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‘The Big Game’
JuLY / JuLie 2014
Blesbok
vol 20/07
Predator management
Veilings – Prystendense
.300-kalibers
WILD & JAG is ’n onafhanklike maandelikse publikasie vir die breë wildbedryf in Suid-Afrika. Die hoofrolspelers in die wildbedryf, naamlik jagters, wildboere en natuurbewaarders word deur WILD & JAG bedien metgehalte informatiewe artikels en rubrieke oor fauna en flora; jag en wapens; wildproduksie en -bemarking; natuurbewaring en ekobestemmings. Die leser word ook op hoogte gehou van interessante bedryfsnuus –plaaslik en internasionaal.
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GAME & HUNT is an independent monthly publication for the broad game industry in South Africa. The main role-players in the game industry, namely hunters, game ranchers and nature conservationists are servedby GAME & HUNTwith quality informative articles and columns covering fauna and flora; hunting and arms; game production and marketing; nature conservation and eco-destinations. The reader is also kept informedof interesting industry news – locally and international.
While GAME & HUNT operates in close cooperation with organised hunters’, game production and nature conservation organisations, it is editorially and financially independent.Copyright of all content is reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced in any way without the written permission of the publisher. Short text extracts of not more than 60 words may be used withoutprior permission provided the author, the magazine name and date of publication are acknowledged.
The editor reserves the right to change and/or shorten articles. The publisher accepts no responsibility for the content of advertisements. The opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the magazine.
VOORBLAD • COVER
Harper only described the blesbok Damaliscuspygargus phillipsi scientifically as a distinctspecies Damaliscus phillipsi in 1939, based on aram that was shot in the then Orange FreeState. Today the blesbok and the bontebok,both subspecies of Damaliscus pygargus, areknown to differ in at least 13 different geneticmicrosatellite markers. Photo: Robert HardingWorld Imagery / Getty Images/ Gallo Images
Rigby’s latest contribution to big-game huntingis simply called ‘The Big Game’ leaving no ques-tion about its purpose. Read more on p 48.
WILD / GAMEBlesbok 14
JAG / HUNTINGJagwenke – Geslagsbepaling van wild (7) 18Geweerlisensies – ‘nuwe aansoeke nie meer nodig’ 24The Inner Self 33Handwapens wat so ‘vanself’ skiet 37Wêreldkampioen byna dood 44Bowhunting: When things go wrong 51Toe land hy op sy ‘kring’ 58Hunting the imperious impala 55Jungle Man Manda Batho 66Jaggeleenthede 70Jagfotogalery 74
GEWERE & AMMUNISIE / GUNS & AMMUNITIONMASTERSHOT® Skietkompetisie – Kaap 9Kalibers en keuses – ‘Nuwe generasie’ .300-kalibers 22Bullet Talk 30Air rifles: Benchrest Shooting – Getting the most out of your equipment 42
WILDPRODUKSIE, -BESTUUR & BEMARKING / GAME PRODUCTION, RANCHING & MARKETINGVeilingsresultate 78Lewendewild-handel – tendense 83Benutting van reën op ‘n wildplaas 88Hoe belangrik is jag vir wildboer? 92Business in context 96Veilings:Wintershoek / Unyati 108Pilanesberg Game Breeders 122Game-farm management – Roads & firebreaks 116Predators 123Poaching in Africa: Facts, Causes and Solutions 131Predator management 147Making sense of grasses 155Die runderpesstorie – � les in biosekuriteit! 171’n Klip in die Ekobos – Teelkampe se invloed op omgewing 180
NATUUR & BEWARING / NATURE & CONSERVATION Terrorism Act and poaching 105EWT – Ivory, horns, scales, feathers andleaves – going, going ... gone! 143CIC 61st General Assembly 164 & 169Boomaalwyne 176
GEREELD / REGULARBriewe 11 WILD & WRAGTAG Reeks 2 26Teken in en wen! / Subscribe and win! 20WILD & JAG digitaal en op Facebook! 21Kook saam met Jan de Man – Blesboknek in ‘slow cooker’ 1834x4 – Pasop vir kanse waag 189Boeke 69, 191Organisasies – Kontakbesonderhede 193
DIE JAGTER EN DIE WILDBOER
In die artikel “Hoe Belangrik is Jagters vir die Wild-boer?” dui dr Pieter van Niekerk aan dat, terwyljagters gemiddeld 70% plus tot die wildboer seinkomste bydra, hulle indirekte bydrae ten opsigtevan bewaring nie altyd raakgesien word nie. Hy maakdie stelling dat wild, net soos vee, veld kan beskadigas wildgetalle onbeheersd toeneem endrakragvereistes nie in ag geneem word nie.
Dit is hier waar die jagter inkom om die boer te helpmet die bestuur van wildgetalle deur surplusse te jag (en vir die voorregte betaal) terwyl die boer oorbeweiding voorkom en in staat gestel wordom volhoubaar te produseer.
Die syfers wat dr Van Niekerk vir die Oos-Kaap verskaf ten opsigte vandie ekonomiese benutting van tien gewilde jagspesies sal in meerdere ofmindere mate ook op ander provinsies van toepassing wees.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse wildbedryf kan met reg spog met die rol wat wild-boerdery gespeel het in die bewaring van wild en die toename in wild-getalle sedert die sewentigerjare. Ons hoef nie te skroom om dit her-haaldelik te benadruk dat die Limpopoprovinsie se wildplase nou meerwild dra as die hele Nasionale Krugerwildtuin nie en dat wildgetalle opprivaat wildplase landwyd nou meer beloop as die totaal van al dieprovinsiale reservate en nasionale parke nie.
Dit durf nie geskied ten koste van bewaring nie, maar die interaksietussen die jagter, wildboer en bewaarder sal hiervoor sorg.
THE HUNTER AND THE GAME RANCHER
In the article “Hoe Belangrik is Jagters vir die Wildboer?” Dr Pieter vanNiekerk indicates that, while hunters on average contribute 70% plus tothe game rancher’s income, their indirect contribution with regard toconservation sometimes goes unnoticed. He makes the point that game,just like cattle, can damage the veld if game breed uncontrollably andcarrying capacity requirements are not considered.
In this respect hunters play a role to help farmers manage game numbersby hunting surplus animals (and by paying for this privilege) while farm-ers prevent overgrazing and are enabled to produce sustainably.
The figures provided by Dr Van Niekerk for the Eastern Cape with regardto the economic utilisation of ten popular game species will to a greateror lesser extent also apply to other provinces.
The South African game industry can with good reason boast about therole of game ranching in game conservation and the increase in gamenumbers since the seventies. Time and again we can unequivocally statethat game ranches in Limpopo Province currently carry more game thanthe entire Kruger National Park, and that game numbers on private gameranches countrywide now amount to more than that of all the provincialreserves and national parks combined.
This dare not take place at the cost of conservation, but the interactionbetween hunters, game ranchers and conservationists will guarantee this.
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