Hi
iam a avid hunter/shooter/gunbug that has a question?

Is there any phs here that would like me to work with them in a safari camp for a while so i can get some safariexpeience under my belt?

I will work good and behave polite, if there is a baboon proble or any other sort of that kind of culling, i could help you with that.

i am very interrested in working down there and i hope that i have something to contribute with. i have my own guns that i can bring down aswell. so call out if this if i could be of any help to the safari.

Is there any PH who can afford to give this guy a free safari?

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Originally posted by wimpie:
Is there any PH who can afford to give this guy a free safari?

Would it be legal? Afterall the alien would be taking work away from the usual local staffing. Work permit, visa, passport issues, for a prolonged stay for what reason, etc.???

There is the usual route of apprenticeship for a PH in training, just about impossible for an alien in the country who is not already a PH in another African country.

Naive on the part of mr. rigby.

As I said free SAFARI not work.

The legalities would depend on the individual country concerned.... but the sad truth is that there are a lot of youngsters out there that would love any kind of a job in an African hunting camp and it's extremely unlikely that most if any will get lucky...... those very few that do, will have to live like the staff, work extremely long hours (probably) without a salary and will spend at least the first year or two fixing trucks, tyres and roads etc..... If they're lucky, they might get to help the skinners out.....

The cold hard truth is that there are PHs (let alone just keen amateurs) out there willing to do much the same thing for much the same rewards in the hope of gaining experience........ We probably get at least one e-mail every 2 weeks from young PHs willing to work for tips so they can get experience. - Some even offer to pay us...

I sympathise with this and other young men in similar situations - but my advice would be to forget it and instead find a good job that pays well and pay for a hunting safari.... and I also wish him the very best of luck.....

There's also the factor that a lot of youngsters see the hunting industry as romantic or glamerous or something...... but it's not. Some parts of it are fun but it ain't so glamerous when the skinner has disappeared up his own ass and you're skinning a bushbuck at 2 AM in the light of a torch and you have to be up at 6 AM to go hunting......

Free safari? That is the ultimate oxymoron indeed. Preposterous! Why, that sounds criminal.

I did it in 2000. Got lucky I guess.. Stayed there for almost 6 months and then turned around and did it again with the same company in '01 for a 5 month stint.. But again, I guess I was extremely lucky!! Also did it in New Zealand as well..

Well itried, i think i`ll try to be a gunwriter or get a job in a gunstore. Did you know that there is no Norwegian Weatherby importer since Noram who imported quit the deal a few years ago? that makes me thinking about perhap working in a store and getting to import them.

What a bout a ph course in africa ,just to have tryed it and use the benefit of it on safaris later?

i have a m-70 classic sm laong action in 300 win mag, i`m build it into 300 weatherby . the thing is , is it allright with a 23 or 24 inch barrel, it has a 26 inch now. in semi-varminterstyle. what kind of goodies would be fine on a rifle. stainless or blued steel. walnut or laminated stock. i might mention that`ll be used in the fall when the weatherr can be bad.

Scottyboy, how did you that, and how was it?

If you need trained help in RSA you go to Ellisras and shake a big tree, at least 20 ph's will fall out of it.

I agrre with Steve, everybody think it is very romantic to be a ph, first it is damn hard work to become one, it cost you a lot of money to get an equiped vehicle and all the hunting equipment and then you work your butt off with very little sleep while you have clients. Clients pays a lot of money for their safari and it is your job to ensure that they have a good time, you do not spare yourself.

mr rigby their are a lot of nicer jobs in the world. You still sound young and young people do not want to live a celebate life.

worked for an outfitter over here in the States that had some buddies who ran an outfitting business in SA..and got hooked up by them!!

well i find a rich young beautiful girl and merry her and go on many safaris then,

Mr Rigby

You mentioned PH courses. - SA has something called the Aliens Act which makes it illegal for non residents to take PH courses and for PH academies to offer the courses to non residents. They never used to enforce it but since we started getting a lot of indiginous immigrants (both legal and otherwise) they now do.......... We used to offer a similar course to non residents - it was called the African Master Hunters Course and based on the PH course with a few changes to make it more suitable to non residents - but our hunting operation just got so busy and it was such a pain in the ass trying to get the students to all arrive on the same day, we had to stop the courses.

thats my luck, ill scrounge up cash and book safaries then.

Shakari

do you have any culling hunts? i dont have so much cash yet so that is what i would like to start with in african hunting

Mr Rigby,

No, 'fraid not - As you'll see from our website, most of our hunting is for Dangerous Game as the primary quarry..... and to a lesser extent, plains game trophy hunting.....

There's a few guys here that might be able to help you though....... might be worth you checking with Jaco Human.

do you have his e-mail? do you know about limpopo safaries and one of their ph mies cronje

You can get Jaco at jacohu@mweb.co.za

If you have skype, you can talk to him FOC at jacohuman.

Sorry, I don't know the company you mention.....

Mr. Rigby,

If you take the time to read this thread you created, you'll find Jaco Humans contact info a few posts above.

allright, im reading now.

that firm has a cullinghunt but i dont have 5000 us pluss plainticket for it, others have a ordinary antilope hunt 3000 us pluss trophyfees, the plainticket is included, thats throug an norwegian outfitter, but they donr have cullinghunt, which i want to start with.

Sir,

Are you pulling our collective legs? There are no free hunts for foreigners in SA or anywhere else for that matter.

Now if you are a brain surgeon or even a master diesel mechanic, you might find someone willing to take you on. But frankly if you were you would have the money to pay for a real hunt.

mr rigby

Hope you are going well my china ...

If you are wanting to further yourself it might just be a good idea to let us all know your basic CV so we know how to handle your request. You know, all the basics that mean something like age personal status living abode/location and the normal things that are applicable so a potential samaritan can offer you something or if not some compass bearing to follow

Cheers, Peter

i`m on it, ill post it in little while.


okay, here it is

age 26

educated in wilderness tourism (how to manage small business, pr, client handling and so forth.

born and raised on a norwegian farm so i want too see some other farms.

ill post more later , but if there is someone who would like to have some help, send a pm and ill post more things.

I noticed on another thread you shoot a 450 NE double rifle...how did a Norwegian farmer with no money get such a fine rifle?

I just realized it is summer time here in the USA and the kids are home looking for something to do!

its not a double, its a ruger nr 1 wich i got cheap because the 500 jeffrey iwas going to buy, was sold to a nother one by a mistake.