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Posted: June 18, 2009 - 9 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]

The High Court in South Africa has just ruled that the hunting of canned lions can no longer take place. Canned lions in this court decision are clasified as being captive bred lions. An appeal will be lodged against the court decision on Friday, June 19th, 2009. If the appeal is lost it will effectively mean that the future of 4,000+ lions will be jeopardy. Owners of these lions will most definitely have to get rid of these lions as the cost of upkeep is just too high if no income can be generated from these lions. The will probably have to be killed as nobody will take on these lions. The cost of the upkeep of a lion can amount to as much as 20,000USD in a 5 year period.

For now the hunting of captive bred lions will continue in South Africa. But it could be stopped completely in the near future. In that scenario the pressure on wild populations will most definitely increase, and many hunters who wishes to hunt lion might be deprived of doing so.

Executive hunt

Posted: June 11, 2009 - 2 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]

Category: Hunting

If all goes well, we'll land an executive hunt for 3 hunters within the next 7-14 days - Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Rhino, Hippo, Croc - one of each for each of the hunters! Plus some plains game inbetween! May God help to make this dream hunt come true!

Taxidermy in South Africa

Posted: June 9, 2009 - 6 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]

Category: Hunting

I was introduced to a taxidermy by Eric Nysse (enysse on HN) that I thought was worth looking at. They are called Splitting Image Taxidermy.

I had a long telephone conversation with Doug Cockcroft, the owner of Splitting Image. Doug is a great guy, and I'm going to make an effort to get down to Grahamstown (Eastern Cape) to go see Doug. He's quality of work seems to be way above average, and his prices even better. Doug assured me that he has a turnover time of (in most cases) not more than 6 months. During these hard financial times it is good to know that there are taxidermies that are still fairly well priced, and deliver excellent quality work.

Doug also assured me that he will pick up trophies in Gauteng/Limpopo/North West/KZN which is a seriously big plus for me. I'm going to start using Doug as I believe one needs to be sensitive to clients as well when it comes to price.

If anyone wishes to check out Doug's work, go to his website at www.splittingimagetaxidermy.co.za. All his contact details are on there.

Thank you Eric

SAHunter

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