
Big Game - Antelopes and RhinocerosĪctually an animal does not need to be either absolutely huge or dangerous to be classified as ”Big Game”. Classical and well-functioning Big Four-destinations are Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. Hunting for The Big Four can be done with a completely clear conscience, as the hunt will help to save far more animals from poaching than will be actually taken during hunting. As just about no hunting for rhinoceros is carried out anymore, hunters now talk about the The Big Four. This is just one of the reasons why it is actually Big Game-Hunting, that is now the best tool for conserving Africa’s large mammals in their natural habitat in the wild. Generally speaking it is only in the areas where hunting outfitters operate that the increasing levels of poaching have been brought under control, which elsewhere have grown alarmingly, especially with regard to elephants, over recent years. While it is true that hunting for rhino is perhaps not once what it once was, as today this species is highly protected and surrounded by a great deal of security, the remaining species can still be hunted in the wild African bush - with all the wonderful experiences that this brings with it. Lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhinoceros have been the great attraction for Big Game hunters travelling to Africa on safari for centuries, and they still are. However if is first and foremost The Big Five, that one thinks about when the conversation turns to big game hunting. Even many species of antilope are actually classed as big game.

Technically speaking by far the most hunting in Africa is actually Big Game Hunting.

Big Game does not just mean big animals, but big challenges and experiences. Big Game - is for many the very essence of hunting in Africa.
