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…

Dear friends, We are extremely proud to announce that the USFWS has approved the importation of a legally hunted lion from our Kalahari Concession into the USA for 2017. Based on the information we have received their “enhancement criteria” will not change until the end of 2019, in which case we are certain that applications for this period will be approved. This is a real feather in our caps! Our Concession is…

Hunt will take place on a 50 000+ acre game reserve which has not been hunted for years. The reserve is home to a substantial buffalo population as well as other big 5 species and plains game. 1 x 1, 7 nights 6 hunting days @ $13,520.00 2 x 1, 7 nights 6 hunting days @ $11,950.00 per hunter This includes daily rate, airport transfers, buffalo license and trophy fee, valid for 2017…