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Spesie / Species: Afrika-leeu

Groot roofdiere is noodsaaklik vir die behoud van

ekostelsels en hul verlies kan katastrofiese gevolge vir die

mensdom hê. Die uitgestorwe leeu Panthera leo afrox van

Noord-Amerika en Siberië was die grootste bekende soort

leeu. Die lewende leeus bestaan uit die Afrika-leeu Panthera

leo leo en die Asiatiese leeu Panthera leo persica van Indië

wat geneties 1,1 persent anders is as die Afrika-leeu en

eens wydverspreid was.

JAG / HUNTING

18 Venture Gear se nuwe Pyramex Bluetoothoormowwe

26 Bakgat-produkte

28 Bullet Talk

42 Swarovski Optik dG

52 CHASA – Clay Target Shooting Association of

South Africa

54 .375 H&H in Federal Fusion – “rakammunisie”

vir gevaarlike wild!

58 PHASA – Cape Town economist falsely accuses

South African game industry

59 Birding on your hunting trip – fork-tailed drongo

60 Swarovski Z8i 1-8x24

64 Jagfotogalery

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8 Elephant hunt in Zimbabwe – the ultimate hunting

experience!

14 Book your hunt

22 Next-level backpack hunt in the red Kalahari sand

30 Woodleigh Hydro – the best of both worlds

34 Grootboor-swartkruit by Setshaba Safaris

40 Goodbye to an African legend – CZ 550

44 The art and science of hunting – Part 13:

Field dressing and trophy preparation

48 America’s wildlife crisis – Part 1

GEWERE & AMMUNISIE / GUNS & AMMUNITION

56 Martin Hood – Firearm court cases and the

consequences

WILDPRODUKSIE, -BESTUUR & -BEMARKING /

GAME PRODUCTION, RANCHING & MARKETING

70 Die Afrika-leeu

74 Prystendense vir wildveilings – Dr Flippie Cloete

76 Veilinguitslae

78 WRSA – Oor bek-en-klouseer, wildleweforums en

vlakvark- en bosvarkpermitte

80 Valley Venture Stud and Friends

82 WRSA DigiMAG

84 In gesprek met – George Potgieter

GEREELD / REGULAR & ALGEMEEN / GENERAL

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67 Win a SWAROVSKI X5i riflescope

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Experience something else /

Ervaar iets anders

Panthera leo leo, oftewel die Afrika-leeu wat vandeesmaand op ons jaarlikse

Big-game Edition se voorblad pryk, is die grootste roofdier in Afrika.

Prof J du P Bothma verduidelik op bl 70 waarom dié kat noodsaaklik vir die

behoud van ekostelsels is. Dis egter slegs moontlik as die leeus selfonderhoudend

is, soos byvoorbeeld die leeus in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. Die meeste leeus

wat gejag word, word aanvanklik in gevangeskap geteel en diereregte-aktiviste en

antijagters gebruik die term “geblikte jag” alte graag om die jagbedryf te diskrediteer.

So ook word die term “etiese jag” gebruik deur jagters wat voorstanders is

daarvan om slegs vrylopende leeus te jag.

Over the years, GAME & HUNT has published several lion hunt articles, but

not with the intention to dictate which type of lion hunt is ethical and which is not.

It always depends on the question “according to who?” We always tell the story

based on the experience of the hunter, so that other hunters and non-hunters

can decide for themselves. As this is our Big-game Edition, Stefan Fouché and

Ronald Nel returned to the red Kalahari sand for a next-level backpack hunt. Hunting

lion on foot, they carried all the necessary equipment in their backpacks. As

darkness fell, they only had the canvas of their tents separating them from Africa’s

most dangerous predators. Turn to p 22 and decide for yourself whether we hunt

for the sake of experiencing the hunt, or whether we hunt purely to shoot and kill

something. Scan the QR code or click on the link if you are a GAME & HUNT

DigiMag subscriber to watch a video of this hunt.

Nog ’n nuwe ervaring is om met ’n grootboor-swartkruitgeweer te jag. Die

moderne swartkruitgeweer is nog steeds ’n voorlaaier, al is dit nou in ’n breeknek-

.50-kaliber beskikbaar. Skandeer gerus die QR-kode op bl 34, of as jy ingeteken

is op GAME & HUNT DigiMag, klik net op die skakel om na die video te kyk waar

Christophe Roelofse vir Stefan Fouché op sy eerste swartkruitjagtog neem.

Op bl 54 vra ons vir Johannes Coertze van Formalito die ongemaklike vraag:

“Is Federal die nuwe PMP in SA?”, met verwysing na die Federal Fusion-reeks.

Dié reeks bekostigbare, doeltreffende, fabrieksgelaaide ammunisie sal in die boer,

jagter en sosiale skietgeesdriftige se individuele behoeftes voorsien en is tot in

.375 H&H beskikbaar.

The 2020 game auction calendar kicked off in February, with prices being

lower than in February 2019, but more in line with the average prices for the 2019

season. Compared to February 2019, 95% more animals were on offer. Dr Flippie

Cloete explains on p 74 that this can be ascribed to the use of technology such as

apps as marketing platforms. However, he says that an established brand name

and the quality of the animals are the factors that persuade users to utilise the

apps, rather than the accessibility of the apps.

April is weer tyd vir die WRSA Wildboer van die Jaar-toekenning. Ek het die

voorreg gehad om die broodnodige reën die skuld te gee ten einde ’n tweede keer

by George Potgieter van Schoongezicht Hunting Safaris in die Rooibokkraalomgewing

te gaan kuier. George is in 2018 as WRSA se wildboer van die jaar

aangewys en het hierdie gesogte toekenning in 2019 ontvang. Beter bekend as ’n

jagondernemer, het George sy passie vir jag in ’n boerdery omskep, wat ter wille

van volhoubaarheid nie net wild insluit nie, maar ook beeste, besproeiing en droëlandsaaiery.

Op bl 84 vertel George hoe ons ons persepsies sal moet verander.

Hy waarsku dat ’n jagter ’n buffelbul wil jag in plaas daarvan om dit bloot te skiet.

Wildboere en jagondernemers moet dus die buffels laat jag en nie net laat skiet

om van hulle ontslae te raak nie, anders gaan ons die plaaslike mark ook verloor.

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The ultimate hunting experience!

Growing up as a young boy, I used to watch hunting videos by legends like Mark Sullivan, Ivan Carter and

Buzz Charlton. Having watched these videos, one cannot help but dream of leaving your own tracks on the

Dark Continent in search of Africa’s biggest mammal one day. Buzz and Ivan make it quite clear that for them

this is the pinnacle of any trophy hunter’s hunting career. The seed was planted and the countdown began ...

In late 2018, I started a project of having a real elephant

gun built. My choice was a .450 Rigby and I set the ball

rolling. This rifle was completed by March 2019, and after

shooting it for the first time, I just knew I had to sling it over

my shoulder in search of the ultimate Big Five animal. I did

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I made it clear to Tinie that I wanted a real and proper

hunt and he understood me 100%. Tinie came back to me,

confirming that he would be able to help. I was ecstatic and

could hardly control my excitement. The hunt was booked

and now the real preparation could begin.

The next two months felt like two years. I must have

watched at least 10 DVDs numerous times to make sure I

was comfortable with the necessary shot placement. Furthermore,

I spent a lot of time on the range, making certain I was

comfortable with the rifle and shooting straight with the iron

sights. There would be no margin for error ...

Early in December 2019, Rich and I boarded a plane, our

destination being Vic Falls in Zimbabwe. When we landed,

Tinie was waiting for us. Travelling with our rifles went

smoothly and everyone at the airport was very helpful. We

got into Tinie’s truck and drove to Vic Falls where we had

the best half chicken and chips I ever tasted. After lunch, we

drove to our hunting area about 80 km away. We arrived in

camp and then reality kicked in – we were in Africa and I was

going to hunt an elephant!

I didn’t get much sleep on the first night as excitement

levels were just too high. We left camp at about 6 am and

picked up our game scout for the hunt. Then we started driving

the boundary road of our hunting area, the Fuller Forest

Area. After about four hours, we came across the first signs

of elephant. A big herd had crossed the road but the trackers

figured out that the signs were not fresh enough to follow, so

we continued driving. It wasn’t long before we found more

fresh tracks. The trackers studied them and Tinie told me

there was a good bull among the group. He suggested we

should go and have a look.

We followed the tracks for about an hour, when all of

a sudden we heard an elephant trumpeting. It felt as if my

heart was going to jump from my chest! It was impossible to

hide my excitement. Constantly checking the wind direction,

we slowly approached the herd. We got to within 15 m of the

closest cow. It was an absolute treat being so close to these

massive animals without them knowing we were there. On

closer inspection, we saw that there was a shootable bull,

but he was lying down flat on his side right in the middle of

the herd. We must have stood there for at least 20 minutes,

just calmly waiting for him to get up. I used this time to have

a good look at the anatomy of one of the cows standing

broadside about 15 m away, familiarising myself with where

the shot should be placed.

One of the cows started browsing again, coming as close

as eight steps from us. In the meantime, the bull got up but

View from our hunting camp

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First signs of elephant on the first morning

was standing behind a tree with his backside towards us.

The cow moved to our right and, catching our scent, sounded

an alarm call upon which the whole herd took off running.

I heard them moving through the trees for about three

seconds and then all went quiet. I couldn’t believe how

such big animals could just disappear like that. Although I

didn’t get a shot, this encounter was one I would remember

forever. We made our way back to the vehicle and returned

to camp for lunch.

After lunch, we set out again and started driving around.

It was late afternoon when we found the tracks of six bulls

crossing the road. The tracks were fresh and we decided

to try and catch up with the elephants before dark. After

following the spoor for about an hour through really thick stuff

without any luck, we decided to call it a day and returned to

the truck. That night I played back the events of the day over

and over in my mind. It was exactly what I had been dreaming

of for so many years. We had a couple of good whiskeys

around the campfire and went to bed early. I had a very good

feeling about the second day ...

First sighting of my

elephant bull’s track

Awake at 4 am, we had a quick cup of coffee and were

out and about by 5 am. It had rained quite a lot during the

night, which made finding tracks very difficult. One thing was

for sure, if we were to find tracks, they would be very fresh.

Around 8 am we discovered the first tracks but moved on

as there were no good bulls among them. At about 9 am we

got a call from one of the game scouts patrolling a different

area. He had come across some tracks he thought were

worth having a proper look at. It took us close to an hour to

get there. As soon as Tinie got out of the vehicle and saw the

tracks, he said, “This is the bull you want to shoot.” It was a

massive spoor full of cracks. This bull was walking with two

younger bulls and they crossed the road after the rain had

stopped. I could actually still smell them – that is how fresh

the tracks were!

Rich, Tinie and I got our gear and rifles ready, and off

we went on those giant tracks. The wind was swirling quite

badly, but we took our chances and pushed on. At one stage

Tinie and his trackers stopped and stood there, listening.

The elephants were making a lot of noise, trumpeting and

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Left: Front foot of my bull. Middle: My bull’s ivory. Right: My custom-built .450 Rigby next to the bull’s tail.

rumbling quite loudly. We actually thought they had smelled

us and were going to move off. Standing there for a couple of

minutes, we figured out that they were still around. Slowly we

made our way closer, constantly checking the wind. We were

about 100 steps away when I first saw a big cow. Pointing

her out to Tinie, we realised that the three bulls had met up

with a whole herd. There must have been 15 to 20 animals in

the herd.

Approaching very slowly, we paid a great deal of attention

to the wind direction. When we were about 10 steps from the

closest cow, we could clearly see the massive bull standing

right in the centre of the herd. He was definitely bigger than

the rest but was standing behind a tree once again and didn’t

present a shot opportunity. A young bull actually spotted us

and was quite curious. He walked up to us, trying to figure

out what we were. At one stage he must have been no

further than five steps, his trunk raised high in the sky. It was

at this moment that I was very thankful for having such an

experienced PH as well as Rich next to me. This situation

could get very nasty very quickly as these young bulls were

very unpredictable.

Thankfully, the youngster eventually lost interest and

My custom-built .450 Rigby on my bull with two 480 gr Woodleigh Hydros

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moved off. At the same time the big bull started walking to

our right, stopping right in front of us, about 19 steps away.

Quickly assessing the situation, Tinie said, “There’s your

side-brain shot, take it.” I raised my rifle and everything lined

up perfectly. I can still remember seeing the earhole quite

clearly. I placed my front bead right in front of it and slowly

squeezed the trigger. The scene that played out before

me for the next two seconds was something I would never

forget. The massive bull’s back legs buckled and his trunk

shot up into the air, coming down and hitting the ground with

a massive thump! Everything felt as it was happening in slow

motion. Tinie grabbed me and we ran to about 5 m from the

bull. He instructed me to put another shot into his chest as

an insurance shot. I obeyed and my second shot hit him right

between the front legs. The bull was down and out, with my

first shot hitting him in exactly the right place.

The next thing we realised was that there was a tiny calf

standing right next to the bull. This meant big trouble! A few

cows came charging towards us and Tinie shouted that we

had to back off very quickly. Running back about 50 m, we

stopped under a big tree. The calf’s mother ran up to the spot

where I had taken the shot from and started pushing over

trees, thrusting her tusks into the ground and trumpeting very

loudly. These were all significant signs of aggression. We

decided to move off even further, probably another 30 steps.

We were standing in the shade of a big tree, talking about my

shot and the situation, when Tinie saw the cow still coming

towards us. She was walking at a fast pace with her trunk on

the ground in order to follow our scent. She was still very unhappy!

Tinie advised us to walk back to the nearest road as

fast as possible to avoid having to shoot the cow out of selfdefence.

This was definitely a situation we wanted to prevent.

We walked to the nearest road approximately 1,5 km

away. There we stood for about an hour, talking about what

had just happened. I couldn’t wait to go back to my bull. We

decided to walk around in a big circle and then approach my

bull from the other side to properly assess the situation and

avoid any unnecessary confrontation. We finally reached my

bull and saw that the cow had fortunately moved off with her

calf. Only then did we realise what had happened ... The cow

had actually given birth to the calf right there. That must have

been why they were trumpeting so loudly earlier. We actually

Shot placement on my bull


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This photo was taken when we got back to the road,

after all the excitement. Ltr: Tinie, me and Richard.

found the afterbirth about 15 steps from where my bull was

lying. After seeing this, we understood her actions a lot

better.

Finally, I had the opportunity to walk up to my bull.

Walking around to his head, I placed my hand on him and

my eyes shot full of tears. It is an emotion that words cannot

describe. I have dreamed of this my entire life, and there I

was, sitting next to my own elephant bull that I had hunted.

This was without a doubt the most exciting, emotional and

memorable hunt I had ever experienced.

We took our time, taking some great trophy photos, and I

had the opportunity to cut off the tail to formally claim my elephant

bull. Tinie and his team then started making a road to

the bull and called in some more help. The guys made quick

work of the slaughtering process and all the meat was delivered

to the local community, who was extremely grateful.

We arrived back in camp late that afternoon and then the

real celebrations began. We enjoyed some good whiskey

and discussed the day’s events over and over again. Hearing

the stories of all Tinie’s and Rich’s experiences in Africa

made it even better. I sat there, sharing hunting stories with

my like-minded hunting friends late into the night. My first

elephant hunt was everything I had dreamed of and more. I

now understand why everyone says that hunting free-range

elephant on foot will become an addiction after your first one.

You will always want to go back and experience it over and

over again.

Lastly, I would like to thank Tinie and Rich for making this

hunt so memorable. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

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Ons het met ’n .357 Magnum geskiet en die vinnige

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Dit het die geraasvlak tot by ’n baie welkome 26 dB

afgebring. Of ons nou na ’n paar Springsteen-snitte op ons

slimfoon geluister het of besig was met ’n telefoonoproep na

vriende, die geraasonderdrukking van die Amp BT het hom

uitstekend van sy taak gekwyt.

Die Pyramex Venture Gear Amp BT elektroniese

Bluetooth-gehoorbeskermer het ’n magdom funksies wat

hierdie oormowwe die opwindendste produk in die Venture

Gear-reeks maak. Op die skietbaan of in die veld is

dit dikwels nodig om met ’n baanoffisier of medejagter te

kommunikeer. Hierdie nuwe elektroniese gehoorbeskermer

onderdruk nie net skadelike klanke tot op veilige vlakke

nie, maar versterk ook die klanke rondom jou danksy die

funksie om geraas vinnig te onderdruk. Die vier mikrofone

wat al om die eenheid geposisioneer is, bied maksimum

dekking aan gebruikers vir die aksie wat om hulle plaasvind.

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geruisbeheerknoppies om ’n gesprek moontlik te maak.

Die Venture Gear Amp BT kan ook as passiewe gehoorbeskerming

gebruik word sonder die elektroniese funksies,

waartydens dit die geraasvlak ook na 26 dB kan afbring.

Blootstelling aan geraas hoër as 140 dB kan die gehoor

permanent beskadig. Grootkalibergewere en die meeste

pistoolkalibers produseer klankvlakke van 175 dB of harder.

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jaar gelede die Dropzone-bril bekendgestel het wat steeds

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maatskappy het meer as 2 000 verspreiders in meer as 60

lande. Hulle belê baie tyd in navorsing om seker te maak

hul produkte kan met die beste ter wêreld meeding. Besoek

gerus hul webwerf: www.pyramexsafety.com

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Stefan Fouché

Next-level backpack hunt in the red

KALAHARI SAND

Kalahari hunts, bushveld hunts, lions and lionesses, two-day to nine-day hunts – we have done

it all. Now it was time to juice it up one more notch by hunting lion on foot, carrying everything we

needed either in our backpacks or by hand. This would be it – sharing a hunting area with Africa’s most

dangerous predator, not only in broad daylight, but also as darkness fell, with only the canvas of our

tents separating our space from his. This would be the ultimate backpack hunting experience …

In the December 2019 edition of GAME & HUNT, Ronald

Nel shared his part of this exceptional experience with our

readers. He won the rock-paper-scissors game when we

started to follow the first set of tracks. What unfolded was an

experience none of us would ever forget. With his lion in the

salt, we enjoyed a well-deserved Jameson next to a crackling

camel-thorn fire in camp. Our camp was situated next

to a watering hole on the massive 3 500 ha Reitzdale Game

Reserve in South Africa’s North-West Province. As Seun

Griesel, the PH at Reitzdale, made himself comfortable in

his “reclining chair” (a hole dug by hand in the sand, with the

backrest fashioned from the excavated sand), we shared

stories of numerous hunts and engaged in some exciting

debates about guns, optics and ammunition. Eventually we

had to force ourselves to call it a night as we would be up at

the crack of dawn the next morning,

searching for tracks again.

As the sun rose in the east, we were sipping steaming

hot coffee. Somehow it just tastes different this way, maybe

because one feels more alive out there, sleeping in a tent

among lion and buffalo. You also feel more wide awake than

other mornings, even though you struggled to sleep the entire

night. Your senses are extremely sharp. You inhale the

crisp morning air deeply into your lungs, oxygen your body

will need a little later when you are plodding through the red

Kalahari sand. Your fingers are tingling, constantly seeking

something in your pockets, and then you realise it is that

familiar grip of your trusty dangerous-game double rifle they

seek. Without this you are exposed to some great danger

out there – danger you should preferably not be facing without

a proper calibre-and-gun combination you can depend

on each and every time.

As we set off in a different direction than the previous

morning, we stumbled across some lioness tracks.

The author with his big male lion

hunted at Reitzdale Game Reserve

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Our campsite was located next to a watering hole on

the vast 3 500 ha property close to the small town of

Tosca in the North-West Province of South Africa.

Can it get more

comfortable than this?

Yes, you guessed it – they were not even 60 paces away

from our tents! After examining the spoor, Seun and the

trackers estimated it to be around two to four hours old –

spine-chilling stuff! As I was looking for a male and not a

female, we continued. The plan was to try and work the area

south-east of the spot where we had found Ronald’s lion on

the oryx carcass. Judging by the drag marks, we guessed

that something bothered the lion while feeding. Chances

were good that it was another male lion. We therefore would

try and cover the main roads and waterholes in an effort to

find fresh lion activity.

After three hours our legs and backs were feeling it, but

still no sign of any tracks. Seun decided we should shoot

something for camp meat and we approached the next watering

hole with the necessary caution, keeping in mind the

wind direction. Some blesbuck were standing in the shade

as the temperature was reaching the mid-thirties by now.

We came to within 110 m of the animals before they spotted

us. In hindsight I shouldn’t have taken the shot with open

sights over that distance, but with a little pressure from my

good friends and hunting companions, I gave in and took the

frontal shot. It wasn’t a clean kill but the 570 gr Woodleigh

soft left such a large wound channel that the blesbuck only

managed 600 m before we caught up to it and put it down.

I was once again using my Verney-Carron double rifle

in .500 NE. Walking with a double in thick sand is quite a

challenge. Walking with a backpack in thick sand is also a

challenge, but adding those two together is something else!

Luckily the 25 kg backpack became much lighter once the

tent and sleeping and camping equipment were unpacked,

as were most of my food and of course my bottle of Jameson

Signature whiskey!

Seun radioed the recovery team to come and load the

remainder of the blesbuck carcass that would be utilised at

the lodge. We had cut out the tender loins and backstraps

for our own use in camp.

Having not found any lion tracks, we looked for some

shade. Then we lunched on some very fresh blesbuck

steaks, which we washed down with salty Kalahari water

from the borehole used to fill the waterhole.

By 3 pm we were back, searching for lion tracks on foot

in the heat of the day. It was the only way of finding the

tracks. On a previous hunt in 2019, I walked over 100 km

on the spoor of a male lion hunted with Coenie Meyer


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(see article in Oct/Nov/Dec 2019 issue of Africa’s

Sportsman Magazine). I therefore knew that this could

turn into a gruelling nightmare, testing my physical

capabilities, especially in this type of terrain. Drawing a

straight line, we were about 6 km from where we had found

the oryx kill the previous day. What happened next was pure

luck. On this vast stretch of land we found a single and very

fresh male lion track, leading away from the spot where the

oryx had been killed. We switched into alert mode and within

400 m we were in for one hell of a surprise!

