A “TRAGIC” COMEDY OF HUNTING AND OTHER ERRORS

At school, and being Afrikaans, we always joked about the literature of William Shakespeare. However, older and somewhat wiser now I realise that he might have been right all along with his “tragic comedies”, especially in the context of hunting. He was after all an accomplished hunter himself.

Hunters often make errors, especially under bushveld conditions. This typically happens when you experience a moment of irrational trigger finger action. Although an “experienced” hunter, Ihad what transpired into a comedy of errors during one of my Bushveld trips during 2019. To my dismay, Ialso learnt that it is quite possible to begin your “error show” on the shooting range.

Suffice to say that a certain chairman of the local SAHGCA branch became a member of the halfmoon club while sighting in his big-bore rifle on the afternoon prior to the annual prestigious President Shoot hosted by that specific branch. For this tiny mishap, he (yours truly) was the proud but humble recipient