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The spoils of the hunt are either a trophy or venison or both. Avoid disappointment and wastage by taking the…

Put a bunch of hunters together at a favorite watering hole, or around a hunting campfire, and at some point,…

You’re back from safari but you seem to always be tired, can’t concentrate, and feel listless and sleepy. Your wife is…

 I never hunted in Tanzania so I approached Robert De Pole’s autobiographical account of hunting there with anticipation because this…

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When visiting Humani in the Savé Conservancy, one can be assured of being introduced to the newest member of the Humani clan. This extraordinary new addition is an orphan rhino calf named Jimmy, who is being raised by Anne Whittall. When Jimmy arrived at the Humani homestead, weak and in a generally sorry state, Anne was forced to play the part of foster mother rhino. Many will agree that there could be no one better for the role.

Ever so slowly I inch my way through the scrub, closing in purposefully on the result of what was possibly…

Binga was something of a letdown. It was the first ‘real town’ we passed through, and to be honest I wish we had bypassed. We were delayed there for an unreasonably lengthy period (due to various factors but mainly because of bungling bureaucracy), and I found the town to be a dive, as I find all Zimbabwean towns to be these days.

In certain respects, the lower Zambezi stretch was a letdown. Don’t get me wrong, we enjoyed fantastic moments and sightings and met some fine people along the way, but delays constantly shackled our advance and we jerked along spasmodically.