Wild&Jag; / Game&Hunt; Magazine - April 2018

In this issue

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 ...