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In South Africa? Where a criminal record is a prerequisite to get into government?

For plains game, I'm using the 10x42 Leica Geovids. For dangerous game, I use the 8x30 Swarovski SLC's. Nice and compact and easy to swing them around my back when expecting a confrontation.

Those are the OG's.

Superb! Very excited. Pulled the trigger(excuse the pun) this morning.

Nope. Thought it would be good for those pesky pigs over hounds...

Yes, I recall this. Great shout !

I appreciate your reply! You are certainly steering me in the wrong direction :)

Thanks. Currently still with old owner, so guess can look at all of this if I decide to go with it. Seriously thinking about it though.

Thought I was done, but then I found this... Any comments?

Can't speak for others but its because we hunt self sustainable animals in their natural habitat, sir. Not going to shoot a Bushbuck or Blue Duiker next to a Lechwe. I don't think that there is an area in the whole of Africa as diverse as the Eastern Cape. We are home to 6 out of the 8 possible...

Certainly not. They dont just sit there like a Mtn Lion.

Did not really mean it in that manner. As we say, there are not many things that surprise us. Some things just surprises us more than others. I meant it more in the sense of when someone pulls out an extraordinary shot where we can see the time on the range paying off, possibly at a once in a...

I like it and video was well constructed. Can't tell you how much we as Professional Hunters enjoy seeing someone coming that has prepared and put the time in on the range.

Won't be exhibiting at DSC this year. Took the hiatus year for 2026, so have to be back in 2027 in order to keep our booth. Hopefully they can steer the ship around by then.

This is the big question. Does TTHA have first right of refusal for 2030 or does DSC hold that card?

Good day sir, I can assist you for sure. You can keep your flights exactly like they are. I have sent you a Personal Mail. Looking forward to hearing from you, Take Care, Marius Goosen

Had a fantastic day yesterday! Very pleased to be back here.

Looking forward to it! What a great day for Day 1 !!!

Good morning sir, Unfortunately we wont be attending the SCI show in Nashville. Currently in Montana until Monday evening, before departing for Dallas. Applied for a booth in Nashville but was unsuccessful this year. If we can assist in any way, please let me know. Take Care, Marius

While looking for a Gemsbuck, we stopped the vehicle while descending the mountain in order to scan the flats below. We found a big bull standing all by himself busy having his afternoon feed. He was probably close to a mile at this stage, and with the evening being wind still, we decided to...

Forgot about that! Hahahaha

We headed to a new area which we had not hunted before, especially for Hartebeest. On this day, our eyes were opened and lessons were learnt. Wide open spaces, these herds knew exactly which distance to keep between them and us. We eventually found part of a herd below a rocky outcrop and...

Good day sir, The method of hunting is still walk/spot and stalk, and the terrain would allow for long range hunting. Saying this, the landscape certainly allows us to get much closer to more traditional range shots. It is really big country, and possible to see animals from a mile away. Big...

Looking forward to meeting you sir!

Have you dealt with Steve Newcombe or ever heard of him? Not 100% if he's situated in London though.

@norfolk shooter Any advise on the OP's request?

I have very high hopes for this show going forward. I really do think that this show will go from strength to strength year on year. Will love to speak to you about it when I see you there!

That would truly be wonderful, Charlie! Hope you can make it.

The pleasure will be mine, sir. I look forward to it!

That would be great Bryan. Looking forward to it.

Hi Paul, Welcome to the forum. Please let me know if we can assist you in any way. Would love to show you what South Africa can offer hunters through the Eastern Cape. Please feel free to send me a Private Message here on the forum or drop me an email at info@huntsafaris.co.za. Would love to...

Thank you Mark. Been a couple of years .... :)

Appreciate your input.

Dearest Members, If you are planning on attending the TTHA show, held in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center over 9-11 January 2026, please come and say hello to us in Booth 527! Having a little bit of withdrawal symptoms since the disruptions to our regular get togethers in...

Wonderful bull you got there, Lee. Congratulations. Very worthy candidate as well. The second bull in your thread is my dream bull in that very situation, but only if I can hunt him with my double. Want to shoot him that the mud flies off him... :)

The broken tines simply comes from time of the year that the hunt was conducted. If one wanted tines in tact, you would need to be hunting them real early season, before the rut. ( February-March) I have zero experience with Axis, Sambar and Rusa and have never hunted them. Not sure that I...

Very interesting the different scoring methods. Here, we would not consider the weight of the antlers for a second, and I would not be able to judge one by weight either. Over here, its all about length and the width of the palms. The tines are a bonus. Very interesting indeed. One of those...

Sure, they are not comparable to some of the monsters in Europe, but I think these are decent. There is no doubt that you have to hunt the correct area. All of these posted, are free range by the way.

On our way to hunt Blesbuck, I stopped to have a quick glass at a couple of cleared areas where the water troughs area generally placed for the cattle. I spotted two Warthogs, and quickly caught a flash of ivory. Out came the Spotting Scope to confirm, and our plans quickly changed from Blesbuck...

Appreciate it Mark! Thank you.

After my hunter and I ate tag soup on Black impala during 2024, we came back in 2025 with the vengeance. Same area, but tweaked our game plan a bit. We stopped at the top of the mountain, and glassed from height, looking down into the thorn trees for any sign of Impala. My tracker radioed me to...

Early the next morning we left camp to try and get some hunting in before the rain set in that was forecasted for the day. We found a herd of Blue Wildebeest feeding in the plains, slowly making their way to the thicker cover as activity started to increase around the area. We managed to get...

Just before we got the call for the Caracal on day 1, we had already observed this Kudu bull in a valley during our morning glassing session. We had actually put the stalk onto him and closed the distance, before he disappeared into some really thick stuck. While we were sitting waiting for him...

Sometimes there is simply nothing that we can do to enhance the photo of an animal taken. This has got to be the most real photo taken in the moment, after success during my short career of almost 20 years. While our head Professional Hunter was busy hunting for a Common Duiker, he observed a...

Finally, after roughly 7 nights of cat and mouse, PH's sleeping on a couch in front of the fireplace in case the pigs come in during the early hours of the morning so that he's close to collect Donnie from his room,countless hours of planning, replanning, changing the approach, our Professional...

The previous night the Bushpigs were better than us again. For every move they made, we made a move and every time they seemed to have an answer. Almost like we had a mole amongst the group slipping them our game plan. Giving up is not an option in our camp. We still have time. After leaving...

Will be there in Booth 527! Everyone, please come by and say hello. Very much missing our annual AH get together in Dallas.

As the games of cat and mouse with Bushpigs continued from the previous night's escapades, the men continued using their time, taking what the bush gave them. Another group hunting Common Duiker in one of our Bushbuck areas, laid eyes on an old Bushbuck ram with one horn. The broken horn had...

While the guys were playing cat and mouse with the second Bushpig, they decided to use the time during the day for a Bushbuck ram. This ram was hit slightly low, and after leaving him for a good amount of time, Professional Hunter and client pursued him into some tall grass where he was last...

One of the toughest plains game animals to hunt in the Eastern Cape, the Chacma Baboon. I have hunted them in many parts of Africa, and nowhere have I found them to be as cunning as in the mountains of the Eastern Cape. Eye sight second to none, with intelligence good enough to reason. Our...