WILD & JAG/ GAME & HUNT is an independent monthly publication for the broad game industry in South Africa, promoting the synergy between game production, hunting and conservation. Hunters, game ranchers and nature conservationists are served with quality informative articles and columns. 

While WILD & JAG/ GAME & HUNT operates in close cooperation with organised hunters, game production and nature-conservation organisations, it is editorially and financially independent.
In every edition is to be found a lead article on an important aspect of the wildlife industry as well as an article on a specific animal - including small game, big game and carnivores. Also a nature article (scientific cum popular) on South Africa's plant life and/or geographical features.

WILD & JAG/ GAME & HUNT is an independent monthly publication for the broad game industry in South Africa, promoting the synergy between game production, hunting and conservation. Hunters, game ranchers and nature conservationists are served with quality informative articles and columns. 

While WILD & JAG/ GAME & HUNT operates in close cooperation with organised hunters, game production and nature-conservation organisations, it is editorially and financially independent.
In every edition is to be found a lead article on an important aspect of the wildlife industry as well as an article on a specific animal - including small game, big game and carnivores. Also a nature article (scientific cum popular) on South Africa's plant life and/or geographical features.

Pangolins lack teeth, are covered with scales and are 
insectivorous. The ancestor of the mammal order Pholidota, 
which contains eight species of living pangolin, evolved some 
37,3 million years ago from a generalised, ancestral, placental 
mammal that also gave rise to the cat- and doglike animals. 
Consequently, the pangolins and carnivores are closely 
related and share some of their nuclear DNA. The pangolins 
that occur in Asia and the Far East evolved 22,8 million years 
ago and those in Africa some 12,9 million years ago. 


In every edition is to be found a lead article on an important aspect of the wildlife industry as well as an article on a specific animal - including small game, big game and carnivores. Also a nature article (scientific cum popular) on South Africa's plant life and/or geographical features.

GAME & HUNT is an independent monthly
publication for the broad game industry in South
Africa, promoting the synergy between game
production, hunting and conservation. Hunters,
game ranchers and nature conservationists
are served with quality informative articles and
columns. While GAME & HUNT operates in close
cooperation with organised hunters, game
production and natureconservation organisations,
it is editorially and financially independent.

Nuwe Avontuur / New Adventure
Jagters wat al ’n springbokvoorsitjag in die Karoo ervaar het of diegene wat die
voorreg het om dit jaarliks te doen, sal weet dis ’n unieke jag – net so uniek soos
om in die bosveld, Oos-Kaap of Kalahari te jag. Hierdie avonture maak Suid-
Afrika eiesoortig, al het jag in ons land die laaste 40 jaar ’n totale gedaantewisseling
ondergaan, met die meeste jagervarings wat nou grotendeels van die agterkant van ’n
voertuig eerder as te voet in die veld plaasvind. Stefan Fouché en Hancke Hudson wys
hoe ons weer die wese van ’n ware jagtog kan ervaar. Verlede jaar het hulle die spiralhorn challenge te voet aangedurf en met ’n dubbelloop en oop visier gejag. Vanjaar het dié twee manne die jagveld ingevaar met net ’n rugsak elk – geen voertuig of luukse lodge nie. Lees op bl 14 hoe hulle tent opgeslaan het, op hul boude in die rooi sand gesit en die sterrehemel bewonder het, en met behulp van koplampies hul trofee op hul skouers in die donker teruggedra het “kamp” toe – ’n heel nuwe avontuur.
As the days started to shorten and the trees in his garden turned to autumn colours,
Lawrence Jennings returned to Middelkop Safaris in the Vryburg region to fulfil his
lifelong dream of hunting a big eland bull. Although he unfortunately wounded and lost
the eland, he outsmarted a fine gemsbuck bull after a hard hunt. On p 23 he shares
these hunts and reflects on the lessons it has taught him – lessons that will help him
become a better hunter and outdoorsman.

Die afgelope HuntEx het bewys dat, hoewel die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie effens druk, veral die jag- en wapenbedryf steeds sterk staan met duisende skougangers wat dié gewilde skou besoek het. WILD & JAG verskaf deur die jaar blootstelling aan ons adverteerders se nuwe produkte, dienste en produktoetse en ons is trots daarop om só ons
adverteerders wat ook by HuntEx was, in die gedrukte en sosiale media te ondersteun. Blaai gerus na bl 30–31 om te lees wat beide die uitstallers en besoekers sê en vind ook meer uit oor een van WILD & JAG se HelpJag-inisiatiewe. In the second of the two-part series, “The making of a hunting ambassador”, Ron Thomson states that most people, including biological scientists, don’t understand the fact that nobody can “manage a species”. He explains the difference between home ranges and territories, with reference to rhinos and elephants – interesting reading for all hunters, especially those hunting in Big Five areas. Talking about “big” – Stefan Fouché and Christophe Roelofse went hunting, using a .500 Smith & Wesson with 300 gr FTX rounds and a .460 Smith & Wesson with 200 gr FTX rounds. On p 24–26 they explain that shooting a blesbuck up to a distance of 172 m with these handguns does not only take skill, but also a lot of practice. Wanneer moet ’n pa sy kind toelaat om haar eerste bok te skiet? So vra Christiaan Klindt waar hy op bl 32–34 vertel van Kalahari-kinders wat maar net anders is, anders praat en anders speel.
Geniet die uitgawe!

