SAHGCA Newsletters (66)
Fred Camphor 18 June 2018
GRONDWETHOF UITSPRAAK EN IMPLIKASIES DAARVAN
Dit is nou reeds meer as `n week bekend dat die Grondwethof se uitspraak teen ons gedraai het en dat ons die saak verloor het. In die laaste week is ek oorval met oproepe en e-posboodskappe met voorstelle en vrae oor wat ons alles kan doen.
Fred Camphor 07 June 2018
It is with great disappointment that I must inform you that the Constitutional Court rejected SA Hunters’ court application regarding to the renewal of firearm licences. The SAPS won their appeal against Judge Tolmay’s judgement in the North Gauteng High Court in 2017. The only positive outcome was that no cost order was made. It means that SA Hunters does not have to foot the bill for SAPS legal costs.
Fred Camphor 06 June 2018
Uiteindelik is die jagseisoen vol aan die gang vir diegene wat nie langer kon wag nie. Die nagte is lekker skraal en ons jagters is in die veld.
Dit is nogal interessant om te sien hoe die hoeveelheid korrespondensie wat ons in die kantoor ontvang merkbaar afneem wanneer die jagseisoen aanbreek.
1. Grondwethof Appèlsaak
Ons wag steeds geduldig op die uitspraak van die Grondwethof. Die oomblik wanneer ons enige uitspraak kry sal ons die Raad, streekkoördineerders en lede in kennis stel.
2. Bydraes vir die Regshulpfonds
Die pasmaak 9,3 X 62 kaliber met K98 aksie, Walther-loop, topgraad Turkse okkerneuthout en gravering met 24 kt goud is gebou en beskikbaar gestel deur Orpen Wapens. Hierdie is inderdaad ‘n versamelstuk en die kommersiële waarde van die geweer is minstens R135 000. Indien u na fotos van die geweer wil kyk kliek hier.
The Marico Bushveld Branch of SA Hunters and Orpen Wapens owned by well-known Ossie Penzhorn provides a custom-built rifle in 9,3 X 62 calibre built on a K98 action with Walther barrel, top grade Turkish walnut stock with 24 ct gold engraving as prize in our next fundraising effort to boost our legal aid fund and in aid of rhino conservation. This rifle is a collector’s item with a commercial value of R135 000. The rifle was on display at the Orpen Wapens stand at HuntEx. Should you want to see photographs of the rifle please click here.
On 31 May 2018 the membership of SA Hunters stood at 42 607 paid up members after the names of those members who did not pay their membership fees had been removed from the list.
Let daarop dat slegs een aansporing ten opsigte van ‘n nuwe lid van toepassing is, m.a.w. óf die Tak óf die lid ontvang die aansporing vir die nuwe lid gewerf.
SA Jagters het ook 134 nuwe lede by HuntEx ingeskryf.
Dit verbaas my soms hoe maklik gerugte posvat en soos ‘n veldbrand versprei. Ek is gedurende die afgelope naweek by HuntEx bevraagteken oor die bewerings dat SA Jagters se lede glo nie toegelaat sou word om op plase kleiner as 1 000 ha te jag nie en ook dat geen lede van PHASA toegelaat word om by SA Jagters aansoek te doen om lidmaatskap nie. Beide hierdie gerugte is louter twak, niks anders nie. Moet u asseblief nie daaraan steur indien sulke gerugte u bereik nie, dit is doodgewoon nie waar nie.
5. Dedicated Status
By the end of May 2018, we already had 16 709 dedicated hunters of whom 7 219 are already compliant for this year by having recorded adequate activities. We similarly have 9 723 dedicated sport shots of whom 3 307 recorded sufficient activities to comply for retaining their dedicated status. Members have 5 months left to the end of October to record the required activities on their personal profiles on the E-Hunter system.
Gallery Sporting Rifle
Of the 40 Gallery Sporting Rifle competitions scheduled for the year most have been concluded. To the participants in this competition, you have only a couple of chances remaining to qualify to be invited to the trials of this competition.
