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YOU CAN FIND OUR PRODUCTS AT EXCLUSIVE SPECIALIST RETAILERS AND ONLINE AT WWW.SWAROVSKIOPTIK.COM For your closest stockist, please contact Brad on 0861-005903 THE NEW EL RANGE THE PEAK OF PERFECTION A0xxxx Unique Product Registration No. www.whylo.co.za Register @ Look out for your unique product registration sticker attached to your Swarovski product. Ahead of you: challenges in the form of long distances and steep terrain. In your hand: the perfect combination of ergonomic design and outstanding optics. The EL Range makes an impression with razor-sharp images and precise angle and range measurement. Carefully designed in every detail, these binoculars, combined with the new FieldPro package, also set a new benchmark in terms of comfort and functionality. When seconds are crucial SWAROVSKI OPTIK. SEE THE UNSEEN WWW.SWAROVSKIOPTIK.COM

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Voorblad / Cover Springbok Voorblad / Cover Springbok The Karoo and central plains of South Africa have always been the favoured home of the springbok, the lithe and beautiful little antelope that is our country s national mammal. Jokl le Roux gives the reader in a three-part series in-depth and handy tips on how to hunt these higly social animals. Foto: Nigel Dennis / AfriPics A solitary springbok drinking at a waterhole in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park Rifle: Nosler M48 Liberty rifle more on p 39 WILD / GAME 14 Die gemsbok JAG / HUNTING 10 Namibië land van betowering 12 Visrivier-Aardtrog 20 Namibië-vrouejag 28 Bullet Talk 32 Hunting the springbok 42 Dallas Safari Club Show 2017 44 Hunting dogs 46 Elandjag in die noorde van Namibië 52 Van klipwoestyn tot Kalahariduine 57 Zero leopard quota a huge mistake 58 Jagwyses en -wenke Metodes van afstandskatting 65 Shotshow 2017 72 Wetgewing 74 Huntex 2017 Focus on women at Huntex 78 Bokspring deur die Noorse 105 Chasa 108 Jagfotogalery BIG GAME CORNER 82 Unspoilt Africa 90 Legends of the Hunt PH Percival 96 Hunting Elephant Part 1

GEWERE & AMMUNISIE / GUNS & AMMUNITION 39 Nosler and Swarovski Part 2 A match made in heaven 62 Product test CMG Recoil Reaper 66 Skietkuns Deel 9 Afstandskatting 70 Die beginsels van ballistiek Deel 12 WILDPRODUKSIE, -BESTUUR & -BEMARKING / GAME PRODUCTION, RANCHING & MARKETING 114 Winsgewendheid van ekstensiewe boerdery 120 True Green Alliance (TGA) 122 WRSA nuus en nog wat 124 Economy Game and hunting in economic context 126 In gesprek met Arthur Rudman 130 Het n natter siklus nou begin? 132 Johan Kriek Siektes in wild Bloednier en pasteurellose 136 Rift Valley Fever 138 Dries Visser Pure-Bred-inligtingsdag 140 Intensiewe en semi-intensiewe wildproduksie Die Kaapse eland 144 Goue wildebees-splits Slaggate van aankoop 148 Boer in die Ekobos Bewaring deur die wildboer 153 Wildbemarking-advertensies Indeks NATUUR & BEWARING / NATURE & CONSERVATION 150 Plant Klein-Karoo 190 EWT Grasvelde GEREELD / REGULAR & ALGEMEEN / GENERAL 9 Briewe 27 Teken in en wen! / WILD & JAG -digitaal 102 4x4 Wiele en moere 191 Recipe Venison mince breyani 192 Organisasies 193 Boeke GAME & HUNT is an independent monthly publication for the broad game industry in South Africa, promoting the synergy between game production, hunting and conservation. Hunters, game ranchers and nature conservationists are served with quality informative articles and columns. While GAME & HUNT operates in close cooperation with organised hunters, game production and nature-conservation organisations, it is editorially and financially independent. Copyright of all content is reserved. No part of the publica- tion may be reproduced in any way without the written permission of the publisher. Short text extracts of not more than 60 words may be used without prior permission provided the author, the magazine name and date of publication are acknowledged. The editor reserves the right to change and/or shorten articles. The publisher accepts no responsibility for the content of advertisements. The opinions of contributors are & JAG MAAR Tagazine. 