Just to let you know that PH Andre Van Deventer got nailed by a wounded buff (in the Congo) this morning.

Injuries to collarbone, chest & head. So it sounds like his injuries are fairly severe.

He's undergoing surgery in Brazzaville now & will then be flown to RSA for further treatment.

Damn rough year for the PH profession. Sorry to hear this.

Sorry to hear as well. It seems when it rains it pours this year. Ugly for sure. I wish him and his family the best.

Obviously a dwarf buffalo... always heard they were mean little bastards!

Praying for a complete and quick recovery.

It's an epidemic!

If anybody gets the lowdown on this please post or PM me. I would like to get up over on DSC Daily.

Thanks guys.

WISHING HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY!

Damn tough break. Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

As Will says, "There is no such thing as to much gun."

Mike

Boy this has been a rough season so far!

Our small prayers are sent.

Be safe out there folks!

I think if I was an African PH, I would take the rest of the year off!

465H&H

Prayers and best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Sorry to hear.

I was hoping to add more detail but when I went to check what I had read elsewhere, it was another PH who was killed.

Have cut and pasted from another forum.


"it has been aired that a PH in Cameroon has also been killed June the 4th.

Jean Charles Sacaze, formerly gunmaker (gold medal, among the best makers in France (Japaneses say living treasure) in Champagne, got a block in Cameroon and entered in the PH career. He founded Cam safaris. A perfect wet zone for bongo, red buff and sitatunga.

A client wounded a dwarf red buff. As it was in pouring rain, instead of letting the buff cool down from its wound, JC decided to follow up immediately before the rain could washed the track off. Progressing in deep jungle bush (the habitat of the dwarf buff) he was charged and killed.
The dwarf buff is living in dense forest (bako) and should be approached very close to have an opportunity to shoot. To make matter worse this mini-buff is very agressive. For having hunted in this type of jungle, I can assure You that visibility is rarely more than 5m. Luc my cousin and his PH stopped in their progression in dense forest when hearing the clap of élephant's ear. The ele was at 3m and they hadn't see it.
No visibility and the rain muffling any sound, the buff had all the assets.
Jean Charles Sacaze lived the life he has chosen, RIP."

Tough year... RIP

i am not sure what is worse- getting hammered by a buff or undergoing ANY treatment in Brazzaville. prayers to him for a speedy recovery

Wishing him a speedy recovery

Sorry to hear that he passed away, RIP.

We're talking about two separate incidents here and just to clarify matters:

PH Andre Van Deventer was badly injured in the Congo yesterday. As far as my information goes, he's alive but has what must be fairly severe injuries to his collarbone, chest and head. He underwent surgery in Brazzerville yesterday and the plan is to medivac him back to South Africa today.

The incident that 505G reported is entirely different and happened in Cameroon.

I was just thinking about this yesterday as i watched TAA. There was small segment with Owain Lewis in it.

Hopefully the injured PH will recover fully.

I think ill go practice with the .375 somemore.

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Originally posted by shakari:
Just to let you know that PH Andre Van Deventer got nailed by a wounded buff (in the Congo) this morning.

Injuries to collarbone, chest & head. So it sounds like his injuries are fairly severe.

He's undergoing surgery in Brazzaville now & will then be flown to RSA for further treatment.

The same Andre van Deventer who was involved in the Rhino poaching?

Absolutely no idea I'm afraid.

Andre is one of the finest PHs and best trackers that I have come across. Andre guided me to my bongo this spring and guided my daughter to her cape buffalo a few years ago.
His knowledge and understanding of the game he is persuing is uncanny. I have not heard the details, but I suspect a client was involved. Andre is brave without being foolhardy.
I wish him a complete and speedy recovery.

Jim

As I understand it, the client had previously wounded the buff and it charged during the follow up.

I have no idea if it's the same family as the ones linked to the rhino thing but FWIW Van Deventer is a fairly common name in Africa.

http://www.huntingreport.com/w...te.cfm?articleid=610



PHs Seriously Injured in Congo and Mozambique

(posted August 06, 2012)

The Hunting Report has word of two more Professional Hunters who have been seriously injured in the bush over the last few days. The first is Andre Van Deventer of Congo Safaris, who was gored by a buffalo. The other is Stu Taylor of Kambako Safaris in Mozambique. Taylor was accidently shot by a client while hunting. Here is what we know at this time:

According to Ivena Rossouw of Congo Safaris, Van Deventer was tracking a wounded dwarf forest buffalo when he was gored last Wednesday, August 1, 2012. A client had shot the buffalo earlier that day, and they tracked it in a dense area of the forest. The buffalo launched from the underbrush about 20 feet from them. Both Van Deventer and the client shot the buffalo, but the distance was so small that the animal reached Van Deventer. According to Rossouw, getting Van Deventer to help required first cutting a path through the forest in order to carry him out. He was then taken to a clinic in Pokola, Congo-Brazzaville, for treatment until he could be medevaced to South Africa on Friday. He was scheduled to undergo surgery today.

Van Deventer is the head PH and on-the-ground manager for Congo Safaris. His partner, Gert Saimaan, is stepping in to conduct this season's safaris with the help of their second PH, "Danie." Rossouw says hunts will continue as planned.

In Mozambique, John "Jumbo" Moore, managing director of Kambako Safaris, reports that PH Stu Taylor was accidentally shot from behind by a client while hunting on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Taylor was medevaced from Kambako's concession in the Niassa Reserve to the Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. He underwent surgery on Sunday, August 05, 2012. His status as of this morning was unknown. Moore declined to provide any more details on the accident until Taylor's prognosis is clear. - Editor Barbara Crown

Get well soon. I'd love to hunt those nasty little (relatively) bastards one day.

Just finished talking with Andre and the good news is " He is back in Action". Headed on an elephant hunt in Mozambique and then back to the Congo. Great news!
Jim

http://www.wildtv.ca/preview/4...fessionals_the-congo


Link to Shockey in the Congo hunting buffalo. Incredibly heavy cover to follow up a wounded buffalo.

Glad to hear Andre made a full recovery.