Amaphisi Safaris loves the challenge to cater for the atypical African hunter, wanting something else than the typical, or wanting to use a hunting method different from the the typical accurate rifle and telescope combination to make sure he gets his trophies in the salt.
1. Bowhunting:
Over the years both Jason and Dewald have enjoyed bowhunting themselves, and guided numerous successful bow hunts. Depending on the species the client is after, we have successfully bow hunted from pit blinds, ground blinds, walked and stalked up to a n animal or even guided bushpig at night with bows.
2. Wingshooting:
This is usually reserved as an afternoon or day break from hard hunting, but at Amaphisi we will gladly cater for as many days of wingshooting as the client or group desires, and also accommodate large groups who wish to only hunt birds in Africa.
The Kwa-Zulu Natal midlands, Mpumalanga as well as the Free State province offers very good guinea fowl hunting, waterfowl hunting and plenty of pigeon shooting. When we take a hunting party to the Kalahari Desert, we always try and plan to make time for a fantastic afternoon, hidden in the flight path around a water whole, hunting Namaqua Sandgrouse as they come in to drink. These birds are true aviators, and I can think of few more fun things to do than collect a daily bag of Namaqua and Burchell’s Sandgrouse with a lightweight 20 gauge or, 16 gauge shotgun, firing away for the afternoon. The bag limit is 5 birds of each species.
3. Handgun Hunting:
As a keen handgun hunter, Dewald is especially fond of guiding handgun hunters on plains game. The method we use is almost exclusively walk and stalk, extremely slowly through the bush, and getting the hunter on to a dead rest or shooting sticks to secure a good first shot. The second method is to sit above a well-used game trail, waiting patiently for an animal to pass. For the latter constant monitoring on various trail cameras on the property is essential. Contrary to popular stories going around, it is perfectly legal to bring a bolt-action handgun, revolver or Thompson’s Contender into South Africa, and hunt with it in all nine provinces.
4. Hunting with Vintage and Open Sighted Rifles:
The icon of African hunting is the large bore British double rifle. Every hunter’s dream is of a string of Swahili porters crossing the Ruvuma or Zambezi River in front of him with 70 plus pound ivory slung over their shoulders, and him following, boots tied around the neck and Double rifle over the shoulder. The mighty Nimrod bringing in his loot after a three-month Safari, before setting out again. We have all read countless books on hunting the Africa of yesteryear, but the reality is those days are gone for good.
At Amaphisi we encourage hunters to use the tools of their preference, but only hunters skilled at open sighted marksmanship should attempt this endeavour, and we will always advise that the hunter brings a second scoped rifle if needed, uses one of ours, or has a quick-detachable riflescope that can be fitted to his open sighted rifle. However, for the competent marksman, few things are so rewarding as taking a trophy or even cull animal, at ultra short distance with his British double, Winchester 1895 .405 Winchester, Rigby highland stalker or commercial A-type Mauser. Speak to us before the hunt and we can make that dream come true, and add that extra special memory to that one trophy in your trophy room or office.
Pricing
Alternative hunting methods are priced according to the pricelist on the website. Please note different properties in different provinces can have major price differences. That will be quoted in writing and discussed with the hunter well in advance.
