Dangerous Game Hunting


For many the development of a hunter culminates with the hunting of dangerous game: Things that can stomp you or bite you!


Elsewhere on this web site I've made the statement that Andrew McLaren Safaris only offers and arranges hunting safaris of the type that they can do very well. To act in truth and honesty some things need to be admitted: But some claims can be made at the same time.

In every South African province where licensed to act as a professional hunter I hold an "open" or unrestricted PH license. This allows me to guide clients during the hunting of all dangerous game in those provinces. However, despite feeling and acting young, it is not considered a wise thing to guide clients on dangerous game hunts when the hearing loss from years of hunting, shooting and skindiving is significant, and when eyes are no longer as keen as they were in yout times. Add to this the knowledge that reflexes are simply not as quick in any person over 60 and that in all honesty I simply do not have enough actual dangerous game hunting experience to feel confident that I can see, hear, identify quickly and react in the split second that my be the only window of opportunity to do what is required to save the client, and myself, from possible harm.

The dangerous game hunting involvement by Andrew McLaren Safaris is therefore restricted to arranging such hunts for hunters that are themselves very experienced in this type of hunting. In addition I also work with trusted hunting outfitters experienced in offering dangerous game hunting. Such hunting outfitters have in their employ, or have good knowledge of which available freelance professional hunters do indeed have the required experience and youth to let me trust them to guide my clients on such a dangerous game hunt. I can do all the arrangements required to offer a dangerous game hunt for an Andrew McLaren Safaris client well and at value for money costs, and therefore I'm quite prepared to arrange such a dangerous game hunt.

Having said that, it is also true that arranging such dangerous game safaris is not my very strongest selling point. That is the arrangement of budget restricted plains game and varming hunting and wingshooting safaris.