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May 2024
4 June 2024
Dear colleagues
The hunting season is in full swing, although the winter weather is shy to arrive. The night temperatures are dropping, but the days are comfortably warm at around 22°C to 24°C. We want to bring a few matters to members’ attention.
CEO is stepping down
We informed members last month about the CEO’s retirement later this year. To date, we received very few applications. Therefore, the Board decided to resend the notice to members. Information about the position is available here and the closing date for applications is 30 June 2024.
Kind regards
Fred Camphor
SA Hunters: CEO
Professional Hunters and Outfitters
Professional hunters and outfitters should note that the SAQA unit standard for professional hunting expire on 30 June 2024. Technically it means that the qualification of professional hunters and outfitters will no longer be valid from that date. A process has been put in place to retain this qualification through recognition of prior learning. For more information on how this works, please read here.
SA Jagter/Hunter
As the CEO, I was assigned temporarily to oversee the publishing of the May edition of SA JAGTER/SA HUNTER. I undertook to inform members of the changes in this regard. Early in 2024, a disagreement arose between Francois van Emmenes, the former editor of SA JAGTER/SA HUNTER, and the Board of SA Hunters. The dispute was settled amicably with the result that Francois is no longer editor of the magazine. I want to thank Francois for his work as editor and wish him well in his future endeavours.
SA Hunt Publishing (Pty) Ltd is the owner and publisher of SA JAGTER/SA HUNTER. The board of directors reappointed Johan van Wyk as editor on a contractual basis. Welcome back, Johan! We are looking forward to many more editions of SA JAGTER/SA HUNTER.
HuntEx2024 prize winners
At HuntEx2024, SA Hunters offered prizes to members and non-members for certain activities at the show. The lucky winners of these prizes are:
- New junior member: Z H Van der Schyff, member no. 108566 wins a Daisy Red Rider
- Members who visited the SA Hunters’ stand: J Pretorius, member no. 8331 wins a Hawke Endurance 8X32
- Members who paid their membership fees and updated personal information: L Purchase, member no. 106658 wins a Zastava M70 6,5X55
- Individuals who made smaller purchases at the SA Hunters Shop: J Jones (non-member) wins a Beretta APX 9mm
- Individuals who made higher value purchases at the SA Hunters Shop: I Swanepoel, member no. 076151 wins a Cogswell & Harrison Celtus .243 Win rifle.
Special offers at SA Hunters Shop
The shop’s staff has returned to the office after the disruptions of HuntEx en NAMPO.
The SA Hunters Shop offers various items at special prices to members. Read more here.
SA Hunters 75-year Commemorative Items
The SA Hunters shop also has several items available to commemorate the Association’s 75th anniversary.
These include a quality tin mug (R90); porcelain coffee mug (R80); black golf/shooting range towel (R90); embroidered caps in grey, light blue, and khaki (R110); printed caps in navy blue (R60); and refrigerator magnets (R35.)
Order here from our online shop.
SA Hunters 75-year Commemorative Sport Shirt
SA Hunters has designed a sport shirt to celebrate the association’s 75th anniversary. The shirt is made of polyester material and is similar to the shirts worn by the staff at HuntEx2024.
It is only available on order at R400 per shirt. For size options and orders, click here.
Kalahari Hunting Competition
Arrie Labuschagne won the Kalahari hunting competition and was accompanied by his father, younger brother, and a neighbour for this wonderful experience. The hunt was successful and the hunters, the landowner and SA Hunters are satisfied with the outcome. Look out for another opportunity next year. An article about this hunt will be published in a next edition of SA JAGTER/HUNTER.
Win a Tiger Fishing Expedition on the Chobe River
Win the experience of a lifetime! Purchase a ticket for R100 and stand the chance of winning an all-inclusive tiger fishing expedition valued at R135 000 for four people on the Chobe River in northern Namibia where Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana meet. It is an idyllic location with boat access to over 100 km of prime water and waterways on the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers.
View photo’s of the lodge and river here.
It costs R100 per ticket to enter with no limit to the number of tickets per person.
- Return flights from OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg
- Lodge transfers by boat and vehicle
- 3 full days of guided water-based tiger fishing
- Exclusive accommodation in air-conditioned safari tents at the secluded Ichingo Chobe River Lodge on Impalila Island on the Namibian side of the Chobe River
- Meals, local beer and wine, soft drinks and water at Ichingo Chobe River Lodge
- The use of all the fishing equipment needed for the expedition
- Guided water-based game viewing and birding
- Guided (non-professional) water-based photographic safari
- Guided cultural tour of a local village
- Closing Date: 31 August 2024
- Draw Date: 2 September 2024
- Expedition Dates: 26 to 30 September 2024
- Go to Quicket here
- or 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: TIG and your cellphone number
- ABSA (632005)
This lottery is registered with the National Lottery Commission (NLC number 00303/10)
You do not have to be present at the draw. The winner will be notified by telephone. Just make sure you have a valid passport.
