miércoles, 27 de agosto de 2014

Elephant bull special 2014‏

 

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Mahenye is the original CAMPFIRE area in Zimbabwe and the community have been involved in the hunting industry for more than 30 years. The Save River forms its western and southern boundary of which 25km is a shared boundary with Gonarezhou National Park.
There are estimated to be more than 6000 elephant in the Gonarezhou National Park which is 5,500km2 in size. The elephant population has produced some extremely large tuskers in the recent past including  Dhulamithi (‘taller than trees’) and Kambakwe, both well over 100lb.

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The Park is also part of the Gazaland Transfrontier Park which includes Kruger National Park in South Africa and Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. This creates a contiguous wildlife area of over 40,000km2 and is one of the biggest conservation projects in Africa.
The Mahenye concession provides an opportunity to hunt from this large elephant population and for elephant hunters to try for an exceptional trophy bull. The concession is also good for hippo and crocodile with a huge 14.5ft croc being taken in 2008. There is good but limited plains game with the best trophies including a 63” Kudu and 16” bushbuck, both taken in 2009.

LIONS' FEEDING TIME‏

 

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This is the Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia and only the bonnet of the 'jeep' is outside the glass cage with the lions; the rest of the vehicle being on the 'inside'.
A very  interesting way of interacting with the lions!

Aviso Importante

 

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SAFARIS oferta inigualable‏

 

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UN SAFARI INIGUALABLE EN SUDAFRICA

CON UNICO SAFARIS

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MAS DE 400 SAFARIS REALIZADOS POR CAZADORES ESPAÑOLES

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SEPTIEMBRE ES EL MEJOR MES PARA IR A SUDAFRICA

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Toda la documentación y preparación del Safari.

Cazador profesional y coche 4x4

Pisteros, desolladores y staff de campamento, (lavandería, botiquín, etc)

Primera preparación de los trofeos y traslado a taxidermia.

Alojamiento “de lujo” en pensión completa con bebidas alcohólicas.

Puede cazar mas animales, en una lista de mas de 80 especies diferentes

y la cantidad de facocheros que quiera.

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WORLD HERITAGE RIFLE SERIES

 

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John Sr. & John Jr. Mountain Riflery Inc., reviewing technical drawings of the project.John Sr. & John Jr. Mountain Riflery Inc., reviewing technical drawings of the project.

All the participants for the World Heritage Rifle Series – Africa are now fully engaged in producing this fabulous work of art. Each artisan selected is a master at his craft and is at the pinnacle of his career. Most readers of Safari Magazine recognize these extraordinary craftsmen as they are all supporters of SCI and most exhibit at the convention each year. Each has made a generous commitment of their time and resources to produce this fantastic ensemble.

John Bolliger, Jr. Mountain Riflery, Inc. has been working for over a month meticulously fitting wood to metal. The intricate metal work on the Africa rifle demands slow, deliberate, hand fitting and John, Jr. has done a masterful job producing a rifle where the metal does seem to “grow” out of the wood (an old cliche but best describes the impression one gets when viewing John Jr’s wonderful work).

The finish on the highly figured Moroccan walnut consists of approximately twenty coats of hand rubbed oil. A painstaking process but produces the low lustre finish that is found on the best of the best custom rifles. Oil seems to bring out the magnificent grain and color of Juglans Regia – no need for applying any stain or additional color to enhance the grain of the beautiful wood.

John, Sr., Mountain Riflery, Inc, is now checkering this beautiful stock with a very intricate pattern specifically designed for this piece. John anticipates this pattern will take a month or so to

John Bolliger Sr. busy checkering the Africa rifle.John Bolliger Sr. busy checkering the Africa rifle.

complete. Cut at 75 degrees (instead of 90 degrees) the lines forming the diamonds are sharper and “tackier,” providing a superior gripping surface for his rifles. He says, it can be “pretty slow going” at times but John’s rifles are known worldwide for having extraordinary, difficult to execute, highly ornate checkering patterns and his rifles are instantly recognized by these beautiful patterns. Talk about “slow going” – John estimates that over 5,000 man hours will be lavished on the African rifle, knife, case, credenza and accessories.

