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Many thanks!
17 June 2009, 21:42
Harry SelbyMany thanks!
Greetings to all AR members and my sincere thanks for having been accepted as a new member.
I would also like to thank all those of you who posted ‘well wishes’ and messages of congratulation on my Presidential Award… which I have to admit came as some what of a surprise.
I feel that the members of AR are the sort of people who I had the privilege of accompanying on safari for fifty five years.
Some of my dearest and most lasting friends were originally safari clients, and over the long period of my career there have been very, very few people with whom I would not want to accompany again Outdoor folks are just different.
Sadly all my early clients are no longer with us but I have had the enjoyment of accompanying their children and later their grandchildren.
Cheers,
Harry.
17 June 2009, 21:46
Charles_HelmWelcome to AR. I think we all look forward to your contributions here.
17 June 2009, 21:51
Use Enough GunA very warm welcome to you Mr. Selby! We are fortunate to have you join us!
17 June 2009, 21:52
jsl3170Welcome to the clubhouse, Mr. Selby. Given the wealth of information you bring I suspect you will soon be a regular contributor. Please feel free to regale all with your stories and insight! Rest assured you will have my rapt attention.
Glad to have you here!
Jeff LaCourse
17 June 2009, 21:59
Dagga BoyIt's great to see you on the forum, Mr. Selby. We'll all be looking forward to your posts.
Welcome!
17 June 2009, 21:59
scruffyWe are blessed !
Wishing you all the best and many more years.
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17 June 2009, 22:04
shakariKaribu mzee.
17 June 2009, 22:23
JohnHuntWelcome
17 June 2009, 22:27
tendrams
Welcome!
17 June 2009, 22:29
A.DahlgrenThis could be the longest thread ever !
Welcome !
17 June 2009, 22:31
Die Ou JagterWelcome, we look forward to your sharing your great insight with us.
17 June 2009, 22:31
Lhook7Welcome to AR Mr. Selby! It's great to have you as a member!
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17 June 2009, 22:37
b.martinsWelcome to AR Mr.Selby. No doubt your contributions will be, for all of us, "something of value".
B.Martins
What every gun needs, apart from calibre, is a good shot and hunter behind it. - José Pardal
17 June 2009, 22:39
matt uWelcome Mr Selby. It is an honor!
Matt
17 June 2009, 22:45
SGraves155Wonderful to have you join us. Welcome.
17 June 2009, 22:48
Bill CIt is a pleasure and honor Sir to have you on the forum!
17 June 2009, 22:50
Dave FulsonDear Harry
So happy to see you here and I know the AR family is thrilled to have you on board. Please give John Dugmore a "shout over the fence" and tell him the Safari Classics boys send our best. I hope to see you both in Bot's next year.
All the best
Dave
Dave Fulson
17 June 2009, 23:00
Tim HeraldWelcome, I am sure we are all humbled to have you as a member. You have lived all our dreams...
Good Hunting,
Tim Herald
Worldwide Trophy Adventures
tim@trophyadventures.com
17 June 2009, 23:03
David CulpepperWelcome, I look forward to you sharing your knowledge and stories.
Good Hunting,
Welcome!
I just want to say that you are in a large way responsible for me getting my stuff together to hunt in Africa.
I will be leaving on my second trip in 42 days for Zim......I still can't believe it.
Sadly for them, I hold all of my P.H.'s to the "Selby Standard", Sir I think I may be being to tough on them.
What a life you are living, God bless you.
17 June 2009, 23:26
Oday450The warmest of welcomes Mr. Selby.
What a thrill to sign on and see this as the first message. Your exploits and experiences documented by Bob Ruark in
Horn of the Hunter are largely responsible for my interest in Africa and Africana - and a lot more of us here on the forum as well. I look forward to your participation and contributions.
"Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult."
Wow, a living legend. Welcome Harry - I look forward to learning from your experience!
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
17 June 2009, 23:35
dogcatWe are honored to have you as a member.
Saeed - I urge to quickly make Mr. Selby "one of us" without the usual 25 posts needed.
17 June 2009, 23:35
mstarlingSir,
It is our honor and pleasure to Welcome You to these forums!
Mike
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http://www.mstarling.com 17 June 2009, 23:35
bwanamrmWe are honored that you would join the AR family. We look forward to you sharing your knowledge and experience with us! Welcome!
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
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Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
17 June 2009, 23:42
Brooks CarmichaelIt is my pleasure and honor to welcome you to forum.
I only wish I could have had the honor of hunting with you.
Brooks
18 June 2009, 00:00
MJinesWelcome, I hope that you will share with us some of your thoughts and observations from time to time.
Mike
18 June 2009, 00:16
K20350Welcome!!!!!!!!! I am reading Horn of the Hunter for the first time right now. I have all the respect in the world for your work ethic and charisma!! It's an honor sir.
Welcome Mr. Selby!
For good or ill the internet has made the world a much smaller place. Having you in the neighborhood makes me think the internet is a wonderfull thing.
I very much look forward to anything you would like to share with us.
Respectfully;
Brett Trimble
18 June 2009, 00:30
cable68Welcome Mr. Selby. I feel honored to belong to the same web-board as you.
Saeed, I think it was already, but I would say that AR is now officially the best hunting webite in the world.
Caleb
18 June 2009, 00:34
nainitalMr. Selby: even so far as here in the southernmost portion of America, your name and exploits are well known. Welcome and please, give us a tip: was the Ruarkian tale about you, the rhino and the Duchess in the tree true?.
18 June 2009, 00:51
375hnhWelcome Mr Selby. I too am honored and look forward to your insight.
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready
Theodore Roosevelt
18 June 2009, 01:22
mboga biga bwanaKaribu Sana !
Seloushunter
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Welcome aboard Mr. Selby. When I saw the post, my first thought it was somebody using your name as a "handle". It is great to have you here.
I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf....
DRSS
18 June 2009, 01:35
JBrownMr. Selby
It has been a pleasure to read your daughter Gail's posts over the past few years. From the time I read Horn of the Hunter before my first trip to Africa, you have been a legendary figure in my mind. Having you post here on Accurate Reloading is quite amazing. I look forward to reading your posts.
Best wishes,
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
18 June 2009, 01:41
GunsCoreWelcome aboard and may when we expect the publication of your memoirs? I am sure everyone on this forum will want a signed copy!
STAY IN THE FIGHT!
Mr. Selby,
It is indeed a pleasure and honor to have you as an AR member.
Bull1
18 June 2009, 01:48
DuggaBoyequote:
Originally posted by bull1:
Mr. Selby,
It is indeed a pleasure and honor to have you as an AR member.
Bull1
+1
Couldn't have said it better.
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18 June 2009, 02:26
b.martinsMr. Moderator & Administrator,
Don't you think you are at fault here?
Come on Saeed! Even with one single post Harry Selby deserves (we deserve him?)to be considered "one of us"!
B.Martins
What every gun needs, apart from calibre, is a good shot and hunter behind it. - José Pardal