Confusion in hunting trip nearly ends friendship in tragedy
In an instant, chaos erupted. The sound of gunshots echoed through the forest, startling birds into flight and sending animals scattering in all directions. Morné, who had just taken aim at his actual target, felt an intense pain in his leg as the bullet pierced his flesh. His shot went off. Christiaan, startled by the noise and sensing danger, dove behind a fallen tree trunk, narrowly avoiding Morné’s bullet.
Hunter fatally shoots man he mistook for a boar
What if you were to accidentally discharge your firearm and someone is wounded? Or worse, killed someone while aiming at an animal when visibility is not optimal?
Braai time is crime time: Springbok recalls getting shot repeatedly after tackling four armed assailants while protecting family and friends
Former Springbok and Free State Rugby coach, Naka Drotské, credits his instinct to charge and tackle, as what saved his friends and family during a brutal attack in November 2018, but it is also what almost cost him his life.
Farmers face livestock crime syndicates alone to avoid losses to “fly by night” farms
As if the safety risks farmers in South Africa have to deal with aren’t enough, livestock farmers are now facing livestock crime syndicates who are moving more than a R1 billion worth of livestock every year.
Gunshot saves family from tragedy
It is the typical South African weekend. With more sport on the menu than the number of available screens in your home, there’s plenty to look forward to. The fire is lit, the beer is ice cold, your wife is preparing that potato dish that you have been craving all week and the children are […]