Stories - HUNTiNAMIBIA

Could this be the birthplace of the Giant Gemsbok?

Where I come from, the answer to the question “Where would you go to find a really big gemsbok?” would be, needless to say, “The red

What makes a good PH?

I have the great privilege of having been born in Namibia, the Land of the Brave. With this comes a legion of advantages that are very

The warrior of solitude

| Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk For outdoorsmen who have not yet hunted in Namibia, you cannot begin to explain the vastness or sheer beauty of

The king of the dry bushveld and the rugged hills

| Main photo ©Helge Denker Camouflage is the essence of its nature Text Kai-Uwe Denker I n 1908 Dr Arthur Berger and his long-standing friends, Captain

The core of hunting

| Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk The old Land Rover rattles through the night over the gravel road. The red shimmer of the campfire beckons from

Lucky 13 – Elephant hunt

While this might be a strange title for a hunting report, it will make sense to you once you’ve read it… Text Andreas Rockstroh U li

The presence of game rangers & hunters deters poachers

There are dark clouds over Palmwag as a police helicopter clatters into the air. “It’s a security operation” says a spokesman for the Save the Rhino

The growth and future of hunting in communal conservancies

| Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk The sustainable use of wildlife, especially trophy hunting, has played a critical role in the development of communal conservancies. Prior

My unforgettable zebra hunt

| Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk Hunting in Africa – a dream! Namibia’s sun had conquered our hearts, and bitten by the Africa bug our only

A place of magnificent solitude

The Kaokoveld. Vast and arid. An isolated and inhospitable piece of land in north-western Namibia. Large scale poaching and extreme drought during the early 1980’s nearly

Last day eland

The Tsumkwe bull

| Main photo ©Felix Marnewecke The 2014 rainy season in the Nyae Nyae conservancy in north-eastern Namibia had been exceptional. All the pans were overflowing. None

Some of us still foster dreams at the age of 70

It seemed that Tom had somehow bewitched Diana, the goddess of the hunt. I have rarely seen such good attempts. Text Jurgen Schlettwein T hat year’s

Nature’s ultimate hunter

| Main photo ©Jurgen Schlettwein Herbivores as well as carnivores are descended from insect eating ancestors which evolved some 65 million years ago, soon after dinosaurs

A two-fold approach to kudu disease control

| Main photo ©Dirk de Bod In 1977 a serious epidemic affected kudu in the Wilhelmstal area where a dense population of this antelope occurred in