Lov u Africi

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Zato sam i otpoceo ovu temu, da je priblizim nasim lovcima!

Hvala na komentaru!

Vecinu bitnih stvari sam napisao koje su mi poznate, ali ako sta jos mogu obajsniti, slobodno pitaj!

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Profi hunter, guide, vodic.
Opis posla PH od Peter Hathaway capsitcka:

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Dobar klijent:

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Covid-19.
Namibia, 17/04/2020

Points of Entry
1. Suspension of the issuance of visa on arrival at the Hosea Kutako International
Airport and implementation travel ban of foreign nationals (by air and sea)
from affected countries, namely Schengen States, China, Iran, Korea, United
Kingdom, United States of America and Japan. The travel ban to be reviewed
regularly.

Cijeli dokument u privitku.
Slicno je za Juznu Afriku.

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South Africa, 17/03/2020

All entry, regardless of compliance with visa requirements, of foreign
travellers with ordinary passports, travelling from or transiting through high-risk
countries presently identified as the Italian Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Spain, the Federal Republic of Germany,
the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the French Republic, the Swiss
Confederation and the People’s Republic of China is prohibited until further notice.
No applications for visas by foreign travellers from high-risk countries will be
approved. Visas already issued are revoked with immediate effect for travellers
that have not yet entered South Africa.

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Polgedati dokumentarni film, safari u Tanzaniji krajem 80 tih godina. (mozda 1989) "IN THE BLOOD"

Napravljen na nacin da povezuje poznati safari iz 1909 predsjednika Roosesvelta, u Istocnoj Africi, danas kroz oci djecaka prvi put na safariju.
Roseveltov safari smatra se da je pokrenuo tradiciju modernog safarija.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsoni ... Expedition

Kroz film se protezu detalji, originalne crno bijele snimke i zapisi putopisne knjige "African game trails" koja se moze nabaviti na Amazonu i drugdje, zapisi s lova predsjednika Rosevelta.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/African-Game-T ... 1521315310

Za ovu priliku, lova u Tanzaniji, ono sto me iznenadilo, donijeli su i jednu od danas najskupljih pusaka na svijetu, Rosevoltovu expresicu, 500/450 NE, Holland and Holland.
Obzirom na historijsku vrijednost puska vjerojatno ide na nivo cijene preko 1.000.000 USD.
Nova, takva, i bez povijesne vrijednosti, preko 150.000 funti.

o puski:
https://fraziermuseum.org/collection/big-stick

http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/TR/TRBIGSTICK.htm
Obratit paznju na detalje, pogotovu mesinganu plocicu na kundaku, vidi se u par scena u filmu.

Film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S993mdq09l0

Film traje oko sat i pol. meni se svidio, pogotovo sta sam film pogledao par godina nakon sta sai navedenu knjigu procitao.

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Corona kriza, odrazava se negativno na safari industriju u Africi.
Mnogi outfitteri propadaju, pogotovu oni koji baziraju operacije u otvorenim lovistima divlje Afrike.

Oni koje se bave komercijalnim farmingom, trpe gubitke, ali imaju vise mogucnosti prezivljavanja, jer uz uzgoj divljaci, cesto se bave stocarstvom, i imaju mogucnost plasiranja mesa na lokalno trziste, od domeacih goveda i viska divljaci.

Za sad cijene lova padaju, ali bez puno realnog efekta na promet dok su avionske linije zatvorene. Neki outfiteri nude placanje unaprijed po srusenom cjeniku, za lov nakon prolaska pandemije.

Sa poveznice:

https://www.firstpost.com/business/jobs ... 74841.html

By Mfuneko Toyana

MABARHULE, South Africa (Reuters) - When Khimbini Hlongwane spent most of his small safari tour company's savings on the deposit for a new minibus in February, it seemed like a safe bet.

His revenues had doubled in the previous year. And bookings by American, British, and Brazilian tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of elephants, giraffes and lions at South Africa's famous Kruger National Park were up.

