Stories - HUNTiNAMIBIA

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

| Main photo ©Mike Krafft It was the last day of the hunt. It had been a good hunt for Jean Luis from New Caledonia and

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

My favourite quarry

| Main photo ©Jacques Strauss Lightning cracked across the sky and steely-black storm clouds gathered over Namibia’s hills. A steady wind froze my cheeks stiff. Inside,

The Omaheke – a place of discovery and adventure

| Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk The Savannah. The Bushveld. Call it what you want. Call it what it is known by, whoever may be talking.

Extraordinary trophies from Namibia

|Main photo ©Dirk de Bod It is probably safe to say that every hunter dreams of big trophies. Nevertheless, the experience of the hunt does not

3 rhino hunts up for auction in Namibia

Compiled Sanet van Zijl | Main photo ©Paul van Schalkwyk Three black rhinos will be put up for trophy hunting by the Ministry of Environment and

Conservationist of the year 2015

Main photo ©Elzanne Erasmus GEOFREY TUKUHUPWELE "The involvement of local people deters poachers" Koos Pienaar T he presence of game rangers and hunters deters poachers, says