Gary Reeder
just like the guys said below, it has to be at
Wednesday, December 09, 2020, 13:57

least 8" barrel and a scope permanently attached. Also no semi autos at all, no rimfires and no shotguns. Single shot handguns are fine as are revolvers with the above listed exceptions. Bolt action or pump rifles are fine too. These are the rules as of this past January. If there are any new rules they will be released after Jan. 1st.

I book an African hunt every year or so and usually book 12 hunters plus me. If you do decide to go to Africa you have to go thru and with a registered PH and there are several forms to fill out plus you have to have a passport. Hunting with handguns is mainly South Africa. other countries may OK it but lots of high dollar special permits and so on. But South Africa is where the trophy animals are. At one time I had 39 animals in the top 10 handgun and 19 in the top 5, so the trophy animals are there. One thing to stay away from, unless you know the outfitter is package hunts. In many caes the PH will go to one of the animal sales a week or so before you get there and buy the animals that are on th package hunt list. Then when you get there they ride you around in a Land Cruiser arund and around in a 300 to 500 acre pasture and you see one of your animals and shoot it. You end up getting the 5 animals you wanted but got immature animals and were cheated out of seeing the real Africa. If the outfitter doesn't hunt at least 75,000 to 100,000 acres you are getting screwed.

All of our hunts are on government concessions or 125,000 to 225,000 acres.

If you decide to go I would do so in the next year or two as the anti hunters are really strong in Africa and hunting there may be on it's last legs.