PREPARATION for hunting involves more than the essential physical fitness. In this article I won’t include such aspects as choosing a venue, or booking the hunt after asking the landowner all the right questions – that’s an article on its own.
Let’s start with the documents essential to ensure a legal hunt. I have encountered numerous cases where hunters were not aware that they were legally required to have a licence. In the Northern, Eastern and Western Cape provinces, every hunter must have a current hunting licence in his/her possession during the hunt, even when hunting on CAE (Certificate of Adequate Enclosure) properties. In the provinces that now make up what used to be the ‘old’ Transvaal, no hunting licence is required for hunting on enclosed properties (known there as exempted farms). In the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, in addition to ordinary hunting licences, you may need special permits for certain species. You must determine the legal requirements of the province in which you will be hunting. I suggest you contact the relevant nature conservation office.
In the Cape
