I just read a great article on Africa and on hunting Africa in an interview that was conducted with Tony Sanchez-Arino in the latest Sports Afield that arrived today. I believe that it would certainly behoove most AR members to get and read the article/interview. The article puts many, many discussions had here on AR into perspective, answers many questions, and provides some sage wisdom from someone who really knows Africa.

I liked his comment on elephant hunting:

"What I say to the sporting hunter is this: Don't just look at the weight of the ivory. Hunt elephant for the pleasure of the hunt. Hunt elephant in the proper way, like a gentleman. Hunt him in his terrain on foot. When you hunt an elephant like this, a few pounds more or less of ivory means nothing, because there is so much satisfaction in the hunt that it will compensate for less ivory."

Tony is one of the last of the few ,a read a lot of interwievs to PHS conducted by his wife Isabel in hunters cazadores sin fronteras an spanish mag. Juan

I thoroughly enjoyed that article. Interesting that he had high praise for the 416 rigby for DG even though he uses a 500 something now. I always like to know what the true experts think.

TerryR