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There will not be a 2011 One Shot Hunt Club SA event scheduled in South Africa

The following article was prepared for publication in the "Hunter" magazine published by Wisconsin's SCI chapters. 

IN MEMORY OF HECTOR

On September 3rd, Hector Kitscha passed away at the age of 80 following an extended illness. Hector was well known by many members of the local chapters of the SCI as he was a key founder of the Wisconsin Chapter of the SCI, its first President and a long-time supporter of SCI programs.

Hector was born in Laredo, Texas and lived his youth with his grandmother. At 18, he saw an ad for an electrician course in a magazine for Milwaukee School of Engineering. He came to Milwaukee, applied for the course and successfully completed it. Hector so impressed his instructors that they convinced him to take advanced courses which eventually led to his earning a degree in 1952 in Electrical Engineering. As a young engineer, he was hired by Cutler-Hammer where he spent his business career. He started in the Development and Engineering Department where he eventually became its head. He moved to general management when he became the manager of the Industrial Controls Division. He finished his career at Eaton-Cutler Hammer, retiring in 1993 as a Vice-President with international responsibilities.

Hector and his wife Marcy touched many people in the worldwide hunting community by helping them to plan trips throughout the world when they ran Custom Travel. Hector was always available to answer questions and to give valued suggestions. He was unique for his vast knowledge of foreign gun laws, foreign travel issues and the international hunting community. Hector’s own love for hunting and the hundreds of relationships he had developed with outfitters, guides and hunters made many people more comfortable in venturing into the far corners of the world. Hector stories, his laughter, his camaraderie and his hunting experiences will be missed by many.

Hector had a keen interest in hunting organizations. He remained an active member of SCI. He joined the One Shot Hunt of Lander, WY where he became its president. After his retirement, Hector created the One Shot Hunt Club of South Africa and its affiliated U.S. based OSHC Foundation. These charitable organizations recognized his love for Africa, his desire to help the native children and his wish that international hunters continue to be accepted by Africans as an important part of their culture.

Hector is survived by his beloved wife, Marcy of 60 years, daughter Glory (John) Wynsen of Brookfield, son David (Sun) Kitscha of Mukwonago, daughter Joy (Jerry) Hertlein of New Berlin, son John (Pat) Kitscha of Brookfield; 8 grandchildren: Jennifer, Jessica, Michael, James, Emily, Andrea, Steven, and Gabrielle. He is loved and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Private funeral services were held on September 7, 2010 at the Heritage Funeral Home, 4800 S. 84th St., Greenfield WI, 53228. If desired, memorials can be sent to the Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice, 1155 Honey Creek Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI 53213, 414-615-5900.

The following article was published in the Summer 2009 edition of the Free Wheelchair Mission's newsletter.

Notes from South Africa

Program Manager Whitney Blaesser travelled to South Africa last fall. While there, she visited the nearby town of Bushbuck Ridge…

I was taken to meet a little girl named Mecryu. She is 10 years old and has been physically and mentally disabled her entire life. She smiled and I felt a special connection. There she was, in the dirt, unable to walk, and smiling. I sat down and played with her, and I knew that Mecryu is truly a special daughter of God. Without being able to talk, or walk, or interact like all the rest, she just beamed. She was so beautiful. God’s light radiated from her little face. I felt so strongly that she knew the love He has for her – I believe that has made all the difference.

We didn’t have a wheelchair for Mecryu that day – we were surveying the town to assess the need. I hoped we would be back, that we could help. When I said goodbye to Mecryu that day, I told her that the next time I saw her, she would be lifted up off the ground – she would be in a wheelchair.

Mecryu changed my life. I had seen the need, but she helped me understand. People around the world find joy in the knowledge that God will provide – I am so humbled and inspired by this smiling child of God. The good news – our new partner in South Africa, Forever Resorts, followed up on my promise to Mecryu and she got her wheelchair a few months later! n

The following article was published in the Winter 2008 edition of the Free Wheelchair Mission's newsletter.

The following article was published for a book co-authored by Jeffery Engel, Sherol Engel and James Swan on hunting. The book entitled  "Chasing the Hunters Dream" has been published. We are in the book! The book’s ISBN number is 978-0-06-134382-7.

