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Professional hunter Sean Holloway guides Kentucky hunter Bill Carter to his first-ever oryx in this latest episode of our web-exclusive “African Experience” video series.

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.

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.

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?

Andrea Beers of New York follows professional hunter Phillip Fourie to a dandy impala ram. Watch closely, as her one and only shot is spectacular.

In this episode, Charles Beers III of New York follows professional hunter Phillip Fourie to a red hartebeest.

In this episode, we learn about iconic species of Namibia like the Hartmann’s mountain zebra and the red hartebeest from professional hunter Sean Holloway.