The Namibian summer sun blazed down as we weaved our way through the leafless mopane scrubland. And as I grew up in West Texas, trust me that I can recognise a smiting, summer sun.
The 38-plus degrees temperature scorched our brains through our large-brimmed hats and our lungs as we breathed in the super-heated air. Professional Hunter, Kabous Grünschloss, of Jamy Traut Hunting Safaris, and I were out in the brilliant sunshine of the Kaokoland region of Namibia, chasing after a beautiful old Damara springbok ram and his ewes. We spotted the group at 300 yards as we drove along in Kabous’ LandCruiser. It didn’t take my PH long to confirm through his binoculars what he already knew with his unaided eyes – the ram was a great trophy. We grabbed the
