Die Bontebok April 2020

DIE BONTEBOK AMPTELIKE TYDSKIF - KAAPSE JAGTERS- EN WILDBEWARINGSVERENIGING OFFICIAL MAGAZINE - CAPE HUNTERS AND GAME CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

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SPORT SHOOTING ETIEK VIR JAGTERS NORTHERN KAROO HUNT MEMORIES OF RUNGWA

JAGSTORIES | TAKNUUS | WILDBEWARING | VUURWAPENS | VELDKUNS

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8 KAAPJAG HOOFKANTOOR 10 MEMORIES OF RUNGWA 18 ETIEK VIR JAGTERS - JOKL LE ROUX 22 NORTHERN KAROO HUNT 26 KAAPJAG FOTOGALLERY 32 ISLAND EVOLUTION - DR KAS HAMMAN

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elkom by ons April 2020 uitgawe van Die Bontebok.

Hierdie uitgawe is weer propvol jagstories en artikels.

Op bladsy 10 word buffels gejag in die artikel “Memories of Rungwa” en op bladsy 22 het Graham MacMillan en Joe Da Silva in die Karoo gaan jag. Jokl Le Roux se reeks oor etiek en ektiket vir jagters vervolg op bladsy 18.

Daar was ook heelwat sport skietkompetisies gehou en die “Steel Challenge” in sameweking met die CPPC klub was baie goed bygewoon deur Kaapjag lede.

Ons sien daar is ook nou heelwat meer lede wat hulle toegeweide sportskiet status verwerf deur Kaapjag.

Die jagseisoen is om die draai en ek hoor die manne maak reeds groot jagplanne. Kry dus jou geweer, toerusting en verblyfreëlings vroegtydig agtermekaar. ‘n Paar goed om in gedagte te

hou: Die jag is nie die tyd om jou skietvernuf te oefen nie. Dit moes jy al voor die tyd onder die knie gekry het. As jy jou geweer ken, jou teleskoop verstaan en jou ammunisie is getoets, dan het jy ‘n goeie begin gemaak. Die jagveld is ook nie die skietbaan nie. Daar is baie meer faktore betrokke wat jou kan laat mis skiet.

Wanneer jy in die veld is en veral as jy op ‘n onbekende plaas gaan jag, kan afstandskatting ‘n probleem wees. Belê maar in ‘n goeie “range finder”. Dit is die moeite werd. Indien jy wonder of die skoot te ver is vir jou, dan was dit lankal te ver. Dis belangrik om binne jou eie vermoeëns te jag. Daardie gekweste bok gaan baie langer by jou spook as die blydskap oor die gelukskoot wat nie eintlik raak moes gewees het nie.

Kaapjag se veldskiet kompetisies is werklik ‘n goeie plek om gewoond te raak aan jag omstandighede en

Francois Rossouw jou geweer beter te leer ken.

Ten laaste, maak maar seker dat al jou dokumentasie reg is vir jou jag, soos permitte ens. Indien jy onseker is kontak gerus ons kantoor en jy sal gou op die regte pad wees.

Baie geluk aan Schalk Van Der Merwe wat die fotogallery kompetisie gewen het. Hy kry ‘n R2 500 geskenkbewys

by Ivan Volskenck van Ells & Co. ‘n Spesiale dankie aan Neels Geldenhuys, redakteur van African Outfitter, vir die jag-artikels wat hy goedgunstig aan ons voorsien.

Groete en lekker lees.

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ie jaar 2020 het aangebreek met al sy uitdagings. Ons hier

by Kaapjag wil vir die van u wat tans vervalde vuurwapenlisensies het aanbeveel om van die amnestie tydperk wat tans deur die Polisie toegelaat word tot einde Mei 2020, gebruik te maak om aansoek te doen vir daardie vuurwapens se lisensies.

U moet ook net seker maak dat u lidmaatskap en onderskeie statusse in plek is by Kaapjag voor u die aansoek indien om enige teleurstelling te voorkom.

Dit is baie verblydend om te sien hoe aktief ons lede reeds by verskeie aktiwiteite is met ons jaarlikse intertak skiet by die Weskus-tak vanjaar, asook ons AJV in die Overberg. Ons as vereniging sal poog om soos

altyd uit te staan as ‘n top vereniging.

Op Sportskiet gebied is die sportskuts ook reeds hard besig om voor te berei en te kwalifiseer sodat die sportkomitee uitslae het om spanne van te kies vir die vele skiet kompetisies wat deur die res van die jaar aangebied gaan word.

Baie geluk aan alle lede wat sukses behaal het op alle vlakke van die samelewing en mag dit julle aanspoor om by te dra tot die rol wat Kaapjag in die vuurwapenbesit en wildbewaringsaspekte van die gemeenskap en natuur speel om aanslae teen ons te beveg.

In die kantoor is dinge ook druk besig waar ons personeel bont

Servaas Rabie staan om al ons lede se versoeke te hanteer. Ons wil ook ons gelukwense aan Natalie en haar man oordra met die geboorte van hul dogtertjie. Baie dankie aan Matt, Miemie en Natalie vir hul harde werk om ons kantoor soos ‘n goed geoliede masjien te laat werk.

Jagters groete Servaas Rabie

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ns het gedurende November verlede jaar afskeid geneem van Johannes van Rensburg, gebore 14 Maart 1951, lewenslange stigterslid van KAAPJAG. Ons vereniging het sy ontstaan gehad gedurende 1984 en Hannes was van die begin af betrokke. Hy was baie trots op sy lidnommer 84-0062.

Hannes het ‘n baie lewendige belangstelling in vuurwapens en jag gehad en het hy baie diep spore getrap met die vestiging van KAAPJAG. Sy wye versameling gewere het bestaan uit slegs SAKO gewere en hy het net voor sy siekte nog twee nuwe kalibers aangeskaf. Hy het egter nie die voorreg gehad om hulle te geniet nie.

Hannes was een van die mees ervare Wingerdboukundiges in die SuidAfrikaanse wingerd- en wynbedryf en baie suksesvol as Hoof-bestuurder van die Nederburg plase vanaf Franschoek tot Darling. Sy kennis was oral bekend en hy was baie hoog aangeskrewe in die wingerd boerdery bedryf. Hannes was ‘n toegewyde gesinsman en pa in sy huis. Daarvan getuig die gehalte van sy gesinslede, asook die liefde vir sy vrou, Jacky, met wie hy menige lang toere onderneem het. Sy familie het ook ‘n baie spesiale wegbreekplek gehad noord van Lambertsbaai. Sy as wou hy ook daar gestrooi hê.

Rus in vrede Hannes.

Deur Hendrie Bredenkamp (84-0074)

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AAPJAG LEDEWERWING: Op 2 Mei 2020 vind die jaarlikse GUNS & BOWS / KAAPJAG LEDEWERWING TREKKING by The Dunes, Arniston, plaas. Hierdie trekking sal die gelukkige wenner ‘n trotse eienaar maak van ‘n splinternuwe RUGER AMERICAN jaggeweer.

Hierdie inisiatief wat vanjaar, met die gewaardeerde ondersteuning van GUNS & BOWS vir die negende agtereenvolgende jaar plaasvind, is KAAPJAG se manier om die werwing van nuwe lede deur bestaande lede aan te moedig.

