Hi John,

You're right of course, but I wasn't really referring to guys who are dramatically overweight. Tailoring the hunt for someone with a weight problem is part of the job. For example, you'd try to hunt the areas with less challenging terrain rather than head for the mountains etc. - Just because someone is overweight, doesn't necessarily mean they can't walk. - It's amazing what the lure of a Buffalo or a sneaky PH asking the client to 'just give me one more hour and you'll get your Buffalo etc' can do!

I was really referring to guys with other health problems such as serious heart conditions or restricted to a wheelchair etc. - From my point of view, if the client does his best then that's good enough for me.

Regarding only hunting to the rules of fair chase, I again agree with you completely.- To me, hunting any other way simply ain't hunting, it's shoooting and it's the reason I haven't hunted DG in RSA for some years. - although, I guess that's taking the situation to it's extreme conclusion and maybe I'm not entirely right in that choice......... deciding exactly where one should draw that fine line isn't always easy. That said, it is easy to decide about canned shooting at the other end of the spectrum, where animals, mosr commonly Lions, are bred and then released (often still drugged) for the client to come in and shoot. As far as I'm concerned that should be entirely illegal.

Some people take the attitude of 'well, if you want to do that, go ahead, but it's not for me'..... I personally believe that if we take that attitude, not only is it completely unethical, but it'll also eventually mean the end of our sport and the end of the hunting industry in SA.