We heard him before we saw him ... As Ronald so aptly

put it in his article, it sounded like “a V12 Lamborghini starting”

and then it just kept idling. I just need to mention that

I have been on a dozen or so lion hunts before, but I have

never heard a lion before seeing it. It was nerve-wracking!

Why he was so upset nobody knew. With every step we

took forward, I was looking harder into the dry black thornand

sickle-bush thickets, searching for that half-round shape

with the prominent ears, visible at the ten-to-two position.

About 20 paces in our one tracker spotted him first. As they

were explaining to me where to look, I could clearly see the

flicking tail and then I saw the head. The lion was facing us,

crouched down low, with his belly flat on the scorching hot

Kalahari sand.

Whether it was sweat or adrenalin pouring down my

arms and neck I do not know, but I was anxious as hell. The

events of the previous hunt flashed before my eyes and all I

could think of was that I did not want to relive that again – a

200+ kg cat coming at me at a million miles per second. And

we knew that this cat was as fit as a fiddle; he hadn’t run a

single step and he hadn’t been shot at. A killing machine in

100% working order, obviously very mad at what could only

be us. If this lion broke cover now, it would be absolute chaos.

He was about 40 paces away but the brush was so thick

that all I could see was the top of his head and his flicking

tail. With every step we went closer, I was willing him to get

up and run. If he would run now, this very unsettling and

uncommon situation would be deflated and we would be

able to regroup and pursue the cat on foot like we had many

times before. But no …

Seun was on my left, guiding me and talking to me with

every little step I took to get closer for an open shot. Martin

Muller, our trusted cameraman from African Sun Production,

was filming every second over my right shoulder. Tough as

nails, the bite marks and scars on his body prove that he

stands his ground, even when facing a charging lion. At his

shoulder was Ronald, my friend and hunting companion

whom I came to respect and trust like no one else in dangerous

situations such as this one. We have shared so many

great memories over the years and here we were, creating

one of those memories that would last for decades around

the campfire. All that being said, my stress levels were

climbing by the second. A lot of people were finding themselves

in a very uncomfortable and extremely dangerous

situation. They all did sign up for it, yes, but I couldn’t help

feeling responsible for everyone’s safety. That was the main

reason I was only focused on two things over those last few

yards – the instructions from Seun and my thumb on the

safety, which I knew would slip the little steel block forward

the moment that cat started in our direction.

As we moved in beyond the 25-yard mark, we still had

no clear shot as the lion kept manoeuvring himself behind a

bush to stay concealed. We found ourselves in an extremely

tough spot; we had to back up a couple of yards in order to

move back and then around a very thick vaalbos so that we

could get a clear view of the cat. Without asking, our tracker

Jeffrey grabbed me by my bino strap, carefully guiding me

as I slowly stepped backwards without taking my eyes off

the still growling cat. I could clearly see and sense the lion

plucking up the courage to charge the now retreating threat.

His front paws were clutching the earth beneath him and his

tail was swishing from side to side ...

As we came around the bush, I had a clear shot at

the lion that was lying quartering towards me. As the cat

pinned back his ears, I can remember thinking briefly about

my safety and the safety of those around me, especially

Ronald whose family I had come to know and love like my

own. Without hesitating or even entertaining the thought of

making a Hollywood-style movie, the Verney’s safety was

off and the .510" diameter, 570 gr Woodleigh soft hit the cat

Seun Griesel, PH of Reitzdale Game Reserve (left), Ronald Nel (middle) and the author on their way

back to camp at sunset after hunting the latter’s lion late in the afternoon on day three.

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smack on the shoulder at over 2 100 feet per second. The

massive shock caused his whole body to stiffen up, with his

front legs straightening and his mouth wide open while his

hind legs were still on the ground. As I was back on target,

I quickly assessed the situation. With Seun’s two .470 NE

barrels in my left sight picture and Ronald’s two .500 NE

barrels to my right, I fired the next round, this time aiming for

the middle of the chest. The force of the .500 knocked

the cat down and he lay dead still without uttering a

sound. I quickly reloaded, and with two fresh rounds

in the chamber and the safety instinctively on again,

I was aiming for the back of his neck as he was lying

facing away from us. Whenever a lion dies, its eyes

get a hazy look, but with this cat facing away from us,

and after the scare Ronald’s lion had given us, Seun

did not want to take any chances. He instructed me to

aim right between the ears and when my bullet hit that

spot we knew he was done for sure.

The tension was like a glass vase

shattering on a concrete floor –

from being absolutely terrified to

everything over in three quick

shots. My whole body was

shaking with relief and the

same emotion was clearly

visible on the faces of my

companions.

It just shows you that

with this type of lion hunt

there is no set recipe. I jogged for 25 km on the

spoor of my first lion before I could get a shot. With

Coenie’s lion, we did over 100 km for that first chance.

Now this lion stood his ground without moving. It surely is

some of the most exciting moments one can experience

as a hunter. Taking it a step further and sleeping in a tent

among several of these dangerous animals also changes

the game. We had done our homework. We did the hunts,

all of them ethical, and we were proud of every single one

of them. These wonderful creatures adapt

in a flash, as Ronald’s lion had proved

by catching that young oryx. A couple

of days later we would learn that my

lion had also caught an oryx the same

morning as the other lion, probably teaming

up to ensure success. Hunting a lion in this

fashion will make you feel alive like nothing

else on earth, and if done correctly, it will

become the memory of a lifetime.

Our heartfelt thanks go to Seun and

Marius Erwee (owner of Reitzdale)

for this great opportunity. Thank you

for being willing to deviate from your

normal style of hunting to meet our needs

and requirements. It was an unforgettable

experience and we are looking

forward to our next backpack

adventure with you guys!

Feet up after a long day under

the scorching African sun

Scan the QR Code to watch the hunt

@fouche.stefan

@ronaldnel

@africassportsmanmagazine

@africansunproductions


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Christophe Roelofse

Peregrine VRG-reeks

Daar is geen twyfel aan die primakwaliteit van Pereginekoeëls

nie. Onder die Bushmaster-vaandel is daar drie

reekse geskik vir groot kalibers en die jag van gevaarlike

wild: (1) Die ou, betroubare VRG1-solid brass, ’n platinumklas

brass-allooi met ’n meplat-ontwerp spesifiek bedoel vir

slotgewere. Die koeël penetreer reguit uit enige hoek en

buig of breek nie op nie. Of jy nou ’n kopskoot- of bladskootman

is, met dié koeëls kan jy die lewensorgane vanuit

amper enige hoek met gemak bereik. (2) VRG2-solid copper,

’n sagter, monometaal-koperallooi met ’n spesiale, kort

dra-oppervlak, ook met ’n groot meplat-ontwerp wat ’n goeie

wondkanaal en reguit penetrasie verseker; bedoel vir sloten

dubbelgewere. (3) Dan is daar natuurlik die immergewilde

VRG3-expanding copper-koeëls. Bedoel vir digte bos en

hoëspoed-nabyskote met gekontroleerde ontplooiing, werk

dié punt ook in sagte weefsel tot op 1 500 voet per sekonde.

Die kort lading-dra-oppervlak veroorsaak minder loopstres,

minder wrywing en dus meer spoed. Die koeëls verseker

baie goeie, reguit penetrasie en natuurlik ŉ dramatiese

wondkanaal. Glo my vry, jy kan jou .375 en .416 se keel

dik maak. Dié spesifieke ontwerp is baie veelsydig. Die

Peregrine-koperlegering waarvan die koeëls gemaak word,

is identies aan die koperlegering wat vir die mantels van

loodkern-koeëls gebruik word. Ek skiet Peregrine-koeëls as

’n voorkeurproduk in enige kaliber.

Peregrine-produkte word plaaslik

vervaardig, dus is daar nie sprake van

langdurige voorraadbeperkings

en verskafferprobleme

nie. Dit kry

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Skakel die vervaardiger,

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co.za. Die Peregrine

VRG-reeks is ook by

deelnemende handelaars

beskikbaar.

Hornady DGX (Dangerous Game

eXpanding)

Dit is presies ’n jaar gelede wat ek hier die getroue, ou

formaat Hornady DGX vaarwel toegeroep het. Met groot

verwagting is daar uitgesien na die nuwe bonded (gebonde)

koeël. Ná ’n buffeljag of wat die laaste jaar, waar ek persoonlik

die goeie prestasie van klein kalibers soos die .375 H&H

waargeneem het, is ek aangenaam verras. In my .485 Win

met 500 gr wikkel dit teen 2 150 voet per sekonde met goeie

wondkanaalskade en gewigretensie – beslis geskik vir groot

en gevaarlike wild. Ek skiet Hornady DGX met vertroue as

my voorkeur-rakammunisie vir .375 en .416–.500 NE. Dié

nuwe hoëspoedkoeël se mantel is van dikker staal; dis ’n

koperbeslaande mantel en is nou bonded, wat fragmentering

beperk en gekontroleerd omklink (mushroom). Dit bied

goeie, diep penetrasie met geen defleksie nie en hoë gewigretensie

soos ’n ware grootwildjagrondte, juis vir afstande

tussen 100 en 150 m. Kyk uit vir die boksie wat spesifiek

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Swarovski – EL 10x32 binoculars

The Swarovski EL is this Austrian company’s top-of-therange

binoculars. Swarovski competes with several other

European brands in this market but in my opinion their product

is one of the best money can buy. It’s impossible to hunt

in Africa without a decent set of binoculars, as anyone who

owns a decent European-made set of binos can testify. It is

vital to be able to see and assess a trophy animal standing

in or behind a bush or to determine whether that black mass

in the thicket is indeed your wounded bull – and the way he

is facing. You need to put him out of his misery as quickly as

possible, and this might be your only chance.

The EL 10x32 is one of the best options available. On

the optics I won’t elaborate – it is crystal clear. What makes

these binoculars so attractive for an African safari, is its size

– it is compact and lightweight. The 10x magnification helps

you see better at longer distances and to assess your trophy

in much more detail. The 32mm objective lens lets in more

light than the human eye can absorb, so again it helps in

saving weight. The open bridge design ensures your hands

are more relaxed, which means they keep steadier for longer.

The EL 10x32 is also very durable and more likely to survive

the odd tumble.

The EL 10x32 binoculars definitely

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approval!

Whylo is the distributor of these fine products in South

Africa and they will be very happy to assist you in

finding the nearest stockist. Contact liam@whylo.co.za

or call +27 71 868 2620 (mobile).

Els Leather – Somerset double-rifle

cartridge pouch

Designed to take six double-rifle cartridges, this product not

only looks awesome, it works really well and will last you a

lifetime. The holes for the cartridges are set together two

by two for the simple reason that when you reload, you will

more often than not take out two new cartridges – having

fired both barrels. This design helps you grip the two cartridges

more easily compared to most other similar products.

The Els Leather double pouch is made out of one piece of

leather, with the holes cut out of the top part to ensure that

no sand, grass, leaves or dirt can accumulate in your pouch

whilst out in the bush. The elastic loops also guide your cartridges

to the bottom of your pouch, ensuring sufficient grip.

The capacity of six allows you to carry enough ammo with

you on a big-game hunt – taking into consideration you have

two cartridges in the gun as well. This is not the only pouch

Els Leather Co manufactures in the Cape. They have a wide

variety of top-class products available.

This rifle cartridge pouch deserves

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Contact Ivan Volschenk (owner) at

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Compiled by Stefan Fouché

Contributions to Bullet Talk are welcome. Please send pictures of

your trophy animal and recovered bullet to stefan@wildlifehunt.co.za

BULLET TALK

STEFAN FOUCHÉ

het hierdie

blouwildebeesbul

by Setshaba

Safaris met ’n

swartkruitvoorlaaier

gejag! Blaai gerus

na bl 24 in hierdie

maand se WILD

& JAG Big Gameuitgawe

waar hy

en Christophe

Roelofse, ’n

gereelde WILD

& JAG-bydraer,

hierdie byna vergete

manier van jag van

naderby ondersoek.

Daar is ook ’n video

van die jag te sien;

skandeer gerus

die QR-kode.

CHARLES D’ARAUJO

hunted this buffalo with Tivan

Safaris near Tom Burke in the

Limpopo Province of South

Africa. He used his Sauer 404

rifle in .375 H&H, shooting

300 gr Norma Oryx factory

loads. These bullets leave the

muzzle of Charles’s Sauer at

2 559 feet per second. The

shooting distance was nearly

80 m and the bull provided

him with a frontal shot. Good

shot placement ensured that

the top half of the heart was

destroyed. Weight retention

was 278,4 gr or 92,8% of the

original weight.

Hierdie is ’n .50-kal Hornady SST Sabot wat teen ’n spoed van

nagenoeg 1700 voet per sekonde geskiet is. Die bul was net

minder as 90 m ver en het skuins na die jagters toe gestaan.

Die koeël is deur die longe en is in die maag gevind. Hoewel

dit erg vervormd lyk, het die koeël ’n allemintige 243,2 gr (meer

as 97%) van sy oorspronklike 250 gr behou.

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CHRISTO DELPORT het hierdie buffelbul naby Letaba in Limpopoprovinsie

gejag. Hy het sy Heym Martini Express in .416 Rigby-kaliber

met handgelaaide ammunisie gebruik. Die Hornady DGX-koeëls het die

loop teen 2 400 voet per sekonde verlaat. Die eerste skoot is op 83 m

geskiet, met perfekte skootplasing agter die voorbeen op die regterkantste

blad. Die Hornady (middelste koeël op foto) het die lewensorgane

gepenetreer en is ook deur die linkerblad, waar dit onder die vel gestop

het. Gewigretensie was 353,8 gr of 88,5%. Die tweede skoot is gevuur

toe hulle by die buffel was net om seker te maak hy staan nie weer op

nie. Die koeël (links op foto) is deur die ruggraat tussen die blaaie in en

is in die bors gevind. Gewigretensie was 337,7 gr of 84,5%.

Die regterkantste koeël op die foto is, interessant genoeg, ’n Peregrine

(ook ’n .416-kaliber) . Daar word vermoed dat die buffel ’n paar

weke vantevore deur ’n ander jagter gekwes is. Die koeël is langs die

neus verby, sowat twee duim onder die linkeroog. Christo het die koeël

voor die skouer in die nek onder die vel uitgehaal. Die koeël het 386,9 gr

geweeg (alhoewel dit net 96,7% van die oorspronklike gewig is, moet

genoem word dat die plunger nie gevind is nie). Die Peregrine het sy

werk reg gedoen, maar dit bewys net weer dat daar geen plaasvervanger

vir goeie skootplasing is nie.

WOUTER ROETS het hierdie pragtige ou

buffelbul met ’n Brno ZKK 602 in .375 H&H

in die Gonarezhou-oorgrenspark gejag.

Handgelaaide 300 gr-Barnes TSX-koeëls

met ’n trompsnelheid van nagenoeg 2 400

voet per sekonde is gebruik. Die buffel,

wat omtrent 45 m ver was, het skuins na

die jagters gestaan toe die skoot afgetrek

is. Die impak van die TSX was op die skouer.

Die lewensorgane is mooi getref en die buffel

was binne enkele meters plat. Hierdie koeël is net

agter die oorkantste blad herwin en het 100% van

sy totale gewig behou. Dit het boonop bitter mooi

omgeklink. Welgedaan, Wouter!

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WOODLEIGH HYDRO

the best of both worlds

Bryan Betton

With so many bullets available on the market and so many different hunting circumstances

we often find ourselves in, choosing the correct bullet to do the intended job can be

cumbersome. Do you sacrifice a large wound channel for straight-line penetration or do you run

the risk of bullet deflection in order to gain maximum expansion and wound channel?

With this in mind, John Marozzi developed the Hydrostatically

Stabilised Bullet, simply known as the

Hydro. Hydrostatic stabilisation is a technique that

has been used in the brass extrusion industry for many years.

It is a method of producing pierced, hollow bars to very precise

concentricity by using tool design to harness hydrostatic forces

in order to centralise mandrels when punching through brass

billets.

With this technique in mind, John designed a bullet that

would penetrate in a straight line and generate hydrostatic pressure

to create cavitation along the way, thus improving the reliability

of a soft-nose bullet, as well as redirecting sufficient terminal

media to create a large wound channel without deforming

the metal. The depressed nose at the leading edge of the bullet

“cores” the medium, in this case the flesh, through which it is

travelling, which then creates a “pressure ring”. The coring and

pressure ring balance each other out to stabilise the bullets in

the direction of travel. If the bullet hits hard bone, the flesh core

dissipates but immediately reforms and the balance between

it and the pressure ring destabilises to redirect the bullet in the

original direction of travel. An additional benefit of this design is

that the pressure ring creates a devastating wound channel and

massive hydraulic shock transfer. The bullet actually travels in a

low-pressure cavitation bubble, which aids in bullet stabilisation

and greatly increases penetration due to significant reductions

in frictional forces acting on the bullet.

The homogenous bullet is made from a specially formulated

copper alloy, using only the purest raw materials in its

manufacturing. This results in a bullet that has better toughness

than most modern homogenous bullets but still creates breech

pressures similar to standard gilding metal-jacketed soft-nose

projectiles. The combination of materials and design allows for

excellent accuracy in magazine rifles and excellent regulation

on most Nitro doubles.

Cavitation bubble

Body tissue

Another desirable feature is the shallow driving bands

and full diameter body. The driving bands, combined with the

materials used, keep pressures low and minimise stresses

on barrels. The full-diameter body (land diameter) has two

beneficial effects. The first is that the bullet is more stable as it

travels through the barrel because it is fully supported, which in

turns results in more reliable performance. The second is that

the weight of the bullet is more evenly distributed from front to

back, which also helps to prevent bullets tumbling within game

animals. This combination of engineering and metallurgical principles,

combined with cutting-edge CNC technology, has taken

bullet design to the next level.

The Hydro has therefore bridged the gap between modern

solids and expanding bullets. It allows today’s hunters to

confidently take a bull elephant in the morning and plains game

in the afternoon with the same rifle/load combination when

using an appropriate calibre. The projectiles will withstand the

ultra-high velocities and power of modern cartridges. They will

resist deflection through heavy brush and bone while reliably

creating a large, straight wound channel. As this bullet does not

rely on expansion for its killing effect, it sidesteps the problem of

erratic expansion potentially suffered by other types of expanding

mono-metal bullets. The Hydro features a ballistic cap that

is designed to eliminate any feeding issues and increase the

ballistic coefficient to accommodate long-range shooting. The

cap is intended to survive recoil and exterior ballistics, but disintegrates

on contact with any obstacle.

With all this technology in mind, a hunter or professional

hunter now no longer needs to be concerned about sacrificing

straight-line penetration for a smaller wound channel, or a large

wound channel with potential disintegration or deflection of the

bullet. They now have the best of both worlds and can ensure

the safety of their clients while also making sure the trophy is in

the salt.

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GROOTBOOR-SWARTKRUIT

by Setshaba Safaris

Christophe Roelofse

Ja-nee, dis middel Januarie en lank reeds tyd om die donderstokke af te stof. Ek praat natuurlik

van “swartkruit” (black powder), en dis juis in aanhalingstekens, want dalk is die woord “voorlaaier”

(muzzle-loader) die beter gemene uitdrukking. Hoor jy die woord “voorlaaier”, dan dink die meeste

mense aan onpraktiese, antieke museumstukke, die Groot Trek en Bloedrivier. Ons vergeet Europa is

beskaafd gemaak en Afrika is mak geskiet met voorlaaiers. Daar loop vandag niks op aarde wat nie

oor die eeue heen effektief met dié wapens gejag is nie en juis daarom het talle spesies uitgesterf.

Voorlaaiers behoort vir ons as Suid-Afrikaners meer as ’n historiese wapenverwysing te wees – dit is die

ikoon van ons skietkultuur en jagtradisie.

Daar is altyd ’n eerste vir alles. Dis Donderdagmiddag

en ons is op pad na ou vriende by Setshaba Safaris

so ’n hanetree noord van Pretoria – my geliefde “dagjag”-plek.

Ek en Stefan Fouché, WILD & JAG se redakteur:

Jag, Wapens en Ammunisie, praat bietjie “BP” (black powder)

en tot my verbasing hoor ek hy het nog nooit swartkruit

geskiet nie. “Nog nooit swartkruit gejag nie” sou ek dalk nog

kon verstaan en vergewe, maar nie “nog nooit swartkruit

geskiet nie; dis ’n halsmisdaad. Hier is ’n ervare man met

mooi stories: van spiral-horn challenge met ’n .500 NE tot

leeujag, buffeljag, handwapen en kruisboog, tot die “springbok-grand

slam”; yuppie-dinge. Sy voorlaaier-ervaring begin

nou “met geesdrif”, sê hy. Daar is in essensie twee hoofopskrifte

vir voorlaaiers: historiese (ou, oorspronklike wapens)

en moderne wapens, wat natuurlik haelgewere insluit.

Onder die vaandel van moderne wapens is daar die sogenaamde

“tradisionele afdeling” (traditional) wat nabootsings

is van die ou historiese wapens, tipies soos die “Kentucky”-

tipe met haan aan die sykant en percussion cap of ouer

flintlocks, en dan natuurlik die nuutste moderne neiging,

naamlik die “middelslag” (inline/centerfire)-wapens. Die

praatjie op pad skietbaan toe is nie ’n geskiedenisles nie;

dit plaas die moderne voorlaaieronderwerp in perspektief

en bring ons by die kruks van die jaggeleentheid en hierdie

artikel: Module 101 – “Moderne voorlaaiers en swartkruit vir

die beginner” – van koop tot sukses in die jagveld.

