It wasn’t the first time that Roland had come to hunt in Namibia but two years ago it was the first time that he stayed with us at Falkenhorst. It was June and therefore not nearly as hot and dry as it is now, in October. On his first visit he didn’t really get a taste of what it means to pursue a gemsbok bull on all fours in rugged, stone littered terrain under a blazing sun. Only a true and passionate hunter can survive the conditions and challenges prevailing in southern Namibia. There are a few shrubs but they do not offer much cover – so you have to stay down to remain unnoticed. The ground, however, is strewn with stones which make it really difficult for you to walk and almost impossible to stalk noiselessly. On top of that they love to punish you with blisters on your hands if you dare to close in on an animal in the midday heat. The sun burns down relentlessly and you feel your throat getting drier by the minute. Whether or not he wants to realise it, I am sure that right now he feels what it means to hunt in Africa.
Sebastian Fechter
We spotted the very old gemsbok bull on the opposite slope a little less than an hour ago. Now it is already late in the morning and the valiant bull is comfortably standing under a large worm-cure albizia tree which gives him highly valued shade. Keeping our heads down, Roland and I have sneaked forward to a distance of some 600 metres, but now it seems impossible to remain unnoticed and close the gap to shooting distance. The old bull has chosen a perfect shade spot from which he can survey the entire area. Every now and then he turns his head and scents, first in our direction, then to the other side to make sure that no foe is in the vicinity. Through the binoculars he looks absolutely majestic…
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