THE WARRIOR of solitude

For outdoorsmen who have not yet hunted in Namibia, you cannot begin to explain the vastness or sheer beauty of what the ancient desert has in stall for you.

Sigurd Hess

Carl had booked a desert hunt in the Tsiseb Conservancy. High on his agenda was a gemsbok – the ‘warrior of solitude’. Gemsbok are notorious for their toughness and are known to absorb a lot of lead if the hunter’s first bullet is not placed well. This, Carl experienced firsthand. On the seventh day of an eight-day hunt we were making headway up a hill, where the rock formations resembled the scales on the back of a large dragon. We had seen several gemsbok in the preceding days, but they were either cows or groups of young animals. In these days, with hard work and a bit of luck thrown in, Carl had managed to bag a Hartmann´s zebra and an old, decent-sized springbok ram. But since then we have…

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Huntinamibia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Huntinamibia 2022/2023

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