African Hunting Gazette – July 2019

Contents

Richard’s Editorial

“He can track a butterfly...” 7

News & Letters

Fan mail By Lavon Winkler 8

Fan mail By Kelly Drolet 8

From the Desk of Hunter Proud Foundation

The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Elephants By Zig Mackintosh 10

Gear & Gadgets

Maui Jim PolarizedPlus2 sunglasses 14

Wildlife Game By Dr John Ledger

Understanding Anti-hunting Propaganda 16

Wildlife Profile By Chris and Mathilde Stuart

Spotted Hyena from “Game Animals of the World” 20

Hunting Stories:

Mozambique 2018: Mozambique’s swamp buffalo...By Craig Boddington 22

South Africa 2018: Hunter Father, Hunter Son By Lavon Winkler 32

Zimbabwe: 1996 – 2018: Many Hunts and a Mercy Mission By Kim Stuart 40

Mozambique 2017: Mozambican Monster By Darby Wright 46

South Africa 2016: The Charge of the White Brigade! By Darrell Sterling 54

Tanzania 2005: A Thousand Days By Jeffery Belongia 62

Cameroon 2019: “Elan! Elan! ” By Ernest Dyason 70

Uganda 2014: “The Pearl of Africa” By Pedro Ampuero 78

Huntress Diana

Rabbits, Rhinos and a Bucket-list Elephant By Karen Spielbusch 88

Bowhunting

South Africa 2018: Bowhunting a Tsessebe Bull By Frank Berbuir 90

Wingshooting

African Wingshooting Popularity Reaching New Levels By Ken Bailey 94

PH Q&A

PH Andre Viljoen – from wine to lion and everything else in between 102

Rifles in Africa

Rigby’s new Rising Bite Shotgun By Diggory Hadoke 105

On Shooting

Keeping it Real By Francois van Emmenes 108

Terry Wieland On Ammo

Father of them all 117

Publisher&Editor-in-Chief

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• Publishedquarterly, a quality journal
  presenting all aspects of hunting available
  in Africa.


• The traditions and tales, the professional
  hunters of today, and the legends of
  yesteryear.


• Reporting on the places to go, the sport
  available and all the equipment to use.


• Examining the challenges of managing
  wildlife as a sustainable resource and the
  relationship between Africa’s game and its
  people.

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