Vanjaar het ons 251 nuwe lede by ons vereniging verwelkom waarvan 45% van hierdie lede aangesluit het weens die aanmoediging van bestaande lede.

Die jaggeweer prys met die komplimente van Guns & Bows is ons manier om dankie te sê.

Die metode wat gevolg word om te bepaal wie uiteindelik die geweer wen is as volg: Op 28 Maart 2020, tydens die vereniging se dagbestuursvergadering, word daar tien lidnommers getrek uit ‘n hoed. Hierdie lidnommers verteenwoordig die lede wat nuwe lede na die vereniging verwys het.

Hierdie tien verwysende lede word genooi na die KAAPJAG PRYSUITDELING EN DINEE waartydens die finale trekking vir die wenner van die jaggeweer sal plaasvind. Die persone wat in aanmerking kom vir die finale trekking sal teenwoordig moet wees.

LONG SERVICE AWARDS The success of Cape Hunt was built on foundations provided by the members who joined the association during its early years – before the advent of the new Firearms Act, and who remained

active and supportive for all these years. We wish to acknowledge their contribution and service by presenting them with a 25year certificate at the dinner and awards event during the members weekend and AGM Meeting on the 2nd May 2020 at The Dunes, Arniston. They are: S VAN RENSBURG 95-0503 F C ELOFF

95-0505 C W BOTHMA 95-0517 J H BRINK

95-0527 G A JOUBERT 95-0534 F J LE ROUX 95-0538 We sincerely hope to see you at our awards presentation where we wish to you show our appreciation for the 25 years of support to the association.

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ETIKET - ETIEK - VIR JAGTERS Deur : JOKL LE ROUX

In hierdie volgende bydrae tot die reeks word die gedeelte oor optrede teenoor die grondeienaar voltooi, en gaan ons voort met optrede teenoor die personeel en mede-jagters.

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erneem gerus ook maar die dag voor jy na die jagplek vertrek of daar iets is wat jy van die dorp af kan saambring, veral as die plaas ver van die dorp geleë is. Teen vandag se dieselpryse besnoei almal maar op onnodige ritte, en hierdie bietjie bedagsaamheid van jou kant af sal altyd waardeer word.

As dit jou geluk is dat ‘n boer vir jou ‘n verniet bok aanbied, moenie die beste bok gaan uitsoek nie, veral nie as dit van trofee kwaliteit is nie. Daardie trofee bok kan vir hom baie meer werd wees as vir jou wat dalk net die vleis gaan benut. Skiet ‘n bok vir vleis, behalwe as hy spesifiek ‘n trofee dier aan jou aanbied.

Die meeste grondeienaars waardeer terugvoer oor aspekte van hul plase betreffende gronderosie,

oorname deur uitheemse plantegroei, tekens van onwettige jag soos die teenwoordigheid van strikke, honde in die veld ensovoorts. Hy kom nie noodwendig gereeld op daardie afgeleë plekke waar jy tydens jou soeke na daardie groot koedoebul uitkom nie, en kan van jou oë en ore gebruik maak.

Stel een segsman aan om namens die groep met die grondeienaar te onderhandel, beleid vir die jag vas te stel, klagtes oor te dra ens. Dit gee die segsman die diskresie om moontlike onbenullighede te sif, en maak dit ook vir die eienaar makliker deur sy opdragte/ inligting ens. net aan een persoon oor te dra.

Optrede teenoor die personeel Personeel sluit in die beroepsjagter, spoorsnyer/gids, slagter(s), akkommodasie-en spysenieringspersoneel en enigiemand anders wie ‘n diens lewer om jou jagtog en dit wat daarmee saamgaan, vlot te laat verloop.

Bedagsaamheid teenoor almal op die jagplaas, van die gasheer/vrou tot al die personeel met wie jy te doen kry, vorm net so deel van etiket as elders in die beskaafde samelewing.

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Die betaling van fooitjies kan soms problematies wees en daarom is dit beter om maar vooraf eers met die grondeienaar/jagmeester daaroor te gesels. Party van hulle verkies dat daar glad nie fooitjies betaal word nie aangesien dit ‘n opening skep vir moontlike omkoping.

Aan die ander kant lewer van die personeel dalk sulke uitstaande diens dat hulle ‘n ekstra paar rand verdien, byvoorbeeld as jou gids deur sy puik spoorsnywerk jou gekweste bok, wat jy op eie houtjie nooit sou kry nie, help opspoor het. Aanvanklik het die Engelse woord vir ‘n fooitjie, “TIP”, gestaan vir “To Insure Promptness”, en is dit vooraf betaal om goeie diens te verseker. Die gebruik het egter deur die jare verander sodat dit na die tyd betaal word, maar dis nie ‘n gegewe dat fooitjies altyd betaalbaar is nie. Dit behoort buitengewone dienslewering te vergoed, nie standaardwerk soos die herwinning of slag van die karkas nie, veral nie as daardie tipe dienste deur jou dagtarief gedek word nie.

Waar dagtariewe egter nie betaalbaar is nie (laat weet my asb. waar daai plekke is!), is dit billik dat die jagter die werkers vergoed vir die dienste deur hulle gelewer, maar soos hierbo genoem, koukus maar eers met die grondeienaar daaroor.

Moet dit egter nooit eens oorweeg om ‘n gids te probeer omkoop om stil te bly oor daardie kwes-bok wat weggekom het nie. Personeel gesels maar onder mekaar, en iewers gaan jou wandaad op die lappe kom. Baie grondeienaars bied natuurlik ‘n beloning van dubbel die omkoopgeld aan sy werkers aan. Daardie personeel SAL jou gaan verklap, want hy gaan nie net jou omkoopgeld behou nie, maar dubbel dit as bonus by sy werkgewer kry, en JY gaan daarvoor betaal!

Gidse is dikwels lief daarvoor om te haastig deur die veld te beweeg. Dis jou reg om hom te “briek” sodat hy by jou jagstyl aanpas. Jy betaal vir sy dienste, en jy kan die tempo van die jag bepaal. Probeer altyd om te help met die jag, en nie net kop onderstebo agter die gids aan te loop totdat hy jou aansê om te skiet nie.

Twee pare oё is altyd beter as een, en hy kan nie oral tegelyk kyk nie. Dis tog jou jag, en jy wil die hele proses daarvan geniet - nie net die skoot skiet nie. Moet ook nooit staatmaak op sy afstand skattingsvermoë nie, aangesien die meeste van hulle geen benul van ballistiek het nie, en onder die indruk is dat as jy die bok kan sien, jy dit kan skiet. Sy oordeel oor trofee-kwaliteit al dan nie is ook nie noodwendig altyd aanvaarbaar nie. As jy in die mark is vir ‘n vleisrooibok, bly maar weg van die mooi horings af. Moenie probeer om dalk net-net onder die trofee afsnypunt in te glip teen die laer tarief nie.

Dit kan jou duur te staan kom!

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betrokke raak nie. Probeer om die saak in die veld reg te stel, maar as dit onsuksesvol is moet jy dit met die grondeienaar opneem.