Many of the readers of this book will have already enjoyed the unique big game hunting experiences that are only available in Africa. For many others, an African safari remains as an unfulfilled dream to be realized when time and circumstances permit.

To help hunters remaining to be welcome in Africa in the coming years, a group of international hunters and African outfitters has created a program that provides a way for hunters to directly benefit local African communities. This group’s members believe that highly visible support by hunters of local communities is critical for hunting to retain African community and political support. This group conducts its programs through two organizations that are called the One Shot Hunt Club South Africa and the OSHC Foundation Inc.

The One Shot Hunt Club South Africa (OSHC SA) began in the year 2000 when several veterans of the One Shot Hunt Club of Wyoming decided that they wanted to start a similar club in South Africa. Their planning came to fruition in May of 2001, when the OSHC SA held its first three day event at a game farm near Kimberly.

Ten teams of two shooters each competed in the event which included shooting competition, bushman dancers, banquets and an awards ceremony. The species hunted by the teams was springbok; an animal which is similar in both size and difficulty to hunt to the North American pronghorn. Since that original event, competitions have been added for a one shot bow hunt and a one-shot pistol hunt for those wishing to use these types of weapons. Hunters from New Zealand, North America and South Africa have participated in these annual events.

For the hunts, shooters are divided into teams of two hunters each. Each pair of hunters is accompanied by a PH who serves as the official time keeper and scorer for the hunters as well as functioning as a guide. Once the hunt begins, team members alternate the right to hunt every 30 minutes. The objective is for each hunter is to successfully kill an animal with one shot. Misses or shots which wound animals that cannot be recovered without additional shots are counted as zero. Adding challenge to the hunt is that shooting can only be done off hand or using a natural support such as a tree or a rock. Shooting from vehicles or using non-natural supports, such as shooting sticks, is also not allowed. The only exception being that pistol shooters are allowed to use shooting sticks.

Scores for each team are based on the number of one shot kills and the time taken by the team to complete its shots. The winning team is the one which has two one shot kills in the shortest period of time. The challenge presented by these one shot hunt rules is evidenced by the fact that fewer than half the teams who have ever competed have successfully killed two animals with one shot each.

Beginning in 2005, the OSHC SA moved its annual South African event to the Aventura Tshipise Resort northeast of Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg).. In this new area, impala are much more common than springbok so the species hunted is impala.

Following the successful staging of the first OSHC SA event in 2001, several officers of the club had the occasion to visit a few community grade schools in the Kimberly area. The needs of the school children and the shortage of resources available were dramatically obvious. Even though it was South Africa’s winter, many of the school children were without shoes and many came to school hungry because their families couldn’t afford to provide them with breakfast.

Believing that they would like to return something to the country that had provided them with so many hunting opportunities over the years, the One Shot Club’s members began a program to collect tennis shoes and funds for maize meal to be distributed to needy school children during the next year’s event.

Conversations with school and government officials during the 2002 event indicated that most of the school systems had very few working computers available for teaching, text books were usually shared among several students and students didn’t have enough money themselves to purchase such basic school supplies as pencils and paper.

The virtual non-existence of computers available for teaching students was seen as a major impediment for these schools. The frustration felt by both the teachers and school officials caused by the lack of teaching computers was very evident.

Identification of the seriousness of these needs resulted in the club substantially increasing its programs to support the schools during the next year. Providing support for needy South African school children was adopted as the primary mission of the club. Efforts were initiated to encourage the donations of computers and school supplies which could be given to the school systems.

Before the 2003 event in South Africa a number of organizations in the United States provided very generous donations of computers, software, text books and school supplies which required 20 full pallets to ship. Federal Express further supported this effort by air freighting the 20 pallets to Johannesburg at its own expense. Following the 2003 event, officers of the club worked with the Educational Ministry of the Free State to maximize the utilization of computers, text books and school supplies within the school system. This effort eventually resulted in the creation of a computer training center near Christiana for which a local school provided the facility, the club provided the computers and a local resort funded the wiring and computer infrastructure.

In 2004, the club distributed another shipment that included computers, text books, school supplies, tennis shoes and first aid supplies as well as blankets and corn meal that was purchased by the club locally in South Africa using donated funds. In 2005, the club launched a new effort to donate programmable hearing aids to poor children with hearing impairment. As these hearing aids cost nearly $2,000 each in South Africa, few natives can afford them. This hearing aid program is continuing in 2007 thanks to the donations of additional hearing aids by a concerned individual and the support of a local hearing clinic.