Now, with borders closed and airlines grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa's multi-billion-dollar safari industry is unravelling and he can no longer afford the payments on the new 21-seater, which sits collecting dust in the parking lot.

"It hasn't moved since the day we bought it," said Hlongwane, who has been forced to stop paying the salaries of his five employees. "We could've been using that money to survive right now."

From Kenya's Masai Mara to the Okavango Delta in Botswana, rural communities that depend on safaris for income are seeing their livelihoods and dreams shattered. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on the sector, not to mention their dependents.

A slump in tourist dollars has hit conservation projects hard. And even as countries around the world loosen lockdowns, game parks, lodges and travel agencies face a grim future.

The safari industry generates some $12.4 billion in annual revenues for South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania Uganda and Zambia - Africa's top wildlife tourist destinations - according to an estimate by SafariBookings.

But a survey of over 300 tour operators conducted by the online safari travel platform this month showed that almost 93% reported a drop in bookings of at least 75% due to the pandemic. Cancellations have also spiked, the majority of them said.

'HOW LONG CAN WE CARRY ON?'

Leon Plutsick's Distinctly Africa lodge on the Manyeleti private game reserve bordering the Kruger National Park had been full in March.

Today, his employees are sitting at home and baboons have ransacked his unstaffed kitchen.

"We're getting to a point where we have to ask ourselves how long do we carry on?" he said. "A lot of us are living on reserves just to survive."

Plutsick is not alone.

A survey of close to 500 businesses in the Kruger Lowveld district - South Africa's safari heartland - conducted by the local tourism agency last month, found 90% believed they would not survive even if international borders opened immediately.

Over two-thirds of them have laid off employees.

The lack of tourist dollars is forcing wildlife projects across Africa to make cuts, and beyond the human cost, conservationists worry that growing desperation in rural communities hit by COVID-19 could fuel a wave of poaching.

Three popular game parks in South Africa recently dehorned dozens of rhinos as a preventative measure, hoping that it would make them less attractive targets for poachers.

In Mabarhule, a community on the edge of Kruger National Park, roughly half of residents were already jobless before the pandemic.

Freelance workers like Sipho Nkosi - a tour guide and father of four who typically makes around 550 rand ($33) per tour - have found themselves without a safety net.

"We'd saved some money. But its running out, so we'll start starving," said Nkosi, standing outside a half-completed community hall that was being built using tourist donations.

'A BIGGER HOLE?'

The Madilika Craft Centre sits so close to the boundary of the Kruger National Park that lions can sometimes be heard roaring in the distance.

A layer of dust now coats the pink walls of the women's cooperative, which shut when the private game lodges where it sold its traditional Xitsonga beaded jewellery closed down in March.

Now, with her income gone, co-founder Jane Mashele is hoping the sweet potatoes and spinach in her garden will be enough to feed her four orphaned grandchildren.

"We started the centre because we were tired of sitting at home with no jobs," she said. "This is terrible."

In South Africa, which has recorded the most COVID-19 cases of any African nation, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane warned parliament last month that up to 600,000 jobs were at risk if the sector remained shut until September.

Governments' relief initiatives - like South Africa's offer of 50,000 rand ($3,000) one-time grants to small tourism businesses - will do little to staunch the losses, some operators said.

In the face of looming financial calamity, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa - the industry's lobby group - is pushing for international tourism to resume as early as September.

With the pandemic's peak on most of the continent still predicted to be months away, that appears unlikely.

South Africa's government has instead said regional and international tourism are only expected to resume next year.

Kenya, Namibia and Rwanda also remain closed to international visitors, while in Zambia tourists are permitted but face a two-week quarantine upon arrival. Tanzania has dropped quarantine requirements and is welcoming foreign guests.

One East African tour operator said even if restrictions were eased, international travellers could be discouraged by the possibility of quarantines when they return home.

In the meantime, South Africa, for one, hopes domestic visitors can drive the first phase of a recovery. South African national parks are now opening for self-driving safaris.

But overnight visits and travel across provincial borders remain banned under current restrictions. Even when permitted, some operators worry that local visitors will not be enough to save their businesses.