“Regte” swartkruit, wat per gewigsmaat nagenoeg bestaan

uit 75% salpeter, 15% houtskool en 10% sulfaat. Dis

nie ’n resep nie! Dit is ’n “springstof” en nie ’n moderne dryfmiddel

nie. Koop net “g” (“sportgraad”)-reeks produkte wat

behoorlik volgens die vyf korrelgroottes geklassifiseer is,

naamlik: Fg (1.7 mm), FFg, FFFg, FFFFg, FFFFFg

(0.149 mm), soms ook byvoorbeeld (verwarrend) geskryf:

“FFFg” = “3Fg”, “3F”, “FFF”. Gebruik dit soos volg:

Fg-graad vir groot kalibers, haelgewere en wapens in

.45-/.50-/.577-kalibers tot 8-boor; FFg-graad is puik vir

.45-/.50-kaliber-gewere, terwyl FFFg bedoel is vir die klein

kalibers en veral ball & cap-rewolwers (FFFFg en FFFFFg is

Christophe Roelofse met ’n Thomson

Omega Z5 in .50-kaliber by sy blesbok


Skandeer gerus die QR-kode om na die jag te kyk.

@fouche.stefan

@africassportsmanmagazine

Deer Stalker in .50-kaliber met Hornady 250 gr-SST en 240 gr-XTP Sabots

bedoel vir flintlock-wapens se unieke panbehoeftes). Korrels

groter as 2 mm is letterlik vir artillerie bedoel, tensy jy letterlik

jag met ’n walviskanon (4.5 mm/whaling grade). Onthou,

werk oorversigtig met swartkruit, want dit is uiters

vlambaar en sensitief vir die geringste statiese-elektrisiteitvonkie.

Kyk uit vir handelsname soos Wano en Swiss, en

lokale produkte soos Obatex of ZAR Powder.

Moderne “substituutswartkruit”, soos die bekende Hodgdon

Pyrodex, is prakties ’n alternatiewe swartkruitformulasie,

met elemente soos houtskool, swael, kaliumnitraat en

perchloraat met grafiet. Soos meeste van die produkte, is

dit veiliger as swartkruit, maar net so korroderend. Hodgdon

Triple Seven (777) het nie swael in nie, gee vinnige spoed,

brand skoon, is nie korroderend nie en kan met water afgewas

word. Die nuutste, Triple Eight Powder (888), sal ons

dalk ook eendag in SA beskore wees. Die boodskap:

Solank as wat dit houtskool brand, is dit swartkruit.

Waarskuwing: Vermy die volgende, selfs in moderne

wapens: 1) “A” (springstof-graad)-produkte, bv FA, FFA,

FFFA en poeiers met beskrywings soos “Meal-D”, Meal-F

– dit is bedoel vir vuurwerk en steengroefmyne. 2) Bly weg

van moderne vuurwapendryfmiddels; dit het niks te doen

met stadig-brandende kruit nie, maar hoë drukvlakke. Praat

maar eers met die ou, ervare hande – dié met nog 10 vingers

en beide oë – voor jy uit eie wysheid Somchem 12,7B

of VV 20N29 in die loop afgooi. Onthou, dit is “onwettig”.

Ons het ná ’n bietjie navorsing tot die slotsom gekom dat

moderne swartkruitgewere wat geskik is vir jag, nuut beskikbaar

is van so R8 500 tot R15 000, in verskeie monderings.

Daar is heelwat om van te kies in die gebruikte mark: van

winskopies van R2 000 met ’n basiese teleskoop, tot so

R5 000, wat binne ons begroting was. Daar was selfs ’n

CVA Accura (met die gesogte Bergara-loop) te koop vir

R6 000. Soms word daar genoeg komponente en toerusting

saam met die geweer te koop aangebied om boonop die

wapen aan die skiet te kry. Hier is die les eenvoudig vir die

beginner: Koop die nuutste, moderne “middelslag” (inline/

centerfire)-wapens, wat ’n standaard-209-haelgeweerslagdoppie

skiet, in ’n .50-kaliber, ’n breeknek, en as jy kan,

’n model waarvan die breech plug met die hand uitdraai.

Vyftig maak alles maklik, van komponente tot aanwending;

die breeknek help baie met die slagdoppie laai en uithaal

en is gerieflik om skoon te maak, veral met ’n handige

breech plug wat maklik in- en uitdraai. Ons skiet beide ’n

.50-kaliber; ek het ’n Thomson Omega uit die VSA en Stefan

’n Spaanse Traditions Buckstalker, gemaak deur Ardesa.

Sy wapen is ’n volledige breeknek, terwyl die Omega se

rompsluitstuk met die haannet afbeweeg, wat toegang tot

die breech plug moeilik maak en boonop nog ’n spesiale

gereedskapstuk benodig. Hou maar ’n copper of silver slip

naby. Dié tipe wapens het gewoonlik ’n loopdraai van tussen

1-22" en 28". Dit laat mens wonder oor baie ander moderne,

groot kalibers se loopdraaie.

By die skietbaan raak dinge interessant. Stefan het nie

veel vertroue in die kruitafmetingtegniek nie – “so met die

oog”. Hier maak ’n grein of drie prakties geen verskil in ’n

.500-kaliber op 100 m nie. “Swartkruit” word tegnies in volume

(measurement by volume) afgemeet en dit is belangrik

om die vervaardiger se instruksies te volg. Ek reduseer gewoonlik

’n spesifieke tipe kruit na ’n greinskaal vir akkurate

duplisering van ladings. In die veld word meesal gebruik

gemaak van “maathouers” (skoppie) van koper of plastiek

(sogenaamde moderne quick loaders) wat ’n spesifieke

volume neem. Ek vind dit bevrydend van die eng, tegniese

herlaairoetine van die moderne 1-gaatjie-skiet-religie. Ons

skiet met sowat 100 gr se poeiertjies, wat vir ons 1 650 voet

per sekonde (vps) gee, met die Hornady sabot 250 gr-SSTpunte.

(Ek jag gewoonlik met 120 gr tot 140 gr met 300 tot

500 gr-punte, skuins onder 1 750 vps, wat baie effektief is

op diere met ’n groot karkas soos kameelperde.) Die maklikste

is moderne sabots (plastiekhouer) wat die punt neem en

die druk mooi afsluit in die loop, dan is niks ander fieterjasies

soos barrel butter nodig nie. As jy klaar “voorgelaai”

het, dan laai jy die 209-slagdoppie van agter en maak die

wapen toe. Selfs tot op dié stadium is die wapens baie

veilig, want beide het ’n haan soos ’n moderne rewolwer wat

meganies afgesper is en nie naby die slagpen kan kom nie.

“Dis baie lig, nè,” sê Stefan heel verras. Dié tipe gewere

is baie lig, wat dit uiters geskik maak vir ver dra, buk en

bekruip, dames en jonger skuts. “Skop die ding?” is die

natuurlike, volgende vraag. “Nee man, dit stoot net ferm!”

Swartkruitgewere is nie geniepsig nie, tensy jy “op-top” en


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Stefan Fouché (links) met sy

blouwildebees. Saam met hom is ons

gids Jeandré, Christophe en Rikus Cronjé.

500 gr-koeëls of

swaarder laai vir die grootvoete. Ek

stem dat min manne vir 8- en 4-boor kans sien. Stefan het

die laaitegniek sommer vinnig onder beheer – drie skote

en die sanna is van “looploer” tot 150 m op ½ MOA. Dit

wil gedoen wees! Daar is ’n paar eenvoudige tegnieke om

te onthou, veral vir inskiet op die baan, soos ’n vinnige

skoonmaak-deurstoot ná elke skoot, die koeëldiepte en

vasstamp-reëlmatigheid. As jy gevaarlike wild gaan skiet,

moet jy en jou gesant ’n betroubare herlaaiproses inoefen.

Terloops, vat altyd ’n paar ekstra slagdoppies – as die

senuwees knaag en die adrenalien pomp, kan die slagdoppie

maar op die grond verdwyn, sou jy ’n grap kon vat. My

“Tshotsi” is op die kol na vyf skote op 150 m. Met die sagte

ladings wat ons skiet, lyk ons sowat 6" hoog op 100 m. Ek

voel daardie swaeltjie brand op die voorkop, die son is laag

en ons is dors. Vanaand vat ons dinge rustig(-er) en ná ’n

draai in die swembad is dit slaaptyd. Die geesdriftige spannetjie

wil vyfuur op, glo vóór die tarentale.

Setshaba Safaris verras altyd aangenaam – dis so ’n

stukkie idilliese bosveldparadys skaars 30 km noord van

Pretoria. Dit is altyd ’n heerlik ontspanne vakansieatmosfeer

wat jou begroet, so naby tuis, maar baie ver van die

stad. Vir die natuurliefhebber is daar verskeie aktiwiteite

en vir die jagter is daar 18 bokspesies op 1 700 ha (met

aangrensende konsessies van nagenoeg 3 000 ha). Die

plaas het iets van alles vir almal, van voëls en wildkyk tot

piekniek. Die veld bied lekker diversiteit vir die jagter, van

vlakteskiet tot koppies en mooi bosgedeeltes, selfs vir boogjag.

Die drie kampe kan altesaam 40 jagters akkommodeer,

waarvan 25 by die hoofkamp in verskeie goed toegeruste

selfsorgeenhede kan oornag. Daar is pragtige groen grasperke

met palmbome, ’n swembad en ’n trampolien vir die

kinders, asook ’n sentrale sitkamer, eetsalon en uithalerkombuis

vir groot groepe. Daar is selfs ’n afsonderlike,

eksklusief toegeruste honeymoon-kamp vir daardie spesiale

wegbreektydjies. Setshaba is gesins- en natuurgeoriënteerd,

dis nie net ’n jagplaas nie. Vir my is dit een van die

beste “dagjag”-wegbreekfasiliteite in Gauteng, aangesien

hulle veral deur die week juis kort jagte en enkeljagters akkommodeer,

met die regte toegewyde aanslag en geesdrif.

Dis maklik – kom vroeg, jag deur die dag en gaan vanmiddag

huis toe, of kom later deur die dag en jag laatmiddag,

slaap oor en ry môreoggend direk werk toe. Die slag- en

koelgeriewe is baie netjies, die pryse is uiters billik en sluit



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die gids, voertuig en slagdienste, hout, en

dies meer in. Dit is ’n puik plaas vir familie- en

groepjagte – maak seker jou bespreking is

gedoen vir die 2020-seisoen.

Voor ’n wekker die rus kan versteur,

skuifel die manne al rond en soos die dag

vorm kry deur die palmbome, sluk ons gou

’n koffietjie. Jeandré, ons gids, is soos altyd

reeds slaggereed en trippel rond soos ’n

kind op Oukersaand. By die wa voorlaai

ons, elk toegerus met ’n ekstra lading,

twee punte en ’n paar slagdoppies in die

bosak, waarop ons vertrek. Vriend Rikus

Cronje speel getroue kameraman. Die

oggend is vars; hier en daar is ’n troppie

wild wat vir ons in die verbygaan loer, en

soos altyd vier die jonges die nuwe dag met bokspring.

Stefan is eerste aan die roer en dis nie lank nie of hy is te

voet op die hoewe van ’n spannetjie mooi blouwildebeeste,

maar ná ’n paar pogings is die troppie helaas wakker uit die

vere en spaander wyd. As ’n man darem eers “net gekyk

het” deur die teleskoop, dan “vat die gier jou en is die jag

aan”. Ons ontlaai, altans ons verwyder die slagdoppie wanneer

ons by die voertuig kom. Ons ry weer so ’n draai en

bewonder die natuur – dis ’n mooi plaas en ons stop eers

om buffels te kyk. Bietjie later gewaar ons weer ’n troppie

bloues in die verte. Nou word daar gejag in alle erns. Aanstap,

bietjie bekruip, wag rustig, loer weer, kromrug-volstruis

vorentoe. Die windjie werk vir ons, maar die spannetjie is

nou agterdogtig en nader as 75 m is ’n waagstuk. Stefan

stel op oor die skietstokke en dis nie lank nie of die sanna

bulder deur die bos. Die trop draai skerp links en laat waai,

en die bul doen dieselfde. Stefan is onseker oor die resultaat;

hy verwag ’n baie meer dramatiese impak en reaksie.

Die plan was, soos wat ek altyd voorstel, ’n bladskoot, maar

effens agtertoe om seker te maak van ’n longskoot. Dit is ’n

groot kaliber met ’n baie effektiewe punt, diep penetrasie,

maar ’n kleiner primêre wondkanaal en baie min vleisskade

as gevolg van lae hidroskok. “Daar is nie bloed nie en die

impak klink nie reg nie ...” Hou moed! Só 50 tree verder is

die eerste druppeltjie bloed en ons vat die spoor deur ’n

digte ruigte. Stefan kommer ... die bloed is fyntjies ... dit

lyk soos ’n slegte kwesskoot, maar hy is oortuig van goeie

skootplasing. Ek wil sommer net aanstap en wrintiewaar

– soos ek verwag het, daar lê die mooi bul sowat 100 tree

verder. Eintlik kon ons hom sien val het van waar ons gestaan

het, binne sekondes. Nou is daar vrede en opgewondenheid

en met ’n trotse, welgedane gevoel betoon ons

bietjie respekte en neem foto’s.

Die oggend word nou dag; agtuur is dit reeds somer.

Natuurlik het die bostelegraaf reeds basuin dat ek nou ’n

blesbok wil jag en dié is so skugter soos ’n optel-R200-

noot. Dit is ’n probleem wat ek enige Vrydagoggend vat bo

die stadslawaai of kantoorgedruis. Hier en daar is daar ’n

geleentheid en op ’n stadium bevind ek my in die bos waar

ek oor ’n ou boomstomp aanlê. Maar die kosmos hou sy

hand oor die troppie en telkemaal as hulle aanbeweeg, buk

en bekruip ons parallel deur die bosse en lê weer voor.

Natuurlik stop al die ooie en lammers in die skootvlak maar

die ramme glip verby. Geduld is die wagwoord. Later is ons

aan die rand van ’n groot, oop vlakte, met verskeie spesies

aan die wei. Die noodlot drentel rond, so op 250 tot 300 m.

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Enige dag – met ’n 120 gr-poeiertjie, 200 gr-koeël

en ’n teleskopie met strepies. Helaas, daar beweeg

so ’n splintergroepie blesbokke skielik nader maar hulle

bly in die driffie en jy sien net koppe en nekke. ’n Mooi

rammetjie maak die voetfout en stap uit – nou op 130 jaart.

Ek is bietjie ongemaklik tussen takke langs die boom, maar

oor die stokke bulder Tshotsi sy donderende kreet oor die

vlakte. Plat op impak, in sy spore. Dit was ’n bietjie nader as

beplan en die skoot was ook bietjie hoog en, onnodig om te

sê, los deur. Ons doen die nodige vir die ewige ter nadenke.

Dis halftien en op die stoep voor ons chalet geniet ons

’n manne-ontbyt. Ons gesels sommer lekker ... Stefan – jou

gedagtes, ou maat?

Stefan is hier aan die woord:

“Christophe het my gevra om opsommend te vertel van my

ervaring. Doodeerlik het ek baie moedeloos na mnr Roelofse

gestaar toe hy so ’n wyle terug in my kantoor instap met

’n voorlaaier en sê: “Luister gou na hierdie cool idee.” Ek

het hom dadelik afgeskiet en gesê, jammer man, ek doen

nie die swartkruitding nie. Sy volgende aanslag was dalk

wat my geswaai het, want hy het na my beplanningsbord

gewys en gesê dis jammer, want die .50-kaliber waarmee

ons sou jag, sou nogal mooi ingepas het by ons Big Game/

Big Bore-uitgawe. Ek het halfhartig ingestem en die jag is

gereël. Vergun my dus sommer gou om dit met julle te deel.

Ek was aangenaam verras, eerstens oor dit iets nuuts was.

Dit was lekker om ’n hele nuwe skietwêreld te begin ontgin;

iets waarvan ek glad niks geweet het nie. Die groot gat voor

in die loop het my ook baie gefassineer, soos baie van julle

weet. Dan ook hoe eenvoudig dit is om die hele spulletjie

te laat werk. Om te dink jy kan ’n buffel baie effektief dood

met hierdie bitter eenvoudige opstelling, het my verstom. Ek

sal altyd ’n senterslaggeweer-man bly, maar soos met talle

ander wêrelde wat al aan my bekendgestel is en vir my oopgegaan

het (dink terug aan kruisboë en rollies byvoorbeeld),

dink ek die swartkruit een is ’n hoofstuk wat vir seker nog

nie afgehandel is in my boek nie. Watch this space!”

Ons pak en groet, “tot weersiens”. ’n Baie groot dankie

aan die Setshaba-span. Ná twaalf is ons weer in die stad en

ek sien Stefan tuis af. Die telefoon lui en die wêreld gebeur

weer.

Vir die “Creedmore-geslag” wat verwys na .308 en

.30-06, soos my geslag ter nadenke aan die eertydse

.577/450 (Martini-Henry), is daar baie ruimte vir herontdekking.

Moderne voorlaaiers is fantastiese, effektiewe wapens

met baie potensiaal in die jagveld. Ek dink dit is een van die

beste “oorlewingswapens” ooit. In die post-apokaliptiese era

sal die drie hoofbestanddele vir ’n plofpoeier altyd beskikbaar

wees (en as die nood druk, is daar baie ander alternatiewe,

selfs vir koeëls).

Uitkyk Slaghuis in Silverton, Pretoria, skenk die verwerking

en die opbrengs is vir onse eie behoeftige mense. Hier

is “goeie diens en waarde vir geld” die leuse. Die opmerking

van die wildverwerkingsafdeling se voorman sê alles:

“Dis ’n mooi skoot, daar’s niks vleisskade nie”. Komplimente

aan Stefan en ware woorde van eerbied aan die “voorlaaier”.

Loer bietjie by die mense wat weet van die goed, soos

die SA Sport- en Jagfederasie (sa-sportjag.co.za) en SA

Black Powder Rifle and Cannon Association. Sien jou in die

jagveld – jy is genooi!

Wat sê die wet?

Wat sê die wet oor jou en dié toerusting? Ek het ’n

eenvoudige filosofie wanneer dit by “wetlike” voorskrifte

van vuurwapens kom. Los liefs die optimistiese uitkyk.

Moenie dink in terme van die bes moontlike uitkoms

of voordeel nie, dink eerder aan die grootste risiko en

die ergste gevolge. Net swape luister na “hulle sê”. Die

belangrikste vier aspekte “per definisie” vir voorlaaiers

is: (a) net swartkruit (black powder) en (b) ’n koeël

(hael) móét van (c) voor af deur die tromp (muzzle)

gelaai word, met geen uitsondering nie. Klaarblyklik

ook net ’n (d) percussion cap en nie ’n aansteker-alternatief,

soos ’n slagdoppie (primer) nie. Punt (d), in terme

van ons middelslag (inline/centerfire)-wapens wat met

209-haelgeweerslagdoppies skiet, is die “slagdoppie vs

percussion cap”-geveg redelik uitgeklaar, want beide

dien dieselfde doel. Maar meer belangrik is dat juis die

Engelse en Afrikaanse vertalings wedersyds inklusief is.

Wat van swartkruitgewere wat elektronies ontsteek met

’n vonkprop/gloeidraad? Oor die eerste drie elemente

is die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) / Sentrale

Vuurwapenregister (SVR) baie nougeset in terme van

praktyke/definisie. ’n Wapen wat een of twee skote laai,

soos enkelloop- of dubbelgewere, word nie gelisensieer

nie. Jy kan dit vrylik koop en verkoop. Dis wel ’n goeie

idee om van ’n wapensmid ’n dokument te bekom om

te bevestig dat die wapen ’n “swartkruit”-geweer is, net

vir daardie ongenooide padblokkades. Rewolwers (of

sogenaamde ball & cap-wapens) moet klaarblyklik wel

gelisensieer wees. Deel van die argument is die feit dat

dit wel van voor af, en nie deur die loop (tromp/muzzle)

nie, gelaai word, maar direk in die silinder en dus nie ’n

“voorlaaier” is nie (in terme van (c) hierbo).

Jy het persoonlik ’n “swartkruitbevoegdheid”-kaartjie

nodig (soos enige van jou ander wapenbevoegdheidsertifikate),

asook ’n swartkruitpermit wat uitgereik

word by die SAPD se Springstofeenheid, gewoonlik

vir die besit van 1 kg, geldig vir ’n periode van 10 jaar.

(Terloops, in die VSA kan jy 50 pond aanhou.) Wapens

wat van agter met kruit en punte gelaai word (soos

breech-loaders), wat wel van voor vasgestamp word, is

nie “voorlaaier”-gewere nie; dit is net vuurwapens wat

met swartkruit geskiet word, wat buitendien gelisensieer

moet wees. Dit is niks anders as om jou .45-70 Gov

Colt se dop (rondte) met 70 gr swartkruit (terloops, dit is

die verwysing “70”) te laai en te skiet nie. Wapens wat

meganismes gebruik, soos “Federal Premium FireStick”,

al word die punt van voor gelaai, is onwettig as ’n swartkruit/voorlaaier-geweer;

lisensieer dit as ’n vuurwapen.

Onthou, daar is geen wetlike beperking op die dryfmiddel

wat in gelisensieerde vuurwapens gebruik kan word

nie, dus kan jy nie ’n vuurwapen met swartkruit skiet en

dan eis dat dit ’n swartkruitwapen is nie. Onthou, die uitsondering

op die “reëls vir gelisensieerde vuurwapens”

is die kategorie muzzle-loader (voorlaaier).

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39

Goodbye to an

AFRICAN LEGEND …

Tribute to the CZ 550 by hunting editor

Stefan Fouché

Most probably one of the most iconic brands to ever see the light on the African continent is that of

Česká zbrojovka or CZ for short. Over the past few decades, with the transition from the trade name

Brno to CZ, this never-say-die bolt action ruled the African hunting fields, especially the 550 action – the

big and trustworthy magnum action. These actions were used to feed big rounds into big chambers of

cartridges designed to take down the toughest and most dangerous beasts the Dark Continent has to

offer. And yes, you are reading correctly – these actions “were used”.

