Accepted appropriate dedicated activity: strictly only a hunt in which the reporting member participated in (be that a hunt for furred or feathered game).
Proving documentation: copies of receipts of monies paid for hunting weekends; of the farmer’s permission to hunt and to transport venison. A photo of the animal(s) you hunted (date and time stamp on such a photo is required – a mere photo of a rifle on a bakkie cab does not prove a specific hunting excursion as it could have been taken anywhere).
A copy of the NHSA Hunting Letter can be dowloaded HERE - Use it !!
Note 1: if the reporting member was on a hunt and could not, or did not hunt any animal, the entry of the activity is still accepted as an appropriate dedicated activity (as s/he had hunted).
Note 2: specific and appropriate arrangements for reporting of hunting activities on own properties by game farm or game ranch owners, or by dedicated members who work on these farms / ranches, have been put in place, and can be accessed HERE
Note 3: Members are welcome to attach the annual reports they have submitted to another accredited association they might also belong to, as proof of their dedicated activities. However, attaching an Annual Report meant for another accredited association is, in itself, not verification of the activities mentioned on that report, unless the activity is clearly shown to be verified by the association it was intended for. You can read the reasons for this proviso HERE
Proviso: culling and damage causing animal control is not perceived to be hunting but can be entered as accepted appropriate dedicated hunting related activity under heading 6.4.
Exclusion 1: Bow hunting is not accepted as a dedicated activity. Annual reporting of dedicated activities relate to your legal ownership of Section 16 licensed firearms. If you do not use a firearm (handgun, rifle or shotgun) for the reported hunt, then that specific hunt has no relevance re your dedicated status.
Exclusion 2: guiding of clients on a hunt (PH work) cannot be reported as dedicated activity related to firearms used in terms of Section 16 (see Regulation 4(e)(ii)). The same goes for Field Guiding of clients, which is business related and not related to the principles re Section 16 firearms mentioned in paragraph 4 in the main document.
Exclusion 3: shooting of loose running dogs in the veld on game ranches or farms; or snakes or finches or Mynas is not perceived to be hunting related activities to be entered under this heading, neither is shooting of rats in the barn.
EXAMPLES OF PROVING DOCUMENTS
We do not doubt our member's word as we know s/he is proud of this fine Kudu. We have thus approved this entry as dedicated activity ! But it's difficult to prove to SAPS that we can verify that this Kudu was shot on the day and place indicated. Rather also attach additional proving documentation, or include a photo with a date and time stamp on. It just protects us all.
A photo with a date stamp is better, although we know people don't always like date stamps on photo's - but one for one's own record purposes is possibly not a bad idea (depending on it if your camera or cell phone can put date stamps on photo's, of coarse)
Accepted - Permission to Hunt & to Transport Venison
Accepted - Permission to Hunt & to Transport Venison - Download this document HERE
