I was fortunate enough to be invited on a hunt to Uitspan Ranch in 2007. When I got back, I started to make arrangements to return in 2008, this time with my family. When we left Uitspan after our 2008 trip, my children asked why am I so quiet, and I realized it is not only because I dwell on the amazing time we had on the farm, but because I realize that it will now be another 12 months before the workload in my office will allow me to return. The only way I could explain this feeling to my children was to tell them how I felt as a schoolkid, when I had to go back to the hostel on a Sunday afternoon after a nice weekend at home.
It goes without saying that we are already planning our hunting trip to Uitspan for 2009.
~ Anton Coetzee, South Africa
