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Ok, now that there has been some discussion on the source of the Hemingway kudu quote, I thought it would be interesting to see folks post their favorite quote about hunting in Africa. Or quotes about hunting in general. (As long as that doesn't violate the topic rules)

Please provide accurate attribution as well. It's all about accuracy ya know! If you don't know then please just say so.

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After tracking a herd of 24 bull elephants and getting up close to them , and making a shot the shot...This went thru my mind...

Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as to much gun by Will

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"The harder you work, the luckier you get", some old smart guy

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taking an ele head shot :
"...if the elephant is still in view half a second after you’ve fired, shoot, for the first shot has missed." "

source: http://www.african-hunter.com/elephant_part_1.htm

on ele brain shot by LV Eric (AR memeber):

"Its awalys too see the back legs collapse first, when the front legs go first there is usually some work left."

and my favourite (signature of surestrike - AR member):

Famous last words of a trophy fee gone bad, "Don't shoot again...you hit him hard on that first one!" Big Grin
 
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The first I can think of is this:

Teddy Roosevelt, African Game Trails

"'I speak of Africa and golden joys'; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary, and the grim."

Great words!!


These are more direct to the fact of the matter:


From Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac:

" A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers."


Edw. Abbey:

"The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information."

Boha, feeling blue at work after a week of hunting..
 
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Among my favorites is this one, which one of our members used to use as his sig line.

"Africa is undoubtedly a most fascination wild mistress. She gets a tenacious hold on most persons; bewitching, magnetic, that is almost irresistible, and once experienced, is NEVER lulled into forgetfulness."
May French Sheldon 1891
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In the foreword to his book African Game Trails, Theodore Roosevelt described the physical and natural beauty of Africa, and concluded: “These things can be told. But there are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm. There is delight in the hardy life of the open, in long rides rifle in hand, in the thrill of the fight with dangerous game. Apart from this, yet mingled with it, is the strong attraction of the silent places, of the large tropic moons, and the splendor of the new stars; where the wanderer sees the awful glory of sunrise and sunset in the wide waste spaces of the earth, unworn of man, and changed only by the slow change of the ages through time everlasting.†TR’s silent places also happen to be my favorite places on earth.


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"And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered."

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I do believe the Creator Himself said those words at a board meeting in a garden somewhere in the Middle East. The two 'board members' paid little attention if I remember correctly.
 
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The two 'board members' paid little attention


And it's a good thing they did because we wouldn't be here talking about hunting if they had. Because in "The Garden" everything was "perfect" and there was no death and without death there ain't no hunting.

And this afterlife thingy doesn't sound too good because it's supposed to go back to the perfect, no death thing. Which means no hunting or fishing.
 
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And this afterlife thingy doesn't sound too good because it's supposed to go back to the perfect, no death thing. Which means no hunting or fishing.


Oh no friend, you must be mistaken, the afterlife must surely be true happy hunting-grounds. I don´t care who wrote what - I´ll be going to the happy hunting-grounds when I go. beer
 
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Nice shot, but I said “shoot the other oneâ€...
 
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Standard "PH" line, following a lost opportunity at a 38" buffalo:

"Ah, too bad, I'd put him at 42 ... maybe 43."
 
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Robert Ruark"s, "He looked at me like I owed him money." or something like that.


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The two 'board members' paid little attention


And it's a good thing they did because we wouldn't be here talking about hunting if they had. Because in "The Garden" everything was "perfect" and there was no death and without death there ain't no hunting.



And this afterlife thingy doesn't sound too good because it's supposed to go back to the perfect, no death thing. Which means no hunting or fishing.


Maybe, just maybe, it will be catch and release. Then we can do it again. Also, a friend suggested that it may go both ways - sometimes we get to be the hunter and other times the huntee - that would be interesting.
 
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Maybe, just maybe, it will be catch and release. Then we can do it again. Also, a friend suggested that it may go both ways - sometimes we get to be the hunter and other times the huntee - that would be interesting.


Catch & Release buffalo? I'm gonna have to think about that...............

Dave


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How about the old Souix Indian method of "counting coup" on your opponent? Run up, slap him on the rear, and run like crazy!!!
 
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I just knew this would be fun


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What I tell my hunters after I just spent 4 hours looking for their poorly shot game.

"You need more practice, and a better bullet."
 
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Summer was fun, now Fall is here, let's go out and shoot a deer.- Ted Nugent


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With the new crap law on firearms in my lovely country, R.S.A, I'd have to say the best quote is:
"FROM MY COLD, DEAD, HANDS...." - Some NRA president, I think
 
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A truly great NRA President!!


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"Arise kill and eat" not absolutely certain, but I think it's in Acts 11:13. Phil Robertson (Duck Commander) uses it as his motto and says "When I'm huntin I'm just takin orders from headquarters."


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Caleb - a Biblical name and a hero to boot - went out as a spy and came back with "milk and honey" from the promised land.

"Kill and eat" - the vision that Peter had while trying to rationalize non-Jews getting into the "I am a friend of God" deal offered by Jesus. Peter was an "anti" but the Lord switched his theology with "if I made it, it is ok".

That, of course, is a very rough paraphrase from another meat eater.
 
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Another Biblical one, roughly translated from the afrikaans Book: Gen 27:3 "Take then your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out into the bush and hunt a piece of game for me."
 
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Said by Isaac to Esau, one of the fathers of the arab world as we know it. While he was out hunting, his brother Jacob cooked a goat dinner for his blind father and snatched Esau's birthright.

Esau and Jacob became reunited many years later, but Jacob was the father of the sons that became the tribes of Israel.

Oh the cost of a meal.
 
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"You can't catch fish sitting on the couch"My Father


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It was by an AR poster but cant remember his name.
"Its not an elephant gun unless you've killed an elephant with it".
 
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Originally posted by Nickudu:
Standard "PH" line, following a lost opportunity at a 38" buffalo:

"Ah, too bad, I'd put him at 42 ... maybe 43."


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"As long as the buffalo keeps moving, keep shooting!". Unknown. (possibly PHC?)

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Cheers, Dave.

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Great thread!

"If you mess with one of these Buffalo there's only one outcome, either he's gonna die or you are." PHC

Jason


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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.

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One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job.
 
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Alot of awesome quotes!

I have one:

When I asked my cousin's new hsuband (an anti) to come hunt with us, he naturally refused.

So I said:

"c'mon, we'll give you a knife, a match, and a 5 minute head start."

He still declined.

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k...another one - when you get that itchy feeling to move on - perhaps you should wait a bit more because:

what goes around comes around
 
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My personal creation:

When trophy hunting, "I'd rather be lucky than good!"

beer


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My dads favorite to me growing up, every time I made a good shot:

"Truth be son, that deer just zigged when he shoulda zagged"...

or my Uncle Jack:

"I quit hunting years ago because I just got tired of these damn bucks making me look like a fool"...


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On day 10 of our first safari, "I'm not ready to go home yet." by my wife.
 
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Here's one from guy trying to sell videos! ha-ha ahaa roflmao

Let him chose how he wants to die!
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For the veggieheads in your life that hate hunters and meat eaters::

Vegetarians hunt and kill defenseless life forms that can neither run away nor hide --How sporting is that?


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