Funding for the club’s activities has been provided both by direct cash contributions and by donated hunts, services or goods which are auctioned by the club. Most of the funds received by the club are used to purchase items – such as mealy, blankets and medical and school supplies - locally in Africa for distribution and to support the club’s activities.

One of the newer programs of the club is to create partnerships with African outfitters and local communities to market donated hunts. For these partnerships the outfitters donate their daily fees, the community donates the trophy fees and the club then sells the hunts. When a hunt is sold, all of the net receipts are transferred directly to the local community. Sales of hunts donated under this program have provided support to a village in Mozambique and to the Mpembeni Community in Zululand.

Perhaps the greatest value provided by the club has proved to be its ability to serve as an organization for arranging the direct distribution to needy communities and individuals in Africa of donated goods. Examples of such distributions have included computers, shoes, text books and hearing aids. Its newest program is to work with its African members to arrange the distribution of 550 new wheel chairs that were donated by another charitable U.S. based organization. By the end of 2006, the value of the goods donated to the club for distribution in Africa approached $500,000.

The club has been able to successfully conduct the activities involved in receiving and distributing donated goods in large part because it has registered non-profit corporations in both South Africa and in the United States. Both corporations have as their formal mission the providing of support to needy African school children and their communities. Both have also been recognized by their respective governments as publicly funded, non-profit corporations.

The United States registered corporation is used to receive funds, goods or services which are donated by U.S. based individuals and organizations. Because it is recognized by the IRS as a 501 (c) (3) organization, donations by U.S. individuals and corporations are fully tax deductible.

The South African corporation is recognized as a Section 21 corporation and serves a similar purpose for South African individuals and businesses donating funds, goods or services. Additionally, the South African corporation provides an organization that can import donated goods duty free which is next to impossible for a foreign chartered corporation.

Neither the club nor the foundation has any paid employees and all of its officers and directors contribute both their time and travel expenses without either being paid or reimbursed.

For hunters who are planning to be in South Africa, participating in the one shot event is great way to contribute to the children and future of South Africa, meet others of similar interests and to broaden their contacts within South Africa. For those who do not wish to hunt but would like to participate in some of the activities of the event, there are options available; including tickets for attending one or both of the banquets which include auctions of donated hunts, artwork and many other items. Individuals and organizations who may wish to contribute to the U.S. based foundation without participating in the activities of the annual event may do so by contacting any of the club’s U.S. officers.

The club’s 2007 event will be held from April 22nd through April 25th at the Aventura Resort Tshipise near Polokwane. Anyone who is interested in participating in the activities of the club is invited to contact either the U.S. or the South African officers of the club. The addresses, telephone, fax and e-mail contact information for these officers are shown below. Further information; including a detailed schedule of future activities, listings of the current club and Foundation directors, officers and members, pictures from past events, newsletters, club sale and auction items and an event registration form is available on the club’s website www.oneshot-huntclubsa.com.

 

            United States                                      South Africa

Hector Kitscha                                    Sandy McDonald

Custom Travel Ltd.                             PO Box 11471.

9415 W. Forest Home Suite 201        Bendor Park 0699

Hales Corners, WI 53130 USA          South Africa

Tele: (414) 433-0089                           Tele: +27 (15) 289-9288

E-mail: ctravel@execpc.com              E-mail: enquires@mcdonaldhunt.com

 Jack Hagen

1949 Surrey Lane

Grafton, WI 53024 USA

Tele: (262) 377-8238

E-mail: hagenjg@sbcglobal.net

Article published in the African Indaba newsletter July, 2007

African Indaba eNewsletter Volume. 5, Number 4 Page 5

For hunter-conservationists and all people who are interested in the conservation, management and the sustainable use of Africa’s wild natural resources. The distribution of African Indaba is supported by the International Council for Wildlife Conservation CIC and Conservation Force

 One Shot Hunt Club South Africa

By Howard Knott

     Concern has been increasing within the hunting community regarding the negative image in which the media often portray hunting and in how it is perceived in some political circles. Many in the hunting community believe that this continuing negative portrayal seriously endangers the future of sport hunting in Africa as well as in other countries around the world. To counter this trend, a group consisting of international hunters and African outfitters and PHs has created a program that provides a way for hunters to directly benefit local African communities. This group’s members believe that highly visible support is critical for hunting to retain African community and political support. This group conducts its programs through two organizations that are called the One Shot Hunt Club SA and the OSHC Foundation Inc.

