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Two Black Rhino Opportunities Become Available in Namibia
[June 04, 2013]
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92-Pound and 80-Pound Jumbo Taken in Botswana
[May 09, 2013]
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Quebec Sets Caribou Hunting Rules for Next Two Seasons
[April 29, 2013]
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PH Killed By Elephant In Namibia
[April 26, 2013]
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PHASA Condemns Canned Bow Hunt Posted on YouTube
[April 26, 2013]
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Entries Sought for Extreme Huntress Competition
[April 03, 2013]
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USFWS Issues First Black Rhino Import Permit in 33 Years
[April 03, 2013]
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Global Adventure Outfitters Ceases Operations
[March 25, 2013]
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Three More New World Records from Uganda
[March 15, 2013]
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Greg Rodriguez of Global Adventure Outfitters Killed
[March 08, 2013]
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Safari Outfitters Purchases Global Hunting Resources
[February 13, 2013]
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Potential New Number One Nile Bushbuck
[February 13, 2013]
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Canadian Court Ruling May Impact Hunts You Book at Hunting Shows This Season
[January 21, 2013]
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Zambia: Cat Hunting Closed Along with 19 Hunting Concessions for 2013
[January 10, 2013]
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Zambia Cancels Hunting Allocations Due to Allegations of Corruption; Fate of 2013 Season To Be Decided But Hunting Has NOT Been Closed
[January 04, 2013]
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Rebel Activity Disrupts Hunting in CAR
[December 28, 2012]
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A Call for Hunters To Handle Man-eating Leopard in Nepal
[November 05, 2012]
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An Important Correction to Botswana EME Bulletin
[November 05, 2012]
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Botswana President Announces End of Hunting As Hunting Leases Are Extended
[November 01, 2012]
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A Warning To Hunters Connecting From Flights with Delta Airlines
[October 26, 2012]
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Two B&C Stone Sheep Taken with New Yukon Operator
[September 28, 2012]
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Special Auction to Benefit Injured PH Stu Taylor
[September 28, 2012]
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91-pound Elephant Taken in Botswana
[September 07, 2012]
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Hunters Denied Boarding For Insufficient Visa Pages
[August 31, 2012]
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John and Chrissie Jackson of Conservation Force To Receive 2013 Peter Hathaway Capstick Award
[August 31, 2012]
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Raymond A. Young Named 2013 Conklin Award Winner
[August 31, 2012]
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The Essence of Elephant Hunting
By Charlton McCallum Safaris
DVD, running time 2 hours, 15 minutes.
While there are lots of elephant hunting videos on the market today, this DVD takes a much different tack from the standard "stalk, shoot, stand and grin by your trophy" approach. The film covers Zimbabwean elephant hunting only, and it clearly shows the difference between .......
Cut to the Chase
by Pete Fick
A Limited edition of 1,000 signed, numbered copies.
Large 8½ x 11 inch format. 282 pages. 143 color photos. Foreword by Barrie Duckworth.
Zimbabwe is one of Africa's major big game hunting destinations, and Pete Fick is one of Zimbabwe's best known, most respected professional hunters. You can hardly think of a major are.......
Game Animals of the World (By Chris and Mathilde Stuart)
Game Animals of the World was written as a field guide for today’s hunters, whatever their destination: from Africa and Asia to Australia and North America. As such, it represents a monumental effort by two of Africa’s most respected wildlife writers, to provide the international hunting fraternity with a single, but comprehensive source o.......
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In The June Issue of The Hunting Report Newsletter |
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| Spain: All About Mallorca’s Balearean Boc – Saved by Hunters, Now Imperiled By Scam Offers |
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Editor's Note: Editor Barbara Crown traveled to Spain's Mallorca Island this past April where she met with wildlife officials and hunter-conservationists fighting to save a unique, local species called the Balearean boc. Here's what she learned about the expanding hunting opportunity they have created there and the hunting scams threatening both their efforts and the conservation of this species.....