"To open for two or four or six people, is it actually worth it?" asked lodge owner Plutsick. "I'll just be digging myself a bigger hole."

(Additional reporting by Omar Mohammed in Nairobi; Editing by Joe Bavier and Mike Collett-White)

This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed.

Updated Date: Jun 12, 2020 00:06:49 IST

Tags : Reuters

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Jedan historijski film, iz 1953. Dokumentarac. (Crno bijeli)
Robert Ruark, Harry Selby, istocna Afrika. Ovo je Afrika, kakva vise ne postoji.

http://www.veritasresearchconsulting.co ... a-yayFPUfI

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Jedan historijski film, iz 1953. Dokumentarac. (Crno bijeli)
Robert Ruark, Harry Selby, istocna Afrika. Ovo je Afrika, kakva vise ne postoji.

http://www.veritasresearchconsulting.co ... a-yayFPUfI

Samo zaslugom čovjeka.....nažalost.
Eh kakva su to bila vremena!

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Jedan historijski film, iz 1953. Dokumentarac. (Crno bijeli)
Robert Ruark, Harry Selby, istocna Afrika. Ovo je Afrika, kakva vise ne postoji.

http://www.veritasresearchconsulting.co ... a-yayFPUfI

Samo zaslugom čovjeka.....nažalost.
Eh kakva su to bila vremena!

Sad si me podsjetio.
Ovo je link na poznati clanak Ernesta Hemingwaya u magazinu LOOK.

https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexpl ... zine-1954/

Casopis LOOK je sufinancirao Hemingwayev drugi safari 1953 godine (mislim s 10.000 USD), dok je drugi, glavni "sponozor" navodno bio otac njegove tadasnje supruge.
Citiram, zadnju kljucnu recenicu: "Watching this action I was not wholly sure of the white mans role in Africa".

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Listam po svojim starim casopisima, pa sam nasao nekoliko clanaka sa nostalgijom starijih vremena, koje cu staviti i na druge sekcije foruma. Ovdje sam nasao nesto o Safariju.

Autor, Charles Askins, Jr.
Objavljen je clanak negdje pocetkom 90-tih godina, ali obzirom da je lovio i sa .458 (dizanjiran 1956) i lovio u Keniji (koja je zabranila lov 1977), clanak je pisan u tom nekom vremenskom rasponu.

Autor je malo poznat Hrvatskoj Javnosti, ali vrlo je specifican, opisao bih ga kao "kauboja sa divljeg zapada XX stoljeca".
Americki napisi ga ovako opisuju:

IZ FIELD AND STREAM:

Charles Askins' Confessions of an Unrepentant Sinner will not teach you much, but it is sure enough entertaining. Charlie liked to shoot people, and did it a lot. Come to think of it, he liked to shoot everything, and did it a lot.

GUNBELTS:
There were actually two gunwriters by the name of Charles Askins, one being Askins Sr. and the other Askins Jr. The elder was one of the foremost authorities on shotguns and wingshooting, as well as a Major in the US Army and eventually the shooting editor of "Outdoor Life." The younger Askins...had a much more colorful career. Charles Askins, Jr. started his career with a 10-year stint in the US Border Patrol, stationed on the US-Mexico border, at the same time as Bill Jordan. The border in the 1930s was a lively place, and he had some lively times; agents were involved in a gunfight every ten days on average. Askins Jr. was also quite the competitive shooter, winning a national championship and later being the chief instructor for the USBP in pistol shooting. He also went on to have a long career in the US Army, seeing action in World War II, the Korean war and also as a military advisor in the early days of the Vietnam conflict. He was also an avid hunter, having hunted on nearly every continent...though he insisted to the end of his days that his favorite quarry was bobwhite quail. Like Jordan, his experience and skill with a handgun in a combat setting were second to none, though he preferred something akin to Cooper's front sight press rather than point shooting. His articles in various magazines, including "American Rifleman" and others, were full of folksy wisdom, bits of Tejano slang and more than a little good advice on matters of concealed carry for citizens and officers alike, as well as on shooting and fighting guns. Askins is a controversial figure, and his autobiography "Unrepentant Sinner" reveals deeds that would almost certainly lead to a prison sentence today. He was, however, a man of a different time and like him or not, the man knew how to keep alive in a firefight..