Terms and conditions available at www.manmagnum.com
Firearm Licence Helpline
Legal firearm ownership is one of the main focus areas of SA Hunters. The Association provides a comprehensive support service to its members to ensure that they always act within the confines of the firearms legislation, whether they are hunters or sport shooters. SA Hunters has a dedicated firearms help desk to answer questions and assist with training requirements; applications for competency certificates, firearm licences, renewals and endorsements; storage permits; and temporary import/export permits.
Visit the Application Process for Firearm Licences page for everything you need to know about legal firearm ownership.
Dedicated Status Reports 2024
To date, only 5 835 of SA Hunters’ 12 711 dedicated hunters have registered two activities to retain their status for 2024. There are also 10 942 dedicated sport shottists of whom only 3 680 have registered three activities for retaining their dedicated status for 2024.
We remind members to please register their activities, should they wish to retain their dedicated status. The SA Hunters App facilitates the registration process, making it quite simple.
SA Hunters accepts any two of the following activities towards retaining dedicated hunter status:
- Any hunting opportunity
- Attending any official activity hosted by SA Hunters
- Any other organised shooting activity where shottists sign an attendance register
- Any private shooting exercise (informal shooting event)
- Completed hunting report on the online member administration system
- One reloading activity
- Visit to HuntEx
SA Hunters accept any three of the following activities to retain their dedicated sport shooter status:
- Any official shooting activity of SA Hunters such as a branch shooting day (member’s branch or as a visitor at another branch), any regional or national shooting event.
- Any shooting event at any other accredited sport shooting association
- Any other organised shooting activity where shottists sign an attendance register at the shooting range.
- Any private shooting event (Shooting event informal)
- One duty assignment as a range officer
- One reloading activity for shottists that reload
- Attendance at HuntEx
Learn more here about the conditions and requirements that dedicated hunters and dedicated sport shooters must meet to maintain their status.
Associations work together to promote shooting sport
SA Hunters, SANSSU and SATRA will introduce various shooting disciplines at a combined shooting day at the Eufees shooting range in Voortrekkerhoogte on 15 June 2024. SA Hunters and these two associations agreed to combine their efforts to promote shooting activities among junior shottists in particular.
Read here for more information, or direct queries to Boetie Kirchner or 082770-9378.
New rules for shooting competitions
The 2024 rules for regional and national shooting competitions are available on the SA Hunters website. There is a separate section with specific rules for each shooting discipline. For easy reference, the rule modifications from 2023 to 2024 are highlighted in yellow.
Northern Cape hunting licences available online
Hunting licences for the Northern Cape used to be available through the Post Office. However, the closure of many Post Offices made it almost impossible to obtain hunting licences for this province. The good news is that hunting licences for the Northern Cape can now be purchased online. The application form and more information is available here.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
FMD broke out in the vicinity of Humansdorp and Jeffreys Bay where some farms have been quarantined. Unfortunately, no further information is available about any restrictions on the transport of meat in any magisterial districts. We advise members to be careful and rather call landowners to enquire about any FMD restrictions before embarking on hunting excursions in this area. Read more here.
Hunting Packages 2024
Both the bird hunting packages offer members a futher R750-00 discount per person.
SA Hunters’ project that markets accredited hunting packages among its members is already quite well-known. According to reports on social media, many hunters are misled by fraudsters who advertise non-existing hunting opportunities.
With this project, the association puts its members who own hunting farms directly in contact with members who are hunters. In this way, the interests of both game farm owners and hunters are protected.
Paid-up members who own hunting farms can contact Boetie Kirchner at boetiek@sahunt.co.za for more information about the hunting destinations project.
Some packages are sold out and new packages where added. Keep an eye on this page for continues updates.
National giraffe survey
SA Hunters supports a national survey on wild giraffe populations undertaken by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. We call on members to complete the surveys. More information is available here.
Amendments to the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment published the NEMBA amendment bill for public comment. We draw members’ attention to the definitions for animal wellbeing and humane practices included in this bill. Read here for more information about the amendments and submitting comment.
SA Hunters Shop
The staff at SA Hunters Shop are back at work after exhibiting at HuntEx and Nampo and are ready to serve members. We trust that our presence at these two major shows benefits our industry and the people we serve. SA Hunters had been absent from Nampo for a few years, but our return this year was a positive experience.
With Father’s Day around the corner, consider a gift voucher here from SA Hunters Shop for the men in your life to choose a suitable gift for themselves. For every gift voucher you purchase, a free book (a variety of books) is included.
Members qualify for a 10% discount on all products they purchase, excluding firearms.
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.
The WhatsApp channel is available here
SA Hunters 75-year Commemorative Items
The SA Hunters shop also has several other items available to commemorate the Association’s 75th anniversary.