Met Suid-Afrika se unieke wildbedryfmodel, waar wild agter heinings voorkom, maak Ron Thomson die stelling dat jagters potensieel die beste jagambassadeurs vir hulself kan wees mits hulle hul omliggende omgewing ten volle verstaan. Wat maak van ’n jagter ’n goeie ambassadeur? Ron stel hierdie vraag en verduidelik dat dit slegs kan gebeur indien die jagter verstaan hoe jag binne die groter bewarings-, oftewel wildlewebestuursmodel, inpas. Hoewel jag ’n integrale deel van wildlewebestuur uitmaak, is dit nie die belangrikste element nie. Dit is dus verkeerd as jagters sê jag is die alfa en omega van wat hulle as jagters bewaring noem. Lees gerus op bl 8–10 hoe Ron die Afrika-olifant as voorbeeld gebruik om hierdie belangrike aspek van wildlewebestuur te verduidelik. As hunting is a tool of wildlife management, the choice of available hunting tools changed when modern civilisation introduced firearms into the arsenal of hunting weapons. In “The art and science of hunting” (p 53–56), Cleve Cheney explains that people are attracted to a hunting tool of choice, based on childhood impressions, the level of challenge, novelty, practice opportunity, and in many instances, affordability.
All these factors came into play when Stefan Fouché, our editor of hunting, guns and ammunition, explored the world of crossbow-hunting with Seppie Cilliers. Read all about his challenge (p 42–45) as the shooting distances increased. Johan Smit was faced by a challenge of a different kind when the opportunity arose to hunt a crocodile. In “What lurks beneath ...” (p 57–59) he tells us about his passion and determination to
push himself to the limit and get better with each hunt.

BIG-GAME EDITION
GROOTWILDUITGAWE
Our hunting, guns and ammunition editor, Stefan Fouché, has put together our
special big-game edition for April. Regular contributor Ronald Nel takes us on an “African Odyssey” (p 10), hunting elephant with his Verney-Carron Azur Safari double rifle. He reflects on new friendships, great experiences in the bush, and hard lessons learned. In the first of two articles, Stefan Fouché tells readers about one of the biggest adrenalin rushes he had ever experienced when hunting a black bear in North America. Turn to p 22 to see what preparations (including doughnuts as bait!) and methods are required when hunting bears. “Mohohboh on the hunt ... My first buffalo charge” by Ron Thomson (p 46) takes us back to 1960, when Ron was still a young game ranger. That day, just outside Hwange National Park in the then Rhodesia, he experienced a buffalo hunt that ranks among the top ten most dangerous and exciting hunts of his entire big-game hunting career. Keeping with the topic of game rangers, “Life @ Rangers” is a new series by Christopher Palos, who enrolled for a degree in game ranch management at the Nelson Mandela University’s “Rangers Campus” in the Eastern Cape earlier this year. On p 75 he writes that, although it is still early days, he is proud of his decision and is looking forward to the adventure that lies ahead, and to tell his story.
BASA (Big Bore Association of South Africa) reports on their AGM and Dangerous Game Shoot (p 54), saying it is not only about shooting big-bore rifles, but also about stimulating interest in the research, collection, application and dissemination of historical, technical and practical big-bore rifle and ammunition information.

NAMIBIA – LAND OF MILK AND HONEY / NAMIBIË – LAND VAN MELK EN HEUNING
John Hemingway said, “If I have ever seen magic, it has been in Africa, especially Namibia.”
Let us walk you through this wonderful country’s vast open spaces and give you a taste of Namibia with a potpourri of interesting hunting features and Bushman stories. Namibia is a bewitching country. The typical image that comes to mind is that of a herd of oryx etched against massive red dunes. Hunters and tourists alike are also very familiar with the great hospitality of the Namibian people. It is a land of milk and honey for hunters, tourists and inhabitants alike. You therefore should not miss a single article in this month’s edition. Let us take you on the journey ... 
The black rhinoceros, a typical species found in the north-western part of the Namibian savannas, features in this month’s species article by Prof Kobus Bothma (p 16). Read how this animal is believed to have diverged from the white rhinoceros 4 to 5 million years ago, and about an ancestral black rhinoceros that once lived in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Interestingly, it also adapted to open, semi-desert environments with abundant purple-pod clusterleaf and Damara milk-bush.
“Boesmanspore in die rooi sand” is ’n unieke vertelling deur Pieter Vorster en gesoute bosjagters Linus en Josef – manne uit Namibië; manne van die veld wat presies weet hoe om ’n spoor te sny, oftewel ’n spoor te lees! Geniet dié vertelling op bl 22.