While the rifle is being checkered, the hand-polished metal is currently being engraved by Master Engraver Mike Dubber. Mike will spend the next three months engraving the Africa rifle. Mike

Mike Dubber, Master Engraver, engraving the floor plate of the Africa rifle.Mike Dubber, Master Engraver, engraving the floor plate of the Africa rifle.

plans to inlay several ounces of gold with platinum highlights in the “Africa” rifle. He will deeply engrave the beautiful scroll he is renowned for and then he will painstakingly remove and stipple the background. No doubt, Mike will engrave the “Africa” rifle to the highest possible standard that he is well known for as a Master Engraver.

While the rifle is under construction, Tom Julian, Julian & Sons fine woodworking, has

Tom and Joe Julian review the drawings for the credenza.Tom and Joe Julian review the drawings for the credenza.

started the credenza, made to magnificently display the rifle and case. Tom has personally hand selected outstanding, highly figured walnut to build the credenza, which will feature African Bubinga inlay and a black leather insert in the top. Tom and his staff will have this masterpiece completed in three to four months.

Dennis Friedley’s knives are well known to SCI members and are considered to be some of the most outstanding custom knives available today. The “Africa” knife will be a hunting design handled with Cape buffalo horn scales and, of course, fully gold inlaid and

Dennis Friedly working on the presentation knife.Dennis Friedly working on the presentation knife.

engraved by Dubber. What a fabulous piece to be French fitted inside the Cape buffalo leather trunk case by Marvin Huey.

Any questions about this project can be directed to John Bolliger’s Web Site.

jueves, 21 de agosto de 2014

Tirada de Palomas en Argentina

 

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Argentina se convirtió en el lugar más popular para tirar palomas en todo el mundo gracias a las condiciones óptimas para su desarrollo en la región de Córdoba. Sierra Madre Hunting Safaris, en conjunto con un selecto grupo de operadores, les ofrece excelentes cotos de caza con servicio de 5 estrellas ya sea para palomas o para una combinación con patos. 

Precio de 3 días de caza $ 1,290 USD  

INCLUYE

Hospedaje en habitación doble y alimentos

3 días de caza (6 salidas) 

1000 Tiros

Licencia de caza

Renta de escopetas

Recepción en el aeropuerto de Córdoba

Bebidas alcohólicas y bebidas frías en campo

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Cualquier transportación aérea hasta Cordoba

Cartuchos adicionales $ 12 USD por caja

Propinas al staff

Propinas a los secretarios $ 40 USD por día

Día adicional $ 200 USD

Quedamos a sus órdenes para cualquier información adicional.

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COMPETENCIA DE TIRO 3D CON DISTANCIAS CONOCIDAS.

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Los invitamos a participar el próximo sábado 23 de agosto a la COMPETENCIA DE TIRO 3D CON DISTANCIAS CONOCIDAS.

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Costo del evento $100.00 por persona (incluye comida y refresco)

Inscripciones 9:00 horas

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Recuerda que estamos a tus órdenes. 

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El increíble refugio que se construyen los osos para hibernar

Colaborado Jesús Lozano

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Los osos hibernan durante los meses de invierno cuando sus fuentes de alimento son bajas. Setenta y cinco por ciento de su dieta consiste en vegetación que escasea en los meses fríos de invierno. Los osos negros no entran en una hibernación real. El proceso en el que entran se llama letargo. La diferencia es que un animal en letargo puede levantarse si hay peligro, mientras que un animal en hibernación, no puede. Ya que los osos negros sí pueden levantarse cuando se sienten amenazados, no es una buena idea molestar un oso negro en letargo. Los osos negros no siempre entran en letargo. Solo lo hacen cuando viven en áreas donde el clima se vuelve muy frío y las fuentes de alimentos se vuelven bajas. Un oso negro puede entrar en letargo hasta por 6 meses de una vez.

Preparación para el letargo

En la preparación para entrar en letargo, un oso negro come grandes cantidades de comida para aumentar su grasa corporal. Un oso negro puede ganar 30 libras (13,6 kg) por semana consumiendo cantidades masivas de comida.

