I was looking for some pics to post in the South American forum and find these two pics of the jungles between Cameroon and Gabón (Equatorial Guinea). I was there working in some cacao plantations and dreaming in becoming an elephant hunter...

Those jungles are not for anyone. At least not for me



Look the size of the trees inside "there"..I'm 1,90 mts tall..



Does anyone here has hunted jungles like that in other african countries ???

L

I would think Cam Greg is your guy ( Camshaft on AR), Born in Cameroun in 1955 he has hunted and traveled most of the jungle regions of Cameroun,Congo and CAR.

Now that is the jungle of Tarzan, mi amigo!

This from "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, in 1912 :

"Look!" he cried, "Apes of Kerchak. See what Tarzan, the mighty killer, has done. Who else among you has ever killed one of Numa's people? Tarzan is mightiest amongst you for Tarzan is no ape. Tarzan is--" But here he stopped, for in the language of the anthropoids there was no word for man, and Tarzan could only write the word in English; he could not pronounce it.

The tribe had gathered about to look upon the proof of his wondrous prowess, and to listen to his words.

Only Kerchak hung back, nursing his hatred and his rage.

Suddenly something snapped in the wicked little brain of the anthropoid. With a frightful roar the great beast sprang among the assemblage.

Biting, and striking with his huge hands, he killed and maimed a dozen ere the balance could escape to the upper terraces of the forest.

Frothing and shrieking in the insanity of his fury, Kerchak looked about for the object of his greatest hatred, and there, upon a near-by limb, he saw him sitting.

"Come down, Tarzan, great killer," cried Kerchak. "Come down and feel the fangs of a greater! Do mighty fighters fly to the trees at the first approach of danger?" And then Kerchak emitted the volleying challenge of his kind.

Quietly Tarzan dropped to the ground. Breathlessly the tribe watched from their lofty perches as Kerchak, still roaring, charged the relatively puny figure.

Nearly seven feet stood Kerchak on his short legs. His enormous shoulders were bunched and rounded with huge muscles. The back of his short neck was as a single lump of iron sinew which bulged beyond the base of his skull, so that his head seemed like a small ball protruding from a huge mountain of flesh.

His back-drawn, snarling lips exposed his great fighting fangs, and his little, wicked, blood-shot eyes gleamed in horrid reflection of his madness.

Awaiting him stood Tarzan, himself a mighty muscled animal, but his six feet of height and his great rolling sinews seemed pitifully inadequate to the ordeal which awaited them.

His bow and arrows lay some distance away where he had dropped them while showing Sabor's hide to his fellow apes, so that he confronted Kerchak now with only his hunting knife and his superior intellect to offset the ferocious strength of his enemy.

As his antagonist came roaring toward him, Lord Greystoke tore his long knife from its sheath, and with an answering challenge as horrid and bloodcurdling as that of the beast he faced, rushed swiftly to meet the attack. He was too shrewd to allow those long hairy arms to encircle him, and just as their bodies were about to crash together, Tarzan of the Apes grasped one of the huge wrists of his assailant, and, springing lightly to one side, drove his knife to the hilt into Kerchak's body, below the heart.

Before he could wrench the blade free again, the bull's quick lunge to seize him in those awful arms had torn the weapon from Tarzan's grasp.

Kerchak aimed a terrific blow at the ape-man's head with the flat of his hand, a blow which, had it landed, might easily have crushed in the side of Tarzan's skull.

The man was too quick, and, ducking beneath it, himself delivered a mighty one, with clenched fist, in the pit of Kerchak's stomach.

The ape was staggered, and what with the mortal wound in his side had almost collapsed, when, with one mighty effort he rallied for an instant--just long enough to enable him to wrest his arm free from Tarzan's grasp and close in a terrific clinch with his wiry opponent.

Straining the ape-man close to him, his great jaws sought Tarzan's throat, but the young lord's sinewy fingers were at Kerchak's own before the cruel fangs could close on the sleek brown skin.

Thus they struggled, the one to crush out his opponent's life with those awful teeth, the other to close forever the windpipe beneath his strong grasp while he held the snarling mouth from him.

The greater strength of the ape was slowly prevailing, and the teeth of the straining beast were scarce an inch from Tarzan's throat when, with a shuddering tremor, the great body stiffened for an instant and then sank limply to the ground.

Kerchak was dead.

Withdrawing the knife that had so often rendered him master of far mightier muscles than his own, Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his vanquished enemy, and once again, loud through the forest rang the fierce, wild cry of the conqueror.

And thus came the young Lord Greystoke into the kingship of the Apes.

Burroughs, the prince of African pulp fiction! No better whetter of the apetite for darkest Africa ever wrote upon a page!

I have hunted in southeastern Cameroon and really love the forest. Just an amazing place!Not for everyone. Cam has much more experience than I do there.

MLindsay,

I really admire someone who enjoys hunting the thickiest stuff I have ever saw in my life !!!

Can you post some pics from that area ??

Thanks

BTW, I posted some interesting pics in the South American Forum, maybe you enjoy them

L

I also hunted southeast cameroon last year. search hunting reports "Cameroon in june"

Mrlexma, thanks for that quote. It's been at least thirty years since I last read that book, and it's obvious that I need to do it again!

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack.

John

Mrlexma: While reading that quote I literally forgot where I was at!

Hello Lorenzo,

I have quite a few pictures from my 61 days in the forest but my ability to post them is poor. I will see if my nephew can help me.

Mike

Don't worry, I am sure your nephew will be able to help you.

L

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Originally posted by MLindsay:
Hello Lorenzo,

I have quite a few pictures from my 61 days in the forest but my ability to post them is poor. I will see if my nephew can help me.

Mike

Hi,
when have you done the hunt there? Have you organised it alone or with a an ph?
What animals have you taken there.
I would love to see pictures,too.


kindest regards

Hello Caracal,

I hunted there the first time in 1998, spent 31 days with Geoffroy DeGentille. Then again in 99 and 2000 also with Geoffroy.

I guess I spent at least 50% of the days just with the pygmies hunting bongo and duikers and the rest accompanied by Geoffroy.

I took a tremendous bongo along with a large number of duikers for trophies and to feed the camp.

Mike

Mlindsay any report I could read? thanks in advance

I will be hunting Forest Elephant end May this year, can't wait.

JK

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Originally posted by jkhunter:
I will be hunting Forest Elephant end May this year, can't wait.

JK

Good chatting to you on the phone, putting a voice to the name.

Have a good hunt

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Originally posted by jkhunter:
I will be hunting Forest Elephant end May this year, can't wait.

JK

I arrive to Yaounde on the 29th of may for the same thing. If you are around we can have a drink. this is my third hunt for forest elephant and it is one of the most exciting hunts i have ever done

I am very exited for this hunt, I have heard it is the most incredible experience as far as elephant hunting is concerned, I am there from the 22nd May till the 5th June , who are you hunting with? Would love to see some photos of your last 2 Elephants

JK

i saw jungle similar to this while taking the train from Yaounde to northern Cameroon 2 weeks ago. it has to be seen to be believed. hope to make my next trip there with Cam's crew for bongo in Congo or jungle of southern Cameroon.

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Originally posted by jkhunter:
I am very exited for this hunt, I have heard it is the most incredible experience as far as elephant hunting is concerned, I am there from the 22nd May till the 5th June , who are you hunting with? Would love to see some photos of your last 2 Elephants

JK

send me your email and it will be a pleasure to send you a few, I hope you enjoy them.

The rain forests of SW Ethiopia were a lot like this in places..especially the area around Tepi Coffee plantation.