Wanneer jy en jou gids beplan om heeldag in die veld te wees, pak maar ‘n klompie ekstra toebroodjies, gekookte eiers en ekstra blikkies koeldrank vir middagete in die veld in. Dis nie aangenaam om lekker te eet, en jy moet sien hoe hy aan ‘n stukkie droё brood sit en wurg nie. Julle is tog ‘n span vir die dag, en daardie bietjie bedagsaamheid van jou kant af kan hom dalk net aanspoor om nog ‘n groter poging aan te wend om jou, jou bok te laat kry.

Vermy dit om op die ingewing van die oomblik ‘n dooierusskoot oor sy skouer te skiet. As jou geweer met ‘n tromp-rem (“muzzle brake”) toegerus is, moet dit nie eens oorweeg nie! Hy gaan jou dit waarskynlik nie weier nie, maar die permanente skade wat jy aan sy oordromme mag doen, kan groot wees. Wees ook maar konsidererend deur die ander jagters wat op die skietbaan saam met jou is, te waarsku dat daar ‘n tromp-rem aan jou geweer is. Deel van die oorsaak van my “kordiet-ore” kan aan ander skuts se onbedagsame skietery toegeskryf word.

Help gerus maar dra as jou bok in ‘n afgeleë uithoek van die plaas geval het. Dit kan net respek vir jou by die helpers afdwing. As die gids of helpers die bok se pens of ingewande wil saamneem, moenie nors raak omdat hulle dit op jou “fancy” bakkie wil laai nie. Wat vir jou afstootlik mag wees, is vir hulle dikwels ‘n lekkerny, en hulle sien nie elke dag vleis nie. Staan ook maar by tydens die slagwerk. Dan kan jy self sien en keer as iets verkeerd begin loop. Onthou, nie almal wat op ‘n veeplaas waar daar ook wild is werk, is opgeleide slagters nie. Jy mag ook self hand bysit, veral as die druk hoog begin raak en daar baie bokke voor donker geslag moet word. Gee gerus van jou kruideniersware wat ná die jag oor was aan die personeel, maar moet nooit enige van die personeel beloon deur drank aan hulle te gee nie.

Kom jou pligte en beloftes teenoor die personeel na, en dwing hul respek af deur jou optrede en die voorbeeld wat jy stel. Gee gerus maar krediet waar dit toekom, nie net direk aan hom nie, maar ook voor sy kollegas.

Hulle almal hou van erkenning vir ‘n vernuftige plan of stukkie werk. Wanneer daar foto’s van jou bok geneem word, sluit gerus maar ‘n paar foto’s van die spoorsnyer/ gids by die bok in, en maak seker hy kry ook later kopieë daarvan. Baie van hulle is net so lief of nog liewer vir jag as jy, en wil ook iets tasbaar hê om by sy familie of vriende te “brag” oor die besonderse koedoe of wat ook al wat hy jou “laat skiet” het.

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Optrede teenoor mede-jagters In die beskaafde samelewing is stiptelikheid een van die belangrikste elemente van etiket. Daar is min dinge wat my meer irriteer as wanneer iemand a.g.v. ‘n traak-mynie houding laat is vir enige ooreengekome afspraak.

As daar afgespreek word om half-vyf in die oggend jagveld toe te vertrek, moet dit nie nodig wees om jou 5-uur wakker te bel om te hoor of jy nog saamgaan nie!

In die jag milieu waaraan ek gewoond geraak het, betaal die persoon in die jagtersgroep wie die voertuig verskaf, nie die brandstof nie. Hy dra die risiko van skade soos ‘n band wat dalk in die veld afgeskryf word, slytasie ens.

As jy help bestuur is jy verantwoordelik vir boetes vir enige verkeersoortredings wat jou toedoen was.

Dra jou pro-rata gedeelte van die onkostes by sonder om te sug, en doen liewer meer as jou deel van die normale takies soos tent opslaan, houtversameling, skottelgoedwas, kosmaak, bokke afslag ensovoorts wat saam met jag en kampering in die veld gaan. Daardie manne wat lyf-wegsteek tot ‘n fyn kuns vervolmaak het, word gewoonlik nie weer saamgenooi nie. As jy weet jy’s ‘n erge snorker, probeer maar om daai enkelkamer in die plaashuis te betrek, of gaan slaan jou tent ‘n entjie weg van dié van jou makkers op. Al pla ander ouens se gesnork jou nie, onthou daar is ander persone in jou jagtersgroep wat dalk baie lig slaap, en JY is die een wat die rusverstoring veroorsaak. As jy weet dat jy

ekstra swaar snork as jy te veel gekuier het, wees tog maar konsidererend en hou matigheid voor oё!

Voor jy een van jou makkers se wapen wil hanteer, al is dit om dit van naderby te bewonder, vra asb. eers toestemming. Baie jagters is heiliger op hul gewere as oor hul vrouens/meisies, en hoe sal jy voel as jou pelle sonder jou toestemming jou vrou begin hanteer? Hou ook maar jou hande van die metaaldele af.

Probeer om enige vorm van kompetisie in die jagveld te vermy. Ons mans het maar almal ‘n kompeterende streep, en kan dalk net onverantwoordelike skote neem om met daardie groothoring/groot-lyf bok, of daai 380 meter skoot in die kamp te kom spog.

Vermy enige oordadige gespot met mede- jagters wat dalk ‘n minder goeie dag in die veld gehad het, of ‘n slegte ondervinding soos die kwes van ‘n bok gehad het. Onthou, môre is dit dalk jou beurt! As dit kom by minder ervare jagters in jou groep, probeer altyd om hulle van goeie raad te bedien en jou kennis van jag aan hulle oor te dra, AS HULLE DAARVOOR VRA! Ongevraagde raad is dikwels irriterend.

In die volgende bydrae word die deel oor optrede teenoor mede-jagters voltooi, en gaan ons voort met optrede teenoor lede van die publiek en optrede t.o.v. die omgewing.

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NORTHERN KAROO HUNT CAPE BUFFALO AND ROAN ANTELOPE

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n Sunday November the 17th, 2019 I left Robertson in the Western Cape full of excitement and anticipation for the big game hunting that would take place over the next few days. We drove up to Kimberley in the Northern Cape, with Joe da Silva, our Professional Hunter from Cape Town.

On arrival at the Wag ‘n Bietjie Lodge, we met our lovely hostess Marie and her mother.

We were pointed to our rooms and then we got to meet the resident Professional Hunter, Stephan Bann.

We were taken to the shooting range for some shooting practice as

well as to sight in the rifles. I had to get acquainted with the rifles and calibres that I would be using for the hunt as I would not be using my own .

There were two rifles that I was to use for the next day’s hunt.

There was a .375 H&H - Winchester Mod 70 Safari Classic with a scope and an FN Browning in .458 Winchester Magnum with open sights.

This was the first time I had fired big calibre hunting rifles and I had heard the stories about the terrible recoil of the calibres, so I was a bit apprehensive.

I must admit is was not like shooting

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The morning of the hunt arrived and I must say I was really looking forward to the day. I had been awake long before our early breakfast was announced.

We set off early just after sunrise to the hunting concession area, to have a good look at which buffalo bull would make a suitable trophy for my first Buffalo hunt.

