African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi
Author : William Charles Baldwin
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Hunting
ISBN :
Author : William Charles Baldwin
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Hunting
ISBN :
Author : Denis D. Lyell
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1786259567
THIS small volume contains some of the letters I have received during the last thirty years or more from well-known big-game hunters and field-naturalists, many of whom have now passed away. They were so interesting to me that I thought they might interest others who have shot in wilder Africa. Moreover, they describe conditions which are no longer possible considering the way many parts of that continent have been opened up since the Great War. Whether the spread of a so-called civilization is a good thing I do not wish to discuss, but I know there are many men, including myself, who would prefer the older times when things were less complicated and conventional. Many people are now going in for photography more than shooting, and in a way this is a good thing as it will naturally help to conserve the game. It is, however, a much less risky amusement to take animals’ pictures—I mean dangerous animals—than to try to kill them, for game such as lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros are seldom dangerous until they are wounded and followed up in thick cover. Some people may doubt this statement, but it is nevertheless true, as all experienced hunters can vouch.
Author : Peter Hathaway Capstick
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 1978-01-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1466803924
As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capstick’s Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view Africa through the eyes of one of the most renowned professional hunters. Few men can say they have known Africa as Capstick has known it—leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. And of the few who have known this dangerous way of life, fewer still can recount their adventures with the flair of this former professional hunter-turned-writer. Based on Capstick’s own experiences and the personal accounts of his colleagues, Death in the Long Grassportrays the great killers of the African bush—not only the lion, leopard, and elephant, but the primitive rhino and the crocodile waiting for its unsuspecting prey, the titanic hippo and the Cape buffalo charging like an express train out of control. Capstick was a born raconteur whose colorful descriptions and eye for exciting, authentic detail bring us face to face with some of the most ferocious killers in the world—underrated killers like the surprisingly brave and cunning hyena, silent killers such as the lightning-fast black mamba snake, collective killers like the wild dog. Readers can lean back in a chair, sip a tall, iced drink, and revel in the kinds of hunting stories Hemingway and Ruark used to hear in hotel bars from Nairobi to Johannesburg, as veteran hunters would tell of what they heard beyond the campfire and saw through the sights of an express rifle.
Author : Arthur H. Neumann
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 1898
Category : History
ISBN :
Being an Account of Three Years' Ivory-Hunting Under Mount Kenia and Among the Ndorobo Savages of the Lorogi Mountains. Including a Trip to the North of Lake Rudolph
Author : Bartle Bull
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786716784
A history of the African safari from its first major expedition in 1836 to the adventures of modern guides shares the experiences of such individuals as Beryl Markham, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ernest Hemingway, in an account that evaluates the ethical dilemma faced by hunter-conservationists as well as the African bush's role in weapons development, transportation, and art. Reprint.
Author : Chuck Wechsler
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781935342113
This spectacular new anthology reads like a "Who's Who" in the history of wild sport in Africa. This fascinating book brings together the writings of such legendary authors as Ernest Hemingway, Robert Ruark, Theodore Roosevelt, and Peter Capstick, in addition to some of the finest contemporary outdoor writers. What links all of these great African adventures--both fiction and nonfiction--is their appearance in Sporting Classics at one time or another over the 30-year history of the award-winning magazine. Sporting Classics Africa, edited by Chuck Weschler, will showcase more than 50 illustrations by Bob Kuhn, widely hailed as the world's foremost wild animal artist.
Author : John Tinney McCutcheon
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Africa, East
ISBN :
Author : John Tinney McCutcheon
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : David L. Brown
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1614481423
Mbogo, the Black Death, which manifests itself in the African Cape buffalo, now stood less than 12 feet away from me. The cow and calf were too close for me to have time to be scared. I would only have time to react on instinct if they came closer. That is the type of excitement that every hunter dreams of and it is still possible in Africa today. It is also one that I was fortunate enough to experience without any permanent ill effects. Eighty percent or more of American hunters think that Africa is too expensive or off-limits and that they will never have a chance to experience their own, up-close-and-personal adventure in the African bushveld. Safari 101 proves just the opposite. Safari 101 is written for the hunter that has always considered Africa out of reach, someone who has a spark of desire just waiting to be fanned into a flame. American hunters spend thousands of dollars every year hunting at home. Almost none of them know that, for the price of a guided elk hunt in the western United States, they can take an African Safari. The myths of being too expensive and too difficult are firmly entrenched in many hunters minds. Safari 101 has forty-six hints dispersed throughout 11 chapters and proves these myths false. Personal experiences are used to illustrate the value of each hint and to make each one easy to remember. Safari 101 takes the author's experiences, and what he learned from professional hunters and outfitters, and puts the information in a logical progression that is entertaining as well as informative. Safari 101 will help fan the spark into a flame.
Author : William Charles Baldwin
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Hunting
ISBN :