“african experience”

Learn what an “own use” elephant permit is, and how this vital conservation tool used by Namibia’s game managers benefits elephants, their habitat and the native people who share that habitat alongside big game.

A tip from a villager in the Caprivi Strip puts professional hunter Phillip Fourie on the tracks of a herd of 600 Cape buffalo: Can he close the deal for his client?

The team from African Safari Outfitters is determined to guide American hunter Nash Pagliai to his first-ever zebra. Do they succeed?

Professional hunter Phillip Fourie and his client, Louisiana hunter Knighton Sample, navigate their way through pods of the big animals that don’t particularly like seeing humans in their swimming holes.

Why are Namibian professional hunters Sean Holloway and Phillip Fourie NRA Life members?

Funds collected from hunting clients are used to fund anti-poaching efforts in Africa, as professional hunter and concessionaire Graham Cawood explains. In six years, Cawood’s anti-poaching efforts have collected numerous examples of poachers’ favorite tools—muzzleloaders, gin traps and snares—and led directly to an increase in game populations in his concession.

Professional hunter Hardus van Zyl and Iowa’s Mike McNichols line up a shot on a great Cape buffalo bull. But McNichols’ shot is high, and the bull leads the hunters “straight through the jess”—not a place anyone wants to track a wounded buffalo.

Cape buffalo hunting can be hours of boredom punctuated by moments of adrenaline. A hunter in search of an exceptional bull will work hard. Key is finding a fresh track—not always the simplest task.

Living the African experience provides a whole different perspective on hunting.