In no time at all we found a good sized old bull.

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We were set.

But seeing the Buffalo and getting to shoot the Buffalo are two completely different things. So began a long series of walking and stalking. Wind direction kept changing and a buffalo herd becoming more and more agitated as they got our scent.

Eventually after much walking, stalking and trying to get a good shooting position, I finally got into a position to take a shot. My PH advised me that the .375 H & H would be a better rifle for me to use.

Now it was time for the nerves to settle, to get my breathing under control and wait for that perfect moment to pull the trigger.

Boom!

I got a very good shot placement on the right shoulder. The Barnes X bullet hit the shoulder with a solid thud. This bull did not flinch at the bullet strike.

He ran about 100 metres with the herd. When the herd stopped running he also stopped, I was now presented with what was a very small patch of left leg shoulder.

Boom!

Perfect shot to the left shoulder.

He went down head first into the red sand. I heard him make a very distinct bellow.

We took our time and waited.

Finally we moved up to the animal making sure to keep our guns trained on him. Buffaloes have taken many hunters by surprise and some of those hunters did not live to tell the story.

My story was that I got myself a beautiful Cape Buffalo.

The Buffalo was a 40 3/8 inch hard boss, taken at 43 metres. I personally found the .375 H&H a bit light for such a big animal but I had the PH as a backup, if things had gone wrong. It was later found that from my first shot bone shards were found in the lungs and top half of the heart. Both my shots had hit their targets.

in the herd.

I was asked if I would like to hunt the Roan and I immediately agreed.

The hunt turned out not to be a quick in and out hunt. There was a very, very long walk and stalk. An old bull of his size did not mature like that because he was easy meat and this bull was fully aware of his surroundings.

While taking the Buffalo back to the skinning and cold room facility, Stephan got a phone call, saying that one of the ranches had an old Roan Antelope that had to be hunted.

A new young bull was replacing him

My next buffalo hunt is already being planned for the same time in 2020.

To make a long story short, I managed to get into a good shooting position and my shot was true. On the matter of the rifle recoil, I cannot remember any recoil at all. Just shows you what adrenalin can do to you.

The Roan measured 29 3/8 inches and was taken at 198 metres.

Both beautiful animals indeed.

Great hunting in this area, beautiful country indeed, with wonderful people.

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ISLAND EVOLUTION - NATURE’S MAGNIFICENT TREASURE OF SURPRIZES

Artist’s depiction of the extinct elephant bird Aepyornis maximus Image credit Roman Uchytel, prehistoric-fauna.com

BY: Dr Kas Hamman

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Introduction Islands and geographically isolated areas often create ideal conditions for animals and plants to reflect weird and interesting adaptations to specific environmental conditions. Just to refresh your memories, evolution entails the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. The process of evolution has given rise to biological diversity at every level of the biological organisation of species, individual organisms, and molecules. Evolution is the process through which animal and plant species adapt to changing circumstances, with natural selection as a key enabling mechanism. The isolation or confinement of species to limited spaces can lead to interesting but sometimes bizarre outcomes, especially if there are few predators to keep them in check.

adagascar, Mauritius, the Galapagos Islands, Australia, and New Zealand to mention but a few well-known islands in the southern hemisphere, are excellent real-life examples of the effect of isolation. On especially the smaller islands, species often need to compete with other species for a limited supply of food and they are unable to migrate to warmer or colder climates. Due to these and other environmental factors, evolution on islands often takes place at a higher pace than on mainland environments. It often comes down to adapt or die. Entire groups of animals and plants are often missing on some islands due to their inability to adapt to the special or unique conditions that prevail

there. Animals and plants that do survive and prosper on islands are often found to be unique occurring nowhere else on the planet, and can on occasion look very different.

Islands with their unique forms of endemism provide rewarding sources of study material for many naturalists and researchers.

Because land birds rarely make it to isolated islands, the few pioneering species that dó arrive and colonize often find a wide-open ecosystem with many vacant niches for exploiting food resources. The absence of competitors makes it possible for the colonizing species to be successful and multiply, evolving and spiralling or radiating off into many descendant species that each starts to

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Island gigantism

Large mammal carnivores are often absent on islands because of insufficient range or because of their inability to disperse over water. Birds, reptiles or smaller carnivores, which often then develop to larger-thannormal size on these islands to occupy ecological niches normally occupied by large predators. For example, on some of the Caribbean islands like Cuba, and on Madagascar and New Zealand, some or all apex predators were birds like eagles, falcons and owls, including some of the largest known examples of these groups. However, birds and reptiles generally are less efficient as large predators than mammalian carnivores. Since small size usually makes it easier for herbivores to escape or hide from predators, the reduced predation pressure on islands often allow them to grow larger. Small herbivores may also benefit from the absence of competition from large herbivores.

Large land tortoises that evolved on some islands are probably the result of decreased vulnerability to the scarcity of food and/or water and thus competition.

The larger sizes may enable these animals to survive for longer intervals without these necessities or enable them to travel long distances to obtain scarce food or water. Periods of such scarcity may be a greater threat on relatively smaller oceanic islands than on the mainland.

Island gigantism is therefore usually an evolutionary response caused by the absence of constraints on the size of mostly small animals normally caused by factors such as predation and/or competition.

Territorial behaviour may also favour the phenomenon of island gigantism. A study on Anaho Island in Pyramid

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Lake, Nevada USA, showed that territorial reptile species tended to be larger on the island compared to the mainland, particularly in the case of smaller species.

Larger size territorial species enable individuals to compete and to defend their territories more effectively.

This provides additional stimulus to evolve toward larger size species in isolated populations. Island size plays a role in determining the extent of gigantism. Smaller islands generally accelerate the rate of evolution in organism size, and organisms there evolve to greater extremes in smaller and/or larger than average size.

Island dwarfism

Constraints on islands can operate differently depending on the size of the animal, however; for example, while small herbivores may escape predation by hiding, large herbivores may deter predators by intimidation. As a result, the complementary phenomenon namely island dwarfism can also result from the removal of constraints related to predation and/or competition on the size of large herbivores. In contrast, dwarfism among predators more commonly results from the presence of constraints associated with limited and smaller prey resources available on islands. Island dwarfism is not as common a phenomenon as island gigantism, observed in most major vertebrate and invertebrates groups.

Closer to home, Cape leopards are much smaller than those found elsewhere in Africa, in fact, they are approximately half the mass. On average Cape Leopard males weigh in at around 35kg, whereas females weigh around 25kg. The smaller size of these animals is most probably the result of the isolated environments they had to adapt to and due to the smaller size and availability of prey in the mountainous habitats. These smaller

Artist’s depiction of the arrival of man on Mauritius that ensured the extinction of the Dodo

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animals are also more agile and effective hunters in these specialized but often harsh environments – similar to that found on some islands.

Some examples of Island evolution

The elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) may well be the largest bird to have ever walked the earth and it laid the biggest bird eggs on record. This giant flightless bird was endemic or native to Madagascar. The elephant bird had no natural predators on the island, meaning it could afford to lay one egg per year and take good care of it. This egg was left undisturbed and its chick (a sturdy little fellow in its own right) had excellent prospects of survival.