Die jaarlikse, internasionale jagbemarkingseisoen het vroeg in Januarie reeds afgeskop met Safari Club International (SCI) se 47ste konvensie en skou in Reno, Nevada, VSA. Vir ’n verandering sit ek nie in die bos of op kantoor om hierdie maand se “Kommentaar” te skryf nie, maar is ek bevoorreg om die sneeubedekte Sierra Nevada-berge vanuit my hotelkamer op die 35ste vloer te sien.
Ek het van die geleentheid by die SCIskou gebruik gemaak om eerstehands van verskeie jagondernemers, wat ook wildtelers is, te verneem dat beide hierdie bedrywe nie ’n nuwigheid is of vinnig gaan verdwyn nie. Lees gerus op bl 30–33 wat bekendes by die
skou gesê het. Over to some interesting content on local soil. We take a look at the CZ 550 – one of the most trusted options on the Dark Continent, especially when it comes to big calibres for dangerous-game hunting. See the latest addition to the successful series, the CZ 550 Safari Classics II, on p 26. Hunting editor, Stefan Fouché, had a special eland bull in sight as the last specimen to complete his spiral-horn quest. Read on p 10 how he hunted this old warrior
bull with open sights and at a close distance. In the process he also learnt many lessons about himself and his surrounds – an experience that added a special dimension to the hunt.

As we start off 2019 with the best of intentions to accomplish our New Year’s resolutions, we do not like being reminded that 80 per cent of these resolutions will fail. Instead of setting yourself up for failure with unattainable goals, rather review these goals. Remember that moderation is the key to success, and never discredit others to boost yourself. As one of our New Year’s resolutions, the GAME & HUNT team will continue to promote the synergy between game production, hunting and conservation through informative, quality articles, just like we have been doing each month since December 1993. January 2019 will be a busy time as our team will be travelling abroad, visiting all the relevant hunting conventions and shows in the USA – the Safari Club International (SCI) Convention, Dallas Safari Club (DSC) Convention, Shot Show (SS) and the Houston Safari Club (HSC) Convention. We will report on these shows in the early editions of this year. We are kicking off the year with hunting articles from all corners of the globe – from
Pongola in South Africa to Mozambique, and then as far as Alaska! Hunting editor Stefan
Fouché visited Pongola in the beautiful Zululand and hunted his nyala with Leeukop Safaris (p 10). Regular contributor Laurence Jennings and a few friends spent five amazing days hunting several unique animals in some of the most beautiful parts of Mozambique (p 24). Tracking a caribou in the Yukon, Alaska must be the ultimate hunt. This is exactly what Izak Kirsten did, but it also came with some challenges. Turn to our Big-Game Corner section (p 42) to also indulge in the lovely scenery of this part of America ...

25 JAAR DIENS AAN DIE WILDBEDRYF  /25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GAME INDUSTRY
In 25 jaar het baie in die wildbedryf verander – of het dit werklik? Vyf en twintig jaar gelede was die konsep van volhoubare benutting van natuurlike hulpbronne relatief nuut. Dis egter ’n konsep wat WILD & JAG die afgelope twee en ’n half dekades benadruk het, met die waarde van jag as een van die pilare van die wildbedryf, tesame met teling, ekotoerisme, wildsvleis en verwante produkte.
Twenty five years ago, the concept of social media did not exist either, but GAME &HUNT; has successfully integrated digital, social and printed media in order to reach a bigger market. This has increased our magazine distribution to more than 26 000 copies, 100 000 social media reaches with 50 000 video views monthly, and more than one million views on YouTube to date. 
In what can be described as a challenging year in terms of political and financial uncertainty, the year is ending off on a positive note for sustainable wildlife conservation, as President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana announced the growth of registered game ranches from 30 in 2000 to 130 at present, and that his government is to reconsider the ban on hunting elephants. Together with China, which announced the lifting of the rhino horn and tiger bone ban, this is good news for the Southern African wildlife industry. 
In hierdie uitgawe kyk ons na verskeie sake, waaronder mense, gewere, jagtogte, dieresiektes en ’n opsomming van 2018 se wildveilings. Die uitdrukking, “So taai soos ’n ratel”, kon nie meer gepas wees nie. Ons voorblad en hoofartikel (bl 20) fokus op hierdie taai kalant wat vir niks stuit nie.
Geseënde Kersfees aan elkeen in die wild- en jagbedryf!
Wildbedryfgroete / Game industry greetings
Hennie van der Walt

TRIBUTE TO PIET WARREN / HULDEBLYK AAN PIET WARREN
In 1981 kon Piet Warren sy pa oortuig om hul vrylopende swartwitpense se loopgebied buite Gravelotte toe te span nadat ’n jagondernemer hulle R1 000 aangebied het om ’n swartwitpensbul daar te laat jag. In die vorige uitgawe van WILD & JAG het ons oom Piet Warren van naderby leer ken – ’n man wat ’n legende in sy eie leeftyd geword het. Ná byna 40 jaar van swartwitpense teel, het hy egter besluit dis tyd om die tuig neer te lê en het sy laaste veiling gehou. Oom Piet, also known as Makhomo, the Xitsonga name given to him, pioneered the art of selecting top genetics, thereby making a valuable contribution to the wildlife industry. What stands out for me is that he realised the value of hunting. He also had a definite influence on my late father, Jan van der Walt, in naming this publication GAME & HUNT, as they both knew that, had it not been for hunting, there would be no game-breeding, ecotourism or game-meat industry in South Africa. Turn to pages 66 and 88 to read about oom Piet’s The Ultimate Collection Auction and the spontaneous tributes and congratulatory messages he received from auction-goers, friends and colleagues.
Wildbedryfgroete / Game industry greetings
Hennie van der Walt

