Stories - HUNTiNAMIBIA

With aching legs on hot stones

It wasn’t the first time that Roland had come to hunt in Namibia but two years ago it was the first time that he stayed with

Caprivi dreaming

My curiosity was stirred up by stories of hunting in “South West”, told on my rst safari to South Africa long ago. Since then I have

King of the mountains

Puros or Omburo means ‘a spring or place where water comes out’ in the Herero language. The name stands in sharp contrast to this arid semi-desert

Good sport & fair chase – mountain zebra in the Namib

Among all the misguided outrage against hunting, hysteric shitstorms and mob law in the media, which are so typical of our times, quite a few warning

To look a wild lion in the face

by Kai-Uwe Denker D uring the recent CITES Conference of Parties in Johannesburg it so happened that I was seated in the row behind the delegation

Namibia’s golden hour

Photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk I n a story entitled ‘Namibia – Land of contrasts and endless horizons’, which was published in the 2012 edition of HuntiNamibia,

Attacked by a black rhino

Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk An incident that highlights the ‘ugly surprise factor’ imminent in encounters with dangerous game happened earlier this year on a farm

Hunting dangerous game in remote places

PH Felix Marnewecke was gravely wounded by a charging buffalo in the Bamunu Conservancy, a remote area bordering the Linyanti River in Eastern Caprivi. His friend,

The risk of living with wildlife

Main photo ©Dirk de Bod If we want to succeed in saving living space for large and potentially dangerous animals, pragmatic concepts are in need. In

Trophy hunting creates value for wildlife

Trophy hunting has always been the biggest source of income in communal conservancies. Always has been and always will be. Although not the biggest provider of

A memorable morning in Africa

Tracking our spiral-horned quarry, my hunting assistant and I stopped at the same time. It is a rare pleasure, when – after spending days, weeks and

My first African adventure

| Main photo ©Kai-Uwe Denker On my first visit to Africa I arrived in Namibia somewhat tired and exhausted. When setting out on the voyage with

The calibre for the future?

There is something about a campfire that transcends the flicker of flames licking their way around the logs of hardwood fed sporadically by a willing hand

A kudu like a statue

We’ve lost the track...darn! I turn around and look into the pale countenance of Patrick, my hunting guest from northern France. This is his second day

The warthog of Ekuja

Farm Ekuja – 140 km north-east of Windhoek – is an absolute paradise for bow hunting. With numerous species in high numbers, you never know what