Tomorrow I'm going to release a blog post on BwanaMoja.com of the Top 10 Most Powerful People in the Safari Hunting Industry. It's a hell of a list, which took me two months to compile. Every time I thought I had it complete, I'd read a little more about someone, which gave me reason to elevate him, and unfortunately drop down someone else. After it gets posted by my webmaster, I'll post it here.

No Rich, you didn't make the list. Like we say here in Chicago (about the Cubs), there's always next year.

The Most Powerful Person in the Safari Hunting Industry is probably Robert Ruark. He's dead, though, so hard to exert that power.

He would have definitely made the list mauser if he were alive today...Can we agree to put him in the Safari Hunting Hall of Fame, posthumously?

Don't forget Capstick.

define "Powerful" in this instance?

Can't see a list of African politicians being that captivating.

Good question bwanamitch. What criteria did you use to detirmane the most "powerful" person? Is he the best shooter, strongest man, runs the fastest, jumps the highest or does he make the most money? It is not an easy task that you set yourself up for. and then it comes to personal oppinion as well.

I thought he meant the people who have some influence on encouraging others to go on safari.

That is what Capstick did to me. After reading his book, Death In The Long Grass.

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Originally posted by tjoks:
.. and then it comes to personal oppinion as well.

As is everything else posted on an Internet forum.

I look forward to seeing the list.

Well, the list is posted, and apart from one or two, I would never have thought any of the others deserve to be on this list.

It would help, of course, if we could see what criteria was used to pick them.

Moja,

did I make the top twenty cut? I think the membership here needs to know about where I placed.

Rich

Sure must be a slow day in the bush.

There's a bunch of folks here that need to go hunting.

The three most powerful people to me were Ruark, Capstick and Cooper as it took all three to get me to Africa the first time.

I read Horn of the Hunter and thought that was a really nice story.

I read Death in the Long Grass and said to myself, well I'm planning a PG hunt.

I read a quote by Jeff Cooper that stated to the effect that people who don't want to go to Africa because of the danger should rethink their position. How would you rather die, hunting in Africa or by a head on collision with a drunk hillbilly?

I called my partner and said book the hunt.

Proberbly in no pecking order the following are my starting salvo ..

Craig Boddington / mainly because he knows the business inside out and is also a Patriot ..

Saeed / mainly because by virtue of his common decency he gives the forum agitators a lot of rope to hang themslves AND by his generosity he provided these forums which in my opinin PROMOTE HUNTIN for the common man as well as the PRO that is if there is a differance

Walter / just because he ads a LOT of levity to a troubled world. Without Walter no safari would be the same

Shakari / because he and his good wife give a lot more knowledge and expertice to the masses than we might sometimes realise

To any not yet on the list lets hear from the Xperts being the good AR members

Cheers, Peter