SEISOENE KOM EN GAAN
SEASONS COME AND GO
“Live in each season as it passes, breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth …”
Die winterseisoen in Suid-Afrika is vir alle praktiese doeleindes iets van die verlede … en só ongelukkig ook die jagseisoen. Ongeag baie uitdagende ekonomiese en polities onstabiele omstandighede in die land, het die wildbedryf (ingeslote die jagbedryf) weer eens bewys dat ons hierdie situasie te bowe kan kom. Ons kan met sekerheid sê dat wildverkope van beide top- genetiese materiaal en kommersiële diere goeie gemiddelde pryse behaal en in enkele gevalle alle verwagtinge oortref het. Die terugvoer vanaf die jagmark was dat jagters waarde vir hul geld gekry het wat “biltongjag” betref, asook dat hulle trofeediere sowel as spesies soos swartwitpense, buffels en bastergemsbokke teen bekostigbare pryse kon jag. Ons het volle vertroue in die bedryf en tydens die maande wat tradisioneel buite die jag- en veilingseisoen val, kan ons ons op ekotoerisme toespits, ’n blaaskans vat en ons op volgende jaar se seisoen voorberei.
In hierdie uitgawe gesels dr Flippie Cloete in sy gereelde rubriek, “Lewendewild-handelstendense”, oudergewoonte oor terugblikke op en vooruitskouings van die wildbedryf met gepaardgaande statistieke, pryse en neigings (bl 74). Hy kyk onder meer na die merkbare toename in aanbod, asook faktore wat ’n impak het op die onsekere, huidige omstandighede, byvoorbeeld die verskuiwing van markkragte.

ONS SALUEER ALLE VROUE! / WE SALUTE ALL WOMEN!
“The only thing more beautiful than a buck on the ground is the smile on the face of a woman who put it there!”
Dié uitgawe word opgedra aan julle … die vrouejagters, die vroue ágter jagters, die wildboervroue en die vrouewildboere – ystervroue en meesterkokke, aartsmoeders, jong moeders, moeders van jagters en van môre se wildboere! Sy vat raak en boer saam. In eie reg boer sy. Sy jag saam en onderskraag. In eie reg jag sy. Sy is oral en sy is altyd daar. Hoe dit ook al sy … waar ’n vrou betrokke is, raak dinge gedoen en lyk dit altyd mooi. Sy maak ’n mooi jagfoto, dra ’n mooi jag-outfit, sy maak ’n lekker wildsdis, maak jou plaashuis mooi, orden jou administrasie, en beste van alles … sy maak mooi kinners! 

Vroue het nou maar eenmaal net die manier om dinge op te kikker soos ons mans nie kan nie! Kyk nou maar hierdie span van my. Terwyl ek in die bos en in buurlande agter kameras en op stofpaaie vertoef, neem hulle die tydskrif oor en verf hom pienk in Vrouemaand! Ek moet egter bieg – ons vroue doen hul deel in die jag- en wildbedryf. All thumbs up to the women out there! These women hunters and farmers are pretty awesome! 

Ek gesels met een só ’n persoon, die alombekende Ellalien Davey wat al die diep spore in die wildbedryf getrap het. Lees op bl 108 oor dié formidabele vrou wat saam met die mans in haar lewe Romaco Ranch tot een van die vooraanstaande wildtelers in die land opgebou het, asook haar enorme bydrae tot die formele strukture in die georganiseerde wildbedryf.

A good mix / ’n Goeie allegaartjie

Dis altyd goed om iets van alles te weet, dan kan jy saamgesels! Koop net hierdie maand se WILD & JAG! 
Dié uitgawe het letterlik iets van alles met lekker jagstories, wildartikels, aktuele sake, hofuitsprake, produktoetse, rubrieke, veilingverslae en vele meer. Ek wil egter een aspek uitsonder – dit gaan oor soveel meer as die blote aksie van jag en wildboerdery, spesifiek om ’n verskil in die gemeenskap en bewaring te maak. Lees in dié verband HelpJag se artikel op bl 42, waarin hul lesers en jagters nooi om ’n verskil te maak deur honger kinders te help voed. Só ook maak wildboere ’n verskil in die gemeenskap, soos Wouter Maree in die Thaba Tholo-veilingverslag op bl 86 vertel. Op ’n ligter trant … in ons hoof-jagartikel – oftewel die “kuiertrippie” van die manne tydens die voorsitjag in die Karoo (bl 16) – vertel ons jagredakteur Stefan Fouché hoe vriendskapsbande in die jagveld gesmee word tydens die Molopo Jagtersgilde se jaarlikse uitstappie. 
True to our vision, we bring you all you need to know before going on a hunting trip or if you simply want to expand your hunting gear. Stefan Fouché takes look at the superb A-Tec suppressors for hunting and shooting rifles and reports how the A-Tec Optima silencer has taken the world by storm since its launch last year (p 28). He also invited the people of Inyati Sporting Supplies on a pigeon shoot in the sunflower fields outside Settlers in Limpopo Province to test the Franchi Feeling shotgun (p 30). If you want to hunt antelope over long distances, the new Sako 85 Long Range in .300 Winchester Magnum or .338 Lapua Magnum is the answer. Read the article by Willem Botha of Skietwinkel (p 22) and also view this beauty on our cover.

