Monday, March 11, 2013

My Family


 

 

Hi all,

 

I would like to give you a background on myself and how I my family have got involved in my life as well as how they have supported me over the last 9 years.

 The saying goes, if you can’t beat them join them. Well with plenty of begging, just kidding. It all started with our eldest son David, who like his mother, knew very little about hunting. It was time to introduce both of them to my life and see if the bug would bite him too.

 Early one cold winter’s morning we set off to hunt Springbuck in our famous Karoo in the Northern Province of South Africa. A good animal to start out your hunting career with! We had planned to hunt Springbuck for 2 days and have the meat processed for our families. The best way to hunt them as a first timer is to sit in ambush and wait for them to come to you. We had got ourselves into a great ambush position and could see 360 deg around us. We had not been there long when a group of Springbuck started making their way towards us. David started to shake with excitement, so I needed to calm him. They were coming closer and closer. This young lad was ready for his first experience. A good old male stopped 120 yards from us. David settled the cross hairs on his shoulder and he bucked with the shot. Perfect! Straight through the heart! He did not stop there; yes Sir the bug had him. Down another one went. I was a proud parent. The pictures tell the story.

 


           

Next up was Grace, she was very keen on shooting an air rifle but did not want to shoot an animal, but wanted to catch a fish. We are very fortunate to have a beach house and we were there on holiday with my mom. The kids wanted to go fishing, so off we went to pump some sand prawns for bait and we were soon on the banks of the lagoon. The boys were not very impressed as the only one to catch a fish was the only little girl among them. Bitter sweet! We had all decided this was to be breakfast for the next day, but our little girl decided the fish would miss its family so she let it go. GIRLS!

 It was Ryan’s turn now. He was old enough to handle a rifle and had been shooting his BB gun quite a lot and was now ready to tackle a .22 rifle. It was time to introduce him to hunting. Our prey, Guinefowl! A couple of missed shots before we finally got close enough to those wary birds and Ryan got his first animal. The bug now had him too. A proud father!  He has already given me a list of all the animals he wants to hunt. A Crocodile! Dream on mate! Impala! That will work!

 


       
We soon started enjoying the hunting and family fun together and I was able to share some great moments with my family. David soon got to hunt other species! I was able to hunt Waterbuck, Zebra and Common Reedbuck with my family present. Zebra and Waterbuck of which I took with my bow!


 

I would like to thank my wonderful family for their support and enjoying our time together as well as the times we will share in the future. Vanessa you have been an inspiration in my life. I love you all. Thank you!

This is how legends are made. Doing outdoor things with your family keeps you close together and them wanting more. Keep them inspired as this is how hunters become legends.

Bring your families and come and share your hunting dreams with us.
 

Kind regards