LetargoCuando la temperatura comienza a bajar y las fuentes de alimento empiezan a disminuir, el oso negro entra en su madriguera para entrar en letargo. El oso no come ni bebe nada por hasta 6 meses durante el letargo. El oso puede sobrevivir debido a varios factores. Su cuerpo utiliza la grasa almacenada como una fuente de alimento. Su ritmo cardíaco y su metabolismo bajan para utilizar menos energía. El oso negro raras veces orina o defeca cuando se encuentra en letargo. Recicla sus productos de desperdicio para maximizar la nutrición e hidratación. El tono muscular se mantiene debido a que el oso se ejercita durante el sueño temblando varias veces al día, lo que contrae todos los músculos del cuerpo. El oso negro puede mantenerse caliente durante el letargo durmiendo arrinconado en una pequeña madriguera y a causa de su cubierta gruesa de pelos y grasa corporal.

Saliendo del letargo

Los osos machos y las hembras sin oseznos a menudo se levantan varias veces durante los meses de invierno para salir brevemente y cazar o buscar alimento antes de regresar a su madriguera y regresar al letargo. Las osas negras se levantan brevemente del letargo para dar a luz a sus oseznos. Cuando se encuentran en letargo, la mamá osa produce leche para nutrir a su osezno. Este se amamanta y gana peso y se mantiene caliente acurrucándose con su madre mientras esta duerme. Cuando el invierno acaba, el oso negro deja su madriguera para volver a comer y ganar peso mientras se prepara para el siguiente invierno.

En las siguientes imágenes vemos las dimensiones de una "Osera" donde cabe, por supuesto, cómodamente un hombre:

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Cazan un cocodrilo gigante que podría ser record mundial

 

Colaborador Jesús Lozano

Mandy Stokes, su esposo John y sus hijos adolescentes Savannah y Parker, vivieron el pasado fin de semana una experiencia inolvidable.

El grupo se hizo al agua cerca de la localidad de Thomatson, con la intención de cazar cocodrilos, pero jamás imaginaron que iban a sacarse la lotería.

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El animal, de casi cinco metros de longitud y algo más de 220 kilos de peso, fue capturado por la familia, luego de una expedición fluvial que comenzó en la noche del viernes y se prolongó hasta bien entrada la mañana del sábado.

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En declaraciones a Alabama.com. Mandy señaló el gran trabajo que significó la caza del enorme reptil, tanto por la ardua búsqueda que precedió a la captura, el hecho de abatirlo y luego llevarlo a tierra.

En ese sentido, destaca que al regresar a puerto e intentar descargarlo, el enorme animal rompió el elevador que suelen usar para tal fin los cazadores locales, así como los biólogos de la Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. Finalmente, fue necesario arrimar al muelle una retroexcavadora, con la que se pudo levantar a la bestia.

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Las autoridades locales declararon oficialmente a la pieza cazada por Mandy como el cocodrilo más grande que haya sido registrado en el Estado, y bien podría convertirse en récord mundial. En junio, el International Safari Club declaró que un cocodrilo cazado en 2007 en Chalk Creek, cerca de Lufkin, Texas, era el más grande jamás abatido. Sin embargo, ese animal mide algunos centímetros menos que el cazado por los Stokes.

Tras ser medido, pesado y fotografiado, el saurio fue dejado en manos de un taxidermista local.

Lions Hunted to Save Rhinos in South African Circle of Life

 

Colaborador Oliverio de la Garza

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A rhino and calf raised on the Oberem's wildlife ranch.

When U.S. television hostMelissa Bachmanposted a photo onFacebook Inc. (FB) of herself smiling and holding a rifle above the head of a lion she had shot, theresponse was instant.

Users of the social network vilified Bachman, 30, who also killed a Nyala antelope last year on a trip to South Africa, as “evil,” a “low-life” and a “disgusting excuse for a human being.”

The hunting trip was part of South Africa’s game-ranching industry, which is worth 12 billion rand ($1.1 billion) a year and growing at 10 percent annually, according to Barclays Africa Group Ltd. (BGA)

The industry is also responsible for boosting the country’s large mammal population, a measure that excludes animals such as rodents, to 24 million, the most since the 19th century, and up from 575,000 in the early 1960s, Wouter van Hoven, an emeritus professor at the University of Pretoria, said in an interview last month. By contrast animal numbers in Kenya, which focuses on eco-tourism, have plunged 80 percent since it banned hunting in 1977.

“We’re made out to be the bad guys,” said Peter Oberem, 60, a veterinarian turned game rancher, as he pointed to three adolescent rhinos being raised on his farm in northern South Africa, funded by hunting antelopes. “We put everything we earn back into conservation. Hunters pay us to save the rhino and repopulate Africa with native species.”

