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Practical trails course, what an experience
These two weeks at Lowveld trails were to get our apprentice trails guiding. This means that after gaining our ARH (Advanced Rifle Handling) & passing our theory on trails guiding we needed to get some practical experience and assessment. This was done with a 12...
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Fever pitch is high
The mood on campus for the week has been both tense and feverishly ‘busy’. Apart from the last few remaining Advanced Rifle Handling assessments that had to be conducted, as well as the preparation for the upcoming Apprentice Trails Guide exams, all were waiting in...
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How to better yourself as a Field Guide
There are so many variables in field guiding, previously known as a game ranging or game ranger, and possibly the biggest of these is your guests! Thus, the field guide’s attitude and enthusiasm are most important as guests spend at least 6 hours each day with you as...
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Assessment drives are here
This has been a bit of a varied week for most people. We started off the week with the final few assessment drives - everyone passed! All the practice drives, hotbox packing, fact learning, extra research, 4x4 training, route planning, branch clearing, map studying...
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How to fall in love… with birds
If you love something, you have to love it fully! If you only love half, how fair would it be to the opposite party? Sometimes falling in love takes time and we first need to overcome a lot of things and other times it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. Birds can easily feel like...
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FGASA exam time
So, our final FGASA exam and practical assessments are finally upon us after all the preparations and time spent learning everything we can during our time at Bushwise! Lucky for us just before the intense week that is exam and assessment week, we were given the...
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It’s crunch time for the Class of January 2019
We, the students of 2019, are in crunch time! To most of us our mock assessment drives, which are like practise drives, was a good indicator of where you are in terms of FGASA standards. We have all finished our final Bushwise practicals. These practical tests...
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We answer all your FAQ’s about Field Guiding
Based on everyday calls and emails, we decided to highlight some of the most frequently asked questions by people regarding Field Guiding and the industry in general. Even in this day and age of the internet and search engines, lots of information about this industry...
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What Field guiding is all about
Field guiding is far more about people than animals. You may spend ten hours a day looking at four-legged animals, but you will spend between fifteen to eighteen hours daily with the two-legged ones. There are a few professions where you spend so much time with the...
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Now We’re Getting Serious
Week 4, semester 3, two more tests down in Astronomy and Weather & Climate, not the easiest to learn when you want to focus on the amazing wildlife all around you. But these very important cosmic and atmospherically processes interact and affect our Earth and...
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