Rifles and roadtrips

This week was the Advanced Rifle Handling (ARH) tests, which is a timed and accuracy based test for walking safari guides. It's hard enough by it's self but a bit harder being left handed using a right handed rifle. There was a blind folded exercise of loading and unloaded, three rapid shots at 15 meters, 10 meters and 5 meters. Then if you do that then it's a misfire simulation and then a mock stationary buffalo charge at 12 and 8 meters. And all that ends with a mock lion charge being reportedly pulled at real time speed.

The video is posted here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GoFWIHIL3E

During a night drive

This marks the start of the next off week which make only about 4 weeks left until the final exams, all the pre-tests are finished now so it's revising and getting ready for the practical drive assessment. Really just three more things to finish and then off for placement on reserve, the place lined up is called Leo and it is research based meaning instead of guests it's volunteers and it's alot of animal tracking, ID and monitoring, if it's half as good as it looks it'll be very very good.



This week it's down for a few day in the coastal city of Durban, hopefully for some shark swimming.