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| In The Editor’s Sights |
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I recently received a very short email from a subscriber that, frankly, made my day. It was sent in response to a short item in the "Briefly Noted" section of our May issue....
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| Namibia: PH Erwin Kotze Killed by Desert Elephant |
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I am sad to report that young Professional Hunter Erwin Kotze has been killed by an elephant in Namibia. The incident occurred on April 23 in northwestern Namibia while Kotze was guiding a client. He was 27 years old. The May issue of The Hunting Report had already gone to print, but we broke the news to Email Extra subscribers in an April 26 Email Bulletin.....
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| Botswana: Four Big Elephant Hit the Ground |
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In Botswana, four big jumbo were taken with Johan Calitz Safaris in late April and early May. Client Mike McGinnes took a one-tusk elephant that weighed in at 92 pounds. It was 50 inches long and measured 19 inches at the lip.....
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| Oregon: A Fresh Look at Hunting Columbian Whitetails |
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Editor's note: It has been some time since we looked at the Columbian whitetail picture in Oregon and subscriber Brian Smith's report on his successful 2012 hunt gives us the perfect excuse. Our Email Extra database currently includes three reports (Smith's report [9075], plus Laird Hamberlin's report [8164] and Ted Valk's report [7919], both on successful 2010 hunts). We also have four previous articles (2677, 2372, 2341 and 2338) available on this evolving hunting opportunity. Here's the latest from Correspondent Michael Bodenchuk, including some openings he found for this fall......
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| Congo Brazzaville: New Hunting Operator Enters the Scene |
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Remember my coverage about hunting in Congo Brazzaville? You'll recall that safari operator Gert Saimaan and PH Andre Van Deventer had partnered up to operate safaris out of Eric von Stockenstroom's old concession in northern Congo......
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| South Africa: Leopard Permit Scams Circulating |
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In the past, The Hunting Report has warned hunters about various permit scams and bait-and-switch type tactics used by dishonest, incompetent or desperate safari operators who just want to close a deal and get your deposit. This past month I was contacted about just such a scenario involving a switched leopard hunt in South Africa......
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| Florida & Maryland: Real Free-Range Sambar and Sika Hunts |
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Editor's Note: In our March issue [see Article 3053] correspondent Michael Bodenchuk outlined the possibilities for free-range exotics in Alaska, Hawaii and California. Last month [Article 3093], he followed up with an in-depth overview of free-range exotics hunts in Texas and New Mexico. Those two stories covered most of the opportunities, but not all. In this final installment, Bodenchuk uncovers two more hunts that complete the picture. Enjoy!
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| Tanzania: Lukwika Game Reserve, the Elephant Poaching Crisis in Microcosm |
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It's no secret that Tanzania has an increasing elephant poaching problem. The situation has gotten beyond the ability of safari operators to control, and, finally, the government has dispatched army units to the Selous and other areas to combat the poachers.....
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| Zambia: Quota and Concession Fee Issues |
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The hunting season in Zambia opened on May 1, but hunts on many of the remaining open areas had not started as I wrote this. You'll recall I reported in March (see Article 3046) that there were still a number of areas available for hunting in Zambia, despite the closure of those 19 concessions up for reallocation......
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| Quebec: Ministry Decides on Caribou Tag Limits for Next Two Seasons |
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As we told Email Extra subscribers in a bulletin issued on May 1, the wait for an "official" ruling is over. According to a press release issued on Friday, April 26 by Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks Yves-François Blanchet, Quebec has set its caribou rules for the next two years.....
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| Iran: Hunting To Resume This Season |
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The logjam in Iran has finally broken, and it looks like hunts will take place this season. You'll recall that the problems with hunts in Iran began in 2011 when Dr. Asghar Fazel was appointed as the new Deputy Director of the Department of Environment. (See Article 2748.) He took office just as international hunters were arriving in the country.....
