Jannie Meyer was born in 1976 in the small farming town of Triangle, which had the nearest hospital to the family home.

Jannie is the youngest child of Beulah and legendary Professional Hunter J P S Meyer who was one of the first licensed PH’s in Zimbabwe, who hunted until his passing in 2017. Jannie’s Grandfather was also a passionate hunter, who founded “Eaglemont Ranch” the family homestead in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe.

Jannie has been immersed in hunting since very early childhood, taking his first mammalian trophy at seven – birds were fair game at a much younger age. Jannie was brought up with a huge appreciation and value for all wildlife – “if you shot it – you ate it” and many school holidays were spent in the bush of Eaglemont – living off the land.

Jannie attended junior school in the Lowveld at Murray McDougal School and then had to move further afield for secondary school at Peterhouse Boys School in Marondera. On completion of his ‘A Levels’ Jannie went on to attend Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape of South Africa, where he attained a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in politics and philosophy (and wine tasting) – making for some very interesting and amusing fireside chats.

Shortly after returning from University, Jannie was involved in a life-altering car accident in Harare – where he lost his lower left leg. This did derail Jannie’s immediate plans to get his Professional Hunter’s license – but after all of the necessary medical procedures, Jannie continued where he had left off in his apprenticeship and went on to gain his Full License in 2003. He has been successfully hunting ever since and his loyal client base and track record is testament to this.
Jannie is fortunate to be quite adept at picking up new languages. Jannie’s first language is English however he also speaks good conversational Shona & Afrikaans, conversational German, passable Spanish and the odd Russian phrase.