The elephant bird probably became extinct somewhere around the year 1000, shortly after man first set foot on Madagascar. The egg of an elephant bird is 29.7 cm long, 20.5 cm wide, and its shell is 3 mm thick!

Madagascar’s unique biodiversity reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana started approximately 180 million years ago.

The Madagascar-Antarctica-Australasia-India landmass separated from the Africa-South America landmass around 135 million years ago. Madagascar later split from north migrating India about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in isolation. As result of this isolation, Madagascar is home to an abundance of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Approximately 90 percent of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, including the lemurs (a type of primate), the carnivorous fossa and many birds. The island has been classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as a biodiversity hotspot.

We all know the tragic story of the dodo! This bird is world-famous because it is no longer exists! Living on an island makes you vulnerable. As soon as new animals or especially man set foot ashore, you are exposed to dangers that you are not equipped deal with. If you are not adapted to deal with enemies or predators, it can be over quickly. That is unfortunately how the dodo on Mauritius and Reunion came to their end. The dodo was a pigeon-like bird that could no longer fly. That too is an typical adaptation to island life, which in this case contributed to its tragic demise. When the first people arrived on the island during the 16th and 17th centuries, they brought with them in their ships rats, monkeys, and pigs. It is not difficult to figure out what happened next.

The dodos on these islands could not flee or protect their eggs and were easy targets for the ruthless intruders.

With the last dodo, the entire species died out. This was the first animal on record that died out at the hands of humans, which is why the dodo has become the icon of extinction.

Prior to recent human colonization that introduced rodents, cats and many other intruders, the only placental land mammals found on the islands of New Zealand were three species of bats. Birds occupied or dominated all

major niches in the New Zealand animal ecology. Nine Moa species inhabited the New Zeeland islands and the two largest species were 3,6 meters high and weighed up to 230kg. These large flightless grazing birds were functionally similar to antelope or cattle in other habitats.

The huge Haast’s eagle with up to 3-meter wingspans were the apex predators who filled the same niche as top mammalian-predators, such lions, leopards etc. One study estimated the total moa population at 3,000 to 4,500 breeding pairs, so Haast’s eagles would have been very vulnerable to any decline in the number of moas.

Early human settlers to New Zealand namely the Māori arrived approximately the year 1280 and they immediately started hunting these vulnerable Large flightless birds, including all moa species and as can be expected hunted them to extinction by around 1400.

The loss of its primary prey, caused the Haast’s eagle to become extinct shortly afterwards. Haast’s eagles were one of the largest known true raptors. In wingspan and weight Haast’s eagles were even larger than the largest living vultures. Female eagles were significantly larger than males. Most estimates place the female Haast eagles in the range of 10–15 kg and males around 9–12 kg. One source estimates that the largest females to be up to 16.5 kg in mass, which is about 50% heavier than the largest living eagle. The strong legs and massive flight muscles of these Haast’s eagles would have enabled the birds to take off with a jumping start from the ground, despite their considerable weight.

The giant tortoise (Cylindraspis triserata) was previously numerous throughout Mauritius - both on the main island and on all the surrounding islands. Mauritius was the first of the Indian Ocean Islands to be settled by humans and it was the first to face the extermination of its unique biodiversity - including the tortoises. The tortoise species, like many island species, were reportedly friendly, curious and not afraid of humans. With the arrival of the Dutch, vast numbers of tortoises were slaughtered - either as food for humans or pigs, or to be burned for fat and oil.

In addition as on many other islands invasive species such as rats, cats and pigs were introduced, which preyed on tortoises’ eggs and hatchlings. Some of these islands were at that stage already overrun with enormous numbers of introduced European rabbits, which destroyed available tortoise habitat. These giant tortoises were finally exterminated on the main island of Mauritius by about the year 1700, and soon thereafter on most of the surrounding islands by around 1735.

The Galápagos giant tortoise species (Chelonoidis nigra and related species) are the largest living species of tortoise. Modern Galápagos tortoises can weigh up to 417 kg. Today, giant tortoises exist on only two remote island groups namely the Galápagos Islands 1000 km due west of mainland Ecuador and Aldabrachelys gigantea on Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean, 700 km east of Tanzania.

The Galápagos tortoises are native to seven of the Galápagos Islands, which are a group of volcanic islands about 1,000 km west of the Ecuadorian mainland. With

DIE BONTEBOK lifespans in the wild of over 100 years, these giant tortoises are one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived for at least 170 years. Spanish explorers, who discovered these islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning “tortoise”. During his second voyage with the Beagle in 1835, Charles Darwin observed various survival adaptations in bird and tortoise species on these islands and these observations contributed to the development of his now well-known theory of evolution.

Tortoise numbers on the Galapagos Islands declined from over 250,000 in the 16th century to a low of around 3,000 in the 1970s.

Overexploitation of these species for meat and oil, habitat clearance for agriculture, and the introduction of non-native animals to the islands, such as rats, goats, and pigs caused this drastic decline. The extinction of most giant tortoise lineages can most probably attributed to over exploitation or hunting by early and modern human settlers, as the tortoises themselves have no natural enemies. Over the past 30 years, active international conservation efforts managed to curb the demise of some tortoise species on these islands.

Lakes can be considered as “islands” too, since as isolated habitats, no species can leave or enter these water-bodies. At Lake Victoria in Tanzania and Lake Malawi, scientists have been able to experience the rapid evolution of fish species up close. The cichlids in both lakes form a classic illustration of the evolutionary process in isolated environments, with their ability to adapt swiftly to changing circumstances. Examples of such adaptations include the shape of their teeth, the size of their eyes and the animals’ variety of body shapes and colours.

The rivers and tributaries draining the winter rainfall areas of the Cape Floristic Region has many examples of redfin minnows and other freshwater fish species that speciated as a result of isolation.

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Giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands barely survived The numerous isolated microhabitats associated with the winter rainfall areas of the Western and Eastern Cape gave rise to the evolution of thousands of fynbos plant species.

Island species or small isolated populations are almost always vulnerable to human impact.

One of the breakaway landmasses from the Gondwana separation contained what would become Australia and Antarctica. By about 30 million years ago Australia had fully separated and journeyed north on its own. Since then, changes in land formation and climate, and the physical isolation of this huge “island” from the rest of the world, led to the evolution of the unique biodiversity that we know in Australia today. More than 80% of the plants, mammals, reptiles, and frogs found there are unique to Australia and are found nowhere else in the world.

Concluding remarks

Animals and plants found on oceanic islands that have been isolated from mainland-continents for extended periods, often show unique examples of adaptations through the process of evolution to survive in these

specialised environmental conditions.

The strange phenomenon of gigantism or dwarfism is often observed on such islands. Rapid speciation or “adaptive radiation” where one ancestor species evolves rapidly into many descendant species, each with its own specialized or unique way of life. One hallmark of adaptive radiation is the unusually fast pace of species forming and the diverging from one another. Some of the clearest examples of these evolutionary explosions have occurred on remote island or archipelagos (groups) that offer freedom from competition and access to a variety of habitats. Unfortunately, many of these unique life forms are not adapted to any form of predation, which makes them very vulnerable to habitat destruction caused by humans and invasive plants and animals.