FORMALITO

SPORTS • ARMS • OUTDOOR

The reasons for stopping production have been and

will be debated for many years to come, but to me

personally none of them do or ever will make sense.

It must be stated here that CZ has a number of different

actions that are still very much in production and are just

as tough, reliable and accurate as the CZ 550 was. It is just

heartbreaking that a true legend in the firearm world has

come to the end of its lifespan …

The CZ 550 Magnum (and the Brno ZKK 602, previous

model) was by far the most preferred action of hunters,

professional hunters and outfitters for dangerous-game

hunting in Africa. It was affordable and reliable – simple as

that. The first rifles chambered in CZ (ZKK 600, 601 and

602) actions arrived in South Africa in the 1970s. A couple

of importers and distributors managed to get these guns

into the hands of avid hunters and shooters, even during

difficult sanction years. In 1992 the South African company

Formalito secured the role as sole importer and distributor

and they have done so ever since. Today, tens of thousands

of CZ rifles still send the thundering sounds of reliability

through the African bush and will do so for centuries to

come. These guns, and specifically the actions, were built to

be so tough that they will literally outlast many generations

of hunters.

Another area of the firearm industry (worldwide, but

especially in Africa) in which the CZ brand made its mark

was the building of custom guns. This means guns not

produced in a factory but made by individual gunsmiths for

specific clients with specific needs, more often than not with

regards to calibre. Any calibre up to .550" could be built on


CZ 550

the CZ 550 or ZKK 602 actions. Thousands of calibres like

the .505 Gibbs, .500 Jeffery, .404 Jeffery, .450 Rigby/Watts/

Dakota and many others could now be owned by those

who wanted them, as long as they had access to a reliable

gunsmith and the funds to do so. Some of the most beautiful

custom-built guns used and exhibited today are those that

were built on these legendary CZ actions.

And although we say farewell to a true African legend,

it is not over yet. Formalito has secured 100 rifles that will

arrive at the end of April 2020, as well as another 100 that

will hit our South African shores by mid-2020. These rifles

are the last run that CZ will ever do on the 550 action and

they have chambered them in the iconic .375 H&H calibre

– probably the most popular cartridge the big-game hunting

world has seen and will ever see. Yes, I agree, the shorter,

compact magnums are taking the world by storm and are

performing superbly, but there is something nostalgic about

a .375 H&H that no modern superstar can replace, especially

here in Africa …

To get your hands on one of these last of the last

CZ 550 rifles as shown on our cover this month, get

in touch with Formalito. They will guide you to your

closest stockist that has placed orders for these

irreplaceable guns. Call them on 012 664 7793/4.

Long live the CZ brand in Africa and long live the

CZ 550 action!


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The art and science of hunting

Field dressing and trophy

preparation

Part 13

Cleve Cheney

Some hunters choose to do their own skinning and dressing of the animals they have shot. Dressing refers

to the process of removing the internal organs, which may take place before or after the animal has been

skinned. However, most hunters leave the skinning and field dressing to camp skinners, thereby actually

doing themselves a disservice. All hunters should be proficient at skinning and processing a carcass so that

skins/trophies are well preserved before being sent to the taxidermist and meat is not wasted or spoilt.

Deciding to do your own skinning and field dressing will

require some careful logistical planning long before

the hunt even takes place.

Never depend on obtaining the required materials just

prior to leaving for a hunt or acquiring them en route. Make

sure you have all the necessary supplies and equipment

well in advance or that they are available at the hunting

camp. A list of requirements is shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1

Item Number Used for

Good quality

skinning

knives

Sharpening

steels

6 3 Knives with an upwardcurving

cutting surface for

quick and efficient removal of

body skin.

3 Pointed drop-point knives

with a short blade for skinning

out capes and claws.

3 Knives quickly become blunt and

need to be continually sharpened.

Trying to skin an animal with a

blunt knife is not only timeconsuming

and frustrating but can

cause damage.

Whetstones 3 1 coarse

1 medium

1 fine

Used for sharpening knives and

other implements

Pruning

1 Useful for opening up rib cages

shears

Bone saws

(coarsetoothed

blade)

2 Cutting through bone

Assorted

scalpel

blades

Sharp-pointed

surgical

scissors

(small)

Surgical

scissors with

protected

point

Artery forceps

10 Extremely useful when skinning

out critical areas around the eyes,

ears and nose

1 Extremely useful when skinning

out critical areas around the eyes,

ears and nose.

2 Useful for dissecting out areas

vulnerable to damage

2 Useful in helping to get a firm hold

of slippery tissue

Tablespoons 2 Used for separating ear skin from

underlying cartilage

Teaspoons 2 Used for separating ear skin

from underlying cartilage (smaller

animals)

Plastic,

aluminium or

galvanised

labels and

strong string

or galvanised

wire

50 Used to tag and label trophies

Good quality,

coarse salt

Suitable

packaging

material

100 kg Used for salting or curing trophies

to prevent them from rotting

Hessian sacking is ideal but

certain veterinary requirements

stipulate that animal products be

transported in sealed plastic bags.

Wet or damp skins should, however,

never be placed in plastic

bags as this will lead to accelerated

hair slip and putrefaction.



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Insecticide

(borax)

Portable

wooden drying

racks

20-litre water

containers

Milton disinfectant

Surgical

gloves (blue

nitrile)

Plastic

aprons,

gloves and

gumboots

Large plastic

basins

Plastic

garbage bins

with lids

Microscope

slides

50 kg For treating skins against insect

infestation

Remove any nails or metal

objects as the rust on them will

damage skins. If you need to use

nails, use brass ones. Do not use

treated poles.

5 You will always need water to

wash skins and capes and to be

able to work hygienically.

For washing carcasses and

equipment

1 box For skinners, yourself and the

client to wear when handling carcasses

and body fluids in order to

prevent picking up diseases transmissible

from animals to man.

for each

skinner

For skinners to wear for hygiene

purposes while working. It also

helps them to keep their clothing

clean.

6 For placing skins or meat in

3 For placing offal and rubbish in

prior to disposal. Helps with fly

control.

1 box

(100)

For blood slides to screen for

disease

Methanol 200 ml For fixing blood slides

40% Formalin

20 litres For preserving biological specimens

70% Alcohol 200 ml For preserving biological specimens

Assorted

specimen

bottles

40% Hydrogen

peroxide

Clean

200-litre

and smaller

drums (20-

litre capacity)

10 large

10 small

For preserving biological specimens

5 litres For bleaching skulls. This can be

diluted down to 3%.

4 of

each

Cut 200-litre drums in half. Use

them to place skulls in for boiling

and to clean, degrease and

bleach them.

Hooks 10 To hang carcasses

Nylon rope

Various uses

and thick

string

Dettol or 5 litres For dipping skins to kill bacteria

other bactericidal

Tarpaulin and

For protecting carcasses

sacking

Hosepipe 4 m To place over horn tips to protect

them during transport

Cotton waste

A bag

full

For plugging up wound

channels and body openings

Magnesium 5 kg For cleaning skulls

carbonate

Soda ash 5 kg For cleaning skulls

Naphthalene 10 kg For preserving skins

balls

Carbadust 10 kg For preserving skins

Measuring

tapes

2 For measuring trophies

Callipers and

straight edge

1 of

each

For measuring trophies

Scales 2 To weigh animals and trophies

Skins and trophies must be properly processed to protect

them from putrefaction bacteria and insects, which can

quickly cause decay to set in, destroying hair follicles and

resulting in hair slip and a spoilt trophy. It takes only a few

hours for this to occur. Any delay will ensure disappointment

at the end of the day.

Carcasses must be quickly degutted, aired and cooled to

prevent meat spoilage.

This article is not intended to go into detail but to provide

an overview of the field processing, skinning and trophy

processes that a hunter should familiarise himself with and

become proficient at. In Part 2 we will look at the field dressing

process and in Part 3 the various skinning techniques.

General guidelines

Skin animals as soon as possible after shooting. The

process should not be delayed.

If you are not able to transport the animal immediately,

skinning and salting should take place in the bush. If this

is not possible, place the dead animal in the deepest

shade or coolest environment you can find. If there are

no shady trees available, cut whatever vegetation you

can find and create shade by piling this on top of the animal.

It will also help to hide it from vultures, which could

destroy the trophy.

If scavengers or vultures will be a problem and you cannot

stay at the carcass, leaving some human clothing on

top of the carcass may deter scavengers for a while due

to the human scent on the clothing (Figure 1). Urinating

around the carcass may have a similar effect.

Figure 1


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Figure 2 Figure 3

It is advisable to at least gut the animal if you cannot skin

it immediately as this helps the carcass to cool off quicker

and also prevents bloat that will damage the skin due to

gaseous distension.

Do not drag the animal across the ground as this will

cause severe damage to the hide. If it is small enough,

carry it (Figure 2). If it is too big, place the carcass on a

tarpaulin or on sacking and drag it to wherever it must be

taken (Figure 3).

Before loading, cover the back of the vehicle with a

tarpaulin, sacking or leafy branches to ensure that the

carcass does not come into contact with the hot metal

body or load the animal onto a stretcher (Figure 4).

Load the carcass so that chafing does not take place

(Figure 5). Hair or horn could be worn away during chafing.

Place a piece of hosepipe over horn tips to protect

them.

Handle the carcass with care at all times. Don’t throw it

onto the back of the vehicle or drag it off, allowing it to fall.

Transport the carcass to the nearest skinning facility as

soon as possible, keeping it covered from direct sunlight.

Animals shot in the late afternoon or early evening should

not be left for the next day to skin.

If the hunter does not do the skinning himself, close

supervision is essential.

If possible, skinning should take place in the shade and

in a well-ventilated area. Hang the degutted carcasses in

the shade where they can air and cool off (Figure 6).

Keep blowflies off the skin and carcass. Covering the

entire carcass with mutton cloth allows for airflow to help

cool it down while also preventing blowflies from sitting

on the flesh and laying eggs (Figure 7).

Remove all excess fat, blood and meat. Wash off all the

blood and dirt on the skin.

If possible, soak the skin for a minimum of three hours,

or overnight, in a saturated salt and bactericide (Dettol)

solution.

As you remove the hide from the solution, open and

flatten the skin on a clean surface with the flesh-side up.

Cover the skin with salt. Be liberal with the salt!

Always remember to place a tag on the skins and corresponding

horns/skulls, which should match the entry in

the hunting register.

Recommendations

It is important, as a guideline, to use an equal quantity of

salt to the weight of the skin (1 kg of salt per 1 kg of skin

weight).

The skin must then lie in salt for at least three days, after

which the skin should be dried out. The sooner the skin

is dehydrated, the better. There is nothing wrong with

drying the skin in the sun. If someone does not have time

to do this, the skin must be rolled in the salt and dried at

the destination.

Salting skins on a cement slab that allows them to drain

properly is ideal. Do not lay skins on metal surfaces, as

rust induced by the salt will permanently damage them.

Predators and scavengers are always a threat to trophies.

They can cause irreparable damage to skins and

may carry off skulls and horns.

Figure 4 Figure 5



Things to avoid

Do not shoot a trophy animal in the head or neck, as expanding

bullets could cause severe damage, rendering

the trophy useless. Place the shot in the chest

(heart/lung area).

Do not drag the animal or leave it in the sun after it has

been shot.

Do not leave blood, fat or flesh on the skin (salt does not

penetrate fat).

Do not salt a skin that has already started to dehydrate.

Rather soak it in a strong salt solution.

Do not store the skin in a plastic bag (transportation only).

In Part 2 we will look at the field dressing process in

more detail.

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AMERICA’S

WILDLIFE CRISIS Part 1

Dwindling hunter numbers reduce vital revenues for conservation:

A SURPRISING ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM

The American experience

Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer and editor at The

Washington Post, published an article in early February

2020 entitled, “Hunting is ‘slowly dying off’, and that has

created a crisis for the nation’s many endangered species”.

Altogether, I assess this report to be “fairly well balanced”.

Its principal message was that statistics confirm annual

sales of hunting licences in America have been consistently

declining. And because hunting licence revenues are the

principal source of funding for state wildlife management

programmes, lack of funds (once derived from hunting

licence fees) is starting to have a devastatingly adverse

effect on the management of wildlife habitats and wildlife

populations.

“That’s what keeps me up at night,” Robert Miller, director

of the governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing

and Conservation (Pennsylvania), said of the inadequacies

of the user-pay, user-play model that has

funded conservation for decades.

Sellers wrote: “A national panel has

called for a new funding model to keep

at-risk species from needing far costlier

emergency measures. The crisis stands to worsen with

as many as one-third of America’s wildlife species ‘at

increased risk of extinction’.”

AND: “The needs are becoming more urgent as (urban

sprawl) development eats into habitats.”

“But revamping the federal funding model has proved

tough. A proposed tax on outdoor gear, for example, was

killed by resistance from retailers and manufacturers.”

One of the main sources of wildlife revenues is the

Pittman-Robertson Act, which imposes an 11 per cent

excise tax on all sales of firearms and equipment to hunters,

anglers, boaters and recreational shooters. And the fewer

the hunters, the less becomes the revenue collected from

that source.

I recognise one basic flaw in the “Seller’s Report” and I

am compelled to correct her strongly articulated but incorrect

perceptions. She says, “The link between hunting

and conservation dates back (sic) more than a century to

when trigger-happy gunmen all but blasted the bison

into oblivion and finished off North America’s

most abundant bird, the passenger pigeon.

(The last passenger pigeon died in Cincinnati

Zoo in 1914).”

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Photo: Pixabay

Rumours often begin – and develop into the “truth” (in

the public mind) – when untrue statements are made by “respectable

people of note” in the public domain and they are

not challenged. And I believe Frances Sellers is one such

“person of note”. Furthermore, I don’t for one minute think

there was any malicious intent when she made either of

these statements. Indeed, I think she genuinely still believes

those statements to be true ... and she feels justifiably angry

about the implications.

Nevertheless, because she is an honest person in

America’s media, Ms Sellers will be quoted by the animal

rights militia. And “their take” on her statements will have

malicious intent. I feel obliged, therefore, to correct two of

Ms Sellers’s statements: 1) about the near demise of the

American prairie bison; and 2) about the reasons for the

extinction of the American passenger pigeon.

1) THE AMERICAN PRAIRIE BISON

The raw and real facts pertaining to the near extermination

of the American plains bison (which occurred c 1854–1890)

must not be allowed to be so easily swept under the carpet

and thus forgotten by default. The truth has to be told – particularly

when the wrong people are being blamed here (in

the Sellers article).

It has been estimated that there had been some 30–60

million bison in North America in the 1700s. And, before the

advent of the white man in America, the indigenous Plains

Indians had evolved, over many centuries, by sustainably

harvesting this huge natural resource, which satisfied most

of their food and other societal needs.

The trouble started when white settlers from the East

Coast (encouraged by the American government) invaded

the “Great American West” and tried to set up homes in the

vast open spaces of America’s prairie country. This brought

the Indians and the white settlers into a state of direct

confrontation.

The settlers were clearly intent on annexing the land

which, since time immemorial, had belonged to and been

used by the American Indian people. The Indians, however,

were not prepared to stand idly by and let this happen. And

when the would-be settlers refused to leave the prairies

and return to America’s East Coast settlements, the Indians

killed them. Their strategy – in protection of their right to

occupy their own land – was to put the fear of death into

the hearts of all future would-be settlers. And they hoped

that this would be enough to discourage the white settlers’

invasion of the Indians’ traditional lands.

This aggressive reaction led to what became known as

the Plains Wars (1854–1890). Instigated by the American

government, these wars were fought between the American

government and the Plains Indians. They were wars of

belligerent annexation. Their purpose was to subdue the

Plains Indians and force them into a state of submission so

that the “Great American West” could be settled by ordinary

Americans.

They were wars fought because the American government

understood that America could never become “great”

without the “American West” being settled by modern

Americans who would make the land productive. The war,

therefore, had to be fought because the government knew

that this would never happen if the Indian peoples, who lived

on the prairies, were allowed to continue to live in the simple

manner they had done for hundreds (maybe thousands) of

years, and if they continued to disallow settler occupations.

Some very famous American generals were “involved” in

the Plains Wars and, one way or another, they contributed

to the slaughter of the bison: General Ulysses S Grant (said

to have been the chief overseer of the project, who, in 1869

became the 18 th president of the United States), General


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William Tecumseh Sherman and General

Philip Sheridan.

War between the Indians and the American cavalry

was not an easy campaign and the Americans were unable

to gain the upper hand. It was cleverly determined by

General Grant, however, that the Americans would never win

the war while the abundant bison continued to provide the

Indians with all their needs. He issued an instruction, therefore,

that the cavalry should focus its efforts on eliminating

the bison. But that was also far too great a task for the horse

soldiers.

General Sherman took Grant’s idea one step further,

and is credited with having generated what became the final

solution to the Plains Wars. He is reported to have “floated a

trial balloon”. In other words, he remarked casually, in general

conversation, “that the quickest way to compel the Indians

to settle down to civilized life was to send ten regiments of

soldiers to the plains with orders to shoot buffaloes (bison)

until they became too scarce to support the redskins”. This

was a proposal that was, apparently, tacitly accepted as

“a good idea” by the public. But it was also an expensive

solution.

Nevertheless, Sherman’s idea itself was modified. It

became an open invitation to every Tom, Dick and Harry (on

the East Coast), who could use a rifle, to visit the prairies –

travelling on the ever-advancing railway system, and there

(on the prairies) to shoot as many bison as they could find.

In compensation for their efforts, they were authorised to

sell the bison’s very valuable hides to tanneries on the East

Coast, transported there by train. The meat would be left to

rot out on the plains.

This became the ultimate war solution of choice. It cost

the government nothing at all; it “ticked all the boxes” for

stopping the war and it brought the Prairie Indians to heel.

And very soon the prairies were filled with horse-drawn

wagons taking the settlers and their possessions ever more

“west”. Horses, cattle, sheep and goats filled the “space” left

by the near extinct bison, and new crops were grown where

none had been seen before.

Finally, whenever surviving bison were seen by the settlers,

they were shot for food, for their hides, and/or because

they competed with the settlers’ domestic stock for grazing.

So, the new settlers also made a contribution to the near

demise of the bison.

By the end of the 18 th century, fewer than 400 wild bison

remained – and that is how the “Great American West” was

won.

When read in its entirety, this story is a far cry from

“trigger-happy gunmen blasting the bison population into

oblivion”. The bison slaughter was carried out by government

decree and it was supervised by the US cavalry.

What we must never forget is that the bison slaughter

was carried out according to a government decree, and it

was considered necessary in order to bring the American

Prairie Indians to heel.

The slaughter was carried out (in the end) mainly by

civilians under the overall supervision of General Grant and

Generals Sherman and Sheridan. It was not a haphazard affair

and it took over four decades of intense effort to execute.

And that is how the

American “West” was tamed.

2) THE PASSENGER PIGEON

This pigeon was especially

adapted to the continuous,

deciduous forests that had once

clothed the entire Eastern

Seaboard states. By the turn off the

century (1900), however, these forests

had been almost totally replaced with

open, agricultural farmland. So, it was change in

habitat that saw the demise of the passenger pigeon.

With apologies to Ms Sellers, hunters (trigger-happy

gunmen) and hunting had practically nothing to do

with either of these events! And because Ms Sellers will

be quoted by “trigger-happy anti-hunters”, we need to

correct the false impressions she created.

Postscript: During the 20 th century, another casualty of

expanding agriculture was a major decline in North America’s

waterfowl populations. Most of North America’s waterfowl

migrate to the Canadian Arctic in the summer to breed,

and they return on their autumn migration to the south, when

snow threatens to engulf the land. The anti-hunter animal

rightists (and the press) blamed the certain fact of declining

waterfowl populations on overshooting by duck hunters, but

that was not the case at all. The problem was that all along

the three migration routes, farmers had been draining the

swamps and marshes, converting them to dry-land fields for

growing wheat and maize. So, the ducks and geese found

that their traditional (stepping stone) daily journeys (between

different and once pond-rich areas of habitat) had all disappeared.

They could therefore not feed themselves or rest

along the continent-long migration routes, and many of them

died in transit.

This is a long story (the story of Ducks Unlimited) that

cannot be told here and now. Suffice it to say that it is so

easy just to blame the hunter for wildlife declines, even

though the real reasons are often very easy to explain.

Hunters should be warned to be vigilant about false accusations,

and we should fight what is today called “fake news”

whenever we can.

In the next issue we will look at the South African experience.

All the information contained in this article, relating to

America’s history (including actual artefacts), can be found

in a museum in the basement of the Department of the

Interior Building in Washington DC, USA.

Note from the editor’s desk

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Clay Target Shooting

Association of South Africa

Sarah Kalell

Executive officer: CTSASA

What is it about clay target shooting that gets most people addicted the

moment they try it? Is it a latent and almost primitive need to hunt and

chase down prey? Or the sheer thrill of “catching” a flying object and

pulverising it in mid-air with a shotgun that makes its power known as

you see the clay target shatter into a thousand pieces? Whatever it is, the

sheer joy on the face of a guest who hits his or her first clay target is a

delightful sight to behold.

Ladies love clay target shooting

The Clay Target Shooting Association of

South Africa (CTSASA) held a Ladies Open

Day in June 2019, where 40 ladies tried clay

target shooting for the first time. These ladies

came from the handgun and rifle shooting

disciplines and there were those who had

never fired any firearm before. Although clay

target shooting is enjoyed mostly by men,

we do have a growing section of ladies who

have also become thoroughly addicted to

breaking clays! The Ladies Open Day proved

that ladies quickly fall in love with our sport

when given an opportunity.

