Your African Hunting Stories

A Young Hunter's Kalahari Hunting Adventure 
My incredible Kalahari hunting adventure As experienced by Bertus Pretorius (Jnr) and written by Willem Pretorius. During October 2012 I was invited …

10,000 Miles For A Pig 
I’d been told that there’d never be anything like my first trip to Africa, a notion I readily agreed with. But the anticipation I felt before this second …

Big Buck Odyssey 
For many North American hunters the title of this story might bring whitetail deer to mind, but it’s not about whitetails. Back in the 90’s when I was …

Mysterious Causes Of Death In Animals Shot Without Any Vital Organ Penetration. Part 3. A Blue Wildebeest Dies For No Obvious Reason. 
The more you hunt, the more stories you have to tell! In Part 1 I told the true story about a one shot kill of a springbuck ewe, while Part 2 tells an …

Black Mamba Scare! 
Eye to eye with a big Black Mamba! This happened when we were on one of our annual weeklong survival hunting /camping excursions-mainly for …

A wet nose hunter, a massive Kudu and the immense honour. Not rated yet
2nd March 2018. During the experience in 1963 was I not yet fourteen years of age. Although I grew up in Pretoria South Africa am I blue-blooded …

60" Greater Kudu Not rated yet
This is the holy grail of the Greater Kudu hunting. Did not think I would ever get the opportunity! Took three days of tracking in the Limpopo Valley, …

P H Percival .470 Rigby Not rated yet
I have came into possession of a .470 Rigby double rifle ordered and delivered to P.H. Percival. This rifle is correctly documented by Rigby. Previously …

Bush Pig Hunt At Night With A Bow Not rated yet
Bush Pig Hunt At Night With A Bow As hunted by THINUS PRETORIUS and written by WILLEM PRETORIUS ‘The history of the bow and arrow is the history …

My Hippo Hunt Adventure  Not rated yet
During the winter of 2012, my good friend asked me whether I could help his uncle out who got a big problem with a rogue hippo that was destroying his …

My Dream Giraffe Hunt Not rated yet
It was always one of my big hunting dreams to hunt a big giraffe bull. So, when I saw one day that a good friend of mine, Marco Mulder, was advertising …

The Dream Team Not rated yet
I've been living and working in East Africa since 1998, so I was pleased to finally get some buddies from home (USA) over for a bowhunt, we called ourselves …

The First Time.... Not rated yet
If you are wont to watching music videos, especially those from times gone by, I am sure you will agree that watching Roberta Flack performing her hit …

Following-Up A Wounded Buff On First Hunt Not rated yet
This was my first time to Africa though I have dreamt of hunting buff since a teen. I chose a package hunt from these guys: http://www.tallgrasssafaris.co...ex_files/abou …

Mysterious Causes Of Death In Animals Shot Without Any Vital Organ Penetration. Part 2. An Impala Ram Dies For No Obvious Reason. Not rated yet
The more you hunt, the more stories you have to tell! In Part 1 I told the (very true) story about a one shot kill of a springbuck ewe. The next hunt …

Mysterious Causes Of Death In Animals Shot Without Any Vital Organ Penetration. Part 1. A Springbuck Ewe Dies For No Obvious Reason. Not rated yet
The more you hunt, the more stories you have to tell! A recent experience when an Australian client shot a non-trophy blue wildebeest bull as part of …

Another Day In KwaZulu Natal Not rated yet
I’d been in South Africa for 3 days, on my two other safaris to Africa I went without a wish list letting the hunting gods decide what I would take (on …