Folks,

It’s taken me a while but I’ve finally finished my ebook entitled How to become a Professional Hunter in Africa and its available here: http://www.shakariconnection.c...unter-in-africa.html

We’re still waiting for one or two reviews to come in but as there are a few people who have been waiting for it and as I’m going away in a few days time, I thought it best to get it on the site now rather than expect people to wait until I come home. Then we’ll add the missing reviews as soon as they arrive with us.

The reason I decided to write the book is that out of the entire 500 odd pages of our site at www.shakariconnection.com the most popular page by a country mile is consistently ‘How To Become A Professional Hunter in Africa’ and that same phrase is also the most commonly asked question to both the site and search engines.

Unfortunately, the subject is so wide ranging, it’s impossible to cover the entire subject on a webpage and I don’t have time to answer all the questions by email..... so I decided to write the book instead.

We do plan a hardcopy version as well but that won’t be ready for a while yet.

Download it here: http://www.shakariconnection.c...unter-in-africa.html

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

I have read it I enjoyed it alot It give some instight into thinks most hunters don't think about. It well worth reading

sorry about the spelling on book report. spilled coffe down my shirt while typeing AGAIN

I've also read it, and while I have no idea what Steve plans to charge for it, whatever it is, it will be worth it. There's nothing out there quite like it.

Bill Quimby

Now, that's a compliment coming from Bill Quimby!

Congratulations Steve, good luck with the sales!

Great book,
i read it and it should be required reading for the tyro.
Attaboy Steve

Steve, I thought its a April fools joke, then I saw that it was posted a week after 1 April..!

Will read it when Im back. Congrats.

Steve,
Congrats!!!! I will be looking forward to reading your book. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.
See you soon!

Outstanding and good luck!

Congratulations on finishing your first book. I know how much of yourself you will have put into that work, having done it myself.

A word of warning - book number two will be harder to write!

But you have a lot to look forward to seeing your work in print and going off around the world to other like-minded people. I look forwrd to reading it and I like the title - 'does exactly what it says on the tin' and all that.

congrats.... i'll go off and read it now many thanks, TM

STEVE GETS CREDIT FOR WRITING IT BUT ASK sUSAN HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS FOR HER

Thanks for the kind words folks and I hope people enjoy.

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
STEVE GETS CREDIT FOR WRITING IT BUT ASK sUSAN HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS FOR HER

Ain't that the truth..... She landed up with the lousy job of putting it into ebook format and every time I re-wrote something, she had to virtually start again.

Good job i've got a thivk skin and didn't take her cusses personally!

CONGRATS STEVE!
THANKS FOR SHARING ALL YOUR INFOMATION WITH US

We're still waiting for some of the full reviews but the first one has just arrived and as I'm going away for a few days tomorrow, I thought some of you guys might be interested in seeing it.

Review by John Wilkes.

Unique is a much used and inappropriately applied word, but it certainly describes this fascinating e-book by Steve Robinson of Kuduland Safaris.

Steve was born in the south of England. Like many of us his earliest exposure to African hunting was through the works of such legendary figures as F.C. Selous and JA.Hunter and the more contemporary writing of Ruark et al. Never suspecting where it would take him Steve hunted Africa for the first time in his early twenties. His subsequent meeting and friendship with the late Vivian L. Good PH, changed his life for ever.

A period of apprenticeship under Mr. Good and training with the doyen of African PH schooling, Ian Goss, set Steve on the path to becoming a successful PH and outfitter. Some thirty years on and having hunted both plains and dangerous game professionally in seven African Nations, Steve has produced this book to answer the many queries he gets from would be PH students from around the world.

Written in a light but authoritative style the author takes you through the trials and tribulations of becoming part of (and being successful in) the African Hunting Safari industry. Whilst there has been ,and still is, much published from the Safari client perspective no previous work has addressed the “other side of the campfire”. The book is entertainingly structured featuring not only the authors work, but contributions from others, either directly or through links to his extensive Shakari Connection web site.

As a self confessed Luddite I must admit I had my doubts about the EBook format I genuinely feared I would miss the familiar “feel” of an actual book in my hand. How wrong I was! The system is easy to read and has the added advantage that one can cross reference with the web site. This has two distinct advantages, firstly a conventional book(books?) of this scope would be huge, and frankly, hideously expensive. Add to this the ability to download visa, cities and other forms and material and it makes for an extremely useful study guide without taking away from the flow and continuity of the book.

