Subscriber of the Month: Mike Wittet

Mike came to South Africa from Scotland 50 years ago and has now retired to the Western Cape. He considers himself fortunate to have had many hunting adventures including a quest for the Big Five – with a dart hunt on a white rhino, and hunts in other countries for a Marco Polo sheep, bongo and Lord Derby eland.

He enjoys going back to his roots in Scotland and says there is nothing better than a highland stalk for a red deer stag. In Scotland he normally used his 7mm Merkel and during his last visit there, to Assynt, he assisted in a cull taking two stags.

Previously Mike was a trophy and meat hunter but now enjoys local meat hunts to make biltong, mince and boerewors for his family. He uses a .375 rifle for dangerous game and a .30-06 for antelope.