Bob Wallace,the latest Blaauwkrantz Hog Slammer

In 2009 Bob hunted Blaauwkrantz and was extremely lucky enough to shoot a bushpig (top picture) in the daytime whilst hunting kudu.

On his return to Blaauwkrantz in May 2011 Bob set out to hunt  warthog amongst others and with PH Francois he managed to shoot a monster boar.The warthogs are rutting this time of the year and the big boars seem to be more visible in their search for the sows on heat.Never theless Bob chose the right time of the year to hunt  Blaauwkrantz as he also made a good shot with his .338 Federal to take the No.1 Kudu for 2011 so far.It stretched the tape at just over 52"!

Congratulations to Bob from Houston,Texas!!

Mark Brookfield, Washington

Congratulations to Mark Brookfield from Washington State on becoming the newest Bush King at Blaauwkrantz!
After a the previous evening proving luckless and with inclement weather looming Mark and intrepid PH, Paul Smith, braved the conditions in rain, thunder and lightning to stake out another bait site and after just one hour of quietly waiting Mark made the shot in just the 1st quarter moonlight  -10th May 2011.
The pig weighed 79kg's or 175lbs.

Very well done Mark!

Latest Blaauwkrantz Hog Slammer: Mr Christian Brendel from South Africa

The latest Blaauwkrantz Hogslammer,Bushking Christian Brendel, had hunted hogs,wild pigs and peccaries all over the World on every continent stretching from the America's to Europe,Africa,Asia,Australia and even to remote New Zealand.Having lived in South Africa for 16 years already, Christian however had still never been lucky enough to successfully hunt a bushpig to add to his vast tally of 139 wild pigs taken in his vast hunting career.
Very wisely Mr Brendel chose Blaauwkrantz as his destination to add bushpig to his impressive swine collection.
Only on the third night after his arrival did conditions and wind direction allow us to head for a bait site that we thought would offer us the best chance at getting a shot at the elusive bushpig.

We got into position and waited very quietly with the breeze carrying the scent of the pig-licious bait right up our nostrils.After a hour and half a single pig appeared and I could make out it was a big sow,we waited for twenty minutes to see if anything else would show up and finally we agreed that that was the bushpig Christian had been waiting for.He made an excellent shot and the 140lbs SCI silver medal sow dropped in its tracks.
The next day we were scouting for warthog and kudu when we spotted a big boar and Christian made an excellent shot at 230 yards with his .375. Christian had shot many warthogs throughout his career but never before had he shot such a heavy warthog,it weighed exactly 100kg or 220lbs!

Congratulations Christian!!

Blaauwkrantz bushpig hunting

Watch this and get a little understanding of bushpigs.

Remember bushpigs are hardly ever seen during the day and in our dense bush of Blaauwkrantz even seeing them at night is very rare.
Therefore targeting bushpigs can be a real challenge.
If the hunter has luck and the pigs come to the bait without becoming aware of the hunters there might be some action...then there's the all important shot that still needs to be made too...

Thanks to iGala Productions for an excellent clip.