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Focus on South Africa africanhuntinggazette.com 1 Volume 19 • Issue 43 Hunting the great continent of Africa Summer 2014 2 africanhuntinggazette.com africanhuntinggazette.com 3 Contents KIMBER MOUNTAIN RIFLES. The springbok is the only gazelle species occurring Brooke’s Editorial Unequaled accuracy, dependability & light weight. in southern Africa, My Personal Proust Questionnaire 7 which has an estimated population of 500,000 to 800,000 animals, News & Letters mostly on private game An Ode to the African Hunting Gazette! By Robert von Reitnauer 8 ranches in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. In Response to Article on Wingshooting in South Africa (AHG 19.2) Photo © Adrian Purdon By André van der Westhuizen 10 Regarding the Lee-Enfield By Stefan Serlachius 11 • Published quarterly, a quality journal presenting Announcement: Winner of the CZ 550 Magnum Lux 12 all aspects of hunting available in Africa. Fan Letter from South African Abroad By Carel Nolte 12 • The traditions and tales, the professional hunters of today, and the legends of yesteryear. On the Subject of Rhino Images in AHG Volume 19, Issue 2 By Duncan Nebbe 12 • Reporting on the places to go, the sport available and all the equipment to use. Hunters Do Good: Zimbabwe • Examining the challenges of managing wildlife Rifa Camp – An International Treasure? By Robert Deitz 14 as a sustainable resource and the relationship between Africa’s game and its people. Gear & Gadgets Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Barnes Bullets – 25th Anniversary of the X-Bullet 16 Richard Lendrum [email protected] Technoframes Domotic Display 16 Ruger Hawkeye African Bolt-action Rifle 17 Editor – Brooke ChilversLubin Meopta’s MeoStar R2 1-6x24 RD 17 [email protected] John Morris Safari Photography 18 Managing Editor – Esther Sibanda DVD Review: “Preparing Yourself for Stopping the Charge!” The lightest production hunting ri es ever o ered, [email protected] By Four Eyes 20 Mountain Ascent™ (top) and Montana™ models weigh as little as 4 pounds, 13 ounces. They are Columnists chambered in 13 proven calibers. • On Shooting & On Ammo, Promotional Terry Wieland • Sundowner Tales, Joe Coogan The Return of John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd. to London By Marc Newton 22 Advertising Enquiries Outfitters, Africa and Europe Wildlife Game Richard Lendrum South Africa’s Game-ranching Industry Sees Positive Growth Tel: +27 11-803-2040 By Lynette Dicey 26 [email protected] North America Wildlife Profile Kim Rieman Tel: +1 406-925-2466 Black and Blue Wildebeest – from “Game Animals of the World” [email protected] By Chris and Mathilde Stuart 32 Mountain Ascent ri es have custom touches Mountain Ascent models feature a muzzle Kimber mountain ri es have premium like uted bolt handle, bolt body and barrel; brake to reduce felt recoil. A cap to protect Kevlar/carbon ber stocks with both pillar Design & Layout – Barbara van Wyk plus a hollow bolt knob. This cuts weight threads if the brake is removed and matte and glass bedding to lock in accuracy Subscriptions without compromising accuracy. black ring mounts are also included. regardless of hard use or conditions. Africa Esther Sibanda [email protected] Rest of the World Kimber® mountain rifles combine classic features in a light weight, stainless steel Nicole Kelly [email protected] and Kevlar/carbon fiber package that guarantees performance. Actions offer the Toll Free: 1-855-528-3325 unequaled dependability of controlled-round feeding and extraction, and safety Administration & Finance Pria Bharath [email protected] levers are the positive 3-position wing. Match grade barrels, chambers and triggers Published by ensure accuracy. The new Mountain Ascent models go even farther. Fluting on African Sporting Gazette Inc. the barrel, bolt body and bolt handle cuts additional weight, and a removable PO Box 30, Bracebridge, ON, P1L 1T5, Canada muzzle break cuts recoil. Stocks even wear Gore™ Optifade™ Open Country THE CHOICE OF AMERICA’S BEST Printed by Concealment. Weigh the options, then visit a Kimber Master Dealer to pick USA – Quad Graphics Inc. kimberamerica.com Africa – Typo Colour Printing Specialists up your next rifle. (888) 243-4522 © Copyright. All copyright for material appearing in this magazine belongs to African Sporting Gazette Inc. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written consent of the publisher. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those Kimber o ers nearly 200 purpose-built pistols and ri es to meet any need. of the publishers. 72 ©2012, Kimber Mfg., Inc. All rights reserved. Information and speci cations are for reference only and subject to change without notice. 