Thread: Hi from sunny South Africa

Hi Everyone

As you can see, I'm from South Africa, been hunting and shooting most of my life. Grew up living next to the local gunsmith and were allowed to "help" and tinker around the shop since I was 10 - you might say that I learned my love of guns and shooting from uncle Ben Fourie(the gunsmith).

I've hunted most of the smaller or edible game species in Southern Africa. I'm currently the President of the Sishen Mine Shooting Club, I'm also the Regional Coordinator in the Northern Cape for the South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association.

I compete in hunting rifle related competitions, mainly shooting the disciplines of tables as prescribed by SA Hunters, my favourite type of shooting competitions are Field shoots, where we try to create typical hunting scenarios - shooting at live sized targets of indigenous edible species. I'm a avid long range shooter and try not only to compete in competitions, but I also organize and administrate hunting rifle competitions.

Why am I on a NZ hunting forum? After several years of persuasion, my wife at last gave in and I hope to resettle in New Zealand shortly.