The One Shot Hunt Club South Africa began in the year 2000 when several veterans of the One Shot Hunt Club of Wyoming decided that they wanted to start a similar club in South Africa. The Wyoming club has been in existence for over 60 years and it has become famous for its one shot pronghorn hunt. The planning came to fruition in May of 2001, when the One Shot Hunt Club South Africa (OSHC SA) held its first event at the Wintershoek game farm near Kimberly. Ten teams of two shooters each competed in the event. The animal hunted by the teams was the springbok; an animal which is similar to the North American pronghorn in both size and difficulty to hunt. Since the first year’s event, additional competitions during the event have been added and the attendees now compete in sling shot, shotgun, air rifle, and timed target shooting as well as spear throwing and the one-shot-hunt itself. For the 2005 event, a one shot bow hunt was being added. Hunters from New Zealand, North America and South Africa have participated. Beginning in 2005, the OSHC SA moved its annual South African event to the Aventura Tshipise Resort northeast of Polokwane. In this area, the species hunted is impala.

Following the successful staging of the first one-shot hunt, in South Africa, several officers of the club had the occasion to visit a few community grade schools in the Kimberly area. The needs of the school children and the shortage of resources available were dramatically obvious. Even though it was South Africa’s winter, many of the school children were without shoes and many came to school hungry because their families couldn’t afford to provide them with breakfast. Believing that they would like to return something to the country which had provided them with so many hunting opportunities over the years, the club’s members began a program to collect tennis shoes and funds for maize meal which could be distributed to needy during the next years hunt.

Conversations with school and government officials indicated that most of the schools had very few working computers available for teaching, text books were usually shared among several students and students didn’t have enough money themselves to purchase such basic school supplies as pencils and paper. The virtual non-existence of computers was seen as a major impediment. The frustration felt by both the teachers and school officials caused by the lack of teaching computers was very evident. This resulted in the club substantially increasing its programs to support the schools during the next year and it was adopted as the primary mission of the club. Efforts were initiated to encourage the donations of computers and school supplies.

Before the 2003 one-shot-hunt, a number of organizations in the United States provided very generous donations of computers, software, text books and school supplies which required 20 full pallets to ship. Federal Express air freighted the pallets to Johannesburg free of charge. Since then, officers of the club have worked in conjunction with the Educational Ministry of the Free State to maximize the utilization of the computers, text books and school supplies within the school system. This effort eventually resulted in the creation of a computer training center near Christiana for which a local school provided the facility, the club provided the computers and a local resort funded the wiring and computer infrastructure. In 2004, the club distributed another shipment that included computers, text books, school supplies, tennis shoes and first aid supplies as well as blankets and corn meal that were purchased by the club in South Africa with donated funds.

In 2005, the club launched a new effort to donate programmable hearing aids to needy individuals with hearing impairment. As these hearing aids cost typically cost over $2,000 each in South Africa. This hearing aid program has been continued thanks to the donation of 25 additional hearing aids each year by a generous USA citizen and the support of a Polokwane hearing clinic which assists the club in identifying qualified individuals and which fits the hearing aids to the recipients. In 2007, the club duplicated this successful partnership model when it donated 11 laptop computers for use in a computer training center which is being established in the Tshipise area.

One of the newer programs of the club is to create partnerships with African outfitters and local communities to market donated hunts. For these partnerships the outfitters donate their daily fees, the community donates the trophy fees for the animals and the club then sells the hunts. When a hunt is sold, all of the proceeds are transferred directly to the local community. Sales of hunts donated under this program have provided support to communities in Mozambique and South Africa.

