After a final (sucessful) Lion hunt in December I have retired from the main safari sceen for the forseable future.
My Nephew has taken over the property, outstanding bookings etc - and I wish him luck and happyness
I am getting too old and grouchy to put up with hunting with people I don't like- I am not prepared to 'subcontract' hunts, even from friends and reputable outfitters except for the odd client who has become a real friend and who's company on a hunt is a pleasure.
The Africa I started hunting has passed- the days when we could look over a couple of 40+" buff and I would say 'leave them, we'll find something better tomorrow' are gone and so has too much of the satisfaction. I was never a good 'outfitter'- I enjoy hunting- but now I can hunt on my terms.
I will still be hunting (for myself), Writing occasionally and an active member of ZPHGA and forums like AR but am not booking hunts.
03 January 2013, 15:15
shakari
As you say, the good old days have gone but retirement from the field Is a wonderful feeling isn't it?
And hey, if you get over to Portugal we can always try to find you a stag or something!
03 January 2013, 15:17
mouse93
RIP
03 January 2013, 15:25
tendrams
Now that you have more time, come to Egypt for a visit and I will take you after some waterfowl. I will always recall the buff hunt you kindly offered me personally (and that I should have taken) a few years ago!
Best,
John
03 January 2013, 16:06
GOB
Sad to hear that it has come to that but you are absolutely correct in your decision. You deserve some good quality time in your life. It obviously has taken much thought it is like General McArthur said "Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away".
Go Well
03 January 2013, 17:11
juanpozzi
Dear friend now you have time to came and visit me ,i hope we visit your country together someday ...........HAPPY NEW YEAR BROTHER .
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03 January 2013, 17:32
Caracal
Sorry to hear that, I would have liked to hunt with you, Ganyana! Hope you enjoy your retirement.
Your words have always carried great weight with me, Ganyana. I envy you being able to hunt for yourself on your own terms in Africa, even if she has changed yet again.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author
03 January 2013, 18:10
Esskay
I have never met you but have enjoyed your writing immensely. All the best.
Regards
03 January 2013, 18:39
Skyline
quote:
Originally posted by Ganyana: After a final (sucessful) Lion hunt in December I have retired from the main safari sceen for the forseable future.
My Nephew has taken over the property, outstanding bookings etc - and I wish him luck and happyness
I am getting too old and grouchy to put up with hunting with people I don't like- I am not prepared to 'subcontract' hunts, even from friends and reputable outfitters except for the odd client who has become a real friend and who's company on a hunt is a pleasure.
The Africa I started hunting has passed- the days when we could look over a couple of 40+" buff and I would say 'leave them, we'll find something better tomorrow' are gone and so has too much of the satisfaction. I was never a good 'outfitter'- I enjoy hunting- but now I can hunt on my terms.
I will still be hunting (for myself), Writing occasionally and an active member of ZPHGA and forums like AR but am not booking hunts.
After 30+ years in the guide-outfitting industry I completely understand. Enjoy your retirement and YOUR hunts.
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The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who are bereft of that gift.
03 January 2013, 20:03
pagosawingnut
Good Luck in your retirement. I've often wondered how you gentlemen put up with some of the demanding, sniveling, know it all "hunters" I have seen in some of the camps I've been in.
03 January 2013, 20:12
Jerry Huffaker
Good luck and congrats on your retirement. For most of us out here it would be nice to know who you actually are.
Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist
03 January 2013, 20:21
bwanamrm
Wishing you the best in the years to come! I agree that African hunting has evolved since I first hunted in Zim in 1994. Some things for the better, a lot not so much. I can only imagine the changes you have been witness to. All the best!
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
03 January 2013, 20:22
A.Dahlgren
quote:
Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker: Good luck and congrats on your retirement. For most of us out here it would be nice to know who you actually are.
All the best in your retirement Ganyana! Glad to hear that you will still be writing and hanging around here...I've learned a tonne from your contributions and have really enjoyed your writing.
Cheers, Chris
quote:
Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:
quote:
Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker: Good luck and congrats on your retirement. For most of us out here it would be nice to know who you actually are.
+1
Google knows everything, but failing that you can refer to Pierre Van Der Walt's book "African Dangerous Game Cartridges".
03 January 2013, 22:24
TrophyShotPrints
As others I wish you a great time of retirement and always look forward to your posts on this forum especially.
I find you a no-nonsense guy who is experienced and tells it like it is.
Enjoy yourself and if anything I hope you would consider posting more
04 January 2013, 03:18
.458 Only
Some of us know who he is... but we won't tell!
Ganyana, have a great retirement! At 77 I'm still hunting and enjoying every minute of it... may you do the same! It was your writing on the 9.3 X 62 that sealed the deal for me. So I purchased one (Tikka T3 Lite)as my primary bear rifle.
I look forward to reading more of your experience and insights though I never expect to visit Africa again.
"Let every created thing give praise to the LORD, for he issued his command, and they came into being" - King David, Psalm 148 (NLT)
04 January 2013, 03:48
oupa
I suppose congratulations are in order. May we all be so lucky one day!
An old man sleeps with his conscience, a young man sleeps with his dreams.
04 January 2013, 04:35
SBT
I'm curious, why the big mystery surrounding ones identity?
Regardless, congratulations. I find retirement to be "the perfect occupation".
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
04 January 2013, 05:22
butchloc
well - join the ranks of all of us other grouchy old bastards
04 January 2013, 05:25
BaxterB
Sounds like the retirement of the 4th epoch of safari is afoot. Best of luck.
