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best book on elephant hunting?
26 November 2020, 03:21
wbymanbest book on elephant hunting?
What is the best MODERN book on elephant hunting? What is the best CLASSIC book on elephant hunting? Thanks, Joe
26 November 2020, 07:50
BaxterBI can't think of a more interesting elephant hunting book than Months of the Sun by Ian Nyschens.
The book by the german PH Kyue Danker (?) is supposed to be excellent as well, but haven't picked one up yet.
26 November 2020, 09:19
NormanConquestHard to beat "Karamojo Safari" by Bell + "The elephant hunters of the Lado" by Foran + "Hunting the elephant in Africa" by Stigand + of course "African Hunter" by Bror Blixen. Those are classic of course + not current. Wally Johnson fits more in the current realm. That is (Capstick's book entitled, "The last ivory Hunter")
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26 November 2020, 21:22
MJinesContemporary:
Ndlovu - The Art of Hunting the African Elephant by Richard Harland
About the Spirit of the African Wilderness by Kai-Uwe Denker
Mahohboh by Ron Thomson
Modern:
Months in the Sun by Ian Nyschens
Tuskers in the Dust by Fred Everett
Kambaku by Harry Manners
Classic:
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by W.D.M. Bell
The Ivory Trail by T.V. Bulpin
African Hunter by Bror von Blixen-Finecke
Mike
26 November 2020, 21:38
squeezenhopeAll mentioned are good. I also like Jimmy Sutherland's Adventures of an Elephant Hunter. For an astounding read you cannot beat Tuskers in the Dust and Heat, Thirst and Ivory by Fred Everett. Everett was shooting elephants solo before his contemporaries graduated to long britches.
27 November 2020, 09:24
Use Enough Gunquote:
Ndlovu - The Art of Hunting the African Elephant by Richard Harland
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Months in the Sun by Ian Nyschens
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The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by W.D.M. Bell
My choices.
04 December 2020, 23:40
LHeym500Harry Manners’ Kambaku. I have read all of Bell. I like this better.
Modern: I think Boddington on Elephant was his best work since Where Lions Roar.
Maybe not specifically Elephant, but Buzz Charlton’s new book Tale Tales.
11 December 2020, 06:32
lavacaI've read all proposed by MJines except the books by Denker and Thompson. Need to get those. I also like Boddington's book on elephant. Heat, Thirst and Ivory wasn't bad either.
11 December 2020, 11:38
umzingeleMahobo's description of the how to shoot the frontal and side on brain shots are "spot on" and a wonderful read, as are all the other books mentioned.
11 December 2020, 12:57
JBrownquote:
Originally posted by umzingele:
Mahobo's description of the how to shoot the frontal and side on brain shots are "spot on" and a wonderful read, as are all the other books mentioned.
Mahobo was the best of the modern elephant books. I agree about his shot placement teachings.
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa by Selous was my favorite of the old Elephant books.
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
16 December 2020, 20:30
LeonKomkovBoth of Kai Uwe Denker's books are highly recommended, but of the two, I suggest you start with "Along the Hunter's Path" as the English translation is better. "About the Spirit of the African Wilderness" seems to have been translated by a native German speaker, as the sentence structure is much more compound and "run-on" than is typical for English literature.