I am lucky enough to have quite a collection of old magazines (1934 to 1980). Just read a great story about a woman hunting Africa in the 50's. Would love to share but I can't post pictures. Not interested in having an account with a hosting site. Please PM me if you are adept at posting pictures.

Thanks,
Ski+3
Whitefish, MT

Somebody please post this

It’ll cost you...pm sent

Someone please except pain to me why we have to jump through hosting sites?
Is that because of clogging issues?
I simply don’t understand it in today’s technological advances

You need to own public web space to host pictures, that costs money. Free sites will host your pics but throw ads all over the place and make it a pain in the ass. Plus, THEY can do what they want with your pics.

I bought my own web space and can do what I want. It’s easier than you think, and cheaper.

When I just need to post a few pics to a forum I use tinypic.com. It doesn't give me access to store albums but it makes it easy to quickly post a few pictures. Seems like it would be perfect for this.

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Originally posted by BaxterB:
You need to own public web space to host pictures, that costs money. Free sites will host your pics but throw ads all over the place and make it a pain in the ass. Plus, THEY can do what they want with your pics.

I bought my own web space and can do what I want. It’s easier than you think, and cheaper.

Yo Baxter, can you give me more specific info?
Much appreciated

Yo! pM me your addy. I’ll send you the deets...

IIRC, Nitro Express website has the Nickudu files where hunting books and stories are archived. Might be a good place to back up the articles.

Here are some:

Brown Bears on Kodiak

Buffalo Trouble 1972

Carmichael in Africa 1974

Hunting the Dinka Swamp!

I have both Outdoor Life Issues that feature Fred Bear's hunt with Wally Johnson in the Save River area of Mozambique circa 1965. Eventually I will donate them to a museum Trevor Landrey is putting together as part of the Zinave NP restoration.

Buff story is purty good

Dinka Swamp story added above!

Thanks for helping BaxterB.

Found this on the web about Barry Brooks:

Brooks was born in Senatobia, Mississippi, in 1902 and moved to Memphis when he was 12. He attended Washington and Lee University and then worked as a clerk before starting his own cotton company in 1929. During his 53 years in the cotton business, Brooks served as king of the Cotton Carnival in 1957 and as two-time president of the Memphis Cotton Exchange. Cotton gave him the resources he needed to engage in his favorite activity—big game hunting. In 1947, Brooks took his wife and daughter on his first of four African safaris. In addition to his hunting, Brooks also made films while on expeditions and gave a series of lectures for both the Goodwyn Institute and the museum. In 1973, Brooks was the first American elected to the Hunting Hall of Fame.
Brooks once said, “There is often a feeling of sadness in collecting animals. But it is overcome by the many other things you do in the way of conservation. I have tried to make every animal I ever collected immortal by giving it to the museum.” To this end, Brooks offered forty-one animal heads on loan to the museum in 1948. He also offered to show the films he made on his safaris. The Museum Advisory Board decided to plan a premier opening of the African Hall. The museum amended the original loan agreement in 1950 after Brooks’ subsequent safaris added more specimens to the African Hall. In the end, Brooks loaned 51 animals to the museum. The museum hosted a second premier in 1952 after Brooks’ second African safari, adding three rooms of trophies. In 1958, museum director Ruth Bush argued for making the collection more educational by placing miniature dioramas in the large hall to show the habitat of the animals. In 1959, the Advisory Board voted to ask Brooks to remove his heads from the three additional rooms and display only one of each species in the large hall to make room for a children’s museum sponsored by the Junior League. In 1973, Brooks gave the collection to the museum as a gift.

In mid-1975, the museum changed from being an eclectic mix of artifacts to focusing on regional cultural and natural history. The staff crated and stored the collection and tried to find a buyer for the heads. Before Brooks died in January 1976, some of his friends attempted to raise funds to build a place to display the animals. The Barry Brooks Foundation received the collection in 1980, but they were unable to place them anywhere. The trophies were sold in 1985. Some of the animals were sold again in 2005 at an auction held at Worlds Away, a downtown store.

Enjoyed the Dinka story. Can't even imagine a 7 month safari with Don Ker! That sounds pretty close to heaven.
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