It is my usual job to write articles about reloading, but we just returned from a trip hunting plains game,…
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Signs to look for Spoor and scats Impala spoor is typically cloven hoofed and about 45 – 50mm in length.…
Description “Rooibok”, the Afrikaans name, literally meaning “red buck”, is very descriptive of this very elegant antelope. The fact that…
Many hunters like to keep a photographic record of the animals they have successfully hunted. Taking a photograph of a…
The year 1912 was a hallmark year for those of us who love the sport of big game hunting. Holland…
I had a very dear aunt who lives in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Every time she sends…
You aim, press the trigger, and a weak puff informs you that only the percussion cap or a very small…
A number of years ago this got me thinking and I did some “survival” hunting. This involved going out into the bush with only my bow, some basic survival tools, and a little food to start off with, for an extended period of time (5-10 days). Once my food and water ran out I would then be forced to live off what nature provided.
The 13th bull was waiting for us. As he got up, he came in one movement. Low and fast. Intention apparent. As I started falling backwards, Michael’s .375 Rigby H&H went off beside me. Rifle off my shoulder, I was pulling the trigger for first right and then left barrel before I hit the deck. The gun was not on my shoulder, but in the direction of danger. A flash of blood was all I could see from what I thought was my right barrel at the hump of our aggressor, who then turned to flee to our left. The .500 NE had turned him at three yards.
Taking The Shot With the understandable excitement experienced by first-time lion hunters shooting over bait under the low light shooting…