Wild&Jag; / Game&Hunt; - October 2023

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It is the time of year when many hunters have already successfully tracked down their quarry and have the trophy on the wall and the biltong in the pantry – and we have their stories to share with you. The Kalahari has a way of luring back hunters to its endless sea of dunes and the creatures that live there. Seasoned bowhunter Tom Miranda fell under its spell and braved the harsh landscape to hunt a special quarry – the golden oryx. Read all about it in “Stalking the wilds of the Kalahari” (p 30). Also make sure to read Prof J du P Bothma’s informative article on the remarkable oryx on p 68. Another avid bowhunter, Johan Smit, got US-based TriplePoint Outdoors on board for Season 4 of HunTech Pro and tells us about their visit to South Africa to test their ClovisTM mechanical broadhead. They hunted the Free State, successfully taking a roan antelope, Ankole-Watusi bull, kudu and buffalo (p 50). Heinz Grobler realised a lifelong dream by hunting an old dagga boy with his Rigby rifle (p 10), while LD Jennings travelled all the way to Utah, USA, to hunt a Rocky Mountain bull elk – an unforgettable experience (p 34).