 

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Peter and Pamela Oberem, game ranchers, now have about 1,000 large mammals and fund the ranch by allowing hunters to shoot 8 percent of them a year, mostly old male antelopes

Divided Opinion

Game ranching, the private ownership of wildlife for hunting, tourism and meat production that’s been allowed by law since 1991, has split conservation groups.

Some, such as London-based Save the Rhino, say the money raised from hunting is vital in the fight against poaching. The Massachusetts-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, says it’s hypocritical to conserve animals by killing them, and that turning wildlife into a commodity is bad for natural ecosystems.

Kenya has lost 80 percent of its wildlife since it banned hunting and large-mammal numbers are declining by 4.2 percent a year, said Mike Norton-Griffiths, an academic writing for London’s Institute of Economic Affairs, a social policy research group. The country’s elephant population has dropped 76 percent since the 1970s while rhinos are down 95 percent, said Stephen Manegene, a wildlife-conservation director in Kenya’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Foreign hunters, about 60 percent of whom came from the U.S., spent $118.1 million on licenses to hunt in South Africa in 2012, figures from the Pretoria-based Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa, known as PHASA, show.

Hunters target animals ranging from the Big Five -- rhino, lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo -- to plains game, a term for antelopes. The hunting of endangered animal species, such as the black rhino, is subject to quotas.

Deadly Passion

In 2012, 617 lions were shot at an average price of $24,300 and 635 buffalo were killed at a cost of about $8,800 each in ranch fees, hunting licenses and taxes, PHASA Chief Executive Officer Adri Kitshoff said in an interview. There were also 63 white rhino, the most common rhino species, hunted at an average price of $84,100. One black rhino was shot for $300,000.

Bachman, host of the Winchester Deadly Passion television series on hunting around the globe, defended her actions in a Dec. 13Facebook post, while saying the photo was “upsetting” to some viewers. The hunt was legal, with the money helping maintain national parks and animal populations, she said.

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“To those who have criticized my hunting, I hope you will consider that only through sustainable use of our natural resources will we reach a balance for both human and wildlife populations,” Bachman said.

Bachman wasn’t available to comment for this article, said Michelle Scheuermann, her spokeswoman at St. Paul, Minnesota-based BulletProof Communications LLC.

“People compare it to the Lion King,” said Kitshoff, referring to the 1994 Walt Disney Co. (DIS) movie featuring Simba, the Swahili word for lion, as its main character. “There’s a very high emotional level when it comes to hunting bigger animals. They don’t see the whole picture behind it.”

Trophy hunters provide the financial incentive to reestablish animals’ natural habitat and boost populations of endangered species, said Oberem, the game rancher.

Rhino, giraffe and wildebeest roam Oberem’s 1,000-hectare (2,761-acre) property. Impala antelope dart through the undergrowth while waterbuck graze on knee-high yellow grass.

Billionaire’s Buffalo

Driving in his Land Rover game viewer, Oberem said he bought the ranch as a money-losing corn farm with few animals 20 years ago. He now has about 1,000 large mammals and funds the ranch by allowing hunters to shoot 8 percent of them a year, mostly old male antelopes. He doesn’t allow rhino hunting and does not own lions.

Ranches such as Oberem’s have increased fivefold to 10,000 since a change in the law permitted South Africans to own and profit from wild animals. They now cover 20 million hectares, or about 16 percent of the country’s land, according to South Africa’s government-backed Agricultural Research Council.

The law change has also led to a trade in wild animals with captive-bred species ranging from sable antelope to wildebeest sold at wildlife auctions. Johann Rupert, the billionaire owner of luxury goods maker Cie Financiere Richemont SA (CFR) last year led a group that paid a record 40 million rand for a tuberculosis-free buffalo bull intended for breeding.

‘Better Return’

Prior to the legal change, large mammal populations had been decimated by indiscriminate hunting and habitat loss to urban development and farming, according to Van Hoven, the professor. He collated his figures from government statistics, surveys of private ranches and research projects. He says he receives no funding from hunting groups.

