I've never been to Africa so I don;t have empirical knowledge, but what do your african hunting licenses/tags actually look like? Do you get a printed 'license' like a (US) hunting or fishing license with endorsements etc? Would be curious to see these...

In SA each province will issue licences pre-printed by state and filled in by hand.
Where I hunt in Moz, the same thing.
Normally the licence is animal species specific, although more than one species can be listed on the licence. So in short, yes is the answer, but since there are different provinces and ordinances and regs in play, this is does differ slightly.

There are probably as many variations of licenses as there are countries in Africa. In South Africa alone we have 9 different licenses, plus some permits. In the Free State province a hunter buys one year's license for R 80.00 - which is about $10 - and that allows the hunter to hunt many animals in the season. All hunting birds, and a number of antelope. For many animals a hunting license is not even needed. Some species require the hunter to have a Threatened or Protected Species [TOPS] permit before hunting one. The actual cost of hunting is however much more than just the license, as [essentially] the hunter has to pay the land owner for the animal. To explain in full all the requirements will take a lot of time - it can be confusing even for South Africans!

I'm not at home now and do not have access to a good scanner. As soon as I get home I'll scan a Free State hunting license and post it as a picture.

The good news for foreign hunters is that you only really need to know just one thing about our game laws to hunt here: You have to arrange your hunt through a registered Hunting Outfitter. If you meet this one requirement, all the responsibility for making sure that your hunt is legal then goes to the hunting outfitter (HO) and the Professional Hunter appointed by the HO.

In good hunting.


Andrew McLaren

Thanks for the info, look forward to seeing pics Andrew.

Cheers.

here in tanzania, its a very large permit in triplicate (and NEVER with any carbon). it is an old looking permit that was designed back in colonial days, but still in use (with black rhino still listed on the back).In the many years I have been here, its the only one I know.
Somewhere I have an older hunting permit from Tanganyika (1940s I believe) which like was a small pocket sized bound book)
hope this info helps...

I've hunted three times in two countries and taken about 20 species, including 8 "dangerous" ones, and never seen a license or permit. I assume my PH keeps them.

quote:

I've hunted three times in two countries and taken about 20 species, including 8 "dangerous" ones, and never seen a license or permit. I assume my PH keeps them.

Me either.


.

quote:

Originally posted by TANZ-PH:
here in tanzania, its a very large permit in triplicate (and NEVER with any carbon). it is an old looking permit that was designed back in colonial days, but still in use (with black rhino still listed on the back).

That is the form of license that has been issued to me in Tanzania. It's a type-set form that was completed by hand by our game scouts.

Kind of quaint.

quote:

Originally posted by TANZ-PH:
here in tanzania, its a very large permit in triplicate (and NEVER with any carbon). it is an old looking permit that was designed back in colonial days, but still in use (with black rhino still listed on the back).In the many years I have been here, its the only one I know.
Somewhere I have an older hunting permit from Tanganyika (1940s I believe) which like was a small pocket sized bound book)
hope this info helps...

Tanz-Ph:

The documents you are referring to are a Game Hunting Permit currently issued to tourist hunters (clients) which indeed has never been updated since Independence (50 years ago) and about time a new self-inking format was introduced.

A copy of this permit is never released to the client - he/she signs it at the end of the hunt
and returned to the Game Dept. for admin. purposes (though I agree that at least 1 of the 3 copies should remain with the client who has paid for it).

The second one (blue booklet - if memory serves me well) corresponds to the General Game License (valid 1 year) which was issued to residents during the colonial era. This license listed the entire permitted quota for the calendar year except for Elephant/Rhino permits which were issued separately in the form of Supplementary Game Licenses.

Would be interesting to know in whose name the General Game License was endorsed - could well be regarded as a collector's item today.

Really interesting information guys thanks! It's little minutiae stuff that can provide unexpected insight to thing. Would be very cool to see that form that had not been updated since independence... what's that saying... ces't l'Afrique??