Presidentskiet Finaal Borgskap
SA Jagters het 'n ooreenkoms bereik met Lynx SA om ‘n borgskap te verskaf vir die Presidentskiet finaal. Ons bedank Lynx vir hierdie gebaar.
International Shooting at Bisley in the UK
2018 was the first year SA Hunters presented an open invitation to sport shots to attend the international Phoenix shooting event in Bisley in the UK. A group of 14 individuals accepted and paid their own way to the event. They performed exceptionally well.
In the 5685 Gallery Sporting Rifle event, B Verster won the individual competition with a new Bisley and RSA record score at 291 of a possible 300 points. In the team competition the SA Hunters Teams came both first and second.
In the 5785 Gallery Sporting Rifle static competition members of the SA Hunters team took the second, third, fourth and fifth places.
In the Gallery Rifle Small Bore competition the SA Hunters team took the fourth position, even though this shooting discipline was a new experience for them all.
The team members that went to the UK were perfect ambassadors for SA Hunters as well as RSA and they managed to ensure very good interest in the IGRF World Championship shoot to be hosted in RSA in October next year.
A full report on the visit is available here.
7. Second SA Hunters Golf Day
SA Hunters will hold its second golf day on 8 June 2018 (Friday this week) at the Wingate Park Golf Club in Pretoria. You will find more detail here.
We will appreciate donations of items for the auction at the dinner after the golf day. Unused rifles, cases of matured red wine, 5 litres of whiskey, or good hunting books will make excellent items to be auctioned. Please open your hearts and support SA Hunters. Contact Nicky Uys about donations at nicky@sahunt.co.za
Dankie aan diegene wat reeds vir ons pryse geskenk het. Ons waardeer dit opreg. Ons het reeds ‘n donasie van ‘n Musgrave jaggeweer in 270 Win kaliber gekry van Wildman wat by die ete na die gholfdag opgeveil sal word. Frikkie en Hennie en julle span baie dankie hiervoor, ons waardeer die bydrae opreg.
Lede het kans tot einde September om nog foto’s vir ons foto kompetisie in te stuur. Lees gerus hier hoe om in te skryf. Die finaliste vir Mei kan op die webwerf gesien word. Die wenners sal hul sertifikate op hulle elektroniese profiel op die stelsel ontvang. Ons beplan om weer ‘n goeie kamera as prys beskikbaar te stel teen die einde van die jaar.
9. Hunting Affairs
Hunting Packages Available Nyala
There are still Nyala Bull hunts at R6 000 plus VAT available in Swaziland from the good friend of SA Hunters that manages a private reserve. These are not record book bulls but reasonably representative animals. This is a good opportunity for anyone prepared to take the trouble to arrange temporary rifle export and import permits and an import permit for meat and trophies.
For more information contact Johann van de Giessen at Johann@sahunt.co.za
We are now in mid-season of bird hunting. The sunflowers are getting ripe and the doves are flying well. Johann van de Giessen is arranging a bird shoot or two in the Free State and we are also looking for opportunities to do a waterfowl shoot in the Western Cape when the grain starts sprouting. Any members that could assist in this regard please contact Johann van die Giessen at johann@sahunt.co.za
A copy of your firearm licence (the front and back sides on the same page please)
Jagpermitte, Lisensies en Voltooide Verslae
Ons herinner lede daaraan dat die voltooi en indien van jagverslae wat gekoppel is aan jaglisensies en –permitte, ‘n wettige vereiste is na afloop van u jagtogte. In baie gevalle is die uitneem van hierdie lisensies ’n redelik proses en raak jagters redelik vuisvoos en versuim soms om die proses af te handel.