South Africa now has more than 20,000 white rhinos, 80 percent of the world’s total, up from 1,800 in 1968 when hunting was introduced, according to Save the Rhino. That’s even as rhinos have been poached a rate of almost three a day in the last two years.

Giving wildlife a commercial value is key to the country’s success in boosting populations, said Barry York, a neighbor of Oberem who converted his cattle farm into a wildebeest-breeding ranch in 2010.

“Rural people will only keep wildlife if the sustainable use thereof can give them a better return than other land-use options,” he said. “People must choose. Would you rather see the rhino extinct than see people like us, or poor African people, profiting and making a living out of them?”

Wildebeest Switch

Communities in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe have benefited from hunting by issuing permits for marksmen to shoot animals on their land, according to Norton-Griffiths. In Kenya, by contrast, they have no incentive to preserve wildlife and so often kill them to clear space and stop predators eating farm animals, he said.

Habitat loss is the biggest threat to biodiversity and animal populations, the Washington-based World Wide Fund for Nature says. Profitable game ranches return this habitat to its natural state, said York, who says his earnings have increased 20-fold since he switched from rearing cattle to wildebeest.

That has resulted in some conservation groups supporting hunting.

“Funds raised from trophy hunting can provide a real difference for the conservation of rhino populations,” Katherine Ellis, spokeswoman for Save the Rhino International, said by e-mail. The Johannesburg-based Endangered Wildlife Trust also backs “ethical and sustainable” hunting, spokesman Andrew Taylor said.

Irrelevant Indicator

Chris Mercer, a director of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting, says numbers alone are an irrelevant indicator of conservation success. While South Africa has about 10,000 lions, a seemingly healthy population, about 75 percent are bred in captivity, mostly for hunting, he said. Canned hunting is a reference to a now discouraged practice of shooting captive-bred lions in relatively small enclosures.

“You’ve got to look at why the numbers are increasing,” Mercer said from Wilderness, on the country’s south coast. “Hunting simply feeds itself. The animals just become a commodity.”

South Africa should instead increase the amount of protected land and fund it through eco-tourism, according to IFAW’s Greenwood. Eco-tourism is the “best conservation option for Kenya” after hunting was abused in the 1970s, said Manegene, the Kenyan wildlife-conservation director.

Scrubby, Unscenic

Hunting typically takes place on scrubby, unscenic land where eco-tourism isn’t viable, said Norton-Griffiths. Even where they do take place in the same areas, one hunter spends the equivalent of 11 eco-tourists, according to Rich York, the son of game rancher Barry York.

While increasing the amount of publicly protected land might be the ideal for conservation, it “lacks a realism of working in Africa,” according to John Hanks, an academic who was chief executive officer of WWF South Africa between 1990 and 1997.

“The cost of conservation is going up everywhere,” he said from Cape Town. “I don’t enjoy hunting myself but I’m pragmatic enough to appreciate it brings in a huge amount of money that we need, and it does make a hugely significant contribution to biodiversity conservation.”

To contact the reporters on this story: Kevin Crowley in Johannesburg at kcrowley1@bloomberg.net; Tshepiso Mokhema in Johannesburg at tmokhema1@bloomberg.net

KARAMOJO BELL

 

El mejor cazador de elefantes de todos los tiempos

bell-at-corriemoillie__rigbyWalter Dalrymple Maitland Bell nació en Edimburgo, Escocia en el ano 1880 llego a África en 1897 a los 17 anos  uno de sus primeros trabajos fue contratarse como guardia en la construcción de la line ferroviaria Mombasa a Nairobi Al llegar al rio Voi cerca del Tsavo recibió la noticia  de los leones devoradores de hombres del famoso Rio Tsavo su primera misión fue acompañar a un grupo de mulas y de coolies  armado con un rifle para darles confianza de este episodio de su vida en África es todo lo que he leído. Regreso a Inglaterra y fue al Yukón en Canadá atraído por la fiebre del oro Se alisto con las fuerzas británicas que luchaban contra los boers en Sudáfrica Regreso a Kenya y con sus rifles de pequeño calibre 303 british y mannlincher 6.5 Bell fue un increíble y mortífero tirados en uno de sus primeros safaris  en 14  meses llego a cazar 180 elefantes. en un safari clásico con mas de l00 porteadores ,muchos con sus esposas, 100 burros o mas ,ganado para la leche eran cacerías que podían durar 3 o 4 meses y a veces mas de un ano. el cazo en una zona totalmente inexplorada por el hombre blanco en dominios de las tribu Karamojo entre otras.  desalmados asesinos que en ocasiones llegaron a matar caravanas de mercaderes con 700 personas. el logro prácticamente convertirse en rey de todas esas tribus los africanos lo admiraban y logro convivir con ellos sin derramar una gota de sangre . en algunos safaris llevaba mas de 20 rifles sin contar los 8 o 10 personales. Bell llego a cazar mas de 1000 elefantes  fue el mas grande cazador de marfil de todos los tiempos. casi todas sus cacerías fueron en Uganda al convertirse en un hombre rico mando hacer varios rifles de cerrojo algunos de cargador con 10 tiros , siempre llevaba el 303 y el 6.5 no estoy seguro si es el  256 su preferido . Hay que recordar que cazaba por marfil y  muchas veces cazo en cuestión de minutos 8 ,10 y hasta 12 elefantes con un total de 15 tiros casi siempre lo lograba . tiro por animal.

