Congratulations! Hans Vermaak wins the BASIE MAARTENS Professional Hunter of the Year Award at the annual CPHC (Custodians of Professional Hunting & Conservation) AGM in November 2019. This award, presented by Craig Maartens, recognizes a Professional Hunter or Outfitter acting as a PH in the trophy hunting profession for his exemplary ethics, trophy quality, personal conduct and dedication to his profession, over-all hunting skills, any act of bravery and comradeship exhibited…

Dear friends, Swapping their safari gear for something a lot more colourful, PH Clive Curtis and tracker Jack took part in an exhillirating parachute jump over Zululand in support of Project Rhino! Skydive for Rhinos is a fundraising initiative of Project Rhino that started in 2012 and has become a wonderful conservation awareness campaign to stop wildlife crime and to save our Rhinos. This year the Skydive for Rhinos came to Zululand, home to…

BY HANS VERMAAK Trey and his family arrived in the Kalahari for their first safari in Africa in June 2018. Clive and I were booked as the PHs and we were anxious to get cracking with the hunt. Trey was after Buffalo and his children had a variety of plains game on the menu. Buffalo hunting is addictive, and I doubt there is a PH in Africa who doesn’t get…

Early 2017 proved a pivotal point in my hunting career. I was part of something I’d previously thought unimaginable, to the point that a considered response to the question, "How would you like to do a white rhino hunt—a proper walk and stalk with your Double, on the largest concession in South Africa?" had never entered my thought process. Surprisingly I didn't laugh, choke, or chortle, but asked the standard questions for…

Dear Friends We have the very best hunting areas in SA for the elusive Nyala and its mysterious cousin, the Cape Bushbuck. The Nyala occurs naturally in the southern and eastern regions of Southern Africa, in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The most prolific populations by far are found in South Africa, primarily in the eastern regions of Kwa Zulu Natal province. Nyala have been introduced to a number…

Dear friends, Concerned professional hunters who rejected the hunting of Captive Bred predators and the recent constitution adopted by PHASA, met today (6 December 2017) in Johannesburg and founded a new professional hunting association to be known as “Custodians of Professional Hunting and Conservation South Africa” Our mission statement: To promote ethical and responsible professional hunting To demonstrate and enhance conservation and ecologically sustainable development through the responsible use of…

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If you consider that in our world today, most people are living in urban or peri-urban settlements and that most of the face of our earth has been highly modified by various forms of industrial and agricultural development, it really is not surprising that the majority of mankind has lost its connectedness with nature in its pure form. In reality, only a pitiful percentage of wild places remain, surrounded by…

2015 was a roller coaster ride for the global hunting community. Cecil the lion has changed the landscape of hunting, especially in Africa. It is astounding to me how one 13 year old Lion and a Dentist attracted such phenomenal international attention for approximately a two week period, making headlines day after day on CNN and other major news outlets. Cecil, now the most famous Lion on earth, adorned the…