Hierdie inligting stel die verskillende provinsies se departemente in staat om te motiveer vir die verklaar van ‘n jaarlikse oop jagseisoen op die algemene wildspesies. Tot onlangs is hierdie data sleg benut, maar met die toenemende druk op volhoubare benutting op internasionale vlak, word hierdie inligting belangriker. Ons glo dit is dus ons verantwoordelikheid as jagters om hulle al die nodige ondersteuning te gee.
Vrywillige deelname aan hierdie proses sal verhoed dat drakoniese administratiewe prosesse in plek gestel word wat jagters sal dwing om jagverslae in te dien. ‘n Voorbeeld van so ‘n proses is in Limpopo, waar permitte baie swak teruggestuur is, en die departement nou glad nie ‘n oorspronklike permit laat uitgaan totdat hulle in besit is van ‘n getekende kopie daarvan nie. Dit vertraag die proses nog verder en verontrief die jagter. Dit voeg geen waarde toe nie, maar teoreties lyk dit goed op die afdeling se oudit.
Gauteng se Departement Bewaring, het vir ons ‘n volledige artikel geskryf om die gedeelde hulpbron van jagvoëls en hul bestuur in Gauteng te verduidelik, maar dit is van toepassing op ander provinsies en op alle vrylopende wild. Lees die artikel hier (English). Dit kom daarop neer dat, hoewel vrylopende wild en voëls aan niemand spesifiek behoort nie, die bestuur daarvan almal se verantwoordelikheid is.
HuntEx 2018 het goed afgeloop. Baie dankie aan elkeen van u wat hierdie grootse poging ondersteun het. Die totale getal besoekers het so net oor 41 000 mense beloop. Die Vrydag se bywoningsyfer van bykans 12 000 mense en het die uitstallers verseker opgewonde gehad.
Baie dankie ook aan twee van ons borge wat elkeen ‘n verkyker geskenk het wat uitgeloot is aan nuwe lede wat aangesluit het by SA Jagters of aan lede wat die stalletjie besoek het en hulle ledegeld kom betaal het.
Die koöperasie op Humansdorp het ‘n 10 X 42 Steiner verkyker en Whylo het ‘n 10 X 42 Vortex Diamondback geskenk. Thank you to Andrew and Brad and their teams for these donations. We highly appreciate it.
Air Arms also provided us with a donation of an Air Arms S 510 air rifle. Thank you very much to Claire, Jackie Snr and Jackie Jnr for your generous support of SA Hunters. We really appreciate this. This rifle was handed to Louis du Plessis who visited us at HuntEx to renew his membership. Louis ons hoop jy en joudogters het baie vreugde met die Air Arms geweertjie.
11. Availability of S 365 Propellant
Many of our members reported unavailability of S 365 propellant at dealers recently. Koos Barnard spoke to Elmarie Zikmann of Rheinmetall Denel Munition that manufactures propellant in RSA. The rumours that Denel is in trouble and Somchem propellant will not be manufactured any more is exactly this ... a rumour.
Rheinmetall Denel Munition has no intention to stop manufacturing propellant in RSA and Somchem propellant will continue to be available in RSA. They had problems with supplying S 365 but this was temporary. Later this year, Rheinmetall Denel Munition will be distributing a new propellant not previously manufactured in RSA.
12. Verwagte Amnestie
Ek het reeds verlede maand berig oor die beplande vuurwapenamnestie wat afgekondig sou word. Die amnestie sal verseker nie in Junie in werking tree nie en die kans dat dit in Julie in werking mag tree raak al hoe kleiner. Om die amnestie in die Algemene Vergadering in die Parlement goedgekeur te kry moet die Speaker die aansoek op die sakelys plaas.
Ons glo ‘n amnestie sal wel nog vanjaar aangekondig word, maar sal waarskynlik eers vanaf Augustus in werking tree indien dit betyds in die Parlement goegekeur sou word.
13. History of SA Hunters
SA Hunters will be 70 years old in 2019. In 2016, we started with a process with Oom George Nell to compile the history of SA Hunters over this period with a view to publish a book in 2019, when SA Hunters turns 70.