Slijedi njegov clanak o puskama i kalibrima za safari, koji pokriva iskustvo od barem 500 odstrela u Africi, na Americki (Askins, Jr) nacin:
(Za povecati - treba klikbuti na sliku)

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458 WINCHESTER MAGNUM

Isceprkao sam jedan stari clanak o 458 win mag. (iz 1956/57)

Medjutim, prije svega par uvodnih rijeci, za podsjetnik.

U trenutku kad je Britanska imperija, odlucila da se povuce iz kolonija, nastala je "kriza" u engleskom puskarstvu, jer je s povlacenjem iz kolonija diljem svijeta prestala potraznja za engleskim puskama, i engleskim kalibrima.

Tvornica Kynoch, koja je tradicionalno proizvodila municiju za engleske tropske kalibre, postepeno povlaci iz proizvodnje kalibar za kalibrom da bi konacno 70tih prestala s radom. Zatvorila se, kljuc u bravu.

Nestasica lovacke municije vec 50 tih godina se osjeca na africkom kontinentu.

U takvoj situaciji, americki winchester ulazi u projekt da napravi karabinski metak, koji ce prvo konkurirati a kasnije i preuzite trziste engleskih kalibara za lovu u Africi, za opasnu divljac (od slona na dolje).

A ideja vodilja projekta je da naprave metak, koji ce imati dovoljno snage i udovoljavati lokalnim lovnim propisima, a paralelno s time, da metak svojim gabaritima, (duzinom) ne prelazi 3.34 incha (ukupne duzine, OAL), da bi na taj nacin mogao biti koristen u puskama duge akcije (dakle, ne magnum puskama), a za sto winchester vec ima uhodanu proizvodnu liniju.
(Puska WInchester, M70, klon mausera 98).
I koja bi cijenom bila pristupacna Americkoj srednjoj klasi.

Metak 458 win mag, napravljen je od osnovne cahure 375 H&H, formiranjem cahure ( resizingom), u konacnoj izvedbi bez vrata, paralelnih stjenki, zadrzavsi magnum pojas (belt), dobivsi time dovoljno volumena za barutno punjenje takve namjene, a da istovremno stane u sanduk, i spremnik ne-magnum serijske puske.

Tako je konstruiran metak 458 win mag 1956 godie, kojeg netom zatim uvode u proizvodnu liniju puske winchester m70, vec negdje 1957, 58, a koja se vec tad proizvodila u tropskom kalibru 375 H&H.

Kalibar se u pocetku pokazao kao vrlo uspjesan prema osnovnoj zamisli, medjutim u 70tim godinama, zabiljezeni su ozbiljni nedostaci u probojnosti, padu brzine zrna, i ucestalom ranjavanju opasne divljaci sto dovodi do opasnih i fatalnih situacija u lovu.
Do ovog je doslo zbog pada brzine zrne, uslijed drugacijeg punjenja novih lotova municije drugim tipom baruta, sedamdesetih godina, od pocetnih prvih lotova iz pedestih.

Problem je kasnije rijesen drugacijim punjenjem od strane winchestera, i danas je to pouzdan karabinski kalibar za lov na big 5.

U textu koji sam iskopao, i stavljam u privitku, je opisan (prvi pokusni) lov - safari, prvom puskom Winchester m70 napravljenom u kalibru 458 win mag, u Africi.
Dakle, pokusni lov, za 458 wm, dok jos ova puska nije bila u serijskoj proizvodnji u tom kalibru, sa tek frisko dizajniram metkom za opasnu divljac.
Moglo bi se reci, povijesni zapisi, Africkog lova.

Morao sam slike texta smanjiti na velicinu prihvatljivu na forumu, citati se moze ako se klikne na privitak.

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