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| Mongolia: Permit Cuts, Increased Fees This Season |
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If you are booked for an ibex or argali hunt in Mongolia this season, be aware of some new problems there. Two Hunting Report subscribers contacted us when their outfitter informed them that part of their hunt was being cancelled and the cost on the other part was going up substantially - from $5,000 to $25,000.....
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| Outfitter Critique: Brown Bear Hunting in Romania with Best European Hunts |
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Subscriber Ken Allen has checked in with an opportunity for big European brown bear that should be of special interest to hunters with physical limitations, those traveling with a non-hunting companion, or anyone who just wants a bear hunt without roughing it. Allen hunted this past September in Romania, about 100 miles northwest of Bucharest, with agent George Dina of Best European Hunts (011-40-73-031-7560; email: contact@besteuropeanhunts.eu)......
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| Outfitter Critique: A Review on Mouflon and Brown Bear in Croatia with Artemis Hunting |
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Subscriber Tony McLeod hunted in the Gospic area of Croatia in March of this year with Tomo Svetic of Artemis Hunting and reports taking a bronze-medal mouflon sheep (Report 9117). "This was a spot-and-stalk hunt involving a lot of climbing," he told us in a follow-up phone call.....
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| Outfitter Critique: Yukon Grizzly Bear Hunt with Blackstone Outfitters |
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Back in January, (Article 3015 in our Email Extra database) Correspondent Michael Bodenchuk dug deep into the current status of grizzly bears in the lower 48, Canada and Alaska. One of the most interesting details he uncovered is that hunts which target grizzly bears specifically tend to be notably more successful than hunts in which the grizzly is part of a combo or an add-on target of opportunity.....
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| Outfitter Critique: Two Rave Reviews for New Zealand Red Stag Hunts with Four Seasons Safaris |
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We've received two recent rave reports from New Zealand on South Island red stag hunts with Four Seasons Safaris (011-64-3-318-6936) and personal guide Jim Gibson......
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| More Hunt Reports |
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(Editor Note: Over the past month we have received reports on hunts in the following parts of the world. All of these reports have been added to our files and are available to you as an E-Mail Extra subscriber. Just click on the ID number for the report you would like to see and you can view the full text in our database. Enjoy!)
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| Conservation Force: CIC General Assembly Adopts Recommendations for African Lion and White Rhino |
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The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation held its 60th General Assembly in Budapest during the last week of April. The theme of this year’s Assembly was “World Forum for Sustainable Hunting: Conserving Wildlife – Key to Global Cultural Heritage.....
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| Conservation Force: Double Quotas Not Yet Resolved in USA |
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Although the Parties at CITES CoP16 adopted Resolutions that expressly provide that the year of take, not the year of export or both, should be on the export permit for leopard and elephant trophies, that is not yet the regulation in the United States. The US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has not yet published a report of the 16th CoP and has not itself published a change in its own regulations. Of course, the Director of Law Enforcement can issue an interpretive letter or directive to port Law Enforcement inspectors, but has not yet done that either...... |
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| Conservation Force: Equal Allocation of New Mexico Nonresident Licenses for Rocky Mountain and Desert Bighorn Sheep, Oryx and Ibex Challenged Again |
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In May, the State of New Mexico filed a motion to overturn the famous Terk case. David B. Terk v. James S. Lane, Jr., individually and as Director of the Department of Game and Fish, State of New Mexico, Scott Bidegain, Thomas Salopek, Tom Arvas, Paul Kienzle III, William Montoya, Robert Espinoza and Ralph Ramos, individually and as members of the State Game Commission, State of New Mexico (74-837-M Civil). The Terk case is the only case to have ever held that it was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution to discriminate against nonresident hunters..... |
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| Conservation Force: Wood Bison Cases Still in Court |
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Although the Canadian wood bison has been downlisted to threatened and is importable without an import permit from the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), two of the original permit cases are still open. It is now 14 years since we began the Wood Bison Initiative...... |
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| Conservation Force: Black Rhino Public Education |
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Conservation Force has received a great deal of “hate emails” over the black rhino import permit for Namibia. Except in the case of the most obscene instances, we have responded with a short, simple form letter. The email response has proven very effective and hopefully reflects well on the greater hunting community. It takes little to respond and you would not believe how well it is working. Most people are seriously misinformed and embarrassed that they jumped to conclusions that are not warranted. The form of the letter may be useful for others to reply in similar circumstances. The letter follows..... |
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Barbara Crown Jun 27, 2012, Traveling with your hunting firearm gets more difficult every year, thanks to ever-changing airline policies and government agency regulations. Right now, thousands of hunters are either finalizing travel plans for this fall or are about to get on a plane for the African safari season this summer. The question is: will their guns get to their final destination with them? Or will the airlines refuse to check them through?
