Zambia
lion, leopard, buffalo, sable, roan, sitatunga, wingshooting

South Africa
wingshooting, family adventures, trophy collecting

Leopard & 2 Buffalo

Buffalo & Kudu

10 Day Sitatunga

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South Africa 2007

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Zambia wingshooting 2007

We are looking for adventurous experienced wingshooters to accompany us on a exploratory shooting trip to the vast wetlands of Zambia.

Home to some of the largest populations of ducks and geese anywhere, these wetlands have remained largely untouched and we are establishing a new wingshooting operation here in 2008. We are looking for experienced wingshooters who know a thing or two about duck & goose hunting and who are looking for an adventure.

There is no charge to join this trip, you just need to get to Zambia, pay your own way and be ready to join in and have a good time.

Species here include: Spurwing, Egyptian knob billed and Pygmy Goose. Red billed teal, hottentot teal, yellow billed duck, white faced duck & fulvous duck.

Also on the itinerary: Guinea Fowl and various francolins and spurfowl and doves.

If you want more information about this trip please do not hesitate to email me.

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stop-over hunting!
Johannesburg - Cape Town
Got time to kill between flights?...don't waste time hanging out at the airport!

Hunt just outside Johannesburg or Cape Town for a variety of South African species including Cape Eland, Bontebok, Gemsbok, Blue and Black Wildebeest and Red Hartebeest.

Quick and easy - email Pete

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cape town - especially for hunters
Join us to experience the best of Cape Town ....from best shopping, gourmet African meals, spectacular scenery to hunter-friendly accommodation, gun clearance assistance and safe storage - 7 years experience hosting hunters in Cape Town. email Pete or READ MORE

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affordable Zambia 2007

Affordable hunting for Sable, Kudu, Kafue Lechwe, Defassa Waterbuck, Puku and Oribi - Livingstone's Eland, Tssessebe, Lichtenstein's Hartebeest, Chobe Bushbuck, Sharpe's Grysbok are also at your fingertips

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South Africa game hunting 2007

family safaris and tours countrywide, including Cape Town.
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Premier wingshooting located in the heartland of South Africa. Enjoy a full compliment of mixed bag shooting with beaters, over pointers and from flighted butts.

Guinea fowl, Francolin, doves & pigeon, ducks & geese.

If you want exciting choice African wingshooting then this is the best property in the country.

Typical hunting day

morning shoot
Normal wake up for a mixed day is 6:00 with a light breakfast at 6:30 to depart at 7:00. Guineafowl and francolin are driven over the guns by singing and chanting African beaters. The guns stand at numbered pegs. About four formal drives are done in the morning session. The walked up shooting on guineafowl, francolin and quail involves driving from one flock of guineafowl to the other, which might total as many as 150 birds per flock. We shall have a good idea of where the birds are and what their line of movement will be under pressure. Scouts with two way radios are put out before sunrise to monitor the birds’ movements. That is apart from the intimate knowledge obtained by counting and managing the populations throughout the year. We put the guns out for a short drive, or we walk them up behind well trained German Shorthaired Pointers. All depends on where they are, how much cover we have, time of day etc. Another method employed by us, is to encircle the flock in thick cover, and slowly closing the circle, flushing the birds in ones and two’s. Only birds going over your head out of the circle are shot. For safety reasons and for good sport. Swainson’s francolin, Orange River partridge, Natal francolin and African quail are encountered during the guineafowl shoot, both driven and walked up. We know where their coveys hold too. About 50 shots per gun during this session is average. We break at about 10:00 for a hearty brunch in the field, at a farm house, on a pontoon on the river, or wherever the hunt has dictated. A lot of preparation and hard work goes into our catering.

afternoon shoot

At 12:00 we enter the dove and pigeon blinds. These birds feed on harvested grain fields, and the butts are built on the flight lines. We also decoy them in, and they offer very challenging high volume shooting. The species we shoot here will be the redeyed dove, laughing dove, turtle dove and the rock pigeon. The rock pigeon is the most challenging one. This session lasts until 16:00 and you can expect to fire about 150 shots.

At 16:00 we move to the duck and goose blinds, built from natural vegetation or dug into the ground. The duck and geese also come into harvested fields, and are decoyed in. The butts would have been built weeks in advance, right on the flight line. A large variety of waterfowl can be shot, ranging from the gigantic spurwinged goose, which can reach a weight of 25 pounds with a wingspread sometimes reaching two metres, to the Egyptian goose, the shelduck, the knobbilled duck, the yellowbilled duck, the whitefaced duck and the redbilled teal. The shoot lasts until it is too dark to see, and about 125 shots per gun seem to be the norm.

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