2017 nwild ot necessarily those of the m From the Scriptures Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm. 5 you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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REDAKSIONEEL EDITORIAL Hoofredakteur & Uitgewer Editor-in-chief & Publisher Hennie van der Walt Tel: (012) 348-5550 / Sel /Cell: 083 452 2145 hennie@wildlifehunt.co.za Redakteur: Jag, Wapens & Ammunisie Editor: Hunting, Guns & Ammunition Stefan Fouché stefan@wildlifehunt.co.za Redakteur: Wild Editor: Game Lynette van Hoven Tel: (012) 348-5550 / lynette@wildlifehunt. co.za Produksieredakteur Production editor Itha Kieser, itha@wildlifehunt.co.za Mederedakteurs Co-editors Voertuie Vehicles: Francois Rossouw Dieregesondheid Animal Health: Dr Johan Kriek Wildbestuur Wildlife Management: Prof Wouter van Hoven Vrouejagters Women hunters: Margaret Botha PRODUKSIE PRODUCTION Grafiese & Mediaontwerpdienste Graphic & Media Design Services: Simoné Wentzel / Nadia Mars Uitleg & reproduksie Design & reproduction: Karen van der Merwe Taalversorging Language Editing: Lynette van Hoven / Elfriede Ainslie / Daleen Malan Kunskonsultant Art consultant: Alan Ainslie Drukker Printer: Paarl Media Gauteng Webwerf Website: Johan Meintjes / johan@novacloudsa.co.za Inligting & navrae Information & enquiries Santie Liebenberg Tel: (012) 348 5550 santie@wildlifehunt.co.za ADVERTENSIES & BEMARKING ADVERTISING & MARKETING Hennie van der Walt / Ann Olivier Tel: (012) 348-5550 / Faks/Fax: 086 502 5526 ann@wildlifehunt.co.za BESTUURDER: Administrasie, rekeninge & intekening MANAGER: Administration, accounts & subscription Wendy Greeff Tel: (012) 348-5550 Faks/Fax: (012) 348-5551 / 086 656 4217 wendy@wildlifehunt.co.za VERSPREIDING DISTRIBUTION Hazel Luüs RNA Tel: (011) 248-3542 / hazelh@ rnad.co.za UITGEWER PUBLISHER JLO UITGEWERS JLO Publishing vir Jan Louis Ondernemings BK for Jan Louis Enterprises CC (CK/92/19549/23) Posbus / P.O. Box 35299, Menlo Park 0102 66 Ingersolstraat / Road, Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria Tel: (012) 348-5550 (Ma Vry / Mo Fri) Faks/Fax: (012) 348-5551 E-pos/E-mail: hennie@wildlifehunt.co.za Web: www.wildlifehunt.co.za Hennie van der Walt Hoofredakteur / Editor-in-Chief Oor luiperds, Namibië en die ekonomie Kommentaar Comment Die departement van omgewingsake het onlangs aangekondig dat die zero-kwota vir die jag van luiperds, wat reeds sedert Januarie 2016 in plek is, na 2017 verleng word. Volgens Tharia Unwin, HUB van die Professionele Jagtersvereniging van Suid-Afrika, is hulle diep teleurgesteld oor hierdie besluit omdat daar tans geen betroubare wetenskaplike bewys is waarop die departement sy besluit gebaseer het nie. Hierdie besluit het n negatiewe uitwerking op internasionale jagters wat Suid-Afrika besoek en wat alreeds nie leeutrofeë vanaf Suid-Afrika na die VSA mag invoer nie weens n oningeligte besluit deur die VSA se vis- en wildlewediens (USFWS). In hierdie uitgawe fokus ons op Namibië, die land van betowering, en kuier van Aranos tot by Otavi en Outjo. Margaret Botha skop af met n Namibiese jag uit n vrouejagter se oogpunt op bladsy 20. Lees ook ons jagredakteur Stefan Fouché se nostalgiese artikel oor sy elandjag in die noorde van Namibië, waar daar al van die grootste eland-trofeë in die geskiedenis gejag is. Die wildveilingseisoen is reeds in volle gang en dit lyk of daar vanjaar groot getalle wild aangebied gaan word, veral diere wat ekstensief geteel is. Op bladsy 114 skryf dr Flippie Cloete dat ekstensiewe wildboerdery steeds een van die winsgewendste grondgebruike is, veral wanneer dit met soortgelyke landbouverwante vertakkings soos lewende hawe