Local, social and global

Clay busting delivers enjoyment and satisfaction

to so many people. Families and couples

in particular are a very important part of

our fraternity. Our sport can be enjoyed from

the social level right through to international

competitions. It doesn't matter at what level

you shoot – just as long as you learn and

implement the correct safety procedures and

go and have a great time on the shooting

ranges!

One of our recent family additions is the

Maistry family, whose daughter Gillian was

the first lady

junior to earn

National Protea

Colours in

NSSA Skeet in

2019. They are

a lovely family

of whom we

have all grown

very fond.

The Maistry

family

We are very

proud to have 42

registered clubs

across South

Africa, many of

whom are social

and have a

bustling activity

of competitions.

There are club

competitions,

provincial trials

(for our annual

Willie Steyn

Chairman’s Cup

Interprovincial)

and national Protea trials for South African

national teams. In 2019 we were very proud

and privileged to see one of our junior

members win the FITASC Junior World

Championship in universal trench, one of

our increasingly popular disciplines. Willie

Steyn shot superbly to beat the world’s

best universal trench juniors and to bring

international honours home to South Africa.

Coaching, gun fit and more coaching

Whether you decide to stay social or whether

you would like to experience a more competitive

environment, it is hugely vital to get your

shotgun fitted for you. This is the first step for

everyone. Without a well-fitted shotgun you

will not achieve your potential. The next is to

ensure that you receive at the very least some

basic coaching in either trap or skeet (or both!).

For more information on any aspect

of clay target shooting, please contact

me at the CTSASA administration office. I

am here to provide you with the help and

assistance you require. E-mail me at

info@ctsasa.co.za or visit our website:

www.ctsasa.co.za

Happy clay busting!

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In ’n onlangse gesprek met Johannes Coertze (HUB van Formalito Pty Ltd en deel van die OIHgroep

in SA) vra WILD & JAG hom die ongemaklike vraag: “Is Federal die nuwe PMP in SA?”

Dit was so ’n bietjie van ’n “loaded question”, soos die

Engelse sê. Ons het glad nie geïnsinueer dat die twee

handelsmerke se kwaliteit en werkverrigting direk

teen mekaar opgeweeg word nie. Ons het die vraag verder

uitgebrei om die korrekte antwoord te kry. Ons wou weet of

Federal en veral die Fusion-reeks van Federal-ammunisie

so wyd beskikbaar in Suid-Afrika is as wat ons geliefde

PMP-ammunisie op ’n kol was. Dit was altyd die gebruiklike

versoek van boere en jagters in wapenwinkels en koöperasies

landwyd: “More jongman. Het jy vir oom patrone? Ek

soek drie boksies vir my .30-06. Ja, die blou pak asseblief.

Ja, 180 grein asseblief. Dankie.”

Johannes het gelag tydens die verduideliking en nie

geskroom om dadelik te antwoord nie. Formalito se doelwit

is om fabrieksgelaaide Federal-ammunisie op rakke oor

die hele Suid-Afrika te hê ten einde in elke boer, jagter en

sosiale skietgeesdriftige se behoeftes te voorsien. Dit sluit

die Federal Fusion-reeks in – baie bekostigbaar en uiters

doeltreffend.

Federal-ammunisie en veral die Fusion-reeks-ammunisie

word al vir jare in die VSA op hul medium tot groot wildsoorte

soos witstertherte (white-tailed deer), elk, moose en

bere gebruik en werk uitstekend. Federal het besluit om ook

die .375 H&H-ammunisie in die Fusion-reeks te vervaardig,

wat natuurlik musiek in duisende jagters van oor

die hele Suider-Afrika se ore is. Dit beteken nog

’n opsie vir diegene wat met “rakammunisie”

in hul grootboorgewere skiet. Die

ammunisie is deur en deur

ontwerp om Afrika se

gevaarlike diere te

jag en natuurlik

ook om uitstekend

te presteer wanneer dit kom by groot “vlaktewild”

soos koedoes, elande en selfs kameelperde. Die

lood en koper van hierdie koeëls waarmee die Federal Fusion-ammunisie

gelaai is, is aanmekaargesmee en die koeël

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na die meegaande foto wat Federal self verskaf het.

Lesers kan seker wees dat WILD & JAG-redakteur

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sit met ’n buffel en/of ’n kameelperd of twee. Hou gerus

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FIREARM COURT CASES

AND THE CONSEQUENCES

Martin Hood

This month’s article is controversial. I am going to examine what I believe to be a number of poorly

considered firearm court cases and the consequences of such cases.

The first is the South African Hunters and Game Conservation

Association (SAHGCA) court order obtained

in 2009 relating to the renewal process. At the time the

motive of the court case was to provide temporary relief to

people who had not yet been able to relicense their firearms

to prevent prosecution of such persons.

At the time this motivation for the court case was

perfectly acceptable and in all probability necessary. After

Judge Prinsloo issued the interim order, a number of things

should have happened: SAHGCA should have proceeded

with its main case and should have enrolled the main case

for hearing and determination. It had a number of ongoing

settlement discussions with the South African Police Service

(SAPS), all of which proved fruitless. The effect of the failure

to finalise the second part of the court case is that the first

interim court order effectively has become a final court order.

The unintended consequence of this is that we now have two

parallel systems of firearm licences with different rights and

obligations, and the confusion that has resulted from this.

This is unfortunate as it adds to the complexity of our

licensing environment and is legally unhealthy because we

have one system of firearm licensing (green licences), which

is based upon a repealed piece of legislation, namely the

Arms and Ammunitions Act, 1969 (Act No 75 of 1969).

This means that the underlying legal foundation for which

these licences were issued, no longer exists because the

Arms and Ammunitions Act was repealed by the Firearms

Control Act. This is illogical and nonsensical. However, we

cannot solely blame SAHGCA for this unhealthy situation.

After the issue of the SAHGCA court order, the South

African Gun Owners’ Association (SAGA) brought a court

application for a declaratory order to interpret the meaning of

Judge Prinsloo’s order. At the time and even now the generally

understood interpretation of his court order is that all old

Arms and Ammunitions Act green licences remain valid. This

would have meant that there was no need to renew firearm

licences that had an existing Arms and Ammunitions Act

licence, and that only new firearm licences would need to be

issued in terms of the Firearms Control Act.

SAGA appreciated the need to obtain this clarity and

instituted a court application to do so. However, it never

finalised that application due to internal politics within SAGA

itself, possible conflicts of interest with SAHGCA, and ultimately

a liaison with SAHGCA of a business nature between

one of the trustees and SAHGCA (the purchase of Magnum

by SA Hunt Publishing). This killed the declaratory order

case dead in its tracks.

This was a tragedy for firearm owners because the

debate and therefore the confusion about whether a previous

green licence can still be used, rages on today. SAPS

has adopted the viewpoint that if you transitioned to a white

licence in terms of the Firearms Control Act, you have absolutely

no rights from your green licence.

This is directly in conflict with the opinions of many legal

people and organisations who say that you can still rely on

your green licence. Many people have acted to their prejudice

by relying on these conflicting opinions and in certain

instances have been forced to use the amnesty through no

fault or intentional conduct on their part. The failure of SAGA

to finalise their case was shameful, and has negatively impacted

firearm owners.

The next foot-shooting incident, in my opinion, is the

SAHGCA case to the Constitutional Court, where they

attempted to declare Sections 24 and 28 of the Firearms

Control Act unconstitutional (the relicensing provisions).

Again in fairness to SAHGCA, we all did not foresee

the potential and actual unintended consequences of the

Constitutional Court decision. We had all expected that the

Constitutional Court would agree with the North Gauteng

High Court that the legislation in the form of Sections 24

and 28 was irrational. Even the SAPS legal team seemed to

agree with these contentions in their heads of argument put

before the Constitutional Court.

However, eight judges of the Constitutional Court unanimously

ruled against SAHGCA, and in doing so unpacked

the provisions of Sections 24 and 28 by explaining why

these sections were not irrational. The court ruled firearm

ownership was not a right and that possession of a firearm

on an expired licence was illegal. Both of these rulings were

disastrous for firearm owners. This court case illustrated the

error of what I call the “big bang” or “silver bullet” approach.

This court case showed, if nothing else, why we should not

institute “big bang” cases. A “big bang” case is one where the

litigants try to obtain a massive and substantial court victory,

all at once.

The next case that needs to be briefly examined is the

so-called Gun Owners South Africa (GOSA) interdict. This

is much more controversial because of the manner it has

been publicised and the appeal against it. GOSA obtained

an interim interdict after the SAHGCA case, preventing the

police from confiscating firearms with expired licences. This

case again is subject to finalisation of further and final relief.

The police in the meantime instituted an appeal against the

interim court order. Normally an interim court order cannot

Photo: Pixabay


be appealed unless special circumstances exist. The state

has not dealt with these special circumstances but still has

proceeded with an appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal

with the leave of Judge Prinsloo. This is all very confusing

because lawyers simply do not know whether the appeal has

the effect of suspending the interim court order. An appeal

normally suspends a court order but the argument advanced

is that because you cannot appeal an interim court order,

the appeal has not suspended the interim court order. The

minister of police has done nothing to clarify the situation by

prosecuting the appeal timeously.

The net effect of all this is the argument by GOSA that

their interdict protects licence owners with expired firearm

licences (it may indeed provide some protection), but GOSA

has blatantly and deliberately ignored the fact that if that

court order is dismissed on appeal, or even if their main

application fails, firearm owners are going to be left with no

recourse and will be illegally in possession of firearms.

The minister is equally culpable because he has done

nothing to prosecute his appeal and to clarify his position

and engage with the firearm-owning community to reassure

them and to provide avenues of engagement to address the

massive amount of uncertainty that many firearm owners find

themselves in.

We have a saying in law that in a court case you should

never ask a question if you do not know the answer or do not

have a good idea of what the answer is going to be. If you

ask a question without knowing the answer, you stand a very

good

chance of getting an answer that does not suit your

circumstances and harms your cause.

I want to conclude by observing that when a member of

the public asked President Cyril Ramaphosa at a business

function whether he believed in private firearm ownership,

the president was placed in a position where he would have

to say yes or no. Unfortunately for all of us, his answer was

“no”. This

person had hoped for the “silver bullet” yes.

Had President Ramaphosa been asked the question

more subtly, such as “Does the president acknowledge the

contribution of the hunting and farming communities to the

South African economy, and the need for tools of the trade

to do so?” he would in all probability have answered “yes”.

This would have meant his answer had to include firearm

ownership. Unfortunately his unequivocal “no” can only be

interpreted as bad news for our future firearm rights.

As indicated above, there is no “silver bullet” court case

that will cure all the problems arising out of the Firearms

Control Act.

In my opinion, anyone who attempts to do so will fail, and

in so failing cause more harm than good as I have tried to

illustrate above.

We need to focus on smaller court cases that deal with

small points of interpretation or administrative law. There

have been hundreds of successful High Court cases based

upon the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act and we

need to pursue more of these cases.

We now need to start suing individual decision makers for

damages arising from the consequences of their stupid and/

or foolhardy decisions.

Martin Hood from MJ Hood & Associates Attorneys can be

contacted on 011 234 7520.

E-mail: martin@mjhood.co.za or visit www.mjhood.co.za

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Cape Town

economist

falsely accuses

South African game industry

The Rapport newspaper, dated 27 February 2020, reported that Dr Ross Harvey, an

independent Cape Town economist, destructively criticised the South African game

ranching and hunting industry to the British parliament.

As an alleged animal activist, Dr Harvey proposed to

the British parliament to refuse any hunting products

to enter Britain because of the ill-treatment of farm

workers, equating it to the master slavery of the colonial

and apartheid eras. The South African models and standard

practices of the professional hunting and wildlife industries

are highly respected internationally.

The total game industry is viewed by thousands of international

and national tourists and hunters annually. Marketing

starts on the ranch, therefore international and national

ranch and hunting standards are upheld, which includes all

labour practices and treatment of labour and their families.

For business and ethical reasons, no such ill-treatment

would be accepted by all concerned.

South Africa’s national, provincial and local wildlife

ranchers’ and professional hunters’ organisations offer skills

development courses as well as in-house courses and

training.

If ranch or hunting workers have any grievances, they

have worker-friendly access to the department of labour and

the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration

(CCMA). No reports of ill-treatment have been brought to

the notice of any ranching or hunting organisations.

The hunting and ranching enterprises have highly skilled

labour in the form of catering, lodge and surrounding areas,

tracking, caping, meat processing, vehicle maintenance,

water provisions, fencing, professional guiding, etc. The

above is the important marketing tool that any ranching or

professional hunting outfitter will use in any event – it would

be “foolhardy” to neglect it.

Dr Harvey has not, but will be requested to prove his

accusations that workers are ill-treated. To falsely accuse

the extremely proud South African game ranching and hunting

industry to the influential British government to prevent

game hunting products from entering Britain because of

ill-treatment of workers, is an extremely serious offence.

Such blatant lies for personal financial gain are not

only at the expense of possible labour lay-offs, but will also

detrimentally affect international financial income to South

Africa’s fiscus. A British ban could have a domino effect on

other international countries hunting in South Africa. Labour

losses would naturally occur.

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All experienced and honest game ranching and hunting

economists will understand that South Africa’s ranching and

hunting model has increased tourists, hunting clients and

observers to South Africa.

Hunting is the best sustainable use of surplus game as a

game management tool. International hunting is the “cherry”

that ranchers and professional hunters strive for, as such

financial returns subsidises/complements the South African

meat hunter.

Hunting is a healthy outdoor experience for urban families

and friends.

Due to the financial success of ranching and hunting

practices in South Africa, game numbers have increased

from 500 000 in 1950 to ±22 000 000 today on privately

owned properties. The above alone portrays how hunting

positively improves and supports conservation. Therefore,

national and international game industry marketing, welltrained

and well-paid personnel, upmarket infrastructure and

client satisfaction are all essential to derive the best returns

from huge investments to promote wildlife conservation. If

sustainable game ranching via hunting does not pay, land

will be reverted to cattle, goat and sheep farming again.

Hunting and tourism complements each other by, for

example, pre- and post-tours, purchasing goods, etc. The

anchor activity of this world-class ranching model is hunting.

Wild animals are all territorial and the size of the required

land depends on the quality of the habitat and the

size of the animal. Due to the large investments in game

ranches and professional hunting, the ecology of animals is

studied by successful game ranchers. Practical knowledge,

experience and scientific research, when requested, are

practised by these successful ranchers.

Arthur Rudman,

Southern Africa Wildlife Rancher of the year, 2016

55 years of game and stock farming experience

Professional Hunters’ Association

of South Africa

Birding on your hunting trip

FORK-TAILED DRONGO

Mikstertbyvanger

Dicrurus adsimilis

BIRDS

of Southern Africa

One of the biggest mistakes made by hunters, old and young, is to forget about the

natural beauty surrounding them as soon as they start focusing on their quarry. They

are hardly aware of the interesting plants and trees, as well as our diverse birdlife.

GAME & HUNT wishes to focus on this so that you do not miss that striking bird on

your next hunt. Please take a minute or two to study it – you will be surprised at how

much you will learn about Southern Africa’s birdlife this way.

Description

23–26 cm; 38–55 g. A large drongo with a deeply forked tail (but

moult can affect tail shape). Adult is uniformly glossy black with

bright red eyes. In flight, primaries are noticeably paler than

coverts. Larger than square-tailed drongo; tail more deeply forked,

and absent from forest habitats. Juvenile has buff-tipped wing

coverts, mottled underparts, dark brown eyes and yellow gape.

Calls

A variety of loud, grating and shrill notes. Mimics

birds of prey, especially pearl-spotted owlet, as well

as cats and small predatory mammals.

Status and biology

Common resident in woodland, savanna and plantations. Occurs singly,

in pairs and, when attending bush fires, in dozens, occasionally hundreds.

Pirates food from other birds, sometimes small mammals, often mimicking

alarm calls to make them drop their prey. Frequently harasses raptors.

You are lost without your trusty pair of binoculars. Make sure you do not miss the finer

details that make this hobby so addictive! This page is made possible by Bushnell and SASOL.

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Swarovski Z8i 1-8x24

Big-game riflescope

The Z8i 1-8x24 riflescope – ideal for any big-game rifle

Stefan Fouché

Swarovski launched their new Z8i series at the IWA show in Germany way back in 2017. Ever since, the

Z8i 1-8x24 riflescope has been one of the hot topics around campfires in Africa for big-game hunters

and large-bore enthusiasts, and rightly so. This scope is ideal for any big-bore calibre and turns your

rifle into a great all-rounder with the maximum 8x magnification.

The Z8i series of scopes has a real 8x zoom. Many years

of effort have gone into building this type of zoom into a

30mm central-tube riflescope. Although there are quite

a number of different magnification configurations available

for shooting over longer distances, I think that the ideal scope

for big-game hunting needs to have a 1x magnification. It

basically gives you the “red dot” set-up feeling, where you

can shoot quickly at close and moving targets.

If we look more closely at the 1-8x scope, the magnification

range means that a big-game hunter can use the 1x

magnification for those really close and dangerous encounters,

while the 8x magnification can be used with the utmost

confidence on any size animal over distances of up to 200 m,

placing the shot exactly where you want to – maybe even

longer shots, should it be absolutely necessary. There is always

a chance of a hunter wounding an animal. Now picture

yourself with your big-game rifle in your hand, wanting to take

a shot at that escaping quarry, but you cannot see him at the

distance he is at now, trotting away over the 200 m mark or

even further. It would be nice to have a decent set of optics

with sufficient zoom power to make a good shot, right?

The straight tube of the Z8i 1-8x with its 24mm objective

lens still gives you the “classic” look of a scoped big-game

rifle. With the good quality sunlight on the Dark Continent,

you actually don’t need anything bigger. More light is absorbed

through that lens than the eye can utilise. Sure, when daylight

starts fading, a bigger lens would make a difference for a

couple of minutes. The tube is also long enough to fit the big

Brno/CZ and Ruger magnum-type actions without the risk of

the front ring mount damaging a lens. Eye relief is more than

enough, taking into consideration that you can mount this

and any other scope only so far forward before the eyepiece

meets the back ring mount. You also have the illumination

switch on top of the eyepiece nicely out of the way, which

is very functional with the wide variety of intensity levels

available.

Also, a new feature on the Z8i is the Flexchange 4A-IF

reticle, which gives the hunter the option of a normal 4A illuminated

reticle and a circle-dot reticle at the click of a button.

On the optics topic, I am not going to bother you with

unnecessary details and scientific numbers. The long and the

short of it is: I don’t think you will find many riflescopes (if any)

on the planet with a better sight picture than the Swarovski

Z6 and Z8i series. Maybe equally as good but definitely not

better. The lenses are of absolutely outstanding quality. I have

tested the 1.7-13.3x model as well, and at distances over

300 m I have yet to see something beat the optical clarity.

I have also tested the Z8i 1-8x24 on some large-bore

calibres over the last three years, both on the range and in

the hunting field. We have stretched the distance with a

waterbuck hunt at Hartzview Hunting Safaris a couple of

years back and the proof was in the pudding when it came

to how effective the 8x power magnification really was under

normal hunting conditions. If you have missed that article,

please e-mail us for a free PDF copy. Also be sure to scan

the QR code in this article to watch the full hunting movie at

Hartzview, using the Swarovski Z8i on the mighty .450 Rigby

rifle.

For more details on this and any other Swarovski

scope, please contact Whylo, the sole importer and

distributor. They can also guide you to your closest

stockist. Phone Brad on 0861 005 903.


The massive waterbuck hunted at Hartzview Hunting

Safaris with the Z8i 1-8x24. Note the wet conditions in

which the scope performed flawlessly.

Scan the QR code to

watch this exciting hunt.


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Mark van der Linde – Buffalo; Mauser .375 H&H (300 gr Hornady DGS);

Save Valley, Zimbabwe; 70 m

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Save Valley, Zimbabwe; 80 m

Left: Stefan Fouché – Giraffe; Verney-Carron in .450/400 NE

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Bryan Betton – Crocodile;

.375 Ruger (270 gr Woodleigh RNSN)

Louis Grundling – Buffel; Winchester Mod 70 in

.458 WM (500 gr-Hornady DGS); Musina, Limpopo; 70 m

AJ van Rooyen – Elephant; .416 Rem Mag

(400 gr Hornady DGS); Zimbabwe; 25 m

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DIE AFRIKA-LEEU

Panthera leo leo

J du P Bothma

Groot roofdiere is noodsaaklik vir die behoud van ekostelsels en hul verlies kan katastrofiese gevolge vir die

mensdom hê. Die uitgestorwe leeu Panthera leo afrox van Noord-Amerika en Siberië was die grootste bekende

soort leeu. Die lewende leeus bestaan uit die Afrika-leeu Panthera leo leo en die Asiatiese leeu Panthera leo

persica van Indië wat geneties 1,1 persent anders is as die Afrika-leeu en eens wydverspreid was.

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Die oudste leeufossiele in Afrika is in Libië gevind en

etse van leeus op rotse in Egipte is 5 000 jaar oud.

Daar is al verskeie subspesies van die leeu beskryf

maar in Afrika is daar net Panthera leo leo. Linnaeus het in

1758 die leeu aanvanklik as Felis leo beskryf op grond van

’n eksemplaar uit Algerië, maar die naam Panthera is in 1816

deur Oken vir die grommende katsoorte geskep.

Beskrywing

Die leeu is Afrika se grootste lewende roofdier met ’n

gemiddelde skouerhoogte van 1,25 m en gewig van 190 kg

in die mannetjie teenoor 1,07 m en 126 kg in die wyfie. ’n

Leeu se voorlyf is massief maar sy agterlyf is slank. Die stert

het ’n horingagtige punt en donker kwas. Omgewingsfaktore

beïnvloed die kleur en grootte van ’n leeu, maar die kleur en

grootte van die maanhaar in ’n mannetjie het ’n genetiese

basis. Die leeu is gewoonlik sandkleurig geel tot geelbruin,

en swart en geel maanhare is algemeen. Swart leeus is

raar maar wit leeus ontstaan as ’n genetiese mutasie. Die

maanhaar kan tot op die maag strek. Die welpies vertoon

donker rosette wat tot strepe kan versmelt.

