Location: Namibia PH: Johann Veldsman of SHONA Hunting Adventures Hunting guide/tracker: Tjokkie Tsiveze PH’s rifles: CZ 550 9.3 x 62 with Burris 1-5 X scope for plains game Winchester M 70 .416 Remington Magnum with iron sights for dangerous game both rifles hand loaded with Barnes TSX bullets My rifle: Winchester M 70 .375 H&H...Read More
Just home after spending 14 days on a PG safari in Namibia. We were four hunters and one photographer from Norway who booked directly with Shona Hunting Adventures, owned and operated by our own Johann Veldsman. www.shona-adventures.com The trip was divided into three parts. First hunting on a big cattle/ low fence game farm bordering Etosha...Read More
My brother Dave and I just returned from an outstanding first visit to Africa for plains game hunting in north-central Namibia with Johann and Vera Veldsmann of http://www.shona-adventures.com/ booked through Ann Horsman of Aspen Hill Adventures with travel arrangements by Kathi Klimes of Wild Travel. Things started out off kilter leaving from Indianapolis when our flight was...Read More
Well I got back Tuesday night and I’m still running on Africa time. To start this was my first hunt in Namibia and I was looking for something different than a small farm RSA hunt, I was not disappointed. Shona is about 2 hours out of Outjo set in a hilly area and is owned...Read More
My Return To Namibia in 2007 Day One I am going to skip most of the travel part except to say that the long layover and day room in Frankfurt were worth their weight in gold. I arrived in Windhoek almost refreshed and ready to go. Johann met me at the airport even before...Read More
Introduce Your Wife to Africa – Do’s and Don’ts – Donald Roxby My son, Clay, called me out of the clear blue a few years back and asked me if I would like to go with him to Africa to hunt plains game. My immediate thought was it would be too expensive. Clay had looked...Read More
Hard Won Kudu – Donald Roxby The Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). Hundreds of stories have been written about this regal creature. I thought to myself that no hunting magazine would accept another article about Kudu. The articles are too common and readers get tired of reading the same old stories. So why would I pick this topic...Read More
A Journal of My First Safari to Africa 07-31-06 to 08-11-06 Day 1 I hate to sound corny but I can’t believe that I am actually on my way to Africa. Although the first leg of my journey is complete I still have over 24 hours to go till I get to Windhoek. Then there...Read More