4 africanhuntinggazette.com KIMBER MOUNTAIN RIFLES. Unequaled accuracy, dependability & light weight. The lightest production hunting ri es ever o ered, Mountain Ascent™ (top) and Montana™ models weigh as little as 4 pounds, 13 ounces. They are chambered in 13 proven calibers. Mountain Ascent ri es have custom touches Mountain Ascent models feature a muzzle Kimber mountain ri es have premium like uted bolt handle, bolt body and barrel; brake to reduce felt recoil. A cap to protect Kevlar/carbon ber stocks with both pillar plus a hollow bolt knob. This cuts weight threads if the brake is removed and matte and glass bedding to lock in accuracy without compromising accuracy. black ring mounts are also included. regardless of hard use or conditions. Kimber® mountain rifles combine classic features in a light weight, stainless steel and Kevlar/carbon fiber package that guarantees performance. Actions offer the unequaled dependability of controlled-round feeding and extraction, and safety levers are the positive 3-position wing. Match grade barrels, chambers and triggers ensure accuracy. The new Mountain Ascent models go even farther. Fluting on the barrel, bolt body and bolt handle cuts additional weight, and a removable muzzle break cuts recoil. Stocks even wear Gore™ Optifade™ Open Country THE CHOICE OF AMERICA’S BEST Concealment. Weigh the options, then visit a Kimber Master Dealer to pick kimberamerica.com up your next rifle. (888) 243-4522 Kimber o ers nearly 200 purpose-built pistols and ri es to meet any need. ©2012, Kimber Mfg., Inc. All rights reserved. Information and speci cations are for reference only and subject to change without notice. africanhuntinggazette.com 5 Contents Terry Wieland On Shooting Ross Versus the Lion – Yet Another Lesson From History 118 Terry Wieland On Ammo Feeding Obsolete Rifles 122 Speaks Out! Ethics and Morality in Big Game Hunting Videos By Tom Turpin 124 Revisiting the Issue of Hunting Leopards With Hounds By Trevor Filmer 126 The Artist as Knifemaker 44 Carlton Evans and His Handmade and Custom Knives 130 African Outfitters – Visited & Verified Hunting Stories: Focus on South Africa We Answer the International Hunter’s Call 136 2013: A Ghost with a Secret By Greg Ackinclose 36 2011: An African Macnab on the Western Cape By John Boretsky 44 Joe Coogan’s Sundowner Tales Book Your African Hunting Safari Now! 144 2002: Numerous Nyala By Lincoln Hughes 50 2012: My Friend Stan and the Blue Wildebeest By Darrell Sterling 56 2013: I Am Hunting Lion! By John Mattera 60 Hunting Stories Online on www.africanhuntinginfo.com 2011: Old Man of the Mountain Clayton Davis’s The Old Man and the Young One in Africa By PH Andries de Klerk 66 (Namibia: 2010) 2013: Gold Discovered in the Karoo! By Sam Monarch 72 James Keeline’s The Last of Many Hunts (Zambia Over the Years) Zimbabwe - 2013: And That’s How It All Started With John By PH Phillip Bronkhorst 78 Company Profile Arno Bernard Knives 41 Bowhunting South Africa: 2010 – Busted By A Giraffe By Rebecca Francis 84 Huntress Diana South Africa: 2013 – Maiden Bowhunt By Kim Gattone 90 50 Hunting Stories of Yesteryear Zimbabwe: 1989 – “Get the Cringer!” By Richard “Scruffy” Powell 96 Brooke’s Leopard Blind Reading African Camp Fires By Stewart Edward White Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin 144 PH Q&A PH Phillip Bronkhorst 106 Rifles in Africa westleyrichards.com The .500 Jeffery “Specially Built for C. Fletcher Jamieson” +44 0 121 333 1900 By John Mattera & Bill Jones 112 60 ( ) 6 africanhuntinggazette.com westleyrichards.com +44 (0)121 333 1900 africanhuntinggazette.com 7 8 africanhuntinggazette.com Brooke’s Editorial My Personal Proust Questionnaire his issue of AHG marks my 10- animals, whether in C.A.R., Tanzania, What profession would you not like to year anniversary as editor of your Cameroon, Ethiopia, Namibia, do? Lawyer. favorite hunting magazine devoted Mozambique – any place in Africa I’ve been What quality do you admire the most in Texclusively to the African safari. This blessed to visit. But most of all during the a man? His desire to protect me. means I’ve interviewed over 40 professional mid 1980s, during my early years in north- What quality do you most admire in a hunters for our PH Q&A. east C.A.R., when everything was wonder, woman. Her ability to laugh – to make If you don’t know me (or think you do), and I looked really cute in shorts. me laugh – despite everything now it’s my turn to answer a questionnaire What is your most obvious characteristic? What do you most dislike? Gossip. – this one created by Marcel Proust with My ability to laugh – and cry. What is your favorite way of spending bits of the versions by Vanity Fair magazine What is your greatest extravagance? time? With Rudy and friends, at a well- and James Lipton’s Actor’s Studio thrown Buying any darn book I please on Africa, set table with great food and wine, whether in. What would you respond? sporting art, any biography, history book, I’ve cooked it, or at a friend’s house, or in a and especially books to give to the children truly unique restaurant.