A cramp slowly crawled up my hamstring as I knelt and struggled to control my breathing. Then I heard a grunt... Could it be? Was it my imagination or had I really found them in the ouhout forest? My mind was racing, but I was completely focused while cautiously inching forward…
I was back in one of my favourite hunting areas – the Verkykerskop area of the Drakensberg. This time, I was hunting mountain reedbuck and vaal rhebuck on Jan van Niekerk’s picturesque farm. He asked me to also shoot some bushpigs as they were wreaking havoc on the newly planted crops. I had set my sights on an elusive sounder but did not realise how much effort it would take just to catch a glimpse of them. Bushpigs are cunning and mostly nocturnal. They quickly adapt to human movement and feed accordingly. Because of this, they often earn