Verspreiding

Behalwe die tropiese woude van Wes-Afrika, kom die leeu

histories oor die hele Afrika suid van die Sahara voor, maar

dit het reeds in Noord-Afrika uitgesterf.

Habitat

Die leeu benut grasvelde, savannas en woestyne waar daar

volop prooi is, maar kom gewoonlik nie in reënwoude en

woestyne voor nie.

Kenmerke

Omdat die kenmerke van die leeu in die November 2013-

uitgawe van WILD & JAG breedvoerig bespreek is, word dit

hier net kortliks genoem met meer klem op dié dier se bestuur.

Die leeu is die enigste sosiale katsoort en die tropgrootte

hang van prooidigtheid af. Die volwasse wyfies vorm

die kern van die trop terwyl die volwasse mannetjies van trop

tot trop beweeg en soms twee troppe gelyktydig beset. Tropgebiede

kan oorvleuel en hul grootte verander seisoenaal.

Leeus is meesal snags aktief en rus tydens die hitte van

die dag in koelte. Hulle is goeie boomklimmers. Die volwasse

mannetjies brul veral met sonop en sononder maar waar

leeus versteur word, brul hulle minder.

’n Mannetjie word geslagsryp op ’n ouderdom van 30

maande, maar paar eers wanneer hy vier jaar oud is tensy

daar nie ander volwasse mannetjies in die bevolking is nie. ’n

Wyfie word geslagsryp wanneer sy 24 maande oud is en kan

aanhou teel totdat sy 19 jaar oud is, maar haar vrugbaarheid

word deur ouderdom en voeding beïnvloed. Paring geskied

enige tyd van die jaar, gewoonlik met die trop se mannetjie,

maar net sowat 30 persent parings lei tot bevrugting. Wanneer

’n vreemde mannetjie ’n trop oorneem, kan hy binne ’n

maand al die welpies doodbyt en die volwasse wyfies in die

trop ovuleer dan gelyktydig.

Dragtigheid duur 100 tot 114 dae en die wyfie beweeg

weg die trop af om geboorte te gee aan drie tot vier (maksimum

ses) welpies wat 1,5 kg elk weeg. Sommige welpies

se oë is met geboorte oop maar ander s’n gaan eers binne

twee weke oop. Die welpies sal by enige wyfie vir ses tot

sewe maande soog en begin jag wanneer hulle sowat 50 kg

weeg. Mortaliteit onder die welpies is tot 50 persent wanneer

kos skaars is. Die lewensverwagting is ongeveer 20 jaar en

’n volwasse mannetjie by ’n trop is noodsaaklik vir oorlewing.

Die leeftyd van leeus in die natuur is 12 tot 16 jaar vir die

mannetjies en 15 tot 16 jaar vir die wyfies.

Jag en dieet

Leeus jag veral snags opportunisties en hul prooi se gewig

wissel van 50 tot 300 kg. Hulle jag groot prooi as ’n trop en

wurg dit gewoonlik dood. Tot sewe pogings is vir elke suksesvolle

jag nodig. Leeus sal prooi by ander groot roofdiere

afneem, maar gevlekte hiënas beroof leeus van hul prooi

wanneer daar nie ’n volwasse mannetjie is nie of as daar

minder as vier volwasse wyfies in die trop is.

Bestuur en benutting

Vrylewende leeus is ’n trekpleister vir toeriste, maar dit is

’n duur onderneming op ’n wildplaas. Dit vereis gesonde

bestuur vanweë die impak op ander wildsoorte. Die bestuur

behels die behoud van die sosiale struktuur en genetiese

integriteit van ’n trop en die meeste wildplase is te klein

daarvoor. Die aanhou van leeus is gewoonlik net moontlik in

groot bewaringsgebiede en op wildplase, want kleiner wildplase

se wildstapel kan nie ’n trop leeus vir ’n onbepaalde

tyd onderhou nie. In Suid-Afrika kan net die bevolking in die

Nasionale Krugerwildtuin as selfonderhoudend beskou word.

Daar is daarom na raming 4 000 leeus in aanhouding of in

intensief-bestuurde bevolkings. Details oor die produksie

van leeus in intensiewe en ekstensiewe stelsels verskyn in

Keet by die geselekteerde bronne aan die einde van hierdie

artikel. Slegs die bestuur van leeus in ekstensiewe stelsels

sal vervolgens kortliks bespreek word.

Daar is vaste provinsiale en nasionale riglyne ten opsigte

van die omheining van wildplase vir leeus en geëlektrifiseerde

omheinings word meesal vereis. Die omheinings

moet die ontsnapping van leeus geheel en al verhoed.

Die sosiale verwantskap van die bevolking leeus moet

gemoniteer word en een van die twee geslagte moet teen

voortplanting gevrywaar word. Die prooibevolking moet ook

gemoniteer word om die effek van die leeus op verskillende

wildsoorte te bepaal en te bestuur. Vrylopende, volwasse

wyfies eet gemiddeld 5,1 kg vleis per dag of 1861,5 kg per

jaar en mannetjies 8,3 kg per dag en 3029,5 kg per jaar. In

een gevallestudie het ’n wisselende trop van vier tot 11 leeus

in Limpopoprovinsie 662 vangste oor ses jaar gemaak. Die

getal leeus behoort derhalwe by die beskikbaarheid van

prooi aangepas te word, anders sal prooi van tyd tot tyd

ten duurste aangevul moet word. Dit is ook nie sinvol om

vrylopende leeus saam met duur of skaars wildsoorte soos

buffels, swartwitpense en bastergemsbokke aan te hou nie.

Vrylopende leeus in groot, ekstensiewe stelsels kan

met minimale ingryping aangehou en bestuur word deur die

voorsiening van water, aanvulling van voedsel, beheer van

parasiete en gesondheidsorg. Geboortebeperking beïnvloed


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nie die sosiale gedrag van ’n bestaande trop nie, maar sal

aanvulling van leeus wat vrek vereis, wat wel implikasies vir

sosiale gedrag inhou.

Vir hervestiging moet leeus uit gebiede kom wat vry is

van beestuberkulose, die immuno-gebrek virus (FIV) vir katsoorte,

eksterne parasiete en beserings. Die leeus behoort

verkieslik uit ’n vrylewende trop te kom omdat leeus wat in

gevangeskap geteel is, rehabilitasie sal vereis om vrylopend

te kan word. Intensief geteelde leeus kan egter alreeds

gedrags- en genetiese probleme hê, wat hulle ongeskik vir

hervestiging kan maak. Die oorsprong en genetiese agtergrond

van die leeus moet bekend wees. Dit word reeds vereis

dat alle leeus vir hervestiging in Suid-Afrika uit Suidelike

Afrika kom. Dit is moontlik om onverwante wyfies en nuwe,

jong mannetjies onder langtermynkalmering saam in ’n aanhoudingskamp

aan te hou totdat hulle ’n trop gevorm het.

Vangs

Soos met enige chemiese vangs, behoort slegs opgeleide

wildveeartse leeus chemies te vang. Leeus kan met Zoletil

of Tolazolalien gevang word, met gepaste kalmering. Alternatiewe

middels soos Ketalar en Ketamine moet met

kalmeermiddels soos Xylasien of Metomidine gekombineer

word, maar dit vereis groot volumes van dié middels. Vir kort

periodes kan ’n kombinasie van Butorphanol, Metomidine en

Midazolam vir immobilisering gebruik word. (Meer besonderhede

verskyn in Keet by die geselekteerde bronne aan die

einde van hierdie artikel.)

Vervoer

Vervoer leeus onder immobilisasie en kalmering in enkelkratte.

Gebruik komberse om hulle in koue weer te bedek

en water om hulle in warm weer af te koel. Beskerm hulle

teen wind en reën tydens vervoer en vervoer hulle verkieslik

snags tydens warm weer. Welpies wat ewe groot is, kan

saam met hul ma vervoer word.

Aanhouding

Daar is omvattende, wetlike vereistes en spesifikasies wat

vir die aanhouding van leeus voorgeskryf word deur die

toepaslike instansies vir natuurbewaring in elke provinsie.

Dit is noodsaaklik dat nuuthervestigde leeus vir ses tot agt

weke in aanhouding bly om gewoond te raak aan geëlektrifiseerde

heinings en hul nuwe omgewing. Dit stel hulle ook

in staat om te herstel van immobilisering en vervoer en om

vir parasiete behandel te word. Wanneer meer as een trop

hervestig word, moet elkeen in ’n eie kamp op verskillende

plekke aangehou word. Tydelike kampe vereis sowat 400 m 2

ruimte per leeu. Voeding in aanhoudingskampe moenie met

mense geassosieer word nie, en watervoorsiening moet met

’n balklep buite die hok beheer word.

Beladings

Die digtheid van leeus in bewaringsgebiede wissel aansienlik.

In die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin en aangrensende wildplase

is dit van 5,9 tot 11,2 leeus per 100 km 2 , maar in die

Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark is daar net 1,5 leeus per 100 km 2 .

Die getal leeus hang direk van die beskikbaarheid van

prooi af, maar dit mag moontlik wees om vier tot ses leeus

op ’n wildplaas van 1 000 ha in gemengde bosveld met ’n

volle wildkomplement aan te hou. Die korrekte belading

moet egter vir elke wildplaas vasgestel word op grond van

die heersende, ekologiese toestande en wildstapel. As ’n

algemene riglyn behoort die belading leeus in balans te wees

met die laagste biomassa prooi tydens die jaar.

Waarde

Die prys op wildveilings was in 2012 gemiddeld R46 600 per

leeu, wat ’n afname van 27 persent teenoor 2011 was, maar

geen leeus is in 2013 verkoop nie.

Trofeejag

Die meeste leeus wat gejag word, word aanvanklik in

gevangeskap geteel. Permitte vir jag word tans net in die

Oos-Kaap-, Vrystaat- en Noordwesprovinsies uitgereik. ’n

Jag moet te voet sonder honde geskied. Jagters tref dikwels

’n onderskeid tussen die jag van leeus wat wild gebore is en

dié wat in gevangeskap geteel is. Die jag van leeus in klein

kampe en wat aan mense gewoond is, is oneties.

Die regulasies van die Nasionale Biodiversiteitswet van

Suid-Afrika (Wet No 10 van 2004) verbied die jag van leeus

onder verskillende omstandighede en vereis dat leeus wat

vrylopend gejag word vir ’n gegewe tydperk selfversorgend

moes gewees het. Aas mag gebruik word om die leeus te

lok, maar nie klankopnames of reukstof as lokmiddels nie.

Soekligte of voertuie mag ook nie vir die jag gebruik word

nie. Die geblikte jag van leeus in gevangeskap, onder

kalmering of immobilisering, word streng verbied. Daarby

word koeëls met ’n minimum gewig van 16,2 g (250 grein) vir

die jag van leeus vereis. Derhalwe is die mark vir die jag van

leeus beperk.

Onlangse beste trofeë gegrond op die skedel se grootte

sluit die volgende in:

Rowland Ward: minimum lengte: 24,000" (61,000 cm);

beste: 28,750" (71,806 cm), gehou deur I MacKenzie

Safari Club International: minimum punte: 23; beste:

28,375 punte gehou deur Gregory S Williamson

Suid-Afrikaanse Metode: minimum lengte: 23,000"

(58,420 cm); beste: 41,250" (104, 648 cm) gehou deur

R Naidoo

Geselekteerde bronne

Bothma, J. du P. & Walker, C. 1999. Larger carnivores of the

African savannas. Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik.

Cloete, F. 2014. Amptelike wildveilingomset breek deur die

miljard-merk. WILD & JAG 20(2): 63, 65 & 67.

Lehmann, M. B., Funston, P.J., Owen, C.R. & Slotow, R.

2008. Feeding behaviour of lions (Panthera leo) on a small

reserve. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 36(1): 66–78.

Keet, D.F. In Pers. Lions. In J. du P. Bothma & J.G. du Toit

(reds), Game Ranch Management, sesde uitgawe.

Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Skinner, J.D. & Chimimba, C.T. (reds) 2005. The mammals

of the southern African subregion, derde uitgawe.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 390–396.

Sunquist, M. & Sunquist, F. 2002. Wild cats of the world.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp 285–304.


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Prystendense

VIR WILDVEILINGS

Gegewe die veilingresultate van Februarie 2020, lyk dit of die tendense van die

afgelope seisoen gedurende die oorblywende gedeelte van die 2020-veilingseisoen

kan volhard. Pryse vertoon redelik stabiel ongeag ’n merkwaardige

toename in die getal diere wat verhandel het. In totaal het die getal diere wat

Dr Flippie Cloete

verhandel het met 95% toegeneem, vergeleke met die getalle gedurende dieselfde tyd verlede jaar. Die

toename kan deels toegeskryf word aan tegnologie en bepaald aan die toename in die gebruik van

toeps as bemarkingsplatform. Met die nuutste verwikkelinge en die tempo van aanneming is dit duidelik

dat sakeprosesse ten opsigte van die verhandeling van lewende wild in wese besig is om te verander.

Soos genoem in ’n vorige artikel, is dit ’n kerndeel van die strategiese benaderings wat gevolg word om

margebestuur en kostedoeltreffendheid te verhoog, gegewe die huidige prysvlakke. Die gebruik van toeps

as bemarkingsplatform verbeter ook toeganklikheid vir potensiële kopers en gevolglik die sukses wat

daarmee bereik word. Die bydrae van ander faktore, soos ’n goed gevestigde handelsnaam, moet egter nie

onderskat word wanneer dit kom by die suksesvolle gebruik van ’n toep as bemarkingsplatform nie. Hoewel

die toep toeganklikheid bevorder, is dit steeds die handelsnaam en kwaliteit van diere wat kopers na die

platform trek.

Diere met goeie genetika bly in aanvraag met kopers

wat bereid is om ’n premie vir hierdie diere te betaal.

Premies bly egter onder druk met die getal en

kwaliteit van diere wat voortdurend toeneem en verbeter. ’n

Spreekwoordelike voorbeeld hiervan is die getal swartwitpensbulle,

almal met horinglengtes bo 50", wat tydens die

Crous Broers-veiling aangebied is. In die verlede was dit

die uitsondering as daar byvoorbeeld meer as een swartwitpensbul

met ’n horinglengte van meer as 50" op ’n veiling

aangebied is. Hierdie swartwitpensbulle het pryse van

tussen R185 000 en R250 000 behaal. Hoewel dit steeds

uitsonderlike pryse is, is dit merkbaar laer as die pryse wat

in die verlede vir diere van soortgelyke kwaliteit betaal is.

Tabel 1 bied ’n oorsig van enkele voorbeelde van diere van

uitsonderlike kwaliteit wat gedurende Februarie 2020 noemenswaardige

pryse behaal het. Dit behels onder andere ’n

gemsbokbul met ’n horinglengte van 44 7/ 8" wat vir R320 000

van die hand gesit is, ’n springbokram vir R200 000, ’n koedoebul

vir R180 000 en ’n blesbokram vir R35 000.

Tabel 1: Pryse en eienskappe van geselekteerde

diere verkoop op amptelike wildveilings in

Februarie 2020

Wildsoort Prys Eienskappe Veiling

Gemsbokvers R65 000 Horingmate van

42 4/ 8"; dragtig

van 44 7/ 8"-bul

Gemsbokbul R320 000 Horingmate van

44 7/ 8"

Blesbokram

(jonk)

R35 000

Horingmate van

19 4/ 8"

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Springbokram R200 000 Horingmate van

19 1/ 8"

Springbokooie R30 000 Horingmate van

12"; dragtig van

19"-ram

Koedoebul R180 000 Horingmate van

61 4/ 8" & 63"

onderskeidelik

Koedoekoeie R20 000 Nageslag van

66 7/ 8"-bul; dragtig

van 63 2/ 8"-

bul

Waterbokverse R32 000 Dragtig van

36 1/ 8"-bul

Blouwildebeesbul

(jonk)

Bastergemsbokkoei

Bastergemsbokbul

Swartwitpensbul

(Zambies)

R30 000

R230 000

R290 000

R550 000

Nageslag

van 34 6/ 8"-bul;

horingmate van

30 5/ 8" op 34

maande

Horingmate van

29 4/ 8"; dragtig

van 32"-bul

Horingmate van

33 7/ 8"

Horingmate van

51 7/ 8"

Njalabul R70 000 Horingmate van

32 4/ 8"

Buffelbul R900 000 Horingmate van

41" op 4 jaar;

seun van Horison

(55 6/ 8")

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Crous Broers

2020

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Dries Visser

Vyfster 2020

Valley Valley

Venture Stud &

Vriende


Buffelkoei met

verskalf

R840 000

Genetika van

die bulle Tyson

en Matetsi

Buffelkoei R1 000 000 Horingmate van

34 3/ 8"; dragtig

van 51 1/ 16"-bul

Buffelverse R320 000 Nageslag van

die 55 6/ 8"-bul

Horison

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Valley Venture

Stud & Vriende

Tabel 2 bied ’n oorsig van die prystendense vir sekere

hoërwaarde-wildspesies. Die gemiddelde pryse vir Februarie

2020 is oor die algemeen ietwat laer vergeleke met die

gemiddelde pryse vir dieselfde periode die voorafgaande

jaar. Daarteenoor is die gemiddelde pryse vir Februarie

2020 meer in lyn met die gemiddelde pryse van die 2019-

seisoen. Hou egter in gedagte dat die aantal gehaltediere

wat in ’n bepaalde periode verhandel, ’n wesenlike impak op

die gemiddelde prys vir daardie periode tot gevolg kan hê.

Die gemiddelde pryse vir sekere bloedlyne, soos Zambiese

swartwitpense, was ook merkbaar hoër vergeleke met die

gemiddelde pryse vir diere van ander geografiese oorsprong.

Die gemiddelde prys vir Zambiese swartwitpenskoeie

was byvoorbeeld R50 099, met verse wat vir R21 142

verkoop is.

’n Merkbare toename in die aanbod van hoërwaardewild

was ook sigbaar. Die getal swartwitpense wat tydens

Februarie 2020 verhandel het, was meer as dubbel

(116%-toename) die getal diere wat tydens dieselfde

periode in die voorafgaande jaar op amptelike veilings of

veilingsplatforms verkoop is. Dit is gevolg deur siektevrye

buffels en bastergemsbokke met ’n toename van 86%

en 9% onderskeidelik.

Tabel 2: Gemiddelde prystendense vir sekere

hoërwaarde-wildspesies, Februarie 2020

Wildsoort

Bastergemsbokkoeie

Bastergemsbokverse

Bastergemsbokbulle

(volwasse)

Bastergemsbokbulle

(jonk)

Swartwitpenskoeie

Swartwitpensverse

Swartwitpensbulle

(volwasse)

Swartwitpensbulle

(jonk)

Gem prys

2019

R

Gem prys

Feb 2019

R

Gem prys

Feb 2020

R

71 039 53 468 54 437

35 340 60 104 22 333

78 383 272 857 115 611

10 357 - -

14 147 108 849 14 234

13 522 107 235 14 062

28 548 131 979 56 500

8 805 18 500 16 000

Buffelkoeie 158 968 340 526 174 571

Buffelverse 101 572 370 769 120 989

Buffelbulle

(volwasse)

Buffelbulle

(jonk)

128 728 379 090 283 349

29 086 - 65 000

Die prystendense van kleurvariante is soortgelyk aan dié

van hoërwaarde-wild (Tabel 3). Gemiddelde pryse is ietwat

laer wanneer dit met die pryse van dieselfde periode verlede

jaar vergelyk word, maar in lyn met die gemiddelde pryse

van die voorafgaande seisoen. Met die uitsondering van

goue wildebeeskoeie, was daar slegs manlike kleurvariante

wat verhandel het, gegewe die inligting wat beskikbaar

was tydens die skryf van hierdie artikel. Die meerderheid

van hierdie manlike diere sal na verwagting hul weg na

die jagbedryf vind.

Tabel 3: Gemiddelde prystendense vir sekere

kleurvariante, Februarie 2020

Wildsoort

Goue wildebeeskoeie

Goue wildebeesverse

Goue wildebeesbul

(volwasse)

Goue wildebeesbul

(jonk)

Swart rooibokooie

Swart rooibok

ooilam

Swart rooibokram

(volwasse)

Swart rooibokram

(jonk)

Gem prys

2019

R

Gem prys

Feb 2019

R

Gem prys

Feb 2020

R

5 985 14 285 8 921

5 729 13 571 -

14 264 76 700 13 372

5 518 - -

3 758 4 464 -

2 542 - -

9 713 20 600 7 250

3 497 7 000 -

’n Merkbare toename was sigbaar in terme van die getal

vlaktewildspesies wat verhandel het vir die periode onder

beskouing. Pryse het egter gemengde resultate getoon,

met onder andere die pryse van gemsbokke en elande wat

ietwat onder druk was vergeleke met die gemiddelde pryse

van die voorafgaande seisoen. Volwasse manlike diere

behaal egter steeds goeie pryse en gewilde jagspesies soos

blouwildebeesbulle, koedoebulle en rooibokramme het in

Februarie 2020 bogemiddelde pryse behaal.

Die gemiddelde pryse van die meeste intermediêre

spesies soos njalas en lechwes blyk steeds te verlangsaam

ondanks ’n afname in die getalle vergeleke met die

gemiddelde pryse vir dieselfde periode in die voorafgaande

seisoen. Pryse verskil egter nie wesenlik van die gemiddelde

pryse wat teen die einde van die voorafgaande seisoen

behaal is nie. Dit is na alle waarskynlikheid ’n aanduiding

dat die pryse van die meeste intermediêre spesies op huidige

vlakke kan stabiliseer.