The newest OSHC SA program is to work with its African members to arrange the distribution of free wheelchairs that are provided by another charitable USA based organization. This program began early in 2007 when the club received its first shipment of 550 wheelchairs in Durban. The club’s responsibilities include: receipt of the wheelchair shipments and their storage in South Africa, identification of appropriate organizations and individuals for receipt of the free wheelchairs and providing documentation of the distribution of the wheelchairs to the USA organization that supplies them. The response within South Africa to this free wheelchair program has been outstanding and it appears that there is a much greater need for wheelchairs than had been anticipated. The club is planning to continue and possibly expand this program within South Africa and in other countries such as Mozambique.

Funding for the club’s activities is provided by direct cash contributions from businesses and individuals and by the sale of donated hunts, services or goods. Funds received by the club are used to purchase items such as maize meal, blankets, and first aid and school supplies. There are no paid employees and the officers and directors of the club are obligated to pay their travel and other expenses on their own without reimbursement. To-date, the value of the monies and goods donated for the club’s charitable programs in Africa exceeds $500,000 USD. To successfully conduct the activities involved in accepting both cash and goods and in distributing donated goods, the club has registered non-profit corporations in South Africa and the United States. Their formal mission is providing of support to needy African school children and their communities. Both have also been recognized by their respective governments as publicly funded, non-profit corporations. The US-registered OSHC Foundation, Inc. is used to receive funds, goods or services which are donated by USA based individuals and organizations. Because it is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c) (3) organization, donations are fully tax deductible. The South African One Shot Hunt Club SA is registered as a Section 21 corporation and serves a similar purpose for South African individuals and businesses donating funds, goods or services. Additionally, the South African corporation provides an organization that can import donated goods duty free which is next to impossible for a foreign chartered non-profit corporation.

For hunters, participating in the one-shot-hunt is a great way to contribute to the children and future of South Africa, help to insure the future of sport hunting, meet others of similar interests and to broaden their contacts within South Africa. For those who do not wish to hunt but would like to participate in some of the other activities of the event, there are options available; including attending the banquets or participating in the school programs. Individuals and organizations who may wish to contribute to the South African programs without participating in the activities of the annual event may do so by contacting the South African directors of the club. Howard Knott, phone +27 (15) 539-0720, email howard@greaterkuduland.co.za or Sandy McDonald, phone +27 (15) 289-9288, email enquires@mcdonaldhunt.com.

Further information; including schedules of future activities, listings of the current club and Foundation directors, officers and members, pictures from past events, newsletters, club sale and auction items and event registration forms is available on the club’s website www.oneshot.com.

Polokwane Newspapers May, 2007

PHASA Newsletter June, 2006

Hunting Report March, 2006

HEARING AIDS FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA

The following articles were published in the local Polokwane newspaper in 2205. They briefly discuss the distribution of programmable hearing aids which have been held at a clinic in Polokwane. A total of 22 hearing have been distributed by the OSHC SA with a total value in RSA of over R350,000.

SHOES FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA

 
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Please donate your used tennis shoes or sandals that are size 8 or smaller to this worthy cause.  Following is a list of people that can be contacted if you have any shoes or sandals to donate.

Iowa                       Roy Schultz            (712) 343-6770

Kansas                   William Hawes       (785) 282-6305

Michigan              Larry Carlson           (231) 744-5523

New Jersey            Robert Viden          (856) 881-0295

Pennsylvania       David Tallman         (724) 933-0115

South Carolina    Glen Williamson      (843) 237-8998

Utah                        Austin Larsen           (801) 583-2956

Wisconsin              Hector Kitscha           (800) 728-5301

   David Bahl                 (262) 544-1155 ext 106

   Phil Rank                   (608) 296-1949

   Jack Hagen                 (262) 377-8238

Wyoming              Robert Thomsen        (307) 332-4120

South Africa         Francois de Wet         +27 82 337-3712

Published Articles

The following article was written by Jack Hagen and published in the June 2005 newsletter of the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (PHASA).

The following article was written by Jack Hagen in June 2003 for publication in the worldwide Federal Express magazine and for use in South African news releases.

The Republic of South Africa has been a favorite destination of American sportsman for many years.  Its great variety of hunting opportunities, beautiful scenery, great food, outstanding accommodations and function as a entry point for travel to other parts of southern Africa have brought many sportsman back for return visits.

