I think the highlight of this course will be sitting around a bush-veld fire while listening to highly experienced Game rangers about their experiences in the bush...
Agreed, it would be good for them!
Good day to all the members:
Here follows a thread regarding a Dangerous Game hunt course with specific the buffalo in mind .Here is a description of what the course entails from Dr. Kevin Robinson , author of the Perfect Shot book/video.
Hi Gentlemen, Kevin here.
Myself, Gawie Lindeque and Pieter Nel are looking forward to having you join us.
When plan to make this a memorable, rewarding and exciting experience for you.
We will be spending a lot of time out in the veld – I mention this incident to help you prepare mentally.
This will be the real deal gentlemen!
OK HERE IS WHAT TO EXPECT:
We will set up a camp for you on our shooting range.
The shooting range is unfenced – and so you will be sleeping out in the greater KNP!
There will be 3 x double tents, each with two sturdy stretchers and matrasses.
There will be a large military type tent for shades and to act as a dining room,
and a kitchen tent with lock-up space for your food. The baboons are also hungry – do not leave out anything to tempt them.
There will be a watercart, there is a toilet and we will also set up a shower for you.
We will supply all the cutlery you will need, pots pans, knives, forks, cups, braai grids etc
but please realize that it is a self-catering weekend. We will also supply a few solar lanterns but if you want better lighting,
please bring your own 12 V or diode strip lights.We will supply camp chairs and tables and some firewood to get you started
but you all need to bring wood as well. We do not supply / offer any form of refrigeration so please bring your own or ice boxes.
The shop at Orpen Gate is about 12 km away where you can purchase additional ice, wood, and basic necessities.
The toilet is close by but it will be necessary for you all to bring a good torch for midnight trips to the loo –
this is lion, leopard and hyena country remember.
Your firearms will have to be secured in the college’s gunsafe until used, but one of our trainers, either Gawie or Piet
will also sleep at the shooting range. He will be armed with a .458 should any problems arrive.
Please try to arrive mid-afternoon’ish on day of the course so you can get unpacked and settled in time for a sunset game drive.
We will kick off the next morning with all the classroom stuff – I will be presenting lectures on buffalo
ecology and the hunting thereof. Shot placement, calibres/cartridges/bullets, trophy assessment etc will all be covered in detail.
If we start early enough I can have this all done by lunchtime. If so we will spend the afternoon in the veld.
With buffalo and some elephants around we hope to be able to get you all to each do some approaches in both species.
The next morning will be spent on the shooting range where we will see how you handle your large bore rifles.
This will be basic shooting technique, shooting off sticks, sitting and ‘uit die vuys’ and 25 to 50 m.
This is essentially to test the function and reliability of your rifle and to evaluate your big bore rifle shooting performance.
We have yet to find a course attendee’s whose rifle that did not have a problem so please do not be offended
if we are honest and critical about the rifle you bring.
If it has a problem or some fault, we will find it – hopefully it won’t.
Absolute minimum calibre 9,2 x 62 mm – hope you’ll all bring something larger.
Please also bring your ammo belt, binoculars etc because we will want to see how you carry all this stuff while out in the veld.
You need to be dressed as if you are actually hunting so we can see ‘if it all works’
We take such things seriously because our lives depend on them! (the buffalo stopping incident mentioned above is a prime
example of this) We will be in the veld doing approaches, tracking etc. in the afternoon.
On the last day of the course we will shoot our life-like courses – buffalo.
There are 6 targets in total and some will be shot a couple of times so I suggest you bring at least 2 boxes of ammo for your rifle.
If you are serious about this, bring the ammo you would actually hunt with, not cheap practice stuff.
The shots are very life-like with the shooting distances varying from about 15 to 60 m.
Shots will be taken from all the ‘usual’ veld positions
Remember this is a big bore dangerous game course so no large high-power scopes.
It is likely to be hot so please bring good hats and sunscreen.
And good walking shoes/boots because we will be walking in the veld.
And neutral clothing.
Please also bring the completed college registration form AND a copy of your ID. See attachment
This is so that we can register you with the SAWC – a necessity for the issuing of an attendance certificate.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me – my contact details are below.
Remember you’re doing this to learn and have fun! So lets make it happen!
Kevin
We are a group of six participants, I got the participants together for a training session today, focusing on cycling the rounds( dummies ) through the action as fast as possible. Today we did the cycling procedures as well as sighting in the rifles with scopes. I shot my 404 Jeffery today , open sights at sixty meters.
Step 1 :
Sighting in the scoped rifles all were .375 H&H Magnum rifles at sixty meters: All rifles were sighted in..my open sights 404 Jeffery was on the spot as usual...this rifle shoots much,much more accurate as what I am able to shoot.
Ian Rautenbacch
Jacques
Gert Van Der Merwe
Jacques `s son
Next step was to simulate s
As mentioned , I will try and take a lot of photos and upload some videos as well..my real hope is that we get a buffalo that does not like all the attention the participants are giving him and gives as a charge..
Excellent course. Great to read about and thanks for sharing.
Adam, you are quite correct, as pointed out Dr. Kevin Robinson is a specialist when it comes to hunt buffalo..he has many, many years of experiences regarding every type of subject on a buffalo....he came from a bygone era in Rhodesia that included legends like Richard Harland, Ron Thompson, Paul Groblaar ect..I view Dr Kevin Robinson as one of the greats/legends as well...
I spoke to a hunting friend last night..he mentioned that buffalo cows goes for R15000 now in the Low-veld of Mpumalanga. 
Deon, the person who told me about the R15000 for a buffalo cow has just returned from a buffalo bull hunt for R30000 a buffalo bull...he shot a beautiful buffalo bull , a friend joined him and shot his buffalo bull as well..two great bulls and a adrenaline rush hunt...I am set on next year to hunt a buffalo cow or if I can get a good price from the game range I will go for a Buffalo bull using my 404 Jeffery....
I really think that prospective members who wants to hunt buffalo/elephant in Africa can abide by such a course..especially if it will be the first hunt they want to do in Africa...
