Back from the Dead for a Minute Or Hunting South Africa’s Black Wildebeest

Surrounded by rocky hillsides, herds of Black Wildebeest ran with impunity among the fields of South Africa’s Free State. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, it wasn’t long ago that seeing even a single Black Wildebeest on this land would have been unheard of. And unwelcome. By the time of The Great War’s beginning, … Read more

The Basics of Hunting in Southern Africa

After my first plains game safari in South Africa last year, I was fortunate enough to be offered some contract work that has taken me throughout southern Africa. Since that first trip, I’ve spent about four months on the continent, mostly in short 10 to 14-day chunks. Every time I work there, I tack on … Read more

Hunting in Africa: Unintended Consequences, or How I learned to Love the Zebra

Just like it was a few months prior, the KLM plane from Amsterdam to Johannesburg is almost completely empty. My two traveling companions, plus myself, make up a third of the passengers aboard the Boeing 777. We can take any seat we like, as long as it’s not in First Class, of course. Last time, … Read more