vergelyk word. Richard Downing kyk na die wild- en jagbedryf in n ekonomiese konteks op bladsy 124. Volgens hom was dit voorheen hoofsaaklik n bedryf wat oorheers was deur openbaresektor-bewaring, ontspanning en biltongjag, maar het verander in ekstensiewe kommersiële ondernemings deur die privaat sektor wat onder andere toerisme, spyseniering en akkommodasie, vleisverwerking, vervoer en professionele dienste insluit. Wildbedryfgroete About leopards, Namibia and the economy The department of environmental affairs recently announced that the zero quota for the hunting of leopard, which has been in place since January 2016, will be extended to 2017. According to Tharia Unwin, CEO of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa, they are profoundly disappointed at this decision as there currently is no reliable scientific evidence on which the department based its decision. This decision impacts negatively on international hunters to South Africa who already may not import lion trophies from South Africa into the USA because of an uninformed decision by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS). In this issue we focus on Namibia, land of enchantment, as we travel from Aranos to Otavi and Outjo. Margaret Botha kicks off with a Namibian hunt from a women hunter s perspective on page 20. Also read the nostalgic article by Stefan Fouché, our hunting editor, about his eland hunt in the north of Namibia, where some of the biggest eland trophies in the history have been hunted. The game auction season is in full swing and it seems that large numbers of game will be on offer this year, especially animals that have been bred extensively. On page 114 Dr Flippie Cloete writes that extensive game ranching still remains one of the most profitable land uses, especially when compared to similar agriculture-related divisions such as livestock. Richard Downing looks at the game and hunting industry in economic context on page 124. According to him it has changed from an industry mainly dominated by public-sector conservation, recreation and biltong hunting into extensive private-sector commercial ventures that include tourism, catering and accommodation, meat processing, transport and professional services. Game industry greetings WILD & JAG MAART 2017 7

HUNT DIE ENIGSTE TYDSKRIF GERIG OP DIE HELE WILD- EN BUITELEWEBEDRYF Skakel ons by 012 348 5550 of by stefan@wildlifehunt.co.za om jag- en wapenprodukte te adverteer 8 GAME & HUNT MARCH 2017

Mammal Species of the World) lys die kwagga Equus quagga en die bontkwagga / sebra Equus burchellii as aparte diersoorte en nie as subspesies nie. Die Engelse naam is plains zebra, maar Austin Roberts het reeds in 1951 in sy boek The mammals of South Africa na Equus burchellii as die bontkwagga verwys. Latere outeurs soos Smithers en Skinner het egter die naam vlaktesebra gebruik, maar dit was waarskynlik omdat hulle albei Engelssprekend was. Die Tweetalige Woordeboek (Afrikaans-Engels) van Bosman, Van der Merwe en Hiemstra verwys na n zebra as n bont-kwagga of sebra. Die naam sebra is egter eintlik n Anglisisme wat oorspronklik in Zoeloeland in KwaZulu-Natal ontstaan het. Ek stel voor dat daar by die oudste naam bontkwagga van Roberts gehou word met die kwagga as n uitgestorwe diersoort. Taalkundiges by Van Schaik-uitgewers het dit ook as die korrekte in my boek Wildpaasbestuur aanvaar. Prof J du P Bothma Regte naam Sebra of kwagga? Bergkwagga Hoewel adverteerders en skrywers die woord sebra gebruik, is die woord in Afrikaans eintlik n Anglisisme en nie die korrekte woord vir die Engelse woord zebra nie. Die korrekte naam is kwagga. In Afrikaans staan die quagga bekend as die Kaapse kwagga, die mountain zebra as die bergkwagga en daarom ook die plains zebra as die bontkwagga. Dit sou irrasioneel wees om van die plains zebra as n sebra te praat en van die ander twee as