In this issue

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.

Wild&Jag; / Game&Hunt; Magazine Description:

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. GAME & HUNT is a magazine that promotes a lifestyle to the kind of reader who does not remain just a reader but becomes a follower of the GAME & HUNT brand.

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.