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Members, I am looking for six Black Powder hunters who want to participate in such a hunt as seen in this thread. It will be in 2023, during the first two weeks of May 2023. Please let me know if...

Tripplebeards, you are more than welcome to join on a future hunt:smile:

Ferdi, jy is meer as welkom , die manne wat die eerste keer die jag bywoon het ook nie almal al die regte klere en ou goed nie..solank jy `n swart kruit geweer het wat die era reflekteer en jy het...

If there are interested hunters who want to buy one of these Mauser 1871/84 let me know ..

Blackpowderlove...those rifles are beautiful...I will upload a photo of my two Mauser 1871/84 `s ..239194

Members I really am appreciating the positive replies , it really is much appreciated. I have currently two Mauser 43 rifles , I am thinking to sell one for money I can use on a current...

I received this Mauser 1871 / 1888 sporting rifle from a friend who bought it long ago from a general in the South African army...my German friend Georg Poppel who participated in the hunt pointed...

In regards to the type of hunting we need to do when hunting with the old rifles, here is a video of how near you need to get for a shot , even this distance is too far, as a hunter you need to get...

Re-loading in the camp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOl9Xe-xzN8

https://youtu.be/p4TCcoXRjWE
https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.79009/full...

https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.79024/fullhttps://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.79023/fullhttps://www....

Meat mincing for stuffing venison sausage:

https://youtu.be/UV5BtTBnUoA


This concludes the report about the 1885 Era Black Powder hunt..thank you to all members who follow and respond to this...

https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.78917/full
https://youtu.be/dluSR1bI-Wo

Kudu cow was hunted by Volkmar Bunge the last day of the hunt , a lot...

Important rules of the hunt:
No shots further than fifty meters.
All hunting stops when an animal is wounded , all members look for and track the wounded animal.
Since every hunter hunts alone...

Another important activity in a Voortrekker hunting camp was the making of bullets by casting it over the camp fire....

Then there was our music around the camp fire, Dr. Willie Barnard plays the violin like no other...

https://youtu.be/xrPVtU5UCP8...

Another activity being the making of velskoene /leather shoes in camp. This practice was passed on from great grand father to all generations down the line, every young boy in a Voortrekker camp was...

Reading tracks:

https://youtu.be/mdlh5ieQJcI
https://youtu.be/Z_0VEQHqR1A

Another camp activity we conducted was forging work. Forging practices was the mainstay of our Voortrekker People `s...

One of our members MC Heunis went with Georg Poppel to hunt for Impala and Kudu. Here is some videos of how we approach game when hunting and more video material of how we stalk when we hunt with...

https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.78841/fullhttps://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.78842/fullhttps://www....

Camp food: We work in teams to prepare food for the camp. One team will cover the morning coffee and rusks, brunch and dinner ...this ensures the cooks are getting time off to participate in...

Elfriede and Renata really were great in the camp kitchen , it is great to have a women in the camp that understand what hunting is about...

https://youtu.be/fJ5GcDY0liE

Containing /eradicating...

Then we have an example where great faith is set in German yeast, used by Johan to ensure he bakes great tasting bread..

https://youtu.be/t1Qw1mFPxd4

Making food , open fire camp food making...

A video about moments around the camp fire cooking food:

https://youtu.be/OYpLy-zCwXQ

Ludi , his son Duan really are an asset on such a hunt, Ludi , hunter from the far North brought a lot of...

Utensils that made live easier around the kitchen:
https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.78798/full...

In and around the camp:
The Kitchen:
https://www.africahunting.com/media/the-1884-hunt-in-de-zuid-afrikaansche-republiek.78782/full

MC Heunis assisting in starting the camp fire, we used a flint...