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Christmas Message

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Christmas Message 2024

13 December 2024

Dear colleagues

As the year draws to a close, we take a moment to pause and set aside the year’s challenges and achievements to wrap up a few final tasks. At the same time, we embrace the festive season by mentally decorating Christmas trees, wrapping gifts, and cherishing time with family and friends.

Amid the hustle and bustle, it is vital to reflect on the true essence of Christmas — a season of faith and generosity. It is a time for love, laughter, peace, joy, togetherness, and heartfelt gratitude.

To every member of SA Hunters, thank you for a year rich in memories, celebrating the good times and standing together through challenges. Your unwavering support and camaraderie define who we are. During good and bad times our members’ culture of unwavering support carried us.

I wish everyone a festive season with perfect golden moments. May your heart and soul smile. May your days be filled with wonder and gratitude, but above all… may the STAR of Christmas fill your life with grace, love, and hope. May the essence of Christmas flow through your veins and gladden your heart, and never forget that a King was born for us with the name JESUS.

I wish you a blessed Christmas and a 2025 filled with prosperity, happiness, and peace for you and your loved ones.

Kind regards
Basie Bergh
President and acting CEO

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National Office and Shop Dates

SA Hunters national office will close on 13 December 2024 and reopen on 8 January 2025. The SA Hunters Shop will close on 20 December 2024 and reopen on 8 January 2025.

The shop remains open slightly longer to allow members to make late Christmas purchases.

Lucky draw buffalo hunt 2025

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SA Hunters launched its 2025 buffalo hunt competition during Congress on 2 November 2024. This hunt takes place from 9 to 18 April 2025 along the Kavango River.

  • Return flights from OR Tambo to Kasane in Botswana
  • Road transport from Kasane to the hunting area
  • Hunting of a buffalo bull, blue wildebeest and a Chapman’s zebra in the Bolerwa community conservation, offered by Ndumo Safari’s
  • All accommodation, meals and refreshments for 7 hunting days
  • Two nights’ accommodation in the Caprivi River Lodge (excluding meals and drinks)
  • One day’s bird watching or fishing on the Kavango River
  • Dipping and packaging of trophies and transport to Windhoek by Erongo Taxidermy
  • Dispatching of trophies to RSA by Yellow Shark Logistics
  • Shoulder mount of buffalo by Custos Taxidermy
  • Closing Date: 28 March 2025
  • Draw Date: 1 April 2025
  • Hunt take place: 8 to 17 April 2025

Buy tickets on Quicket here

Pay multiples of R100 into the SA Hunters’ bank account:

  • ABSA (632005)
    Account No: 01443990077 or 1443990077 (some banks don’t use the “0”)
  • Reference: Buffalo and cell number
  1. The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  2. The prize or any part thereof may not be exchanged for cash.
  3. The prize or any part thereof is not transferable to another individual.
  4. The prize-winner and his/her companion must adhere to all applicable healthcare protocols required by the destination country.
  5. Should healthcare regulations or any other reason prohibit travel to the destination country, the prize may be carried over to the next year at the discretion of the judges.
  6. The prize-winner and his/her companion must qualify for and be able to obtain visas to visit the destination country for the hunt.
  7. The prize-winner and his/her companion will be required to sign indemnity forms prior to claiming their prize.
  8. The animals to be hunted will be pointed out by the professional hunter and/or outfitter in charge of the hunt. No animal not identified by the professional hunter and/or outfitter may be hunted. Representative animals of the species will be hunted with the focus on older animals past their breeding ages. The trophy size of animals to be hunted cannot be guaranteed.
  9. Entrants must have valid passports with an adequate number of open pages by the date of the draw to claim their prize. The passport must be valid for at least another 6 months after the date of the hunt. Passports must be valid until the end of October 2025.
  10. Entrants must be 16 years or older to participate in the competition.
  11. By entering in the competition, entrants consent to receive marketing material in future from The South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association, SA Jagter/Hunter Magazine and via SMS and/or email and/or WhatsApp.
  12. Should the number of tickets sold not reach the set target by the closing date, the organisers may substitute the prize.
  13. By entering the competition, the winner and his/her companion consent to have their name/s published by SA Jagter/Hunter Magazine, SAHGCA newsletter and further consent to the publication of photographs, video material and information on the hunt to be used by the organisers at their own discretion.
  14. The winner and his/her companion must be willing to feature in an article to be written on the hunting experience and consent to such article being placed, distributed, or sold as SA Hunters may deem appropriate.
  15. Entrants and his/her companions are responsible for determining what documentation is required, as well as ensuring any such documentation including medical certificates, passports, visas, and unabridged birth certificates are valid and have been obtained before travelling within the restrictions related to each country.
  16. Due to constantly changing border entry requirements, it is recommended that travellers contact the appropriate embassy for accurate and up-to-date information.
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  18. Entrants and his/her companions are to ensure they have comprehensive travel insurance to cover any unforeseen circumstances.
  19. Once flights are ticketed, no name changes are permitted.
  20. Checked luggage: The baggage allowance on ALL routes is 21kg.
  21. Flights are to be confirmed.
  22. Accommodation: Sobbe Community Conservancy. Please visit https://huntingsafaris.net/sobbe-conservancy/ for more information.

SA Hunters Shop

We strive to provide excellent service consistently. Our regular customers know that SA Hunters Shop stocks a wide variety of products, but we do our best to fulfil special requests for other items. Come check out new brands such as Woesmooi and Vector Optics.

Members can also pay for firearm purchases over 6 months without interest, with free storage while they apply for firearm licences.

Feel free to visit the SA Hunters Shop at Inyathi Park in Derdepoort, Pretoria. Our shop is open on weekdays between 08:00 and 16:30.

SA HUNTERS SHOP | SA JAGTERS WINKEL

Tel: 012-808-9300/9340/9399

Sel/Cell: 066-032-5533

E-pos/E-mail: shop@sahunt.co.za

Remember to add gift vouchers to your Christmas shopping list.

Black Friday special offers valid during Desember

The Black Friday special deals are available until the end of December, while stocks last.

Are you still looking for Christmas gift ideas? Feel free to visit the SA Hunters Shop’s website for special offers.

The SA Hunters Shop will close at noon on Friday, 20 December 2024. We can send gift vouchers via email.

Click here for the online store or visit us at Inyathi Park, Derdepoort, Pretoria.

Thank you to each customer for your support throughout 2024. We look forward to providing only the best and friendliest service to our members again in 2025.

We wish everyone a safe and blessed festive season.

Game Meat Recipes

Tried-and-tested game meat and campfire dishes

Treat yourself or a friend to Leoné de Lange’s updated cookbook, Venison and Campfire Dishes 2, and refine your cooking skills for mouth-watering game dishes.

A considerable discount of up to 40% is available to SA Hunters’ members until 31 December 2024.

Orders can be placed here.

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