kwaggas. Wat die Engelse benaming zebra betref, is daar drie soorte zebra in Suid-Afrika: Hulle is in Engels bekend as die quagga, plains zebra en die mountain zebra. Hul wetenskaplike name is onderskeidelik Equus quagga, Equus burchellii en Equus zebra. Laasgenoemde het twee subspesies: die Cape mountain zebra Equus zebra zebra en Hartmann s mountain zebra van Namibië Equus zebra hartmannae. Die naam kwagga is van Khoi-Khoi-herkoms (kwa:xa) en boots die geroep van n kwagga na, maar ook onder die Khoi-Khoi was daar verskillende streeksname daarvoor. Die jongste boek oor die klassifikasie en wetenskaplike name van soogdiere (Wilson & Reeder 2005 Meer oor Oos-Kaap Ons sal graag meer jagstories wil lees wat in die Oos- Kaap afspeel. Ek lees die WILD & JAG-tydskrif al die afgelope twee dekades. Toe is dit nog die SA WILD & JAG genoem. Ek geniet veral die jagartikels vreeslik. Maar dit voel asof julle die Oos-Kaap afskeep. Dis net Jokl le Roux wat so nou en dan oor die Oos-Kaap skryf. Ons het soveel mooi plekke hier waar mens kan jag en die natuurskoon geniet. Baie dankie vir n goeie tydskrif. Sien uit na die volgende 20 jaar. Oom Basie Redakteur: Jag, wapens en ammunisie Stefan Fouché antwoord: Hallo oom Basie, baie dankie vir die mooi woorde en komplimente. Ons probeer om n goeie balans te handhaaf deur die tydskrif en deur die jaar. Hou gerus die tydskrif dop later die jaar, ek beplan n vaalribbokjag in die berge naby Cradock asook n koedoejag met die.500 NE-dubbelloopgeweer. Dit behoort vir interessante leesstof te sorg! Ek is seker my medeskrywers Jokl le Roux en Laurence Jennings gaan ook weer n draai of twee dié jaar in die Oos-Kaap maak. 3 VOLGENDE MAAND IN NEXT MONTH IN Ranched lion hunting Mega springbuck Safari Book extensive reviews Bullet Talk THE SOUTHERN BUSHBUCK Intensiewe en semi-intensiewe wildproduksie die olifant Virtual fencing an alternative Ekonomie Populisme, landbou en die aanwending van arbeid 9

Oscar Max / Afripics Stefan Fouché Wat is dit van ons beeldskone buurland wat jagters so bekoor? Dis nou maar eenmaal n feit, as jy eers een keer in Namibië gejag het, is daar n soort lus in jou wakker gemaak wat jy slegs met die vars datumstempel van ʼn vriendelike Nampol-beampte op Ariamsvlei se grenspos kan bevredig Is dit die betowering van ʼn enkele ou springbokram met stomp, dik horings wat sy territoriale gebied patrolleer, of ʼn hele trop wat in ʼn pannetjie staan en wei? Is dit die betowering van ʼn alleenloper-gemsbok wat iewers in die suidelike deel van die Kalahari oor ʼn rooi duin beur, of ʼn trop gemsbokke wat in die Khomas Hochland oor die berg verdwyn? Dis maklik. Geen alleenstaande voorbeeld kan die betowering wat Namibië vir ʼn jagter inhou, weergee nie. Dis ʼn sameloop van gebeurtenisse en herinneringe wat ʼn jagter laat terugverlang, dermate dat daar iewers in Februarie- of Maart-maand skoon ʼn hol kol op sy maag loop sit. Dít alles weens die verlange en die uithou wat so ampertjies te veel raak. Die geskarrel om die paspoorte en geweerpermitte in orde te kry, help darem effens om die knopperigheid op ʼn man se krop te verlig. Dit voel minstens of jy aan die gang kom kyk, jy is reeds met die beplanning en goete doenig. Net om vanaand wanneer jy rustig by jou braaiplek in jou vuurtjie sit en staar en so half van die knop vergeet, weer deur ʼn telefoonoproep van ʼn opgewonde vriend aan die jagtrippie, wat eers oor etlike weke begin, herinner te word. Met dié dat jou vriend jou weer heel op hol het met sy oproep en van voor af petrol op die verlange en uitsien-vuur gegooi het, spring jy sommer aan die werk met die vleispermitte. SMS e, e-posse en briewe aan die boer, jou jagmaats en die string name van almal wat ʼn aandeel aan die jag het, doen die rondte soos wat jy laat weet wat aangaan. So sloer die proses voort en jy begin asem skep sodra jy binne ʼn dag of twee 10 GAME & HUNT MARCH 2017