On Target
A recently poached rhinoceros in South Africa,
by Richard Sowry and from Our Horns are NOT
Medicine. The animal was still alive at the time the
pic was taken, and greed and avarice aside, the
sheer sub-human brutality captured here should be
enough to outrage anyone.
and a half fold increase - while populations on the ground
in Africa continue to be decimated.
An African leader, in the early ‘90s, whose country
estimated it had close to a thousand rhino at the time was
quoted then as saying: “If any family of animals can truly be
said to be endangered, it is the rhinoceroses. There are many
reasons for saving rhinos. They form important parts of our
indigenous ecosystems. Together with other wildlife, they
are the foundation on which our tourism is firmly based.
But above all, they are fellow creatures, with a right of their
own to survive in spite of man’s expanding numbers and
greed. Zimbabwe has long recognised the ethical, as well
as the economic, reasons for wildlife conservation. All our
citizens need to be aware of the problems faced by rhinos.”
Today, his country has, in all probability, fewer rhino
than the United States of America.
Dear Editor
Hope things are going well for you and that you are keeping
busy with your guiding, hunting, consulting and writing.
I took your advice on the .470 Norma ammo to solve my
accuracy and grouping problems, and my main double is now
consistently shooting way, way better after re-sighting it in on
the factory ammo. Now I have no qualms about doing head
shots out to 50 yards if I wanted to take one, or shooting an
antelope out to 80 yards.
I am e-mailing you to see if I can get some sort of rating on
the Rifa area for a big tusker (55 pounds plus) from you. One
being low and 5 being high in quantity.
This is one area I am not familiar with in Zimbabwe, so I
don’t know if the concession is run by one operator or a few
operators. I am just beginning my due diligence to look for
another tusker. The Rifa area was recommended by a friend
who went there years and years ago. I don’t know of a hunter
that might have current information on this concession, so
I thought of you and all your experience in the business
regarding an area for 55-pound plus eles. I value your opinion.
Also can you shed any light on the number of owners and
operators that operate in that concession as well?
I know it is luck to finding a big bull, but I am looking
for a concession that has some in the 55-60 pound region.
Right now there is no one that has been there that I know
of, recently.
African Hunter is a one of a kind niche magazine loaded with
good stuff and is one of the magazines that is validated by
authors who have been there and done it. It is evident that
there is much substance and merit in the info given out and
the guns and ammo tests.
I would certainly be happy days with any intel you could
forward to me. Appreciate it very much when time permits
on your end.
I will look for you at Dallas and Vegas.
Eugene Yap
USA
Dr Don Heath replies: “I don’t know, but doubt it. There
have been a couple of monsters that have lurked around
Marongora for years but with the current situation on the
ground I am not hopeful.” Frik and Louis Muller of ProSafaris have the concession and they may be contacted
directly on telephone +263-9-236894, cell +263-712-209004
or at [email protected] or www.prosaf.com - Editor.
QUICK FACT
I J Larivers
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