Supplementary sources of information 1. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Official Web Site.

2. Irby Lovette (2018) Why Evolution Goes Wild on Islands: The Science of Adaptive Radiation. The Cornell Lab web site.

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HANDGUN & MULTIDISCIPLINE SHOOTING

Hein Aylward STEEL MASTERS he 2019 Steel Master Series ended off on a high note at Kraaifontein Sport Shooting Club (KSSC). It is good to see the support it receives looking at members and other participants that travel as far as Boesmanland and Koue Bokkeveld to attend the series.

For the final match of 2019, held at KSSC, we had Noon Gun Brewery that was so kind to supply handouts to the Handgun (Gun Slinger Pilsner) and Shotgun (Smooth Bore Lager) participants. Please visit their web page at www.noongun.net

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Jacques Buckle (R/O) with James Devine and Seth Devine (11) of each discipline are totalled and combined for each event of the year to determine the Kaapjag Steel Master Champion.

The top 5 Steel Masters for 2019 are: 1. Hein Aylward 2. Ernst Koeglenberg 3. Gerrit van Zyl 4. Meent Borcherts 5. Andries Theart

The 2020 series started on a high note with match 01-2020 held at Cape Practical Pistol Club (CPPC) on the 29th of February. 29 entries were received of which 16 were Kaapjag members. This is really good to see. The 5 handgun stages consisted of 5 to go, showdown, smoke and hope, accelerators and roundabout. For interested parties, details on the stages

Results of the final match on 23 November 2019 are as follows: Handgun: 1. Andries Theart 100% 2. Meent Borcherds 87.06% 3. Ernst Koegelenberg 80.52% Shotgun: 1. Jason Berry 2. Meent Borcherts 3. Hein Aylward

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The steel challenge match hosted by Kaapjag and CPPC was well attended with 29 shooters. Ludy Starke, Vice Chairman of Central branch and Kaapjag Editor were among the steel shooters of the day. and rules are available on www. steelchallenge.co.za There are also various visuals on YouTube. Just search for Steel Challenge.

Shotgun: 1. Gerrit van Zyl 2. Hein Aylward 3. Marnus Kruger

Spectators are welcome to come and watch to see what the hype is all about. Ear and eye protection is compulsory. The shotgun match consisted of 3 strings, side to side and static. We were privileged to have the Vice Chairman of Central Branch, Ludy Starke, competing in his 1st Steel Masters event.

Handgun and Shotgun shooting is not new to him and his experience was quickly noticed by the youngsters. His handgun was a faithful 9mm 1911 single stack! We hope to see him more often in the future.

THE REMAINING 5 EVENTS FOR 2020 ARE:

The results for match 01-2020 at CPPC Handgun: 1. Ernst Koegelenberg 2. Jacques Buckle 3. Hein Aylward

28 March CPPC 16 May KSSC 11 July KSSC 15 August CPPC 21 November KSSC (Champs) In the next article we will look at the Guns and Shooters of the Steel Masters Series. We will look at the equipment of choice of the top 5 Steel Master shooters at Kaapjag.

We will also have short interviews with the members. So look out for this exciting article in the next issue.

NRA ACTION PISTOL As indicated in the previous article, Bellville Pistol Club (BPC) was adopted at the “home” of NRA Action Pistol events. The

clubs facilities are great and most important the range equipment is fantastic. We are able to shoot on electronic controlled turning targets which mean that we can accommodate 18 targets at once, saving lots of time on setting up and event time.

The events that are being offered are NRA Practical event, NPA Service, NPA Carry and NPA Pocket (IDPA Compact class), NPA Magnum.

Following the main NRA match, the NPA events are shot with the BPC member’s club shoot, and is an eye opener for members that would like to test their finer accuracy skills.

I would almost wish to say that NPA events should be the starting place of any handgun shooter before participating in NRA Action Pistol, IPSC and IDPA. Reason being, if you can’t hit a 8” area at 25m static, you would find it quite difficult to hit that area by drawing a loaded gun out of a holster and on the move.

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HANDGUN & MULTIDISCIPLINE SHOOTING

FLTR:. Andrew Young, Hein Aylward, Johan Joubert, Francois Rossouw, Gert Botes, Hans Hanekom, Josias Esterhuysen.

Kaapjag members did the February NRA pistol shooting match with distances up to 50m, at Bellville shooting club.

NRA Action pistol also requires inter alia, one to draw a loaded handgun from the holster, change to the weak hand and fire shots at multiple targets in a given time.

So if NRA Action Pistol is a bit overwhelming, come shoot the NPA events. Your start position doesn’t require dawning from a holster. It’s a good start, then to move to getting proficient with a NRA Tyro. Then move to Action Pistol. Just my thoughts.

The scheduled match of 7 March was cancelled due to the Central branch Vlakteskiet event that took place at WCSU and low interest numbers. The remaining NRA Action Pistol events at BPC are as follows; 4 April, 23 May, 13 June, 18 July. The Handgun Championships is scheduled for 22 August.

Boesmanland also hosts NRA Action Pistol events which are normally held after a Chasa Centrefire Rifle match, which perfectly makes sense. Wes-Boland Branch and West Coast Branches are also actively starting to host handgun events as part of their activity “packet”. We urge members from the northern parts to support it.

The matches are all postal events.

Kaapjag members can be assured that it caters for all type of shooting disciplines and is becoming a “1 STOP SHOP” to shoot what is available in your safe. Yes, Kaapjag is primarily a hunting association; however, I would not have met all these members on a hunting trip in the field. It would be very rare. Sport shooting within

a hunting association promotes camaraderie and most importantly, being competent with the firearms that you own. Shooting 3 shots on a hunt, and the couple just before a hunt is not sufficient in my opinion. But that’s just me.

In the next article on NRA Action pistol we will cover the details of the NRA Action Pistol event, what is required, and some useful tips. We will also cover the very successful Intertak that was held on 14 March at West Coast and the Seniors / Veterans team that were sent to the Chasa National Vlakteskiet event in Bloemfontein on 21 March. So, lots to talk about in the following edition.

Shoot straight and be safe!

Hein Aylward

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Weskusjag-Tak Die dag se wenners vir die gong challenge was: 1ste BJ Verster, 2de NH Coetzee en 3de SC Esterhuyse

Adri Basson - Voorsitter 2 Maart 2020 - NUUSBRIEF WESKUSJAG Gong Challenge / Jaarvergadering op 29 Februarie 2020 ie skuts het gou nadergestaan vir die gong challenge. Dit was ‘n uitdagende baan, maar die kompetisie was vinnig afgehandel waarna almal teenwoordig nader gestaan het vir die jaarvergadering.

Terugvoering is gelewer oor die afgelope jaar se gebeure en die voorsitter het gemeld dat die klub meer jonger skuts moet werf om aan die skietdae deel te neem aangesien dit meestal dieselfde aktiewe lede in die senior en veterane kategorie is wat die skietkompetisies gereeld bywoon.

