“Gabriel, my son, celebrated his sixth birthday with Thys van Niekerk and a crossbow. Patiently, Thys practiced with him and made him really comfortable despite all the excitement of the very first hunt. Growing up in a busy household with working parents Gabriel wanted a safari more than anything else for his birthday. Thys was great – he really knows kids – and he made it possible for us to be in the right place for an early morning Springbuck, and Gabriel shot straight and true. It was so exciting and so comfortable that Gabriel insisted that he could and wanted to sit out the sundown in the blind and have another go. Imagine – 5 hours in the blind sitting quietly for a six year old boy – and he did it. A 2nd Springbuck made it to the dinner table for our family. A beginner youth hunter can’t have a more complete experience than one with Thys.” – Talhat & Gabriel al-Habal, Damascus, Syria, December 2018