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WILDVEILINGS

WILDLIFE AUCTIONS

M = Manlik / Male; V/F = Vroulik / Female; G = Groep / Group; Fam = Familiegroep / Family group; A/O = Ander / Other

CROUS BROERS, SUN CITY,

6 FEBRUARY 2020

Wildsoort / Type of wildlife Getal /

Number

Gemiddeld /

Average R

Hoogste /

Highest R

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope (bul / bull) 11 139 681 290 000

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope (koei / cow) 10 28 300 60 000

Blouwildebees / Blue wildebeest (bul / bull) 35 6 857 7 200

Buffel / buffalo (bul / bull) 2 104 000 108 000

Gemsbok / Gemsbuck (bul / bull) 50 6 530 6 600

Gemsbok / Gemsbuck (koei / cow) 50 7 840 8 300

Goue wildebees / Golden gnu (bul / bull) 6 17 433 36 000

Goue wildebees / Golden gnu (koei / cow) 30 6 573 7 000

Jag / Hunt (buffel, swartwitpens, bastergemsbok

/ buffalo, sable antelope, roan antelope)

Jag / Hunt (gemsbok, blouwildebees, rooibok,

springbok / gemsbuck, blue wildebeest,

impala, springbuck)

2 146 500 147 000

4 23 125 25 200

Jag / Hunt (leeu, buffel / lion, buffalo) 4 172 750 175 000

Rooibok / Impala (ram) 25 2 940 3 100

Swartwitpens / Sable antelope (bul / bull) 17 129 117 270 000

Swartwitpens / Sable antelope

(koei & bulkalf / cow & bull calf)


(koei & verskalf / cow & heifer calf)

18 15 038 36 000

10 15 850 27 000

Swartwitpens / Sable antelope (koei / cow) 99 12 100 21 000


(teelopsie / covering option)

4 12 000 12 000

Witrenoster / White rhinoceros (bul / bull) 2 160 000 160 000

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER

(LIVE SALE): R5 499 850 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (TIMED SALE): R3 128 100 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (BOTH SALES): R8 627 950 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (BOTH): R9 922 142 (incl)

Afslaer / Auctioneer: Brandon Leer & Niel Swart – for Crous Broers

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VALLEY VENTURE STUD & FRIENDS &

PIET DU TOIT WILDBEDRYF, WILDSWINKEL

AUCTION HALL, 15 FEBRUARY 2020


Geslag

Number /

Gender

Gemiddeld /

Average R

Hoogste /

Highest R

Buffel / Buffalo (vroulik, koei / female, cow) 3 (F) 373 333 480 000

Buffel / Buffalo (vroulik, vers / female, heifer) 4 (F) 245 000 330 000

Buffel / Buffalo (vroulik, dragtig, koei / female,

in calf, cow)

Buffel / Buffalo (vroulik, dragtig, vers / female,

in calf, heifer)

9 (F) 463 333 1 000 000

4 (F) 196 250 320 000

Buffel / Buffalo (manlik, volwasse / male, adult) 3 (M) 563 333 950 000

Buffel / Buffalo (manlik, halfvolwasse / male,

subadult)

Bosbok / Bushbuck (vroulik, dragtig / female,

in lamb)

5 (M) 372 000 900 000

6 (F) 15 000 16 000

Eland (vroulik, koei / female, cow) 2 (F) 22 000 22 000

Eland (vroulik, vers / female, heifer) 1 (F) 22 000 22 000

Eland (vroulik, dragtig, koei / female, in calf,

cow)

4 (F) 8 000 8 000

Eland (Kaapse, manlik / Cape, male) 12 (M) 10 000 10 000

Eland (Kaapse, ander / Cape, other) 20 (O) 5 500 5 500

Koedoe / Kudu (vroulik, koei / female, cow) 5 (F) 10 000 10 000

Koedoe / Kudu (vroulik, vers / female, heifer) 3 (F) 11 000 11 000

Koedoe / Kudu (vroulik, dragtig, koei / female,

in calf, cow)

6 (F) 10 500 10 500

Koedoe / Kudu (manlik / male) 10 (M) 11 500 15 000

Gemengdespesie-jagbulle / Mixed-species

hunting bulls (manlik / male)

10 (M) 13 000 13 000

Njala / Nyala (vroulik / female) 3 (F) 3 000 3 000

Njala / Nyala (vroulik, dragtig / female, in lamb) 5 (F) 4 500 4 500

Njala / Nyala (manlik, halfvolwasse / male,

subadult)

2 (M) 50 000 60 000

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Gemsbok / Oryx (vroulik, koei / female, cow) 2 (F) 25 000 30 000

Gemsbok / Oryx (vroulik, vers / female, heifer) 1 (F) 35 000 35 000

Gemsbok / Oryx (vroulik, dragtig, vers / female,

in calf, heifer)

1 (F) 65 000 65 000

Gemsbok / Oryx (manlik / male) 10 (M) 4 800 5 100

Gemsbok / Oryx (ander / other) 30 (O) 3 400 3 400

Gemsbok / Oryx (spesiaal, manlik / special,

male)

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope

(vroulik, koei / female, cow)


(vroulik, dragtig, koei / female, in calf, cow)

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope (vroulik,

dragtig, vers / female, in calf, heifer)


(manlik, halfvolwasse / male, subadult)


(vroulik, koei / female, cow)


(vroulik, vers / female, heifer)


(vroulik, dragtig, koei / female, in calf, cow)


(vroulik, dragtig, vers / female, in calf, heifer)


(manlik, volwasse / male, adult)



1 (M) 320 000 320 000

4 (F) 53 000 72 000

8 (F) 64 625 230 000

2 (F) 32 000 32 000

2 (M) 42 500 45 000

9 (F) 71 889 165 000

3 (F) 26 000 40 000

1 (F) 22 000 22 000

2 (F) 10 000 10 000

1 (M) 315 000 315 000

7 (M) 24 571 50 000

Santa Gertrudis (vroulik, koei / female, cow) 3 (F) 27 333 40 000

Santa Gertrudis (vroulik, vers / female, heifer) 9 (F) 37 000 80 000

Santa Gertrudis

(vroulik, koei, dragtig / female, cow, in calf)

Santa Gertrudis

(vroulik, vers, dragtig / female, heifer, in calf)

Santa Gertrudis

(vroulik, dragtig / female, in calf)

Santa Gertrudis


3 (F) 38 333 49 000

1 (F) 40 000 40 000

1 (F) 45 000 45 000

2 (M) 90 000 150 000

Springbok (vroulik / female) 20 (F) 20 500 30 000

Springbok (manlik / male) 2 (M) 130 000 200 000

Waterbok / Waterbuck

(vroulik, vers / female, heifer)

3 (F) 10 000 10 000

Wildebees / Wildebeest (manlik / male) 11 (M) 4 000 4 000

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER:

R15 836 500

Afslaer / Auctioneer: Brandon Leer & Niel Swart

78 (M)

+ 128 (F)

+ 50 (O)

DRIES VISSER GAME SALE, THABAZIMBI,

21 FEBRUARY 2020


Number

Gemiddeld /

Average R

Hoogste /

Highest R

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope (bul / bull) 3 82 633 150 000


(koei & bulkalf / cow & bull calf)

2 42 000 50 000

Bastergemsbok / Roan antelope (koei / cow) 4 35 000 80 000

Basterhartbees / Tsessebe

(familiegroep / family group)

5 11 500 11 500

Blesbok / Blesbuck (ooi / ewe) 10 4 975 5 500

Blesbok / Blesbuck (ram) 1 47 000 47 000

Blouwildebees / Blue wildebeest (bul / bull) 1 30 000 30 000

Buffel / Buffalo (bul / bull) 5 237 200 580 000

Buffel / Buffalo (koei & bulkalf / cow & bull calf) 4 78 250 115 000

Buffel / Buffalo

(koei & verskalf / cow & heifer calf)

5 105 000 170 000

Buffel / Buffalo (koei / cow) 13 94 000 200 000

Buffel / Buffalo (teelopsie / covering option) 2 70 000 70 000

Koedoe / Kudu (bul / bull) 1 180 000 180 000

Koedoe / Kudu (koei / cow) 6 15 333 20 000

Wildebees / Wildebeest

(koning, bul / king, bull)


(koning, koei & calf / king, cow & calf)


(koning, koei / king, cow)

2 14 800 15 700

1 20 000 20 000

5 24 000 26 000

Njala / Nyala (bul / bull) 1 70 000 70 000

Njala / Nyala (ooi / ewe) 19 2 939 3 750

Rooibok / Impala (ram) 2 15 000 15 000

Springbok / Springbuck (Damara, ooi / ewe) 12 15 450 26 000

Springbok / Springbuck (Damara, ram) 2 53 000 53 000


(Matetsi, koei & verskalf / cow & heifer calf)


(Matetsi, koei / cow)


(Zambies, bul / Zambian, bull)

Swartwitpens / Sable antelope (Zambies, koei

& bulkalf / Zambian, cow & bull calf)

Swartwitpens / Sable antelope (Zambies, koei

& verskalf / Zambian, cow & heifer calf)


(Zambies, koei / Zambian, cow)

1 140 000 140 000

1 100 000 100 000

12 139 333 550 000

2 127 500 165 000

2 72 500 100 000

34 38 773 130 000

Waterbok / Waterbuck (koei / cow) 13 14 692 32 000

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER

(LIVE SALE): R7 551 350 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (TIMED SALE): R1 200 950 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (BOTH SALES): R8 752 300 (excl)

TOTALE OMSET / TOTAL TURNOVER (BOTH): R10 065 145 (incl)

Afslaer / Auctioneer: Brandon Leer & Niel Swart – for Dries Visser

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Adri Kitshoff-Botha

HUB, Wildbedryf SA

Navrae: President, WRSA: Mnr Tebogo Mogashoa l president@wrsa.co.za

HUB, WRSA: Adri Kitshoff-Botha l ceo@wrsa.co.za l 012 335 6994 l 083 650 0442

OOR BEK-EN-KLOUSEER,

WILDLEWEFORUMS EN VLAKVARK-

EN BOSVARKPERMITTE

Bek-en-klouseer was op almal in die lewendehawe- en wildbedryf se lippe die afgelope paar maande,

veral die feit dat die minister van landbou laat in 2019 ’n landwye verbod op die samekoms van

diere geplaas het. Dit het gegeld vir diere met gesplete hoewe wat vanaf twee of meer bestemmings

bymekaarkom en daarna verder na twee of meer bestemmings versprei word, soos by veilings gebeur.

Dit het natuurlik ’n direkte negatiewe invloed gehad op veilings, veilinghuise en almal wat daarvan

afhanklik is, hetsy die eienaars, werkgewers, kopers en/of verkopers van lewende hawe of wild. Die

minister het onlangs hierdie verbod opgehef, onderhewig aan sekere voorwaardes. Hoewel baie

wildveilings deesdae per katalogus plaasvind (die diere kom dus nie fisiek by die veilinghuise bymekaar

nie), is daar wel veilings waar sekere wildspesies byeenkom, en daarom verwelkom Wildbedryf SA

(WRSA) hierdie opheffing.

Die opheffing van veilings het egter weer ’n groter

bewusmaking van biosekuriteitsmaatreëls tot gevolg

gehad wat in plek moet wees en gehandhaaf moet

word. Van die veilinghuise het die afgelope paar maande

baie geld spandeer en beleidsmaatreëls in plek gestel om

dit te kan verseker. WRSA dien in die tegniese taakspan vir

bek-en-klouseer waar verteenwoordigers van alle lewendehawebedrywe,

provinsiale landboudepartemente en die

nasionale departement van landbou gereeld ontmoet om

die voorkoms van hierdie aansteeklike siekte te monitor en

belangrike sake aan te spreek.

Wildleweforums

WRSA dien natuurlik ook al sedert 2005 in die departement

van omgewingsake se Wildleweforum en het gedurende

Februarie die forum se eerste vergadering vir die jaar bygewoon.

Sulke forums bied aan die wildbedryf die geleentheid

om regeringsamptenare te ontmoet en sake te probeer

uitstryk wat blokkasies in die wildbedryf veroorsaak. WRSA

het die afgelope paar jaar baie tyd spandeer om tesame met

die nasionale en van die provinsiale owerhede ’n werkbare

biodiversiteitsbestuursplan vir die bontebok saam te stel.

Ná ’n hele paar jaar is dié plan einde verlede jaar deur die

minister van omgewingsake onderteken vir implementering.

Hoewel daar nog ’n paar dinge is om aan te spreek om die

plan meer werkbaar te maak ten einde weer die waarde van

die bontebok te verhoog, is ons tog verheug dat ons hierdie

punt kon bereik. Dit het regeringsamptenare in staat gestel

om gesprekke met die VSA se vis- en wildlewediens

(USFWS) te begin om die invoer van die honderde bonteboktrofeë

wat nog in Suid-Afrika is, te begin oorweeg.

Terugvoering tydens die nasionale Wildleweforum was dat

dit gebruik sal word vir trofeë wat vanaf 2019 gejag is, maar

dat daar nog redelik werk is om te doen met betrekking tot

trofeë wat voor 2019 gejag is. Die WRSA se bontebokadvieskomitee

is egter steeds voltyds aan die saak toegewy

en ons sal lesers op hoogte hou daaroor.

Die provinsiale Wildleweforum in die Oos-Kaap is ’n

uitstekende voorbeeld van wat bereik kan word wanneer die

bedryf en provinsiale regering saamwerk. Ons het onlangs

ook groot suksesse in die Wes-Kaap gesien – ’n goeie

voorbeeld van wat vermag kan word deur aaneenlopende

gesprekvoering met owerhede om begrip vir die wildbedryf

te kweek. Ontmoetings op die hoogste politieke vlak in die

Wes-Kaap wat deur WRSA-lede geïnisieer is, het uiteindelik

tot die herlewing van die Wes-Kaapse provinsiale Wildleweforum

gelei.

Daar is reeds positiewe uitkomste om die wildbedryf in

die Wes-Kaap te stimuleer en te laat groei. Dit sluit onder

andere in dat permitaansoeke vir die vervoer van wild (met


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uitsondering van ’n paar Tops-spesies) binne drie dae na

ontvangs van volledig ingevulde aansoekvorms, oorweeg en

geprosesseer moet word. Daar is ook ingestem tot ’n groot

mate van selfregulering, bv met die hernuwing van sertifikate

van voldoende omheining, waar wildplaaseienaars in

die toekoms daarvoor kan aansoek doen deur ’n beëdigde

verklaring in te dien. Verdere positiewe besluite behels

onder meer tegemoetkoming ten opsigte van die vervoer

van wildspesies binne die provinsie tussen geregistreerde

plase, asook duidelike riglyne oor vereistes vir die aanhou

van rooibokke en njalas.

Vlakvark- en bosvarkpermitte

Op nasionale vlak het WRSA sy jaarlikse hernuwing vir

magtiging van die departement van landbou ontvang om

vlakvark- en bosvarkpermitte aan WRSA-lede uit te reik. Die

permitte is vir die vervoer van karkasse vir eie gebruik vanaf,

na en deur die provinsies KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,

Limpopo, Gauteng en Noordwes. Grondeienaars moet

’n voorgeskrewe ooreenkoms onderteken om te hou by die

permitvoorwaardes en ter erkenning dat hulle op hoogte is

van die inhoud van die betrokke gedeeltes van die Wet op

Dieregesondheid, waarvan WRSA ’n uittreksel aan hulle sal

bied. In terme van WRSA se magtiging vanaf die departement

van landbou, mag ons organisasie slegs permitboeke

aan WRSA-lede uitreik en is ons verantwoordelik vir die

monitering daarvan. Met al hoe meer uitbrekings van Afrika-varkpes

moedig ons alle wildboere aan om te verseker

dat hulle aan die nodige wetlike vereistes voldoen wanneer

enigiemand vlakvark- of bosvarkkarkasse van hul grond

af vervoer vir eie gebruik, vanaf, na en deur die provinsies

soos hierbo genoem.

Kontak WRSA gerus in geval van enige navrae:

Web: www.wrsa.co.za

E-pos: info@wrsa.co.za

Tel: 012 335 6994

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Met die toename in die gebruik van tegnologie

soos toeps en telefoonbieëry as ’n

bemarkingsplatform vir veilings, was dit

verblydend om te sien dat al die bekende,

“groot” name in die wildbedryf op Saterdag

15 Februarie die veiling van Valley Venture

Stud and Friends en Piet du Toit Wildbedryf te

Bela-Bela bygewoon het.

Daar was ook baie nuwe gesigte in die veilingsaal,

want benewens topgenetika wat deur die twee

sterk handelsname Tina de Jager en Piet du

Toit op veiling aangebied is, het die gasverkopers ook

uitstekende vlaktewildspesielotte beskikbaar gestel.

Oor die laaste paar jaar het uitmuntende stoetgenetika

bogemiddelde kwaliteit in produksiekuddes verseker.

Dit het tot bogemiddelde trofeejaghoringlengtes en

karkasgewig in die jag- en wildsvleismark gelei. Veral

nuwe toetreders en wildboere wat ook jagondernemers

is, het in hierdie lotte belanggestel.

Buffels

Die uitsonderlike en beperkte Matetsi-genetika,

gekombineer met Wintershoek-genetika, het gevestigde

buffelboere soos Charl du Toit van Silent Valley en

Gideon Anderson van Zonnebloem Wildlife, sowel as

nuwe toetreders tot die buffelmark soos Andre van Zyl,

laat sweet om suksesvol op die lotte te bie. Die een wil

topdiere by sy gevestigde genetiese poel voeg, terwyl

die ander ’n buffelteelprogram met die beste beskikbare

genetika wil begin. Die getal vroulike diere op veiling het

dit vir bestaande buffelboere moontlik gemaak om die

beste vroulike genetika te bekom wat by die eienskappe

van hul eie teelbulle sal aanpas.

Swartwitpense en bastergemsbokke

Danksy die hoeveelheid beskikbare swartwitpens- en bastergemsbokgenetika

van Valley Venture Stud kon kopers op die

veilingdag nie net topgenetika by hul eie kuddes voeg nie,

maar ook bekostigbare nuwe teelkuddes vestig. Pryse vir albei

spesies was heelwat laer as dié in Februarie 2019, maar min of

meer dieselfde as die gemiddelde prys per spesie vir 2019. Met

die groter hoeveelheid beskikbare diere, was veral die nuwe

toetreders tot die mark op soek na diere van ’n sekere gehalte

en kon die veiling in dié behoefte voorsien.

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eerste duur buffelbul gekoop het. Dit het gelei tot sy leierskap in ’n era van

toppryse vir topgenetika, waarin ander hom gevolg het. Volgens Tina het

niks verander nie, want hoewel die pryse op die veilingdag nie dié van drie

of vier jaar terug kon ewenaar nie, was dit steeds goeie pryse en bly dit

steeds ’n winsgewende boerdery. Sy vergelyk die wildbedryf met die huidige

stand van die beesbedryf: “Daar is stoetdiere sowel as kommersiële diere

en almal maak ’n bestaan daaruit.”

12 Jaar en nog steeds toppryse vir

topgenetika

Dit was vir Tina de Jager ’n geweldige voorreg

om saam met Piet du Toit die Tribute to

Matetsi aan te bied. Tina het self vir Matetsi

op Thaba Tholo gelaai en by Piet du Toit

op Hoogenbomen buite Rustenburg gaan

aflaai – dit was die begin van ’n 12 jaar lange

sakeverhouding. Tina noem dat dit Piet was

wat Matetsi se kwaliteit raakgesien en die

Diere wat vinniger bemarkbaar is

As voorbeeld verduidelik Piet du Toit dat as hy agt swartwitpensteelgroepe

het, dit belangrik is om met ’n bul te teel wat voorheen al kalwers met groot

horinglengtes gelewer het. Gevolglik kan hy ’n bul uit sy teelkuddes jag

wat vier en ’n half in plaas van vyf en ’n half jaar oud is. Piet was derhalwe

die onderbieër op verskeie van Tina se topbulle – nie om eendag van sy

bulletjies aan die mark te verkoop nie, maar eerder om 20 van sy bulletjies,

wat op ’n ouderdom van vier en ’n half jaar reeds 45" meet, per jaar te laat

jag. Dit beteken volgens Piet dat hy ’n kommersiële wildboer is, nes die

kommersiële beesboer wat 5 000 tot 10 000 koeie het en van die grootste

kopers op stoetveilings is wat toppryse vir topbulle betaal. Die beesboer teel

’n groot, swaar speenkalf, nes die wildboer wat groot bulle vir die jagbedryf

teel. Sy raad aan wildboere met kommersiële swartwitpenskuddes is om ’n

topbul by hul kuddes te voeg eerder as om met ’n gemiddelde bul voort te

sukkel, want hulle gaan bulle op ’n vroeër ouderdom kan jag. “Dit is hoekom

jy by stoettelers soos Tina, die Thaba Tholos, Studs en Dries Visser altyd

bulle kan koop wat vir jou ’n dier teel wat vinniger bemarkbaar is, hetsy vir

die stoetbedryf of kommersiële bedryf.”

Tina se slotopmerking aan WILD & JAG was dat daar vanweë die diere

wat sy, Piet en die gasverkopers aangebied het, ’n groot toekoms vir die

wildbedryf voorlê in terme van kwaliteit en positiwiteit: “Ons toekoms lê

absoluut in die kwaliteitdiere wat ons teel.”

Skandeer die QR-kode om na ’n video van die

onderhoud te kyk of besoek www.wildenjag.tv

vir ons volledige video-argief.


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Hennie van der Walt

Ná agt jaar se droogte het die reëns in November 2019 in die Rooibokkraalomgewing

begin val, en met WILD & JAG se besoek aan George en Genie

Potgieter van Schoongezicht Hunting Safaris, moes die kameras vir eers

gebêre word. Tydens ons terugkeer in Februarie 2020 was die bosveld

grasgroen. Met die son agter die wolke en ’n ligte misreëntjie wat kortkort

uitsak, was dit nie ideaal vir verfilming nie. “Dis hoe ons boere in die

bosveld dit wil hê,” het George gesê. Ons het dus die kameras opgestel

met ’n trop bastergemsbokke op die agtergrond, want ons weet dié diere

lê George na aan die hart, en dis hoe hy dit sou wou hê.