BLY KALM DIÉ WINTER EN EET BILTONG!
KEEP CALM THIS WINTER AND EAT SOME BILTONG!
“The wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” – Edward Abbey
Wintertime is hunting time … no doubt about that! This time of year is associated
with cold but beautiful sunrises in the bush, early-morning coffee around a
smouldering fire, the excitement of the hunt, and some welcome game meat and biltong in the freezer at home. Spending some quality hunting time in the bush, either alone or with a good hunting buddy, tracking and stalking your quarry, bringing it down, and sitting around a crackling campfire at night under the star-speckled African skies – this is the stuff that memories are made of; memories that will one day feed the soul when you are no longer able to hunt. Let this issue be your guide and companion to help make those special memories this hunting season. Hunting editor, Stefan Fouché, decided to challenge the planet’s fastest antelope, the tsessebe – on foot and with open sights. Turn to p 16 to find out how he outwitted this wary plains-game animal with his double rifle at Nahla Safaris outside Schweizer-Reneke in North-West Province. Stefan also put a deadly combination of a gun and riflescope to the test. On p 22 he waxes lyrical about the performance of the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum in the Weatherby Mark V Accumark, fitted with a top-of-the-range Leupold riflescope, the VX6-HD 3-18x50 – both made in America and built for Africa.
In “Captive-bred lions: ethics, fair chase – according to whom?” on p 40, I ask some
questions about hunting, particularly captive-bred lion hunting and the controversy surrounding it. The question that we hunters should ask ourselves is this: “According to whom are you going to decide where your money will go to for the freedom to hunt and for the protection of natural habitat?” ...

Please pass the gun, Dad!
Gee asseblief die geweer aan, Pa!
“Give a man fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to hunt and you feed him for a lifetime ...” – Anonymous
Hierdie maand fokus ons op die jeug, veral die jonger outjies, in die jagveld. Die toekoms van jag hang af van die werwing van jong jagters. Die volgende geslag buitelug- en bosliefhebbers moet ’n passie hê vir jag, anders gaan daar nie genoeg kampvegters wees wat die fakkel verder kan dra nie. Dit is daarom noodsaaklik dat ons hulle toerus en lei om etiese jagters te word. Vandag se jeug gaan verantwoordelik wees daarvoor om die sport lewend te hou deur hulle in die toekoms vir wapen- en jagregte te beywer. Jagters is ook onder die vernaamste aktiviste wat habitatherstel en wildlewebestuur ondersteun.
There are many good reasons to introduce kids to hunting: It is an enjoyable hobby that teaches valuable life lessons, encourages exercise and promotes spending time outdoors. To send your children on a hunting camp, or even better, to take them hunting yourself, is the best way to teach them to appreciate nature and conservation and understand the concept of sustainable utilisation through ethical and legal hunting  ...

WINTERTIME – HUNTING TIME!
WINTERTYD – JAGTYD!

Winter is upon us but for us hunters, this is the best time of the year! In this issue we treat our readers to a collection of interesting, hands-on articles with the focus on hunting a variety of species in different environments. Hunting always places heavy demands not only on the hunter, but also on the gear. We therefore take a look at the equipment, skills and strategies that will contribute towards making your hunt a successful and memorable experience.

Jagredakteur Stefan Fouché het saam met beroepsjagter Hancke Hudson ’n ongelooflike koedoejag beleef (die laaste ent inderdaad op hul sitvlakke!) tydens hoogsomer in die Loskopvallei. Lees die artikel op bl 26 en kyk gerus ook na die video op bl 31 om te sien hoe Stefan dié bul treetjie vir treetjie met sy .500 NE uitoorlê het – en dít sonder ’n teleskoop en onder 100 m! 

Contributor Laurence Jenning shares his story of a challenging Kalahari hunting expedition during which he and his six hunting companions bagged eight gemsbok and twenty-two springbok among the red sand dunes (p 34). Black wildebeest can be a worthy quarry – difficult to stalk and dangerous when wounded. Jokl le Roux talks about the nuts and bolts of these ‘clowns of the veld’ (p 40). Interested in hunting kudu? Then don’t miss Jokl’s article on p 46, in which he shares his strategies for hunting the ‘grey ghost’ during his latest hunt on their family farm in the Prince Albert region of the Eastern Cape.

Without Blaser’s technological advancements in the accuracy of firearms and world-class optics, responsible hunting would hardly be possible. Turn to p 22 for the latest developments on their scopes – the Infinity 1-7x28 iC, Infinity 2.8-20x50 iC, and the 4-20x58 IC.

