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Biography
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a Professional Hunter
in Namibia,
south-western Africa |
Boet Nel was born in
the western Erongo Region of Namibia, in the town of Omaruru, in
1961. He grew up on a ranch rich with wildlife, and received his
first pellet gun at the age of six. He shot his first Kudu Bull with
a 30-06 at the age of eight. From then on, he was enthralled with
hunting.
He began taking
big game like Kudu, Gemsbok and Springbok to fill the table needs of
his family and for sale to the local markets, as is the custom in
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His family became
concerned though because hunting was all that he appeared to be
interested in. When Boet started spending every available moment in
the bush, his father found it necessary to hire a Bushman to
accompany him on his hunting expeditions just to be sure that he
returned home in the evenings. This not only provided a reliable
safety factor but valuable training experiences at the same time.
Boet
shot 26 kudu in his
very first year, next to good number of gemsbok and springbuck. |
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He spent nearly every
day in the bush and on the weekends he would disappear completely.
Boet was only
twelve years old when his father passed away. In the following year,
he was sent off to Secondary School, to Kroonstad Agriculture High
in South Africa. It was here, that he came to know his
uncle, John Joubert, a lot better. Uncle John was a big game hunter
who had a large gun shop and hunted all over Africa. He became a
mentor and father figure to Boet, and a person with whom he would
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John Joubert opened
the hunting world in a new way to Boet - the previously unknown
world of Trophy Hunting.
After
graduating from school, Boet joined the South African Defence Force
and was selected for service in the Special Forces where he become a
Corporal in the 1st Parachute Battalion. He spent two years in
active duty fighting in the Namibian and Angolan Bush War, in the
early 1980's.
Back home
again, he first worked on the family ranch and then as an apprentice
PH. After becoming a Professional Hunter in 1984, he took up his first employment,
hunting for the well known outfitter, Ben Nolte.
Another five years later, Boet
began working as a freelance PH for Mr. Jan Oelofse of Mount Etjo
Safaris, before he moved to Gobabis, in eastern Namibia. |
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Here, in the Omaheke Region, he began
cattle farming for himself, and taking on freelance hunting
assignments for various safari companies. By this time, his own
family had grown by three sons: Guillaume, Ian, and Liam. In 1992,
when the boys were only seven, five, and three years old
respectively, Boet's wife passed away in a tragic car accident. Left
alone with the responsibility of raising three young children, he
was no longer able to hunt full time. That year, he only did the
twelve safaris required as a minimum to keep his hunting license.
In 1995, his mother moved to
Gobabis to help take care of the boys, enabling Boet to start
freelancing full time again. |
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In 1997, he
started Boet Nel Hunting Safaris and building a steady clientele of
mainly European hunters. He also began to donate hunt to the SCI
Chapters in the United States and received his
first American Hunters, in 1999.
In 2000, Boet met the new love of his life, Karen, and they have a daughter, Kayli, born in 2006.
Boet says:
"Together we are a great team!" |
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