04 January 2013, 06:08
chuck375
quote:
Originally posted by Esskay: I have never met you but have enjoyed your writing immensely. All the best.
Regards
+1 Best wishes for your retirement. Good hunting!
Regards,
Chuck
"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"
Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"
04 January 2013, 06:19
MJines
Best of luck on your retirement. I can appreciate the mixed emotions that come with the decision. After 30 years with the same company, after the close of a merger in December, I turned in my keys, badge, parking card, etc. yesterday and my official last day is tomorrow. Very liberating and very sobering at the same time.
Mike
04 January 2013, 06:48
Frank Martinez
Glad to hear you have only tired of the business. Retiring before you hate it is the key. Now you can enjoy the pastime again and soon you will be as unemployable as I am. Frank
04 January 2013, 08:17
jdollar
retirement this coming May!. my wife asked me what am i going to do with my free time? my answer: ANY FU--ING THING I WANT TO DO. 43 years of listening to patients bitch and moan is enough for anyone... congratulations on your retirement, Ganyana- BY GOD - YOU EARNED IT!!!!!!
Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP
04 January 2013, 08:48
Marty
Congratulations on your retirement. Not a decision undertaken lightly, I expect. The irony for me is that I have delayed my retirement so as to be able to keep going back to Africa. Good thing I like what I do the rest of the year.
04 January 2013, 08:55
billrquimby
As someone who retired from a "regular" job in 1999, I can assure you that retirement is the best time of our lives. Unfortunately, we're too damned old to do all the things we'd planned to do when we had time to do them.
There was a time I thought I knew who lurked behind your "handle," but your post today shows how wrong I was.
Congratulations, and enjoy your retirement. Our time on this planet is far too short.
Bill Quimby
04 January 2013, 09:12
Alaskaman11
Congrats on the retirement! Some of you are a real downer! Saying your too old to do what you wanted...dont say that! You can do anything you want, just set your mind to it!
Double Rifles, This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as bolt rifle. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
DRSS Chapuis 9.3x74R NRA Life Member
04 January 2013, 09:33
Nakihunter
I have your views on the 9.3X62 cartridge stored carefully as a major part of the info I have on this great cartridge.
Hope to read more of your stuff.
Thanks & God bless.
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
04 January 2013, 09:39
mohan
Good Luck. Enjoy your Retirement. Its always good to hunt on your own terms. Have read some of your articles , enjoyed them, keep writing, good hunting, happy retirement.
04 January 2013, 10:28
500nitro
Good Luck boet, the missus will be happy that there is less chance of you being draped over a buffs horns or stuck to the bottom of an elly's foot. chat soon,
"There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne." - Karen Blixen,
04 January 2013, 15:11
shootaway
quote:
Originally posted by jdollar: retirement this coming May!. my wife asked me what am i going to do with my free time? my answer: ANY FU--ING THING I WANT TO DO. 43 years of listening to patients bitch and moan is enough for anyone... congratulations on your retirement, Ganyana- BY GOD - YOU EARNED IT!!!!!!
I am not surprised all your patients would bitch and moan.
04 January 2013, 18:15
PWN375
I always enjoyed the hunts we have been on and hope when my girls get done with college and I have a bit of $$$ we can do another hunt or two. African Hunter magazine has never been the same since you stopped writing the Editorials.
Give my best to your family and I hope to see you again soon.
Perry
04 January 2013, 18:48
PatagonHunter
Good for you, Ganyana!! Enjoy your own hunts!!
I understand perfectly! I, for a while, starded with a friend a hunting company down here in Patagonia, for Red Deer and European Wild Boar. Quickly we discovered that make to hunt peopple we don`t like (the same in the fly fishing guiding...) would be to much. So, soon, we ended the operation...!
Have a good new life!!
PH
04 January 2013, 19:06
Upton O. Good
Congrats on retirement, you just know when you've had enough and it's time to get out. Well done.
Now it's time to go play with people you want to play with. Enjoy.
It is always bitter-sweet to see the changing of the guard. It does seem a wise choice to follow the satisfaction out the door though. All the best. I look forward to many years of your story telling both here and in print.
Dean
...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, Duke of York
06 January 2013, 00:59
mouse93
G - bless you - it will never get any better - You Made It Happen - Thank You:
06 January 2013, 02:18
Frostbit
quote:
Originally posted by Ganyana: After a final (sucessful) Lion hunt in December I have retired from the main safari sceen for the forseable future.
My Nephew has taken over the property, outstanding bookings etc - and I wish him luck and happyness
I am getting too old and grouchy to put up with hunting with people I don't like- I am not prepared to 'subcontract' hunts, even from friends and reputable outfitters except for the odd client who has become a real friend and who's company on a hunt is a pleasure .
The Africa I started hunting has passed- the days when we could look over a couple of 40+" buff and I would say 'leave them, we'll find something better tomorrow' are gone and so has too much of the satisfaction. I was never a good 'outfitter'- I enjoy hunting- but now I can hunt on my terms.
I will still be hunting (for myself), Writing occasionally and an active member of ZPHGA and forums like AR but am not booking hunts.
My wife and I have always strived to be that person. If the PH isn't having fun how can the trip be fun?
Ganyana: I've been retired for eight years now and nothing, repeat nothing, threepeat NOTHING is better than being paid for not working. Enjoy your free time and following your own schedule. Cheers, Cal
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Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________
06 January 2013, 22:51
Michael Robinson
Best of luck and fun!
Mike
Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