BIG-GAME HUNTING / GROOTWILDJAG
"Hunting is more than the act of pursuing game. It consists of respect, camaraderie, humour and innocent appreciation, and nothing brings out those elements like the traditions of a great hunt - big or small ..." - Brian Lovett
This month we once again bring you a medley of articles, product tests, columns and promotions from the game and hunting industry. We dedicate the main part of this issue to big-game hunting in the Big-game Corner section featuring on p 49-97. The hunting of big game surely is one of the most exhilarating experiences. But big-game hunting does not necessarily mean hunting a 13 000 lb elephant or a 2 000 lb charging buffalo. Read the respective stories of Stefan Fouché, who hunted the the elusive Limpopo bushbuck (p 59) and Laurence Jennings, who bagged a Sharpe's grysbok, one of the Tiny 10 (p 70). These two hunts were true big-game experiences posing some serious challenges! 
As a young boy, Oscar Haugen was intrigued by an article he read about a Purdey double in .600 Nitro Express. This changed his life forever - he wanted a double rifle and hunt big game in Africa. He shares the story about his first-ever buffalo hunt in 'Africa - land of big-game hunting' (p 50).
The five distinctive categories of the trusted Woodleigh Bullets range have been developed and repeatedly tested over the past decade by a handful of truly passionate hunters and riflemen in the bush and behind machines, loading presses and rifles. Read this discussion on p 92 ...


FOKUS OP NAMIBIË / FOCUS ON NAMIBIA
"You can leave Namibia, but it will never leave you …" 
Let this special issue be your dusty road trip through Namibia - let us entertain you with the exquisite beauty, red sand dunes, diverse wildlife population, remarkable people with unparalleled hospitality, and of course, hunting stories. The hunting stories in this edition showcase some phenomenal experiences in Namibia. Wherever you hunt in this vast country, you will find what you are looking for - it is a place where Hartmann's zebra create stripy sunsets and gemsbuck dash through the shimmering haze, a place where you can marvel at the stark, breathtaking beauty of nature.
But Namibia is also about formidable game ranchers and their striving for good genetics and breeding stock. Equally important is the cooperation of important role players in the country to promote harmony and strength in the industry. Namibia is facing many challenges on a daily basis and 2017 was especially challenging. Turn to p 86 for Mike Bredenkamp's detailed update in his Wildlife Ranching Namibia (WRN) report.
Jagredakteur Stefan Fouché gesels op bl 18 lekker oor die 150 springbokke en 30 "gêngsbokke" wat op Koës in die Kalahari op Johan Combrink, oftewel "Bonzai", se plaas gejag is (bl 18). Lawrence Jennings deel ook sy eerste destydse gemsbokjag, enkeldiep in die sand, naby Otjiwarongo (bl 26). Bullet Talk en Jagfotogalery (ble 22, 74) word gewy aan gemsbok-, kameelperd-, waterbok-, springbok- en rooibokjagte wat in Namibië plaasgevind het. En as dít jou belangstelling nog nie genoeg prikkel nie, verdiep jou op bl 58 in die roerende verhaal van Hornkranz-slagveld in die Khomas Hochland soos net "Patroondoppies" dit kan vertel. Baie jagters wat Namibië besoek, hou daarvan om hul biltong daar te maak voor hulle terugkeer huis toe. Jokl le Roux leer ons hoe om dié gewilde lekkerny te maak (bl 52) en vertel ook hoe jy 'n volstruis moet agternasit (bl 32), sou jy een wou jag ... 

DIE JAAR IS VOLSTOOM AAN DIE GANG
FULL STEAM AHEAD IN 2018
Met 'n veranderende politieke landskap kan die wildbedryf en die hele land gerus wees dat dit 'n wildboer is wat dadelik 'n ekonomiese verbetering in die markte teweeggebring het. Vir almal in die land is dit dus volstoom vorentoe soos 'n "grondrenoster" in 2018.
In this issue Prof Koos Bothma discusses the warthog with its typical antenna-like tail. This peculiar animal with its cute piglets and Khoi-Khoi name koenabab, which means 'ground rhinoceros', is till this day very high in demand among local as well as international hunters. Read this descriptive article on p 16. 
In this issue we also take a look at the Ranger series of riflescopes designed and produced by the well-known German company, Steiner. They have been manufacturing optics since 1947 and are known worldwide for their robust, military-grade binoculars enjoyed and used by so many industries around the world. Turn top 24 to view this productthat is imported by the official distributor in South Africa, Inyathi Sporting Supplies.
Jagredakteur Stefan Fouché gesels oor Safari Outdoor se Gauteng Ope-veldskiet wat aan die buitewyke van Hartbeeshoek gehou is (bl 36), asook die Krieghoff-skietdag wat onlangs tydens die jaarlikse PHASA-konferensie by Champagne Sports Resort in die Drakensberge aangebied is (bl 66). Verder doen ek verslag oor die 3D Nasionale Boogskietkampioenskappe in Pretoria wat deur 3Di Target SA en ABO aangebied is (bl 50).
In vandeesmaand se "In Gesprek Met" op bl 82 gesels ons met Randy Westraadt op sy plaas Montagu Privaat Wildreservaat in die Boshof-distrik oor sy passie vir leeus en om hulle as wildplaasdiere te vestig. Hy gesels ook oor habitatbewaring en wildboerdery en die voorreg om in die Vrystaat leeus, buffels en renosters saam te sien loop op een stuk grond waar die bewaringstrategie so suksesvol is dat hierdie spesies gejag kan word.
Wildbedryfgroete
Hennie van der Walt / signature