We will appreciate any information on the Association, its activities, role-players and how the Association grew during the 70 years since its establishment. Oom George already received loads of information and documents provided to him by members of SA Hunters. Please be patient while we peruse the documentation for possible inclusion in the book. He will take good care of your possessions.
Unfortunately, Oom George fell ill and will not be able to continue with this assignment. We will make alternative arrangements and inform you accordingly. Meanwhile, members may continue sending is interesting and useful information for possible inclusion in the book.
14. Overberg-tak se Droogtehulpprojek
Ek het verlede maand berig oor die werk van Overberg-tak wat uitreik na boere in die Sutherland-omgewing wat erge droogte ervaar. Hierdie projek gaan steeds voort en ‘n volgende vrag voer is reeds afgelaai.
SA Jagters se Raad wil hierdie projek onder alle lede se aandag bring. ’n Persverklaring met foto’s wat die storie vertel van die onbaatsugtige bydrae van die Overberg-tak aan Sutherland, is wyd aan die media versprei. Lees meer oor die projek by hierdie skakel (English). Die Raad doen ’n beroep op elke lid wat dit kan bekostig om die hand in die sak te steek en hierdie projek te steun. Slegs R10 of een baal voer se koste maak ’n verskil. Kom ons ondersteun hulle sover ons kan, asseblief.
15. NASP African Championships
The National Archery in the Schools Programme was brought to RSA by SA Hunters a couple of years ago. This sport grew in leaps and bounds. They held the African Championships last month. The South African teams have done extremely well. An edited programme on these championships was broadcast on Supersport 1 (Channel 201) on 8 May 2018.
16. Kommersiële sake
17. SA Hunters’ own recipes
We are considering compiling our own SA Hunters recipe book. Some years ago at the first HuntEx we published, together with HuntEx a recipe book known as Die Geheime van die Ysterkombuis/Secrets of the Iron Kitchen. We want to do something similar and are looking for both the recipe as well as a hunting story to accompany the recipe.
Please provide us with your story (maximum 1800 words) as well as the recipe with all ingredients and preparation method. We will prefer meals that are easy to prepare on the fire using iron pots and/or pans or on a braai grid. Please send your contributions to dorothy@sahunt.co.za
Ek het verwag dat lede die idee om weer ’n kopie van die kookboek “Geheime van die Ysterkombuis” met lekker wildsvleisresepte en ’n paar lekkerlees stories bymekaar te sit, sal ondersteun. Tot dusver het ons geen bydraes ontvang nie. Ons het wel ’n aanbod van een VLU-tak in die Bosveld gekry dat hulle, indien die nodige erkenning aan hulle gegee word wel resepte sal aanstuur. Dit lyk my ek sal maar die VLU moet vra om vir ons die resepteboek saam te stel as dit die ondersteuning is wat ons van lede kry.
Ons moedig weer lede en ywerige kampkokke aan om dit te ondersteun sodat ons 'n unieke kookboek kan saamstel.
18. Aanvalle deur mak leeus
Daar is in die afgelope maand in die pers berig dat ’n “mak leeu” sy eienaar wat hom met ’n bottel grootgemaak het aangeval het toe die man ’n hek wou oopmaak om die voertuig uit die kamp te ry. ’n Opname van hierdie gebeure is wyd op Youtube versprei. Die leeumannetjie is uiteindelik doodgeskiet om sy eienaar uit die kamp te kon red.
Dan het ek ook ‘n video ontvang van ’n wit leeumannetjie wat in ‘n besigtigingsvoertuig ingeklim het terwyl die voertuig vol mense in die kamp was om na die leeus te kyk. In hierdie geval het niemand gelukkig seergekry nie.
Dit gaan my verstand te bowe dat mense dink enige wilde dier raak mak en kan soos speelgoed hanteer word. Wilde diere is en bly net dit ... wilde diere. Hanteer almal van hulle met die nodige respek en aandag en moenie dwaas optree nie.
