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Are there still British hunters,taking the big 5 in Africa??? Its mainly American members and a few members from Europe and a few from Australia/New Zealand posting here.I know there is at least one British PH posting here. Do you guys meet many British hunters in Africa and to the PHs that post here do you have many British clients??


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I guess I'm the Brit PH.... British by birth and English by the grace of God. Wink Wink

I guess about a third of our client base are Brits. (from a very wide range of backgrounds). The rest would be split about equally between Americans and Europeans...... Again, from a wide variety of backgrounds.






 
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Hi Shakari from another Brit PH.....British by birth and married an Afrikaner thumb

As I do mainly bowhunting and any form of hunting with bows are illegal in the UK Confused my client base from the UK is small, mainly the States and Europe and then they can only take plains game as the Big 5 is illegal to hunt with the bow in Namibia.

Rifle hunting is more popular with the Brits but again not as much as other countries.


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Hi Nampom

Where are you in Namibia and where in the UK are you from?

I'm originally from Kent by way of various parts of Berkshire and now in White River RSA. - Although we now operate in a variety of African countries.






 
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I think that when Britain's colonies became independant hunting for big game hunting by Brits came to an almost complete stop. Up until that time they could hunt in waht was then paradise for next to nothing. It was one of the perks of a military job in India and Africa.

But they invented trophy hunting along with Rowland Ward's Record Book and they haven't forgotten their roots. Also North Sea oil seems to have helped their economy.

Now after a cessation of many years they are coming back in steadily increasing numbers. I think the thing that held them up for so many years was the thought of having to pay for something that was formerly free.

Same with Canadians but for slightly different reason. Canadians have been much slower than Americans to buy African safaris because they live in a fairly uninhabited country and can buy a moose or bear tag for $50 and they they can have a good time for peanuts so why spend 1,000 times that much and not be able to use the meat.


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Shakari.....I was born in Bath and then emigrated to Scotland Wink for 12 years then back to the New Forest were they still live.

I have now been in Namibia for 14 years. I am up in the north-west of Namibia, south of Kamanjab and do mainly bowhunting, I am the owner/ outfitter of Vieranas Safaris.

How long have you been out in SA and how is your Afrikaans?

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I've been living in SA for 6 years now but running the business since 1990..... and my first African hunt was 10 years before that.

'Fraid my Afrikaans is pretty lousy. Roll Eyes

How were your rains this year? - Our's came very late but as it turned out were very good....






 
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I know Abigal Day is a British huntress and has taken the Big Five. Also believe she is president of the British SCI. I've read several articles she has written and she seems to do it the right way! She shot a hell of a big tusker with Russ Broom's outfit in Zim...something like 80 pounds per side a year or so ago.


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I don't really want to answer for Nampom, but I have a little bush camp south of Kamanjab where I go every year for a while .. lots of rain this year .. grass at the tops of fence posts, the land owner informed me a couple of days ago .. Roll Eyes
 
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Big rains in Namibia this year. I book for Kamanjab Trophy Hunting and Helmke had to mow around some water holes this year...that must be something different for sure!
Now if I could just get those rains on my ranches in west Texas...we damn sure are not having to mow out there...too dry!


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Yes, Namibia had a good rains season this year over much of the country, Windhoek had the best rain season since they started recording rain figures.

The town Mariental in the south got badly flooded when the upper banks of the Fish River overflowed.

Was in the same boat as Helmke this week clearing shoulder height grass at the waterholes and constantly on the lookout for Leopard as we have had fresh tracks every day.

Scruffy where is your camp?

Happy Easter to all from a rainy Namibia
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All the best
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"The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport" Saxton Pope
 
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Hi Nampom

Where are you in Namibia and where in the UK are you from?

I'm originally from Kent by way of various parts of Berkshire and now in White River RSA. - Although we now operate in a variety of African countries.


Shakari,

If you know him do you have Ekim's contact info. He does the bone jewelry in White River.
 
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FMA,

'Fraid I don't know him at all...... do you know where in White River his shop/workshop/outlet is? - If you can give me some idea, I'll try to track him down if you want me to.......






 
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FMA,

'Fraid I don't know him at all...... do you know where in White River his shop/workshop/outlet is? - If you can give me some idea, I'll try to track him down if you want me to.......

He's an out there dude. If you are driving from the new shopping center that has the car museum back into town, you bang a right by the speedtrap and he's on the left accross from the car repair place.
 
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OK, Well I know the Casterbridge Motor Museum and only live a few minutes drive from there on White River Country Estate close to Oliver's Restaurant...... if you drive past the speed trap Confused you have the "indiginous" but station on your right by the traffic lights..... and then where? If it's on the left just past those lights it's open ground that's just been laid out for building....... if you turn right there you go into the bus station....






 
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OK, Well I know the Casterbridge Motor Museum and only live a few minutes drive from there on White River Country Estate close to Oliver's Restaurant...... if you drive past the speed trap Confused you have the "indiginous" but station on your right by the traffic lights..... and then where? If it's on the left just past those lights it's open ground that's just been laid out for building....... if you turn right there you go into the bus station....


I was kidding with the directions. That's what I remember, but was driven there by the furniture maker who owns that shopping center and the car museum. It's been a year almost.
 
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Oh OK.

The guy who drove you is Hans Van De Merwe then..... a very nice guy who also lives on the Country Estate. He actually owns the entire Casterbridge Centre.

did you visit Lifeform Taxidermy when you were here? ..... and come to that, where did you stay?






 
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Oh OK.

The guy who drove you is Hans Van De Merwe then..... a very nice guy who also lives on the Country Estate. He actually owns the entire Casterbridge Centre.

did you visit Lifeform Taxidermy when you were here? ..... and come to that, where did you stay?


Hans made some stuff from my friends in Houghton and I was looking at possibly using him for some furniture production. Ended up working with Silvio Rech's brother in Joburg. Very nice guy. Hans is the one who introduced me to Ekim, who it tuend out is one of the subcontractors to a bag company with whom I was working.
 
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So where are you from? - Your profile seems to be blank....

Sleeperwoods is another big furniture setup here. They're not really my cup of tea but to each his own. They have a showroom in Casterbridge as well.....






 
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So where are you from? - Your profile seems to be blank....

Sleeperwoods is another big furniture setup here. They're not really my cup of tea but to each his own. They have a showroom in Casterbridge as well.....


From south Georgia originally, live in NYC. Have the only safari outfitter on Madison Ave.
 
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So where are you from? - Your profile seems to be blank....

Sleeperwoods is another big furniture setup here. They're not really my cup of tea but to each his own. They have a showroom in Casterbridge as well.....


Agree with your assessment on Sleeperwoods.
 
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Sheeeit, you came a long way for furniture! Wink






 
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Sheeeit, you came a long way for furniture! Wink


Happy with how it turned out, though it took 2 yrs to get just right.

http://fmallen.com/roorkhee_folding_chair/
 
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Not only a nice chair but a nice site..... PM sent.






 
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FMA

Like (Steve) AKA Shakari says, that is a nice website.

That bit of HISTORY on Bunny Allen is very interesting as well

Bunny Allen History

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