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Die nuwe bestuur is verkies Voorsitter: Abri Basson Tesourier: Marlene Basson Sekretaris: Johan Esterhuyse Addisionele lede: Koos Brink, Thys Basson, Louis Engels, Johan du Plessis, Stephan Esterhuyse GekoĂśpteerde lede: Marius Ungerer, Johan Ellis

Vlnr: Johan Ellis (Skut van die Jaar) ontvang die trofee van Abri Basson (nuwe voorsitter)

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Weskusjag-Tak Die trofeĂŤ vir die jaar was ook uitgegee.

Skut van die jaar toekenning aan Johan Ellis; Mans skut - Stephan Esterhuyse, Senior skut - Louis Engels, Veterane Skut - Thys Basson, en Haelgeweer Skut - Johan Ellis 8 Februarie 2020 Die nuwe jaar is in volle gang en dit was weer tyd vir die aanslag op die wisseltrofee tussen WesBoland en Weskusjag.

Vier spanne van elke tak het ingeskryf om sake uit te spook, sowel as ‘n paar individuele skuts wat nie in spanne ingedeel was nie.

Tot groot vreugde van Weskusjag se manne was dit hulle beskore om weer die wisseltrofee huis toe te bring.

Vlnr: Koos Brink, Johan Ellis, Thys Basson, Louis Engels

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Witzenberg-tak VETERAAN 1. WELSH WL 2. STRAUSS FJ 3. SMAL P

JUNIOR 1. VAN DYK J 2. MARITZ FA 3. HUGO GF

DAMES 1. SCHEURKOGEL R 2. VOLSCHENK M 3. STEENKAMP J

PENKOP 1. LAUBSCHER L 2. DU PREEZ H 3. KUHN I

Jacques Visser - Voorsitter

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p Saterdag 1 Februarie het die Kaapjag se Witzenberg Tak Veldskiet plaasgevind.

Hierdie skiet was weereens ‘n reuse sukses gewees en ons wil almal bedank wat gehelp het met reëlings asook al die skuts wat ver gery het om te kom deelgeneem.

Dit was ‘n pragtige dag en die manne het hulle goed gekwyt van hul taak. ‘n Spesiale dankie aan Quénet’s vir hulle bystand en borg van die dag, ons waardeer die ondersteuning.

Wenners van die kompetisie was as volg: MANS 1. LOUW PK 2. LAUBSCHER A 3. DU PREEZ GJ SENIOR 1. VOLSCHENK A 2. SCHEFFER JH 3. LIVINGSTONE-LOUW JE

Skuts druk besig om reg te maak vir die kompetisie onder die wakende oog van die baanbeamptes

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Boesmanland-tak

Anthony Swift - Voorsitter

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oesmanland Afsluitskiet 2019, Saterdag, 7 Desember het Boesmanland Jag hul 2019 Kalender afgesluit met ‘n knal!

Daar was verskeie “verrassings” vir beide die individuele en span kompetisies.

Skuts was beperk tot 4 skote per baan vir elkeen van die 5 bane, wat elk “ontsluit” moes word deur eers ‘n valplaat om te skiet, asook 2 gongbane. Om ‘n ware veld simulasie te wees, was afstande aan die deelnemers bekend gemaak, maar geen voorbeelde van die teiken was voorsien nie. Dit het veroorsaak dat verskeie skuts (spesifiek die papierteiken-jagters) klei getrap het sonder ‘n voorbeeld van waar om ‘n bok te skiet!

Die spankompetisie het ook

H U L D E B LY K GERT LOMBARD Boesmanlandjag-tak se jaar het op ‘n hartseer noot begin nadat ons moes afskeid neem van een van ons stigterslede Gert Lombard. Gert sal onthou word as een van die steunpilare van ons tak. Hy sal beslis gemis word deur ons.

Rus in vrede Gert.

vlnr: André Müller(jnr.), Hardus Lambrechts, Andre Hugo, André Müller verskeie skuts op hul neuse laat kyk.

Die idee was maklik – skiet ‘n leeu op sowat 225 meter…of so het die skuts gedink. Een van die vier skuts kon in die gereedheidsposisie begin en aanlê na ‘n 65mm plofbare teiken, terwyl die ander skuts teruggestaan het met hul gewere op die vuurpunt. Die reël was eenvoudig. Sodra daar ‘n ontploffing was, mag die ander skuts van die span in die lê-houding gaan en op hul leeu teikens skiet.

Uit die ses spane kon slegs 4 spanne dit regkry om die die leeu te skiet.

Wat begin het as ‘n gespog oor hoe akkuraat hul wapens is, het geëindig met klaagliedere oor hoe lelik hul in die steek gelaat is. Gelukkig vir die twee spanne wie se leeu op vrye voet gebly het, het elke lid ‘n rol toiletpapier by die prysuitdeling

ontvang – want as daai ‘n regte leeu in die veld was, het hulle dit beslis nodig gehad!

Na afloop van die prysuitdeling was daar heerlik gebraai en gekuier, en hard bespiegel oor hoekom ‘n leeu dan nou só moeilik kon wees om te skiet. ‘n Nuwe bestuur vir 2020 is verkies.

Ons verwelkom hulle en sien uit na ‘n jaar vol uitdagings en nuwe idees.

Die voortslepende droogte is steeds op almal se harte en gedagtes, maar ons is dankbaar vir alle lede, besoekers en borge wat ons steeds getrou ondersteun.

Ons kyk na Bo en werk hard om van hierdie ‘n voorspoedige jaar te maak ten spyte van alles wat 2020 na ons kant toe gooi.

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Namakwa-tak Onder voorsitter - F de Villiers, Sekretaresse en Tesourier - L Meyer.

Addisionele Lede, Carel Maritz, Dj van Zyl, Francois en Lodi Griebenouw, Kallie Louw, Evan Lategan, Ertjie van Zyl, Rupert Van Zyl, Braam van Zyl, Wj Brand, Sybrand Laubscher en Jean Laubscher. Ons jaar se datums lyk as volg: 21 Maart - Landbouvereniging CHASA - Vredendal 23Mei - Namakwa Groepering - Vredendal 13 Junie - Klub Sosiale skiet - Vredendal 18 Julie - Handwapen skiet -Vredendal

Braham de Swardt - Voorsitter

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ns 2020 jaar het nou net begin en dis al reeds Maart maand. Dit begin alweer later lig raak soggens... hier en daar begin selfs al blare verkleur en manne gesels jagstories en jagdatums word al vasgemaak. 2020 was nie maklik gewees so ver nie. As dit nie beurtkrag is nie, dan is dit Corona Virus wat jou planne omver werp. Maar ons vat hom soos hy kom.

Kaapjag Namakwa lĂŞ teen of in die Olifantsrivier vallei... en daarom begin ons klub se aktiwiteite eers gewoonlik rondom einde Maart.

Die eerste 3 maande van die jaar is dit oestyd vir die oorgrote meerderheid van ons lede wat boere is.

Die eerste samekoms was ons Algemene Jaarvergadering wat op 26 Februarie gehou is en goed verteenwoordig is deur die lede.

Die nuwe bestuur vir 2020 is gekies en is as volg: Voorsitter - B de Swardt,

Intertak span - 2de plek. Vlnr: Dj van Zyl, Evan Lategan, Gerhard (Wildman) Francois de Villiers, en Sybrand Laubscher

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Wes Bolandjag-tak aangebied.

Baie dankie aan Guns and Bows vir die borg.

