize and watermelons that took farmers […]
Bowhunting in the heat
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36 degrees Celsius is not that hot but it makes sitting in a blind rather uncomfortable. Our hunting party hunted near Tolwe, a small town in Limpopo close to the Botswana boarder. The area is very hot, dry and without surface water, all the water is pumped into the watering holes via a borehole. As […]
Controversy in the hunting industry
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On the wake of the controversial killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe comes another contentious hunting issue, this one over a “driven hunt” in South Africa last week that was even opposed by some hunters, though it was deemed legal by local authorities. Professional Hunting Association of South Africa released the below statement: Whats not […]
The day had finally arrived
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The day had finally arrived and we were at the airport on our way to the Kalahari. We booked our rifles in and awaited our boarding time. After boarding the plane our conversation turned to hunting. Very intrigued about how the hunting works in North America and chatting extensively to the client, I found out […]
Sustainable Trophy Hunting in Africa
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Imagine conservation as a three-legged stool. You need the wildlife, you need local people to be committed to conservation… and you need people to hunt down rare animals and kill them. “When one of those legs isn’t there, the whole thing falls apart,” says Joe Hosmer, vice-president of Safari Club International. Yes, the way to […]
Disappointment comes with the territory
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Disappointment comes with the territory and I am sure not every hunt can be successful. All the equipment was packed checked and ready for action. We arrived on the side of the mountain after a short 3hr drive through the rolling hills and grasslands Mpumalanga and the free state. The wind was driving the grass […]
My grandmother shoots a .500NE
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When you go to hunting shows you tend to meet some interesting characters. Huntex 2015 was no different. Myself and the team from JWK Safaris met up the one and only, Mark Sullivan. After an interesting conversation with Mark on doubles and makes and the thrill of hunting dangerous game, he had the below to say: “My […]
My heart just about skips a beat
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As the massive red orb of the African winter sun sets on another weekend spent in the field, I reflect back on what has happened, time spent on the shooting range with all sorts of calibers. Long and close shots with the tracking dogs as exited as ever. The phone rings and the call is […]
An Awesome Offer to the Anti-Hunters
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No person involved in the hunting industry has completely escaped the recent wave of anti-hunting sentiment. Our Facebook and Twitter pages have received an inundated amount of “hate mail” in the last couple of weeks. JWK Safaris has posted pro-hunting statuses on our Facebook and Twitter pages several times a day in response to recent […]
Be Careful on Social Media
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Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, are both a blessing as well as a curse. They allow you to share your hunting experiences with your friends and families across the globe. However, they are also popular platforms for the animal activists to attack and harass hunting community and take the conversation through […]
