The Choice is Yours

S CE TIME IMMEMORIAL

, in every f el of endeavour, mankind has debated as to what is right or wrong. A sadlyn dquestionis,“Rightfor whom?” What is right for some is not necessarily ght for others. This plies in the hunting world as in any other. In recent times, as ever more humans have been born and raised in cities, they have lost touch with the wild. If you never take to the forest, you have little knowledge of what goes on there.

Interest groups disagree within themselves – which is healthy, as long as individuals speak from experience and for themselves. For some hunters, scope sights are right – others disagree. Some eyes don’t need them; others can’t do without them.

During the 1950s, as a junior schoolboy, my prized possession was a break-neck Diana air rifle. The Makabusi river ran through the outer suburbs of what was then Salisbury, and was home to tilapia and many other fish. The heavily wooded riverbanks