ON THIS COVER Volume 18 No 6 - 2013 Impisi Issue
In This Issue
FEATURE
Big Bore Elephant Hunting in the Zambezi Valley ..................................... 6 The Story of Dhlulamithi Concludes .. 17
Various Hunters and their Trophies ................................... 30 Butterflies of Southern Africa
The Angola White Lady ................... 32 The Robust Hopper .......................... 32 This ' n That
An African Dog ................................ 38 Tail Piece
Never Too Young ............................. 40
ON THIS COVER Volume 18 No 6 - 2013 Impisi Issue
Photo : Dave Christensen
The " Ultimate " Wheel Chair Warrior - Russell " Round Legs " Caldecott ..... 21 Three Generations of Hunters in Namibia .............................................. 33
REGULAR COLUMNS
From The Editor ...................... 3 On Target .................................. 4 Reloading
Rifle Cartridge Case Resizing ........... 11 Hunting Optics
The Leupold VX3L ............................ 15 Hunter ' s Insight
Thinking Outside the Box with T . C . I ... 26
Hunter ' s Gallery
A Surprise Hunt .................................. 13
AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES
The Mr X Files Game of Horns ........................................ I
Cal on Doubles Doubles Compiled by Cal Pappas ......... IV
In the News What ' s Happening ................................ VI
Around the Campfire The Implications of Botswana ' s Hunting Policy ...................................... IX Around the Campfire Cites Cop 16 - What Was Really Achieved ? .............................................. X Kit Review Firearms Guide 4 th Edition .................. XII Bush Blades A Crash Course in
Knife-Sharpening .............................. XIII
D E P A R T M E N T S
Impisi is the Zulu word for wolf , but with the exception of the rare Ethiopian wolf - which may or may not be a true wolf depending on which taxonomist has the floor at the time - and small populations of grey wolves in Ethiopia and Egypt , wolves are not endemic to Africa and so the word is commonly used to identify the hyaena . Who has spent the night out in the African bush and will not forever remember the eerie call of the spotted hyaena ? Hyaena are members of the family Hyaenidae which is the fourth-smallest biological family in the order Carnivora , which means that they exhibit very low species diversity . Hyaena display traits of both canines and felines , insofar as they are not arboreal and rely on their teeth , rather than their claws , to capture prey like dogs , but groom , mark territory and raise their young more in the manner of cats . Hyaenas were long believed to be hermaphrodites because the female ’ s genitalia look almost exactly like the male ' s . The female ’ s pseudopenis is actually more like a tube , and mating is quite an elaborate and difficult production . Long unfairly regarded as cowardly scavengers , hyaena kill as much as ninety-five percent of their prey , and are not adverse to chasing off intruding leopard or lion . In Africa today , they are represented by the spotted , or laughing , hyaena ( Crocuta crocuta ), the striped hyaena ( Hyaena hyaena ) and the brown hyaena , ( Hyaena brunnea ). Because they are nocturnal and crepuscular - active in the shadowy pre-dawn hours - they feature prominently in the folklore and mythology of primitive human cultures where they are attributed to possess supernatural abilities . They are viewed with fear and contempt because of their associations with witchcraft and their body parts are used as ingredients in traditional medicine . Among the beliefs held by some cultures , hyaena are thought to influence people ’ s spirits , rob graves , and steal livestock and children .
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