Well illustrated with colour pictures and peppered with the author’s experiences as an Englishman who came to Africa and made a success of life as a Professional Hunter and Safari Operator, the book really is an invaluable asset to anyone thinking of a career as an African PH. But in truth it is more than that, it is an up to date insight into the world of Professional Hunting in Africa and will be of as much interest to clients and African hunting buffs as aspirant PHs.

Practical efficiency is very much the theme of this work the general information will also be of interest to guides, PHs or recreational hunters wherever they may be in the world. Whilst Africa focused the information could well be adapted to other countries; animal species, legal requirements etc aside.

The majority of Professional Hunters are “Africa born and bred” but it is possible (though not easy) for an outsider to enter the industry. Steve does not pull his punches and quickly dispels romantic illusions that some might have of the industry.

The book covers everything from training and apprenticeship, licence and legal requirements for the various African states, staff, camp, client and hunt management, contractual procedures, PH firearm and projectile selection and use, vehicle selection adaptation and use, taxidermy, health and the myriad other things a modern PH must know. Add to this the species specific information (the leopard information I found particularly interesting) and you have what other PHs are already referring to as a “PH bible” when experienced folk in the African hunting world make comments like it makes sense to listen.

From CITES to cisterns, buffalo to bullet performance all aspects of life as a PH are covered. If you ever wanted to know how to construct a top quality wilderness hunting camp, manage staff, build a leopard blind, draw up a contract and what goes into the making of a successful safari company and the thousand other things that are required in the life of the modern African PH then this is the only readily available source. I wish it had been available when I started my recent path to PH status. A work that certainly deserves the title unique in the truest sense. Steve and Susan are to be congratulated on an original and innovative contribution to the industry. The book is available from:

http://www.shakariconnection.c...unter-in-africa.html

Price : US $ 39.99.

Oops, I forgot to say that any of you guys with (probably hunting related) websites who want to sell the book on an affiliate basis can sign up as an affiliate with www.clickbank.com and earn yourself a reasonable commission on sales.

Steve,

Spent two evenings reading your book and enjoyed it immensely. I will certainly recommend it to others and if you wish to publish it in conventional form, I can make recommendations and introductions to my publisher, who may be interested.

www.vintageguns.co.uk

Hey buddy,

Sorry for the delay in replying but I've only just gotten back from hunting in Uganda (had a great time!!) and have been playing catch up ever since.

Very glad you enjoyed the book and we have had offers of hard copy versions but we're still trying to decide what to do as I'm a little concerned that by the time all the info on the links of the ebook are included in the hard copy it'll make it very big and very expensive.

If we do go for the hard copy version, I'll no doubt post something here.

Photos and stories about Ugnada please.

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Originally posted by Small Bore:
Steve,

Spent two evenings reading your book and enjoyed it immensely. I will certainly recommend it to others and if you wish to publish it in conventional form, I can make recommendations and introductions to my publisher, who may be interested.

www.vintageguns.co.uk

Diggory .. just to side track for one moment ..

You have a nice very informative website with a lot of services offered to those whom dont have the knowledge or time available to DIY

Cheers, Peter

ALSO to Shakari ..

GOOD LUCK with the BOOK PROJECT

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Originally posted by impala#03:
Photos and stories about Ugnada please.

'Fraid my lips are pretty much sealed until DDRHOOK gets home and publishes his hunt report.

I will say though that he's a great bloke (and tough as hell) and was the perfect man for this particular hunt. I'll also say that if you were to take all my favourite things about all the places I've been lucky enough to visit in my 30 years of hunting Africa and you put them all in one immense area, you'd call it Karamoja!

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Originally posted by Small Bore:
Steve,

Spent two evenings reading your book and enjoyed it immensely. I will certainly recommend it to others and if you wish to publish it in conventional form, I can make recommendations and introductions to my publisher, who may be interested.

Glad you enjoyed it mate. We're interested in all offers for hard copy publication and please feel free to have your man contact me. - Frankly though, most offers are limited to first run and we might instead opt for a company we've found that will print short runs or even one off copies to order. I am concerned though that a hard copy might be too big and unwieldy for the reader to be able to read comfortably.

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Originally posted by Balla Balla:

ALSO to Shakari ..

GOOD LUCK with the BOOK PROJECT

Thanks Peter. The book is already selling well and at least equally to the point, saving me time in answering questions from a lot of aspiring PHs.

Looks good Steve. Good luck!

Brett

Congratulations Steve

Dave

Steve,

Do everyone a favour and post a couple of chapters?