Die uiteinde is bykans elke keer dieselfde. ’n Mens kry seer en die arme dier wat sy natuurlike instink uitgeleef het word doodgeskiet.
Acting on Environmental Crime
Our health and well-being depend on our environment. That is why protecting the environment is not just about saving animals and plants. It is also about protecting people’s lives and livelihoods. In South Africa we have laws that protect us and our environment against criminal actions.
In a new initiative to combat environmental crime a National Environmental Crime Hotline was created where anybody could report any environmental crime. Please make use of this hotline to report any environmental crime. National Environmental Crimes & Incidents Hotline (24 hours): 0800 205 005
Examples of environmental crime include illegal dumping of hazardous waste, illegal deep-sea fishing, smuggling of ivory, poaching and illegal property developments. To find out more and what you can do, click here.
International Expert Workshop on Non-Detriment Findings for Hunting Trophies
Spain, as one of the biggest importing countries of hunting trophies from Africa, arranged the International Expert Workshop on Non-Detriment Findings for Hunting Trophies of Certain African Species included in CITES Appendixes I and II.
The objectives of the workshop were to share, analyse and summarise different approaches followed by exporting and importing countries in Africa, the European Union and the United States of America, in relation to decisions on trade in hunting trophies of lion, leopard, elephant and rhino. It further provided an opportunity for open dialogue between representatives from the scientific community, conservation organisations, hunting outfitters, concessions areas, hunting organisations and governments from several African countries, as well as representatives from importing countries. These included the European Commission and the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Proposals for best hunting management practices were discussed in support of informed decision-making on the impact of hunting practices on the identified target species. SA Hunters’ manager for conservation, Lizanne Nel was invited to chair one of four working groups that focussed on elephant and rhino.
This was a unique opportunity where hunters, concession managers and custodians of CITES-listed populations from various range states in Africa, that are in the frontline of conservation, could engage with senior decision-makers from the CITES Secretariat, the CITES Scientific Office of the European Commission, and USFWS. They could engage directly on the impact that CITES trade restrictions have on conservation of the affected species. Workshop results will be tabled to the CITES Animals Committee for their information.
Even though SA Hunters’ is optimistic as to the potential positive impact this process and planned future workshops could have on the future trade in CITES-listed hunting trophies, the reality is that CITES decisions are influenced by much more than scientific evidence.
SA Hunters will continue to engage on this issue and will in the coming months, engage with Department of Environmental Affairs in preparation for the next Conference of Parties.
The manager conservation participated in the workshop to develop a Biodiversity Management Plan for the Southern Ground Hornbill. This bird is an apex predator and is one of nine African savanna hornbill species. This species is under increasing threat from poisoning and habitat destruction with its complex biology and large spatial requirements that contributes to its decline. The species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Members of SA Hunters can and already do contribute to the species’ conservation through habitat conservation initiatives and species monitoring programs. Through engagement with this process, SA Hunters will make recommendations as to how its members can contribute to the species’ conservation.
Only 150 of these knives will be made and each knife will be numbered. Should you wish to order one of these knives please do the following. Transfer R5 500 to the account of SA Hunters by means of an EFT. The account of SA Hunters is held at ABSA with the account number 01443990077. The Branch Code is 632005. Please use the following reference: Knife and your Cell Phone Number. Please forward proof of payment to admin@sahunt.co.za.
21. Update your personal data
In collaboration with Media 24, SA Hunters is considering hand delivery of SA Hunter/SA Jagter magazines in the metropolitan areas. Media 24 already makes hand deliveries of their other titles. Should we switch over to this delivery method, it is very important that we have members’ correct residential addresses.
We request members, especially those living in the bigger metropolitan areas, to check and update their residential address details on their personal profiles on the SA Hunters system. This is how you should do it:
22. Navrae aan SA Jagters se Nasionale Kantoor
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