Trophy Room Peet van Zyl

This is the trophy room of my father ( stepfather ) Dr. Peet van Zyl.He is one of a few hunters that hunted 53 out of 54 species south of the Zambezi river and 95 % of them is in Rowland Ward. He holds a few South African Records and in Rowland ward a couple in the top 5. He was the winner of the Musgrave Award in 1991 ( The highest award in hunting of South Africa ) and was the President of the S A HUNTERS ASSOCIATION.He climed Kilimandjaro on the age of 54.He is the one that taught me everything about hunting.I started hunting in 1987 with him and were very fortunate to do a couple of hunts with the old guy. I hunted a lion,girraffe,red duiker,bushpigg,serval and other species with him. He is a perfectionist in and out of the field. He has a rare rifle collection that consists collections of old english rifles to makes of Manlicher,Bernadelli,Ferlach and some with Mauser Actions.

He started to hunt in 1970 in South Africa and also hunted almost 30 times in Botswana,Zimbabwe,Zambia and Namibia.
He hunted the big five( 7 Elephants, 17 Buffalo, 3 Lion, 1 White Rhino, 1 Leopard) and got all the rare species like sitatunga,red lechwe,kafue lechwe,chobe bushbuck,suni,cape and sharpes grysbok, and puku

He is one of my great mentors and will always love and admire him.

THANX DAD.