Passie vir jag omskep in boerdery

George was bevoorreg om in die Thabazimbi-omgewing groot te word met ’n pa wat

as onderwyser ook ’n ongelooflike passie vir jag gehad het. Al het George nie op

’n plaas grootgeword nie, was jag altyd deel van sy lewe. Hy het van jongs af in die

Rooibokkraal-area (teen die Botswanagrens), bekend vir sy groot rooibokke, gejag.

In 2001 het hy geleentheid gekry om die plaas Schoongezicht in hierdie omgewing

te koop. Volgens hom was die hoofrede hiervoor dat hy sy kinderlike passie vir

rooibokjag van destyds weer kon uitleef.

Die plaas is met ’n klein deposito en groot skuld gekoop. George moes in daardie

jare kyk hoe hy ’n groot gedeelte van die skuld met sy inkomste uit jag kon afbetaal.

Hoewel hy self baie op die plaas gejag het, het hy sy passie vir jag omskep in dié

van ’n jagondernemer, aanvanklik eers net vir plaaslike jagters. George is baie

lief vir enige uitdaging – toe almal hom in 2009 aangeraai het om met buffels of

swartwitpense te begin boer, het hy verkies om dit met bastergemsbokke te doen.

Bosveldaangepaste bastergemsbokke

George se buurman was oom Johan Gerber, Beyers Gerber se pa. George vertel

hy het altyd so deur die draad na oom Johan se ongelooflike mooi diere gekyk. “’n

Bastergemsbok was net een van daai diere wat van die begin af met my gepraat

het.” Met sy passie vir dié bokke het sy navorsing getoon hul getalle was onder druk


en dat min wildboere suksesvol met hulle kon teel. George

se visie was dus om suksesvol met bosveldaangepaste

bastergemsbokke te teel wat meer bestand is teen theileriose

en ander bosveldsiektes, maar wat ook regoor die land

verskuif kon word.

George is baie trots daarop dat hy en sy vennote

sedert 2009 daarin kon slaag om bosveldaangepaste

bastergemsbokke met ’n ongelooflike mooi kleur te teel wat

ook goed in die res van Suid-Afrika aanpas.

Diversiteit en volhoubaarheid

Wat Schoongezicht volgens George uniek maak, is dat sy

onderneming, ingeslote wildboerdery, uit jag begin het. Dis

anders as baie ander wildboere wat eers met wild begin teel

en daarna begin jag het. Vir Schoongezicht lê hul sukses in

die volhoubaarheid wat jag as deel van hul boerdery bygedra

het. In 2008 het George uitgebrei na besproeiingsgrond om

voer te produseer, wat deur die droogte en tot vandag nog

volhoubaarheid verseker.

George sê sy swakheid in die bosveld is grond – selfs

sy vrou beskuldig hom daarvan. As ’n man wat nie vir ’n

uitdaging terugstaan nie, het George elke keer as hy sien hy

kan nog ’n plaas se paaiement uit die jaginkomste betaal,

ekstra grond bygekoop. Vandag strek Schoongezicht oor

verskeie wildplase en besproeiingsgrond. Wat die bosveld vir

George ongelooflik maak, is die diversiteit wat dit hom bied vir

sy wildboerdery, ’n bietjie bees, jag en droëland-saaiboerdery

op die turfgrond.

Soos met die vennootskappe in die bastergemsboktroppe,

is daar op Schoongezicht ook vennootskappe met buffeltroppe.

George verduidelik dat buffels anders as ander

spesies is omdat mens bietjie meer tyd en grond nodig het

aangesien dié diere agt tot nege jaar nodig het voordat hulle

jagbaar is. Volhoubaarheid lê vir George daarin dat die

wildboer deur daardie siklus kan kom om genoeg jagbare

diere, sowel as diere vir die stoetmarkte, te teel. Volgens

hom is die huidige probleem vir baie wildboere die tydperk

voordat die buffels jagbaar is. Sou ’n wildboer deur so ’n

siklus kom waar hy jaarliks genoeg swartwitpens-, buffel- en

bastergemsbokbulle, asook vlaktespesiebulle soos koedoes,

waterbokke en elande produseer, sal ’n wildboerdery baie

langer volhoubaar wees.

Jag fokus op eksklusiwiteit en ’n persoonlike

jagervaring

As gevolg van die volhoubaarheid van die wildboerdery

op Schoongezicht fokus hulle op die teel van uitstaande

bastergemsbokbulle. Onder internasionale jagters is hulle

dan ook bekend as ’n jagbestemming met besonderse

bastergemsbokbulle. Baie internasionale jagters wat ’n

bastergemsbok- of swartwitpensbul daar kom jag, voeg dan

ook sommer ’n buffelbul by hul lys.

George erken ’n fout wat hy aanvanklik met jag gemaak

het, is dat hy ’n diens aan ’n breë mark probeer verskaf het.

Hy het hom daarom op die plaaslike mark begin toespits,

spesifiek op die meer ernstige jagter wat ’n trofeejagter

is, asook op groter familiegroepe. Schoongezicht begin

hul bemarking vir die oorsese mark eers laat in Februarie

wanneer die groter Amerikaanse jagskoue afgehandel

is. Die rede hiervoor is dat Schoongezicht meer daarop

fokus om persoonlike jagtogte aan te bied. George is van

mening dat die groter skoue te mededingend en besig is

om kwaliteittyd saam met potensiële kliënte daar deur te

bring. Hy reis daarom na Australië, Amerika en Europa waar

hy Schoongezicht bemark as ’n onderneming wat ’n meer

persoonlike jagervaring aan die kliënt bied. George doen

dinge effens anders as ander jagondernemers. Wanneer sy

kliënte in Johannesburg land, vlieg hy hulle self met sy eie

vliegtuig na Schoongezicht en terug. Met meer as een lodge

op die Schoongezicht-jagplase, bied hulle eksklusiwiteit

aan die kliënt wat nie ’n lodge met ander jagters deel nie. In

die veld jag George of sy professionele jagters met net een

kliënt op ’n slag om sodoende meer klem op die persoonlike

jagervaring te lê.

Verander persepsies

George vertel dat hy as ’n jagter, beroepsjagter, boer en

wildboer anders na ’n plaas kyk as wanneer hy net sou

geboer het. Derhalwe is dit vir hom ’n voordeel om ook ’n

jagondernemer te wees en nie net ’n wildboer nie. Die produk

wat wildboere in Suid-Afrika bied, is volgens hom uniek; die

uitdaging is hoe om hierdie produk aan te bied. Dis vir hom

van wesenlike belang om die wye verskeidenheid jagspesies

en die jagervaring reg aan te bied. As voorbeeld noem hy dat

baie jagters in Afrika wil kom jag, net om hier in draadheinings

vas te ry op die jagtog. Hy glo ons moet daardie persepsie

verander. Hy skraap daarom binnepaaie op sy plase en verf

heiningpale swart sodat jagters nie die verkeerde indruk van

Afrika kry nie.

George is opgewonde oor die plaaslike jagmark. Dit bly vir

’n jagter ’n baie spesiale ervaring om ’n buffelbul te jag én dit

word al hoe meer bekostigbaar. Maar, waarsku George, die

jagter wil die buffelbul jag en nie skiet nie. Vanweë die aantal

buffels moet wildboere en jagondernemers dus die buffels

laat jag en nie net laat skiet om van hulle ontslae te raak nie,

anders gaan ons die plaaslike mark ook verloor.


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WRSA Wildboer van die Jaar 2018

Hierdie toekenning was vir George ’n ongelooflike eer en

’n klop op die skouer vir wat hy probeer doen het in terme

van natuurbewaring, die bewaring van bastergemsbokke

en die volhoubaarheid van hul wildboerdery. Die

toekenning het hom ook ’n platform gegee, nie net vanuit

’n bemarkingsoogpunt nie, maar ook om as inspirasie vir

ander wildboere te dien. So kon hy ook ’n bydrae lewer tot

sekere segmente van die bedryf wat onder druk is, bv CITES

(Konvensie oor Internasionale Handel in Bedreigde Spesies),

grondeienaarskap en die Verenigde Koninkryk se beplande

verbod op jagtrofeë.

Volgens George bied Wildbedryf SA (WRSA) aan

wildboere ook ’n platform om meer betrokke te raak by

dinge wat hulle na aan die hart lê. Hy sal dus enige wildboer

aanraai om lid van WRSA te word. Baie mense sou vra wat

so ’n organisasie doen. George vertel dat wanneer mens

eers die binnewerk van WRSA verstaan, jy besef watter

ongelooflike werk hulle doen. “Wildboere het ’n stem nodig,

byvoorbeeld by elke konferensie waar oorsese bemarking

gedoen word, om die produk wat die wildboer vandag het, te

beskerm en te bevorder vir toekomstige geslagte.”

Werkeropleidings- en inligtingsdae wat deur WRSA

se bedryfskamers gehou word, bied lede die geleentheid

om hul werkers vir verdere opleiding te stuur. Vir iemand

soos George wat hou van somme maak en om hulle te

laat klop, is dit die ideale plek om die nodige inligting te

bekom ten einde sy somme nog beter te laat klop. Vanuit

’n bemarkingsoogpunt is dit vir hom belangrik om ook ’n

WRSA-embleem oorsee te dra en daardeur trots te sê hy is

’n wildboer in Suid-Afrika wat jag. Hy is van mening dat dit in

die toekoms baie belangrik vir Suid-Afrika gaan raak.

In Suid-Afrika en Namibië is ons bevoorreg om met wild

te boer, vertel George. Hy hoop dat almal altyd dié liefde

sal koester ten spyte van moeilike tye. Wat vir hom die

ongelooflikste is, is dat hy saam met sy vrou Genie en hul

drie kinders op die plaas Schoongezicht kan bly en elke dag

die kans het om die natuur te ervaar. “Vir my is die grootste

voorreg as wildboer om as rentmeester op te tree van dít wat

die Here vir ons geskape het, vir die geslagte ná ons.”

Foto’s: Christine Bothma

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George du Toit

Gerhard Strijdom

Gerrie Engelbrecht

Gerrie Lubbe

Gerrie van der Merwe

Gert du Toit

Gert Heunes

Gert Scholtz

Gideon Anderson

Glen Harry Game Reserve

Glen Loser

Golden Breeders — LBG Holdings

GP Anderson T/a Zonnebloem

Boerdery

Graven Wild

Greg Edwards

Greg Harvey

Groot Sleutelfontein (Pty) Ltd.

Gustav Blom

Hans Dippenaar

Hannes Marais

Hardrock-Corrie Pelser

Hardus Mans

Hartzhoogte Game (Pty) Ltd

Heinrich Cilliers

Hennie Jordaan

Hennox 680 CC

HJ Kriel

Homegrown Farms CC

HVA Consulting (PTY) Ltd

Inkukwe Kuikens Boerdery

Izak Strauss

Izinga Game

J&S Oertel Boerdery

Jaap Moller

Jaco Delport

Jaco du Toit

Jaco Niemann

Jaco Pretorius

Jaco van Zyl

Jacobus Smit

Jacobus Griesel

Jacques Rudolph — Nithaniah

Jacques van Rooyen

James Stander

Jan Calitz

Jan Scheepers

Janus Kotze — Kalahari Wild

Jason Kaschula

Jimmy Malan

JJ van Altena

JJC Boerdery BK

Johan de Beer

Johan en Jozua Roestorf

Johan Greyling

Johan Roestorf

Johan Serfontein

Johan Swanepoel

Johan van der Vyver

Johannes van Aswegen

Johannesburg Zoo

John Firth

John Roelofse

Jorrie Jordaan

Julius Gers - Papkuil

Jurie Koortsen

Jurie Wessels

Kalahari Ranchers

Kameeldrift Voere

Karselman Boerdery

Keith Tam

Kevin Wakeford

Kobus Kamfer

Kobus Van Niekerk - Goudkop

Koos Kleynhans

Kor Poolman

Kruger Investment Trust

Kruger National Park

Kuduland Safaris — Knott family

Kwazulu-Natal Parks Board

Larry Schoeman - Clearwater

Lasarus Game Farm

LC Faber

Leeuwpan No 58 (Pty) Ltd

Leon Marx

Leonard Louw

Lepat Farms

Lindon de Meillon

Lochrome Bk

Lohan Faber

Louis van der Watt

Louw van Aswegen

Luma Beleggings

Luther Bakkes

Malanseuns Pleasure Plants

Manny Ulrich

Manyane — Joubert Brothers

Marco Smit

Marius Eksteen

Marius Roothman

Marius Verdoorn

Maruis Malherbe

Mega Springbuck

Meletse Game Breeders

Metvaal Bk

Michael Smith

Mogale Game Breeders

Montegue Private Reserve

Mooigesorg Boerdery

Moreson Pluimvee Bdy Edms

Muller Terreblanche

MTE Hayward

Nico Anderson

Nico van Tonder —Soetvelde Farms

Nicolaas Kruger

Niekie Fourie

Niekie van Aswegen

Norman Adami

Ntaba Nyoni Estates

NWWT

Odette Delport

Otterskloof Private Game Reserve

Paleostone Mining

Patrick Mason

Pierre Victor

Petrus Abraham van Niekerk

Phemelo Sehunelo

Piet du Toit Wildbedryf

Piet Nieuwenhuizen

Piet (PG) Marais

Pieter Buckle

Pieter Dry — Embasa safaris

Pieter Els

Pieter Ernst

Pieter Matthee

Pieter Pretorius

Pieter Prinsloo

Pieter van Niekerk

Pilanesberg Nature Reserve

Philip Price

P.M.A Developments (Pty) Ltd

Phiel Estates

Pongola Reserve — Karel Landman

PS Loggenberg

Quickstep 668 pty ltd

Quaggasfontein - De Vos

Quartus Meyer

Randy Westraadt

Richard Bjorkland

Rietkraal Game Farm

Roan van Tonder

Romaco Ranch

Ross Chapman

Roukes CC

Rubbervale Farms - Theo

Sable Ranch — Fred Keeley

Santa Rose Investments (Pty) Ltd

Savvas Englezakis

Sean Ralph — Montana Exotics

Sherwood Buffalo Stud Pty

Skema Holdings

Slypklip Game Farm

Snyman Boerdery Trust

Sollie Potgieter

Spitskop Safaris

Stander Familie

Stefan Malan

Stephan Raubenheimer

Stone Safaris — Steenkamp family

Strydom Prime Genetics (Pty) Ltd

Tam Farming CC

Tebogo Mogoshoa

Tertius Viviers

Thaba Tholo Trust

Theo Boshoff

Theo Smallberger

Thinus Langenhoven

Thithombo

Thys du Plessis

Tiaan Mulke

Titilana Holdings

Tom Halliwell

Tommie Snyman

Trevor Datnow

Tswalu Private Desert Reserve

TT Farming

Vaal Gamagarra

Van Der Westhuizen Estate

Vetgat Boerdery h/a DUX WILD

Warne Rippon

Warren Rieger

Weedon Minerals

Werner Olivier

Werner Pretorius

Wessel van Wyk — Thuru Lodge

Whitey Jordaan

Wiaan van der Linde

Wicus Diedericks

Wilhelm van Wyk

Willem Botha

Willem Weenink

Willie Burger

Willie du Plessis

Wintershoek

Wouter Jones

WW Veilings

Wynand van Heerden

Xram Besigheids Trust

AUCTION

2020

Dr Johan Kriek (B.V.sc)

WILD & JAG +27 APRIL 82 820 2020 8305

drkriek@kriekheli.com

KRIEK WILDLIFE GROUP

AUCTION | 18 APRIL 2020

www.kriekwildlife.com

Johann Kriek

+ 27 83 321 8707

johann@kriekheli.com

Jacques Kriek

+27 8389

235 1993

info@mattanu.com

DROOGFONTEIN BOERDERY

PROUDLY PRESENTS TOP GENETICS

at the annual Kriek Wildlife Group Auction, 18 April 2020

P1 of 48.5”

Buffalo cow Andri 36” pregnant to P1 of 48.5”

Buffalo cow Anette 36” pregnant to P1 of 48.5”

Buffalo cows 4 x 30-32 6 / 8

” pregnant to P1 of 48.5”

Andri 36”

Dr Johan Kriek (B.V.sc)

+27 82 820 8305

drkriek@kriekheli.com

Johann Kriek

+ 27 83 321 8707

johann@kriekheli.com

Jacques Kriek

+27 83 235 1993

info@mattanu.com


Pieter Els Els has has supported the the wildlife industry at at every every auction possible the the last last 2 2 years years to to acquire

some of of the best breeding stock available to to add add to to his his existing herds.

The Els family started acquiring buffalo in since 2005 2005 and eldest and eldest son Pieter son Pieter has recently has recently taken taken over over

the game ranching ventures at Droogfontein, adding top industry-leading Buffalo, buffalo, Roan, roan, Sable, sable,

gemsbok, Gemsbok, impala, Impala, springbok, Springbok, nyala, Nyala, waterbuck Waterbuck and and black Black wildebeest Wildebeest genetics. Pieter’s aim aim is is to to

breed

breed

the best animals in

in

Southern

Southern

Africa,

Africa

catering to both domestic

and

and international hunting

markets as well as breeders searching for hardy, cold-adapted diverse genetics.

markets as well as breeders searching for hardy, cold adapted diverse genetics.

079 912 2271 / | epos: pieterels1977@gmail.com

Waterbuck bull

Magnus 35”+

10 cows pregnant

to Magnus

Nyala bull

Tino 30.5”

with 14.5” t-t

Black Wildebeest

Smokey 27”

SCI 91.5”

8 sons

on auction

Buffalo

Thaba Tholo

bull of 46 4 / 8

”

Black Impala Ram

Freddie 27”+

10 Ewes pregnant

to Freddie

Gemsbuck bull

Impi 47”

Sable bull

Asweti 50 1 / 4

”

2 x 43” cows

and 4 x 40”+ cows

pregnant to Impi

PRESENTED BY

Live and Times Auction

AUCTION WILD & JAG APRIL 2020

2020

KRIEK WILDLIFE GROUP

AUCTION | 18 APRIL 2020

www.kriekwildlife.com

91



93

Koningspringbokram

Rooibok gewoon 3x 25"+ ramme

Witflank-ram 24"

“Big Boy” 19 3 / 8",

potensiële 20"-ram,

Matsa Game PTY LTD

Geel blesbokram

18,5"

Koper ramme 10

Bruin 30 / Wit 10 /

Geel 5

Gemsbokbulle 25 – 1x 44"-bul

Gemsbokkoeie 6 dragtig van 47"-bul

2 koeie tussen 40" en 41" / 2 koeie tussen

41" en 42" / 2 koeie tussen 45" en 46"

Koedoebulle 5 / Rietbokramme 5 / Bosbokramme 3 / Njalabulle 5

Bergskape (Barbary sheep) 12 / Kuifkop-elandbulle 4

Waterbokbulle 5 bo 27" / Volstruismannetjies 15 / Tsessebe-jagbulle 5

Takbokram 4 / Vierhoring-damaraskape 4

Springbok: Damara, 2 ramme tussen

17" en 18",

Gewoon 50 / Wit 10 / Swart 20

Koper 30 – 5 bo 13" / Kalahari 10

Konings 3 / Bont 2 / Koper, bont 1

Google Play Store (Android): https://play.google.com/

store/apps/details?id=com.altumsystems.wildlifepro&gl=ZA

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wildlifepro/id1490219893

YouTube How To video link: YouTube link: https://youtu.be/

QTwQSFQ197E

Buffelbulle 5 – 3 bo 44"

Buffelkoeie 4 bo 30"

Swartwildebeesbulle 20

2 bulle SCI 84"

en 86", nuwe metode


Lechwebulle 10 – 4 bo 29"

Bont blesbokooi “Cowgirl”

Wit saalrug-blesbokke 2

Goldfields Trofee- en

Genetika Wildveiling

9 Mei 2020

Twee jagpakkette op veiling wat hier by Goldfields Hunting Safaris

net buite Virginia in die Vrystaat gejag gaan word. Sommige diere op

veiling kan ook hier gejag word teen geen ekstra koste nie.

Veiling word aangebied deur Goldfields Game Capture en

gasverkopers, onder andere Matsa Game PTY LTD. Veilinghuis is

Vleissentraal Bethlehem en afslaer is Lukas Kleynhans.

Mates sal bevestig wees op die dag van die veiling. Veiling vind plaas

by Goldfields Game Ranch 8 km buite Virginia op die Theunissen-pad.

Blouwildebeesbul 31¾", asook 20 jagbulle

Goue blouwildebeesbulle 8

Swartwitpensbul ±54" en 10 bulle

waarvan 5 bo 44" is

Bastergemsbok 32³/ ⁸ ",

asook 8 jagbulle

Rooihartbeesbul 24.5"

en 15 jagbulle

NAVRAE: Gert Loots 076 174 5795 / Lukas Kleynhans 082 497 6793


95

Albre Venter 072 278 1416

Telani

92% ZAMBIAN, 317/8" CHARLIE DAUGHTER,

MADALA AND PIET GRANDDAUGHTER

In calf to Piet son (sire lineage) and

Piet grandson (dam's lineage)

ON AUCTION

51" CHARLIE

TELANI

484/8" MADALA

342/8" OUMA BOK

347/8" BLUE 8

536/8" PIET

In calf to 51”+ P120

(line bred Piet son)

484/8" Madala

(Grandsire)

51" Charlie (Sire) 347/8" Blue 8 (Dam)

536/8" Piet

(Grandsire)

10:30, Saturday 30 May, Bona Bona Game Complex

bonabonagamebreeders.co.za 96 • Pieter GAME Ernst & HUNT (jr) 082 APRIL 925 2020 3662 • ernstpf@bonabona.co.za

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