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Flashback Friday – Twin Terrors

 

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Editor’s Note: On Friday we dig into the archives of Safari Magazine and unearth a gem. This week we join the hunt for a rogue black-maned lion, with a knack for terrorizing the countryside. This story originally appeared in the May/June 1993 issue of Safari Magazine.

The phone buzzed that funny European sound barely recognizable as the telephone. Wyatt Dawson was on the line from the states. He was already aware of my late arrival and missed connecting flight to Johannesburg. He had spoken with Roy Vincent, my professional hunter, and notified him that I would arrive in Victoria Falls two days late on a flight from Harare, Zimbabwe. Wyatt relayed Roy’s urgency that I arrive as soon as possible, as a very large black-maned rogue lion had been terrorizing the countryside for several days and the game department would have to be called upon to deal with this nasty situation if things continued. I sat helplessly in my hotel room at the Frankfurt Intercontinental listening to this, while the lion attacked the frightened natives who worked out of the compound at Matetsi Concession Seven.

May thunderstorms had hit Dallas hard and delayed my flight for three hours on the runway. Lufthansa tried to make my stay comfortable while they sought an alternate route to Victoria Falls. They did manage to get me on an Air Zimbabwe flight from Frankfurt to Harare, then a connecting flight to Victoria Falls.

lion-headRoy Vincent met me at the entrance to customs. Extremely polite and professional, and I would find out later, an outstanding hunter and judge of trophies. He had a particularly keen sense for the habits of Cape buffalo. The ride to the Westwood Wildlife Safaris concession only took an hour. The drive took us out of Victoria Falls, through the national park that bordered the concession and along the Zambezi river which was at full flood stage. Our camp was near the park border about 200 feet from the riverbank under several giant acacia trees.

My hunt centered around lion and after being in Africa only 2 ½ hours, I had shot a kudu cow for dinner and lion bait. We hung it from a tree at the base of two converging sand ridges, at the mouth of a natural spring. This basalt valley had been claimed by the lion that was attacking the workers who came down to clear the roads of trees pushed down by elephants. This lion was not afraid of man and had regularly broken into the compound’s canteen and stolen all of the Africans’ prized meat and biltong. He had even gotten into the game rangers’ canteen and made off with their meat as well as scattering several of the heavily armed scouts, none of whom had even gotten off a single shot from their assorted G3s and FN 7.62 automatics. But this lion whose roar struck fear into the workers hearts and chased armed game scouts had now disappeared. For three days we hunted the valleys, sand ridges and along the river with no success. Additional baits were needed and I shot a Cape buffalo for baits number two and three. As the morning of the fourth day dawned, the mist off the river had turned into a thick fog, blanketing the ground. Visibility was poor as we boarded the

 (Photo by Dirk de Bod)(Photo by Dirk de Bod)

LandCruiser for another drive to check our baits. A fine kudu bull crossed behind two kudu cows just in front of us. We grabbed our rifles and away we went into the dense growth of acacia bush. Several hundred yards from the road the bull confronted us with deep guttural barks. It presented me a quartering front-on shot and a very nice 55 1/8 inch bull will grace my home. The shot so close to camp brought plenty of help to chop a path and within an hour we were back after lion.