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Greg Morton Oct 25, 2011, A good picture is worth a 1,000 words so here is the equivalent of 3,000 words from Northern Territory, Australia. Profile article to follow. |
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The Cape Buffalo
DVD, running time 58 mins. There is no doubt that African buffalo-hunting movies are among the most popular DVDs we sell. And we are always on the lookout for another to add to our collection of bovine adventures. This film was shot over a period of 1½ years by Poul Erik Madsen who followed professional hunter Rainer Josch on multiple Cape.......
The Hunting Paradise
DVD, running time one hour 10 mins.
The Pamirs! The Roof of the World! It is the location for the highest altitude hunting in the world, and it is the home of the magnificent argali sheep, named after famed Venetian traveler Marco Polo. Throw in a few ibexes and a good cameraman, and all is ready for a great movie on one of the great.......
Another Rifle, Another Land (Ltd)
by Dr. J. Y. Jones
J. Y. Jones’s first book, One Man, One Rifle, One Land, was a book of note, and the fact that we have reprinted it three times is a sure sign of success in book publishing. Now in his follow-up book (his thirteenth book), he ventures beyond North America to hunt the big game of Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. A.......
My Main Obsession (Ltd)
by Ricardo Guardia Vázquez Ricardo Guardia Vázquez has hunted around the world and in some fascinating places. He lives in Central America and was fortunate to have hunted jaguars on numerous occasions, both in his own “backyard” and in South America. He could even be called “cat crazy,” as he has multiple hunts for ocelots, pumas, leopar.......
From the Congo Basin to the Highlands of Ethiopia (Ltd)
Sudan, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, and Liberia give new meaning to exotic and difficult safari destinations. If you want to know what it’s really like to battle a stifling rain forest for bongo or a blistering savanna for giant eland or a lofty moorland for mountain nyala, this is your book. Christenson also depicts an unprecedented adventu.......
From the Okavango to the Plains of East Africa (Ltd)
by Steve Christenson
Steve Christenson started hunting in Botswana in 1977 with PH Willie Engelbrecht, going on three safaris to hunt all the worthy game this country had to offer. From the moment legendary professional hunter Harry Selby welcomes the author to Botswana for his first safari, the reader is immersed in a grand adventure and.......
Between Two Fires
Margarete Trappe was many things: She was the first woman to become a professional hunter in Africa, she spied for General von Lettow Vorbeck during World War I, she lost her farm, Momella, twice to the authorities, and she had pretty much a disastrous marriage. Despite it all, she kept a fantastic demeanor. She guided the nobility.......
QUEST FOR AFRICA'S TOMORROWS Stories We Haven't Told You
by Fred Duckworth
Volume 74 in the Safari Press's Classics in African Hunting Series.
384 pages, color photos, 8.5x11, hardcover
Limited Edition of 1,000 numbered, signed, and slipcased.
Fred Duckworth's first book, beautifully illustrated with artwork by his wife, Elise, met with great success. As before, his approach is .......
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