Bos en Dal SAFARIS 2025 Season Update

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

Good day all,

I will use this thread to keep the members posted on our season's progress. This year I decided not to book too many hunts, as I am finalising some further studies and need to invest my time into this journey.

Nonetheless, we still need to do what we love. And we have some enjoyable trips booked for the 2025 season

First up was a group of friends from the US who booked a horse riding/photographic safari. As a family-run outfit, we try to offer some unique safaris and utilize all resources.

My kids have a big love for horses, and for this reason, we own six Friesian horses, and when the inquiry came about a horse-riding safari, we said, let's do it.

Here is the video of their trip.

Some Pictures of the lodge and our guests

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

Next we made time for a family hunting trip. With my boy that turned nine this year it was his turn to become a hunter. We as a family enjoy hunting different areas each year, but this gem in the bushveld is one of our favourate places.

Full meal preped on the braai

The young man on his first session out. We covered 6.5km on foot this morning but with the heavy rains received late in the season getting a clear shot on his target was an issue.

That afternoon we got lucky and he made a perfect shot on this 23.5inch impala with the 6.5x55 Swede to get his first animal.

Unfortunatelt there are some traditions one has to go through when you become part of the hunting society in this family.

MY youngest daughter made a perfect shot with the .308 to put this one in the salt.

The young man helping to recover his sisters impala
On the last evening dad also managed to get some meat for the freezer with this 40" gemsbuck cow.

My oldest was our chaufeer for the weekend and unfortunately she did not get a chance to shoot at something, so i guess on the next trip she will be first on the trigger. At least she managed to get some good driving lessons in during the trip.

And the best is to have my lovely wife by our sides doing what we love most.

Now back to work and preping for the first hunters to arrive in camp at the Bos & Dal main lodge

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

Next up was a family from the US living in Angola, that joined us for a 4-day hunt.

What happened next was the first time i ever seen this happened. When the Sable was shot he ran straight into a tree and broke of both his horns

 

[jbirdwell]

Next we made time for a family hunting trip. With my boy that turned nine this year it was his turn to become a hunter. We as a family enjoy hunting different areas each year, but this gem in the bushveld is one of our favourate places.
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Full meal preped on the braai
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The young man on his first session out. We covered 6.5km on foot this morning but with the heavy rains received late in the season getting a clear shot on his target was an issue.

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That afternoon we got lucky and he made a perfect shot on this 23.5inch impala with the 6.5x55 Swede to get his first animal.
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Unfortunatelt there are some traditions one has to go through when you become part of the hunting society in this family.
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MY youngest daughter made a perfect shot with the .308 to put this one in the salt. View attachment 685121
The young man helping to recover his sisters impala
On the last evening dad also managed to get some meat for the freezer with this 40" gemsbuck cow.
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My oldest was our chaufeer for the weekend and unfortunately she did not get a chance to shoot at something, so i guess on the next trip she will be first on the trigger. At least she managed to get some good driving lessons in during the trip.
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And the best is to have my lovely wife by our sides doing what we love most.

Now back to work and preping for the first hunters to arrive in camp at the Bos & Dal main lodge

You will not meet a better family to hunt with. Congrats on that 1st kill

 

[AZDAVE]

Congratulations to your son and daughter, plus the first group of the year. The sable can be fixed by the taxidermist or one very interesting broken horn mount

 

[Philip Glass]

Good day all,

I will use this thread to keep the members posted on our season's progress. This year I decided not to book too many hunts, as I am finalising some further studies and need to invest my time into this journey.

Nonetheless, we still need to do what we love. And we have some enjoyable trips booked for the 2025 season

First up was a group of friends from the US who booked a horse riding/photographic safari. As a family-run outfit, we try to offer some unique safaris and utilize all resources.

My kids have a big love for horses, and for this reason, we own six Friesian horses, and when the inquiry came about a horse-riding safari, we said, let's do it.

Here is the video of their trip.

Some Pictures of the lodge and our guests
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Gerrit best of luck with your studies and your safari season!

 

[KoedoePoesPienk]

Lekker

 

[Green Chile]

Nice report of some good times. Love the horse idea and your family hunt photos. That sable knocking off his horns is wild.

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

Next we had a father and Son in Law joining us for trip:

Some exceptional trophies with a 46 inch Sable, 17 7/8 blesbuck and a 17 3/8 blesbuck,

 

[Green Chile]

Fantastic sable. Very nice.

 

[AZDAVE]

Nice sable and the groups are having great success it looks like. Congratulations

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

Canadian hunters that joined us this year

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

One of our AH members was next @BloodyKnuckles better known as outdoorsman_classics.

On the trip the Jarrett rifle was tested and the article can be viewed in the feathers and wiskey magazine. It really surprised us dropping everything in their tracks

Nothing like a bush braai and some kudu coming to see what you are up to

 

[Bos en Dal SAFARIS]

 

[mdwest]

Nothing like a bush braai and some kudu coming to see what you are up to


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The bush braai location and the deck on top of "eland mountain" where we did a sundowner are my two favorite additions/improvements youve made to the Bos en Dal property.. Definitely adds to the whole safari experience..

Next you need to convince Rikus to build some Adirondack chairs and put them on the deck up on top of the mountain.. If he does that, I might just stay up there all night on our next visit.. you wont have to provide a room at the lodge

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Great pics!! I have got to get back over and see the deck built at the overlook!

 

[BloodyKnuckles]

What a great trip and lots of fun, lots of laughs, great people and, of course, great hunting!
Rikus definitely needs to build or haul some chairs up on the mountain for the deck.

I’m very much looking forward to coming back.

Cheers,
Doug