We picked up lion spoor near the buffalo bait and tracked along the river. The tracks led us directly up the mouth of the valley where the kudu bait had hung and ripened. Roy decided to get the vehicle and make a pass by the bait – where we found ourselves face to face with a magnificent black-maned lion. There is absolutely no hunting from vehicles in concession areas in Zimbabwe and the game department send a scout along on each hunt to ensure no one breaks the law. Upon seeing our truck, the lion disappeared into the tall grass. We made a plan to hike into the valley later in the afternoon and try to position ourselves on a rise overlooking the bait.

Roy and I walked the first mile or so and crawled the last 50 yards. Not on hands and knees, but literally on our stomachs. By 3:30 pm we were squatting on the barren ground looking down on the bait, with 50 to 60 vultures looking back at us. After a couple of hours, an impatient vulture descended onto the bait, whereupon the lion pounced from the brush below the kudu. I don’t know who was more surprised, the vulture or me. The lion had been at the bait the whole time.

Roy told me to shoot whenever I felt ready, but thoughtfully added something to the effect that if I screwed this up we were both dead. My first shot was more luck than skill as my rifle scope bounced unsteadily along the lion’s body. The shot struck through both lungs

flashbackfridaytwinterrorsMJ93just above the heart. I never heard the report nor felt the recoil of my .375 H&H magnum. Nor did I hear the lion roaring, only the soft click-click of my bolt as I reloaded and the PH repeating “Again, again.” Three additional shots guaranteed my lion wouldn’t terrorize anyone again.

The entire compound turned out to see the now-infamous lion on our return to camp. Everyone had to poke it with a stick to make sure it was really dead. In just four days, I had become a hero in their eyes and had returned their lives back to normal.

With the rogue lion behind us, we could concentrate on my favorite of Africa’s trophy animals, the fellow that Berger warmly referred to as “Horned Death”, the Cape buffalo. We had hunted for days looking over and passing up on literally hundreds of buffalo. It seemed that most of the herds were traversing the massive Westwood vlei on their way into and out of the national park. On the eighth day of hunting we found ourselves at the south end of the vlei. It was here that two valleys formed by the Kalahari sand ridges converged. Vast buffalo herds were trekking toward us down each of the two valleys. We took up a position overlooking the approach to glass over the bulls. Roy and I could not have planned it any better on paper, for Lady Luck was really with us today. Roy instructed the apprentice hunter and the trackers to climb up the west ridge well out of the way. From this vantage point they could watch the hunt

cape-buffalo-021213unfolding below in the long grass playing field. Roy and I crept through the chest high grass to get a good look at the second herd. About halfway across the open plain, we climbed a small termite mound. Three very good bulls were just to the rear of the herd. Suddenly, Roy caught sight of a juvenile elephant bull bursting through the brush behind us. The youngster was on a mission to disrupt this herd of buffalo. It was totally absorbed with the black masses and passed only a few yards from us, totally oblivious to our position even though we were entirely exposed. It was trumpeting wildly and thrashing its head from side to side. This made for an outstanding spectacle, with buffaloes crashing off in all directions. Having proven some point, the elephant triumphantly marched back into the dense foliage.

Roy and I had to begin the stalk again, with the buffalo spooked an nearly half a mile away. We backtracked through the tall grass to the edge of the brush and made our way toward the herd. Roy located the three bulls and I selected a beautiful 44-inch bull with good bosses and plenty of curl.

Roy and I watched as a group of old bulls approached us from the side, while my bull remained in the herd passing some 80 yards in front of us. Roy told me to shoot the old grizzled buffalo heading the 8yrquestbuffherd121713group of bachelors should they threaten us, while he glassed the herd for an opportunity to take a shot at the animal we had pursued. I raised my rifle and placed the crosshairs on the old bull’s shoulder at 15 yards just as Roy gave the all clear on my buffalo. I saw the red glow of the setting sun reflecting off the blood in the old bull’s eyes as I swung around and shot my quarry. Pandemonium broke out, my buffalo exploded in a burst of adrenaline, ran about 20 yards and collapsed in the tall grass. This Cape buffalo was the third of four I have taken – but it ranks as my favorite of all trophies. For the hunt, the day, the entire event embodied the excitement and adventure of Africa, the real Africa, unfenced and untamed.—Dale Bilhartz