’N NUWE JAAR MET NUWE VOORUITSIGTE
A NEW YEAR WITH NEW PROSPECTS

Die WILD & JAG-span vertrou ons lesers het die afgelope Kersseisoen kans gehad om, ná wat as ’n uitdagende jaar bestempel kan word, uit te rus en te besin oor wat vir hulle asook vir die mense om hulle werklik belangrik is. Ons staan op die drumpel van 2018 – mag dit ’n voorspoedige jaar wees waarop ons met genoegdoening kan terugkyk.
WILD & JAG-tydskrif verwelkom dr Jan du Preez, veterinêre spesialis: volksgesondheid, as nuwe skrywer van ’n reeks baie interessante artikels. In hierdie uitgawe verduidelik hy op bl 88 in detail wat soönoses is. Sy nuwe boek, Animal Diseases and Man Zoonoses, verskyn ook binnekort oor hierdie onderwerp.

Met die konstante klim in die vraag na akkurater gewere op langer afstande, het Ruger die kans in die mark aangegryp en die Ruger Precision Rifle® ontwikkel. Tesame met een van die vooraanstaande wapenhandelaars in die land, Zimbi, het jagredakteur Stefan Fouché die nuwe Ruger in .308 Win op lang afstande gaan toets. Lees op bl 34 meer hieroor.
Verder gesels Stefan dié maand oor voëljag met ’n haelgeweer, een van die lekkerste fasette van jag in ons land. Op bl 46 vertel hy van sy voëljag saam met Beulah Wingshooting naby Settlers in Limpopo-provinsie.

Cleve Cheney shares some good old-fashioned nostalgia with us on p 42 in “Hunting the good way”. He and nine like-minded hunters embarked on a hunting expedition similar to that of the 1880s – what a trip down memory lane!

Wildbedryfgroete
Game industry greetings

Hennie van der Walt



ONSTUIMIGE JAAR EINDIG OP ’N POSITIEWE NOOT 

Ná ’n jaar waar woorde soos ekonomiese en politieke onsekerheid in alledaagse gesprekke gehoor is, is dit verblydend dat die jaar afgesluit word in ’n Christelike stemming wat spreek van verdraagsaamheid, samehorigheid en ’n positiewe gesindheid. Die wild- asook die jagbedryf is deel van ons landbousektor en ons boere en daarom was ’n dag soos Swart Maandag ’n bewys dat alle Suid-Afrikaners kán saamstaan vir ’n saak wat ons almal na aan die hart lê. So ook het die georganiseerde wildbedryf, verteenwoordig deur Wildbedryf SA, ’n boodskap van positiwiteit vir die bedryf gehad en gesê dat die verskillende rolspelers in dié bedryf nie in afsonderlike silo’s doeltreffend kan optree nie. Individue en organisasies in die teel-, jag-, toerisme- en produksektore van die wildbedryf se waardeketting moet saamwerk om die bedryf se regmatige plek binne die landbou-ekonomie te versterk. Dit beteken die antwoord vir wildboere lê daarin om binne die waardeketting te diversifiseer.

In hierdie 276ste uitgawe van WILD & JAG bespreek prof Koos Bothma die agtergrond, kenmerke en karaktereienskappe van die gesogte luiperd Panthera pardus. Hy bied lesers onder meer ’n kykie op dié gekolde kat se interessante gedragspatrone wanneer hy sy prooi bekruip, om nie eens te praat van die vaardigheid waarmee hy ’n boom klim nie. Lees meer hieroor op bl 10.

Stefan Fouché, hunting editor of GAME & HUNT, tested the new Nightforce SHV and found that it meets the needs of many hunters, shooters and varminters. Although we know the Nightforce products to be extremely robust and reliable, this new elegant and affordable model took the market by storm since day one! Turn to p p 22 to find out how this NF 3-10x42 SHV turns a big-bore rifle into a flat-shooting all-rounder...

NOVEMBER-ALLEGAARTJIE
Hierdie maand bespreek prof Koos Bothma die klipspringer in detail – lees op bl 10 oor elke aspek van dié interessante, skugter bokkie met stekelhare wat graag op hoë rotse in die oggendson saam met sy ooitjie staan en bak. 
   Ons jagredakteur Stefan Fouché skerts lekker in sy artikel op bl 34 oor sy Karoojag tussen Sutherland en Calvinia waar hy ’n vaalribbok – oftewel die prins van die berge − in die Roggeveld se yskoue maar beeldskone berge gaan jag het.
   WILD & JAG-tydskrif het saam met ZIMBI die grootste Mastershot-kompetisie tot nog toe aangebied met meer as 170 deelnemers. Lees meer op bl 38 oor dié groot skietdag op sewe bane en oor sewe skietdissiplines wat op Krokodilspruit net buite Pretoria aangebied is.
  Christophe Roelofse skryf vir ons oor “halfduim”-kalibers en gee op bl 28 aandag aan drie gewere so uiteenlopend soos die kosmos – die .500 S&W (Smith & Wesson)-rewolwer “Impendulo”, die .500 NE “Madala” en die .50 BP (swartkruit) “Mafuta”.
  Die Safari Outdoor Night Force Gong Challenge is vir seker een van die land se beste ghongskietdae en is dié jaar met groot sukses vir die eerste keer by Louvain-gasteplaas net buite George op pad na Uniondale in die Suid-Kaap aangebied. Lees op bl 58 hoe die ervare manne gewedywer het om Safari Outdoor se fantastiese pryse ter waarde van meer as R300 000 huis toe te neem.
   Dr Flippie Cloete gee ons ’n indiepte-kykie in die afgelope jaar se prystendense, spesifiek in terme van lewende handel, wat ongetwyfeld bygedra het tot die mate van fokusverskuiwing wat tans in die bedryf sigbaar is. Lees meer hieroor op bl 80.
   Oudergewoonte het WILD & JAG by ’n paar prominente veilings gaan inloer en verskaf op bl 76 die uitslae aan lesers. In die veilingverslae berig ons oor die veilings van Kroon Stud (bl 88), Wintershoek Wild (bl 90), Thaba Tholo (bl 102) en Summit Wildlife (bl 106).

