{"id":986,"date":"2022-10-26T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=986"},"modified":"2022-10-26T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:25:45","slug":"william-and-charlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/26\/william-and-charlie\/","title":{"rendered":"William and Charlie."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Father and son team William and Charlie hunted Laohu Valley Reserve during October 2022. This was their first hunting trip to South Africa. In addition to hunting, to supply meat for the South China Tiger breeding project, they also enjoyed a day fishing on the Orange River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professional hunter: Dewald Kearns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0038-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0038.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A small hunter with a large animal. William and Charlie with Charlie&#8217;s eland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0017-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Charlie is an enthusiastic angler. Here he holds a catfish he caught in the Orange River, South Africa&#8217;s largest river, which meanders through the Laohu Valley Reserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0030-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0030-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0030-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0030.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>William and Charlie with a blue wildebeest hunted by William. An animal of this size will feed 2 &#8211; 3 South China Tigers for a week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0034-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0034-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0034-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0034-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0034.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Charlie and William with a blesbuck harvested by Charlie at Laohu Valley Reserve. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0039-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0039-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0039.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0042-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0042-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0042-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0042.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Above: Charlie and William each with a springbok ram hunted at Laohu Valley Reserve in support of the South China Tiger conservation project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0040-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0040-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0040-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221024-WA0040.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Charlie with his kudu. A lot of time and energy went into this hunt. Well done Charlie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father and son team William and Charlie hunted Laohu Valley Reserve during October 2022. This was their first hunting trip to South Africa. In addition to hunting, to supply meat for the South China Tiger breeding project, they also enjoyed a day fishing on the Orange River. Professional hunter: Dewald Kearns. 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