The civil unrest in some of the other countries of southern Africa has only increased the attractiveness of the Republic of South Africa as a destination for those wishing to vacation or hunt in Africa.  RSA’s decade old peaceful transition from minority to majority rule is surely the success story of southern Africa.

Two years ago, a group of American hunters and a South African professional hunter began an organization called the One Shot Hunt Club South Africa which had the objective of sponsoring an annual sporting event in RSA called the One Shot Hunt.  This event was designed as a primarily social event which would attract hunters and others to attend as part of their African vacations.

Following the successful staging of the first One Shot event in May of 2001, several officers of the club had the occasion to visit a few grade schools in the Kimberly area.  The needs of the school children and the shortage of resources available for them were dramatically obvious.  Even though it was South Africa’s winter, many of the school children were without shoes and many came to school hungry because their families couldn’t afford to provide them with breakfast.

Believing that they would like to return something to the country which had provided them with so many hunting opportunities over the years, the club’s members began a program to collect tennis shoes and funds for corn meal which could be distributed to needy South African school children during the next year’s event.  This initial program was so successful that during the May, 2002 event the club was able to distribute 2,000 pairs of tennis shoes and 11,000 pounds of corn meal to several schools near Kimberly.

Conversations with school and government officials during the 2002 event indicated that most of the school systems had very limited resources available for the purchase of computers, text books and school supplies.  There were very few working computers available for teaching, text books were usually shared among several students and students didn’t have enough money themselves to purchase such basic school supplies as pencils and paper.

The virtual non-existence of computers available for teaching students was seen as a major impediment for the schools.  Developing the students’ ability to understand and to use computers was believed to be critical for them to succeed in the modern, industrial society which South Africa is endeavoring to create.  The frustration felt by both the teachers and school officials for the lack of teaching computers was very evident.

Identification of the seriousness of these needs resulted in the club substantially increasing its programs to support the schools during the next year.  Providing support for needy South African school children was adopted as the primary mission of the club.  A Benefactor Program was created to allow club members, organizations and others with a means to donate money for the purchase of corn meal.  Efforts were initiated to encourage the donations of computers and school supplies which could be given to the school systems.  Legal work was begun to register the club as a non-profit corporation within South Africa.

The club’s efforts to obtain donations of computers and school supplies came to fruition shortly before its May 2003 event.  A number of organizations in the Pittsburgh area provided very generous donations of computers, software, text books and school supplies.  With the donations a reality, the problem became “How to transport these items to South Africa?”  The total weight of the items which were needed to be transported to Johannesburg was 20,000 pounds and they were packed on 20 full pallets.  The tennis shoes which the club’s members had brought to South Africa the previous year had been hand carried in duffle bags as excess luggage.  Something much different was needed if the club was going to be able to get this 20,000 pounds of donated items to the schools.

One of the club’s officers approached Federal Express’s representative for his company with the situation in the hope that FedEx might be able to help get the donated items to South Africa at a cost which the club could afford.  FedEx’s management’s response to the officer’s request surprised everyone by its generosity.  Not only could FedEx help the club to ship the donated items to South Africa, but it would ship the items at FedEx’s own expense.

With FedEx’s critical commitment of support received, the computers were operationally checked out and individually packaged for shipment.  The entire shipment of donated items was delivered to FedEx at the Pittsburgh airport and then air freighted to Johannesburg.

FedEx’s support for this program continued in Johannesburg where its employees worked with officers of the club and the South African government to help prepare the required import documents for the shipment and to secure its exemption from import duties.  Once cleared by South African customs for duty free importation, the shipment was delivered by FedEx to the club’s representative in Gauteng with the members of the club assuming responsibility for final distribution to the schools.

Partial distribution of the corn meal, tennis shoes and school supplies was conducted during ceremonies held at two schools near Kimberly.  Detailed plans are being developed by members of the club in conjunction with the Educational Ministry of the Free State to maximize the utilization of the computers, text books and remaining school supplies within the school system.

Adrian Isemonger, FedEx’s business development manager for Sub-Sahara Africa, participated in the school distribution ceremonies which were held on May 28th.  These ceremonies were attended not only by several thousand school children but also by school and local government officials and the Premier of the Free State Province.