Wildbedryfgroete


DIE LENTE BRING VERNUWING
Met die verandering van seisoen na lente, wat vernuwing simboliseer, het ons tydskrif se grootte ook verander om by die internasionale standaard aan te pas. Wees egter gerus dat die inhoud en gehalte van die artikels, asook die papier waarop dit gedruk word, onveranderd bly.
Die sukses van die onlangse aanlynveiling van renosterhorings het die vraag na dié kommoditeit bevestig. Dit bewys ook dat die renosters die wenners is in hierdie proses, veral as ’n mens in ag neem dat daar reeds meer as 100 000 van hierdie diere gestroop is sedert die verbod op internasionale handel in renosterhoring in werking getree het. 
Stefan Fouché deel op bl 18–23 sy ervaring van die jag van onder andere ’n rooiribbok, rooibok, springbok, bontebok en swartwitpens langs die Oranjerivier in die Noord-Kaap. Volgens Jokl le Roux is jag ’n fyn kombinasie van kennis en tegniek. Lees meer hieroor in “Jagwyses en -wenke” op bl 40–41.
Die wildveilingseisoen vir 2017 nader stadig sy einde, en met die toename in die getal diere wat verhandel word, asook die aantal veilings, is die vraag of dit volhoubaar is. Dr Flippie Cloete ontleed op bl 84–85 die veilingsprystendense en die invloed daarvan op wildpryse. Lees ook op bl 98–100 oor ’n besonderse familieonderneming met twee Pieters aan die stuur in “In Gesprek Met”.
Met 240 artikels wat die afgelope 23 jaar in WILD & JAG verskyn het uit die pen van dr Pieter van der Walt, skryf hy vandeesmaand oor hoe die wildboer en jagter daarby kan baat om plantkarakters van belang te eien (bl 102–104).
Lekker lees!


WOMEN IN THE HUNTING FIELD AND GAME INDUSTRY
With National Women’s Day being celebrated as a public holiday in South Africa on 9 August each year, we decided to clad this month’s issue in a dash of pink for a feminine touch, especially for the women in our lives – girlfriends, grandmothers, mothers, sisters and sisters-in-law. It is an extra, month-long treat for our local ladies, as International Women’s Day is only celebrated on 8 March worldwide.
On p 16–17 Erika Strydom tells us how she started shooting and hunting as a wife, mother and grandmother at the age of 55, while Bianca Venter writes that hunting is an exciting activity for the whole family (p 25). Turn to p 50 for “Joan of Alldays”, a tongue-in-cheek article by Meyer le Roux of Buffelsfontein Baard-olie, in which he explains why we can learn so much from women hunters. In “A woman who hunts” on p 63–64, Luzanne Grant shares the precious experience of being able to hunt with her daughter. 
We talk to Annette Oelofse about her involvement of more than four decades in the game industry. Read more on p 118–120 about this exceptional woman and the special bond shared by her family on Mount Etjo in Namibia. Behind the scenes we also visited two formidable women game ranchers, Ellalien Davey and Tina de Jager, as well as women who support their husbands in the game industry – Martisan Theron, Brenda Roothman en Carolien Malan. 


OOR RIETBOKKE, KNALDEMPERS EN WITRENOSTERS ...

Met die jagseisoen in volle swang, mik die meeste jagters na bestemmings in Limpopo, Noordwes en die Noord-Kaap, insluitende die Kalahari. 
Maar moenie Zoeloeland, seker een van ons land se mooiste bestemmings, vergeet nie. 
Stefan Fouché, WILD & JAG se Redakteur: Jag, Wapens en Ammunisie, kuier by Izak Kirsten van WOW Africa Safaris om daardie lang ontwykende trofee-rietbok te jag. Dit was ’n intense soektog. Lees op bl 50 tot 54 van sy besonderse ervaring.
Stefan gee lesers ook ’n kykie in sy insiggewende besoek aan die bekende maatskappy A-Tec 
in Oslo, Noorweë − vervaardigers van en leiers op die gebied van wêreldgehalte-knaldempers. Verskillende produkte in die reeks is van naderby bekyk en deeglik getoets. Lees die artikel op bl 36.

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