These include tin mug (R90); porcelain coffee mug (R80); black golf/shooting range towel (R90); embroidered caps in grey, light blue, and khaki (R110); printed caps in navy blue (R60); and refrigerator magnets (R35); aluminum water bottle (R240).
Order any items to celebrate SA Hunters’ 75th anniversary directly from the SA Hunters Shop online here.
June Special Offers
Tikka T1X .22 LR on an aluminium frame stock at the incredible price of R22,000 here.
Fiocchi 9mm 115gr ammunition at R299 per pack here (while stocks last).
Fiocchi 9mm 124gr ammunition at R320 per pack here (while stocks last).
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
Game Meat Recipes
Mathieu and Janie Thienpont live on the farm Luiperdskloof, from where they run Luiperdskloof Safaris. This beautiful farm is located in the Modimolle area in the Waterberg mountains. Janie is a top chef who prepares delicious meals that her local and international visitors relish. You can try her recipe for sable fillet.
View our game meat recipe page for this recipe and more.
If you are a hunter, you most probably have a favourite recipe that you could be famous for. You can even be our first SA Hunters game meat chef. This is a long-term project to encourage members to get involved.
We plan a dedicated section on our website and our Facebook page to share members’ cooking talents. Send your recipe including a short background (e.g., it was your grandma’s recipe), a photograph of you and your dish, the ingredients and method. Any recipe is welcome as long as game meat is one of the ingredients. Send it to boetiek@sahunt.co.za or marette@sahunt.co.za
Freddy Hirsch
The Freddy Hirsch Group is sponsoring hampers to give away in our game meat recipe challenge. The sooner you enter your game meat recipe, the better your chance is to win one of these hampers.
Freddy Hirsch’s spices for biltong, boerewors, dry wors and burgers can be ordered directly from the SA Hunters Shop online here. Members qualify for discounts on all Freddy Hirsch products.
Amateur Photography Competition
The 2024 Photography Competition is currently underway and running smoothly. We have received several impressive buffalo photos for the new category, and members find the new entry method very convenient. All the changes made to the competition are thoroughly outlined in the information and rules.
You can also take a look at the photographs that already received awards in different the categories in 2024.
Contact Marette for any inquiries.
Photography Club on Facebook
The theme of our next exciting June/July photo challenge is camouflage. Share your best camouflage photographs with us. Anything from a leopard hiding in the grass, a bird in a nest, to a hunter in camouflage gear in the field. Note: Photos may not include firearms because it is against Facebook policy. Read the rules in the link below.
Do invite members in your branch, friends, and family to join the group. The photography club is a friendly, interactive community where members can submit suggestions and comments. Click the link to join.
Contact Marette for any inquiries.
Magnum Safes offer 5% discoount to members
Magnum Safes offers a 5% discount on the purchase price of a safe to members of SA Hunters.
Magnum Safes is the preferred provider for safes to SA Hunters at HuntEx and Nampo.
Phone Antoinette Rudolph of Magnum Safes on 012-391-7380.
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
ASI offer 10% discount to members
Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa (2024 Edition) is now available @ R240-00, SA Hunters member get 10% discount.
Use the coupon code at checkout: SAHuntersSASB2024
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
Commercial offers to our members
The special offers are revised annually in July to ensure that we offer quality products and services to our members. Our new website makes special provision for commercial affairs, which offers great opportunities for additional marketing. The commercial benefits will be posted weekly on our social media pages.
Individuals interested in offering their products to members, can contact us with a proposal.
We also welcome referrals to businesses that support SA Hunters.
We also welcome members to give us feedback/reviews on the products offered.
Contact Marette Bennett
cell: 082 553 4719 or e-mail: marette@sahunt.co.za
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
Craftbraai offers 10% discount to members
The Craft Braai Bag™ or Craft Braai Sakkie™ is about to change the way you braai.
Use the discount code at checkout: SAJV2023
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
stediLens offer 10% discount to members
A super simple and effective way to stabilize
your heavy telephoto lens or camera. Track any action with gimbal-like movement.
Use the discount code at checkout: sahunt
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
Peter's Guide Books offer 10% discount to members
- Detailed maps and GPS co-ordinates of all points of interest.
- English, Afrikaans, German and Latin names of trees, animals and birds.
- Meaning of place names.
- Instant identification of trees, geological formations and historical connections.
- Interesting facts and photos of animals and common birds.
Use the discount code at checkout: sahunt
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
Tyremart Hatfield offers a 3% extra discount to members
An extra 3% off on regular discount at Hatfield only.
Free nitrogen for tyres and free wheel alignment test
Phone:
Johan on 082 564 8222
Lourens on 072 591 0926
to make an appointment
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
A Line Tours Pty Ltd offer 10% discount to members
A Line Tours is owner operated and a qualified tourist guide and nature guide.
Contact:
Francois Annadale on 071 932 6125 for a quote
(Francois is a member of the Pretoria East Branch)
Go to the complete list of commercial offers here.
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