The appreciation expressed by the school children for receiving such simple items as corn meal, crayons, coloring books and something to wear on their bare feet would be unimaginable to most children living in America or Europe.  Adrian Isemonger noted after the ceremonies; “If the FedEx employees who contributed their efforts to this program could have seen the looks on these children’s faces, they would have know that their efforts were worthwhile.  We should all feel good about contributing to the future of these children and to the future of South Africa.”

One Shot Hunt Club’s president, Hector Kitscha, expressed the club’s gratitude for FedEx’s support in this effort by saying “FedEx stepped in at a time when we were out of options.  Without FedEx’s support, we simply could not have gotten the donated items to Johannesburg this year.”

¨      A detailed listing of the items contained in the shipment air freighted to South Africa by Federal Express.

§         22 laptop computers with installed software

§         6,684 new text books for children ages 4 to 14 years

§         115 lined notebooks

§         56 packs of crayons

§         28 packs of pencils

§         19 educational CDs for grades kindergarten through 7

§         2 sets of educational flash cards for age 5

§         1 licensed software – WordStar

§         815 pairs of tennis shoes

¨      Total estimated value of the goods shipped is $33,500.  The laptop computers were used and are estimated at $400 value each.  New the computers sell for about $3,000 in the U.S. and nearly twice that in RSA.

¨      The shipment totaled 20,000 pounds.  The estimated normal cost to air freight 20,000 pounds from Pittsburgh to Johannesburg is $22,275.

The following article was written by Koos Barnard and was published in the September 2001 issue of Magnum, The Shooters' Magazine which is published in South Africa.

The following article was published in the March 2002 issue of Hunting Report, a newsletter which is distributed in both printed and electric format to hunters and others worldwide.

You've probably heard about the prestigious One-Shot Antelope Hunt held in Lander, Wyoming, each year; well, now there is a One-Shot Springbok Hunt held in South Africa.  The African version of the hunt was organized last year by Hector Kitscha, an American who has participated in the Lander contest, and  Francois de Wet of Sandveld Safaris in  South Africa.  While there are two other One-Shot contests (one for kudu and the other for springbok) reportedly held in South Africa's Eastern Cape, the contest organized by Kitscha and Wet seems to be the only one truly based on the same rules as the Lander contest, although there are some minor differences.  The way it works is that 12 two-person teams (as opposed to three people in the Lander version) set out to hunt springbok with an officially designated Professional Hunter.  Each person takes turn hunting a precisely timed 30-minute shift (Lander hunters get an hour), during which he tries to find, shoot and kill a springbok with one bullet. In the Lander hunt, the target is a pronghorn antelope, but the one-shot requirement is the same.  If the hunter misses or must use a second shot to finish off a wounded animal, his or her team is disqualified.  The team that completes its hunts in the least amount of time wins the contest.  Last year's One-Shot Springbok Hunt took place in the Northern Cape on Wintershoek Game Lodge,  a 24,700-acre farm about 50 miles south of Kimberly, which will also be the site of the 2002 hunt.  Participants in the contest stay at the Wintershoek lodge, which features eight chalets with 19 guest rooms, a conference facility, exhibition hall, pool and a shooting range.  Besides the One-Shot Hunt, contestants also enjoy a number of other activities, including a shooting contest, Bushman dances, a dinner party and Awards ceremony.  Of course, there is also the opportunity to do some more hunting, including various organized cull hunts.  This year participants also are asked to help with a community project by bringing 50 pairs of used tennis shoes for distribution to poor village children.

This year's One-Shot Antelope Hunt is scheduled to take place in late May.  Unfortunately, it's too late to sign up for it at this point, but hunters who would like to participate in 2003 should call now to get on the team list.  It is open to hunters from all around the world.  The cost is $500 per hunter and $300 for nonhunters.  For more information, contact the One‑Shot Hunt Club in South Africa (Voortrekker Str 3, Hoopstad 9479,  Free State ,  South Africa .  Tel. 011-27-82-344-0554.  Fax 011-27-53-444-1977.  E-mail: sandveld@mweb.co.za.  Web site: www.oneshot-huntclubsa.com).  Or contact Hector Kitscha in the  US 7424 West Layton Avenue,  Greenfield ,  WI  53220 .  Tel. 414-282-5321.  Fax 414-282-0311.  E-mail: ctravel@execpc.com).