Handwapen skiet op die 2 stelle splinternuwe staal ghongs op baie stewige staal

voetstukke is hier vir die eerste keer gebruik wat deur Frikkie Thiart van TDF Ingenieurswerke op Riebeek Wes kosteloos vervaardig en afgelewer is.

Dankie Frikkie.

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p Saterdag, 7 Desember het Wes-Bolandjag die eerste– 3 CHASA dissiplines op een dag – Vlakte, Tyro handwapen en Feather & Furr haelgeweer skiet op die plaas Remhoogte aangebied.

Op Saterdag, 22 Februarie het ons ‘n CHASA handwapen en kleiduif skiet

Skuts op die ghongbaan met die plaas Remhoogte in die agtergrond.

Skuts luister aandagtig na die Voorsitter se verduideliking van die dag se gebeure in die skadu van die Onbekend Kothuis op die plaas Remhoogte, Koringberg wat ook as gastehuis verhuur word.

Skuts druk besig om aan te lê op die springbok en jakkals teikens. Die nuwe russe wat gebruik word het vele kommentaar uitgelok!

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Wes Bolandjag-tak

Handwapen skiet op die splinternuwe staal ghongs

Frans Hugo hou ‘n wakende oog oor die skuts

Dames en mans wenners van die kleiduif skiet

Dames en mans wenners van die vlakte skiet

Onderskeie afdelings se wenners met hul sertifikate saam met die borg Guns and Bows heel regs. Ons 20 ste AJV word op Dinsdagaand, 17 Maart by Moorreesburg Rolbalklub gehou. Die volgende skiet sal plaasvind Saterdag, 18 April. ‘n CHASA Ghongskiet – kyk gerus op ons webtuiste vir die volledige jaarprogram.

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Sentraal-tak and the staff behind the scenes who dedicate their time and effort to ensure the success of each of our events.

I would also like to thank each and every one of our members

and anticipate that you will partake and experience the various events we have lined up for the year.

Regards Yaseen Hanware

Kaapjag Sentraal-Tak reg vir 2020

Yaseen Hanware - Voorsitter

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he year has literally started with a bang at Central Branch. To date, we have had three shoots including our new Vlakteskiet.

Congratulations to the following Central Members who won the Kaapjag Inter-branch Shoot: Greg Sykes, Ludy Starke, Wesley White and Rohan Meyer. Thank you for partaking and winning! We are indeed proud to have you as members of Kaapjag Central.

In the build-up to the hunting season and for the year, we have four more shoots including the Obalie Shoot.

We also have a wonderful lineup of speakers at the Members’ Evenings. One such special speaker is Raymond Heron. Mr. Heron is an historian who will be speaking about the Spionkop Battle fought in the Anglo-Boer War. I would like to thank our exceptional Committee Members

KAAPJAG SENTRAAL-TAK. Sentraal-Tak het die jaar afgeskop met `n klomp lekker aktiwiteite.

Die Guns & Bows CHASA .22 Randslag skiet van 25 Januarie was goed ondersteun deur 55 entoesiastiese skuts.

Dit was gevolg deur die Guns & Bows CHASA Senterslag skiet op die WCSU bane.

Soos gewoonlik was dit goed aangebied en het plaasgevind in `n uitstekende gees; die 60 skuts het dit werklik baie

geniet. Greg Sykes was die wenner met `n puik telling van 585,3.

Ons eerste CHASA Vlakteskiet van 7 Maart was suksesvol.

Die skuts moes vinnig aanpas by die nuwe formaat, maar het goed gevaar met hierdie relatiewe moeilike skiet.

Nellian van Zyl was die algehele wenner met `n uitstekende 555,9 uit 600 punte.

Die lede-aand van 20 Februarie was goed onderteun

Jack Nel, Hendrie Brink en Henri du Toit, met .338 Lapua kaliber geweer

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Die manne luister aandagtig na Jack Nel se praatjie deur meer as honderd lede en besoekers. Ons gasspreker was Jack Nel. Sy onderwerp was die Tegniese Apekte van Lang Afstand skiet. Jack het `n boeiende voorlegging gemaak, met kortliks die volgende interessante aspekte: Lang afstand skiet is tradisioneel `n militĂŞre skerpskutter dissipline, met die verste skoot op rekord van 3540m. Sportskieters stel al hoe meer belang in lang afstand skiet en neem deel aan bv. veldskiet, tot so 350m, taktiese skiete van 200m tot 1200m en vaste posisie skiete van 1500 tot 2500m. Die 6mm kalibers doen goed tot so by 1200m, maar swaarder kalibers soos die .338 Lapua word gebruik vir die langer afstande.

Sentraal het nog `n lekker lang

program vir die res van die jaar en ons sien uit daarna om dit aan te bied.

Groete Henri du Toit

Die skuts op die skietpunt wag op die fluitjie om te begin skiet

Save the Sheep I’m alive thanks to you………

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Sutherland sê baie dankie aan: Kaapjag en Yaseen Hanware

Dankie vir elke druppel molasse aan ons Sutherland boere!

Hierdié groot skenking help ons geweldig baie. Dankie vir al julle moeite en reëlings rondom die kompetisie tbv droogtehulp aan Sutherland. Dit word verseker waardeer.

JP en De-Manndi Symington, Bankdrif, Sutherland Namens groep 3 wat 30 boere verteenwoordig

Namens Groep 1 wil ons vir Kaapjag baie baie dankie sê vir die Skietdag se inkomste wat julle vir STS geskenk het sodat ons Molasse kon aankoop. In die besonder wil ons vir Yaseen Hanware baie dankie sê vir jou reuse aandeel hierin.

Andreas en Lynette Muller, Gunsfontein Namens groep 1 wat 29 boere verteenwoordig

Ons diepe dank aan Kaapjag vir jul ondersteuning en hulp aan ons distrik deur middel van die inkomste uit die Skietdag gehou ten bate van die Sutherland boere. In besonder, baie dankie Yaseen Hanware vir al jou reëlings rondom hierdie spesiale dag. Jul bydrae het ons instaat gestel om molasse aan te koop vir die boere van ons distrik. Weet dat ons julle baie waardeer.

Willie & Alta de Lange, Verlatenkloof Namens groep 5 wat 25 boere verteenwoordig

Baie dankie Kaapjag vir die wonderlike skenking van molasse wat ons as gevolg van julle ontvang het.

Ons het nie woorde om te beskryf wat dit vir ons as distrik beteken nie. Yaseen, baie dankie vir jou reëlings rondom hierdie skenking, en vir jou besoek aan Sutherland. Ons waardeer dit ongelooflik baie.

Jan en Sybil Visagie Namens groep 2 wat 22 boere verteenwoordig

Ons grootste waardering aan Kaap Jag vir die reuse skenking vir Sutherland. Molasse is ‘n waardevolle toevoeging tot ons boerdery om die nodige energie te verskaf aan ons diere om ons koue temperature te deurstaan, en ons lammers groot te maak. Baie dankie nogmaals, ook aan Yaseen, vir alles wat jy gedoen het om die skenking ‘n realiteit te maak.

Derick en Reda Hanekom, Elandsrivier Namens groep 4 wat 28 boere verteenwoordig

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