online collaboration space and storage http://vanderlindes.net/ 2026-05-07T19:33:09+00:00 http://vanderlindes.net/ http://vanderlindes.net/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2019-03-22T19:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/01_foreward?rev=1553282166&do=diff Foreword ..... text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/02_introduction?rev=1553279559&do=diff Introduction The Africa, as I knew it, is slowly passing into history. It is with great sadness that I look upon the many changes that modernization, technological advances and globalization have made to my beloved country. Friends and family have repeatedly urged me to write about my experiences in the African bush. Originally I was reluctant but as I watch the passing of an era, an urge has come upon me to recount the past and share my many experiences with those who are of like-mind. I neve… text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_01?rev=1553279559&do=diff And so it began... There were two things in my favour. Firstly, I had a father who loved the great outdoors and, secondly, I grew up in the old Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at a time when the land was wild and free. It would seem that hunting is also in my genes, although, out of five brothers, I am the only one to have inherited them. My great grandfathers were both big game hunters at the turn of the 19th century. Grandma often told me stories of how they loaded their wagons, oxen and pro… text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_02?rev=1553279559&do=diff ~~DISCUSSION:off~~ Campfires The ashes of countless camp fires scattered all over Southern Africa, bring back nostalgic memories of a hunter’s wanderings in an era gone by – mud covered buffalo in the Okavango swamps of Botswana, proud kudu bulls in the mopani thickets of Namibia, graceful oryx text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_03?rev=1553279559&do=diff Marrow Bones Long before South-West Africa became independent, we hunted kudu and gemsbuck on the farm “Hohenvelde” in the Kamanjab district of what is now Northern Namibia. Every winter we would load the Landrovers and head north to spend three glorious weeks camped out in the shade of a large old Mopani tree. There, for many seasons, we walked and stalked wily kudu bulls and fat gemsbuck, curing our biltong text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_04?rev=1553279559&do=diff ~~DISCUSSION:off~~ Springbuck and “Vetderms” A cold front from the South Pole moves in over the Southern Cape, bringing with it the annual winter rains for that region. The front soon dissipates but the cold winds are pushed into the arid North Western regions of the Kalahari. They bring an age old message. It is time to hunt the wily springbuck! text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_05?rev=1553279559&do=diff The Duiker And The Mauser. During the early sixties my father had a farm in the Eastern Lowveld. He ran some stock but for a cash crop he planted tobacco, maize and tomatoes. The Lowveld is frost free and therefore imminently suitable for raising market produce at a time when the rest of the land is locked in the cold of winter. This, however, was the cause of our troubles because it meant that at a time when the rest of the veldt was dry and dusty, my father’s tomato crop was the main sourc… text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_06?rev=1553279559&do=diff Problem Animals Problem animals are a contentious subject that often provokes heated debate. It is a matter best avoided but as a hunter who was frequently called in to deal with them, I do not have the luxury of avoidance – not if I am to tell their story. There simply is no easy solution. When wild animals impact negatively on a farmer’s livelihood, it is inevitable that he will react with aggression and, unless the animal has commercial value to compensate him financially, his reaction ofte… text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_07?rev=1553279559&do=diff Training and Blooding Young Hunters text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_08?rev=1553279559&do=diff Hunter For more than a decade we spent our winters in the Northern part of Namibia, just a stone's throw from the Etosha National Park. We camped and hunted on the farm “Hohenvelde”, district Kamanjab, owned by Japie Avis, a very pleasant person who would become a lifelong friend. We hunted exclusively for meat to make biltong and dry text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_09?rev=1553279559&do=diff The Last Hunt text/html 2019-03-22T18:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://vanderlindes.net/books/hunter/chapter_10?rev=1553279559&do=diff And So It Ends