African Hunting Gazette

Our Objective is simple and clear - to promote hunting in Africa. And everything we do, focuses on this central mission. We believe that for the passionate hunters they are either hunting, or spend their time wishing they were hunting. This publication helps them get through that time when they are not actually in the bush. Our reader is more committed, more passionate and has tremendous interest in just about everything to do with the African Safari. From cover to cover the AHG brings you everything you need to know about hunting the great continent of Africa. From the southern tip of Africa to the northern reaches of Ethiopia, we go about pursuing our simple and unambiguous objective.

African Hunting Gazette

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News and Letters

SOUTH AFRICA Proposes Far-reaching Policy Position on Wildlife • The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has invited comments on its draft Policy Position regarding the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhino. This Policy Position was built around the outcomes of the deliberations of a 'High Level Panel' of consultants from various sectors, but has been extended beyond the HLP ideas into a national policy proposal with wide implications for the whole wildlife sector in South Africa.

Thomson’s gazelle • Based on Chris and Mathilde Stuart’s book, "Game Animals of the World," published by African Hunting Gazette, here’s everything hunters need to know about the Thomson’s gazelle

Day 8 Dagga Boy • My August 2011 Zim journal reads, “Humani Ranch, Southeastern Zimbabwe, Save River Valley on the Turgwe River.” Seven days without a shot opportunity on Cape buffalo, and you start to think the odds are against you, that this is not your time…

To Hunt a LESSER KUDU – Follow a Poacher! • Real Africa starts north of the Zambezi where game ranches are in limited numbers, unlike in South Africa where wildlife is protected behind fences by private owners. In the vast open areas of Zambia and Tanzania game roams free and is poached by poverty-cursed villagers. The game departments are poorly financed and understaffed, and anti-poaching plays an essential role in trophy hunting and conservation. I had joined the ranks of the Honorary Wildlife rangers in Zambia as a professional hunter and worked in the Kafue and Luangwa areas. There was rampant poaching there and we arrested the suspects. However, while on our annual biltong hunts in the GMAs (game management areas) we were prohibited from hunting without police trained in wildlife management.

A Croc on the Bank is Worth Two in the River... • It was good to be back in the lower Lupande, Luangwa River Valley in Zambia. It had been four years since we were in this camp with Peter Chipman of Kwalata Safaris – we now called Peter “Bwana”. In some ways nothing had changed, in others it was completely different. In the three years in-between, Zambia was closed to hunting and the concession suffered – to be clear, the animals had suffered dearly. The poachers and villagers ran amuck – the elephants best told the story with their unstable and dangerous behavior – not the way we remember them from 2012. My son, Mac, joined me for the second straight year – this year was meant to be a life-changing trip for him – his first Cape buffalo. I had a few species on my wish list for this trip myself - other than another buffalo of course – one of which was a Nile crocodile.

A Most DANGEROUS GAME • Over the years, I’ve read volumes on the subject of dangerous game. It’s not necessarily about things that bite. Cow elephant hunts are often mentioned, but the guy who gets the most press is the African Cape buffalo. Given the chance, he’ll charge, and he’ll stomp on you until you’re nothing but a big greasy spot of mud.

Ethiopia Part 1 • My first trip to...