George lived it. He was the real deal. I am blessed to have an inscribed copy of A Country Boy In Africa. I sold it once and the bought it back(From Frank Martinez). I would not part with this book for 100 times its value.

George was what all of us wish we could be: A great adventurer and a true gentleman.

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George lived it. He was the real deal... George was what all of us wish we could be: A great adventurer and a true gentleman.

+1!!!

I knew him by name only. Thanks for the post/

He signed a copy of his book for me at DSC the year he died. Sick as could be and looked like absolute hell. Still, he never let on that he was in the least amount of pain. Pleasant and cheerful as always.

We could use a few more like him.

George was the real deal Great American PH, self made.
He was also one of the few good men who breathed life back into the .416 caliber with his .416 Hoffman wildcat hobby.
68 years was just too short a time on earth for that good man.
I got an autographed copy of his book too.

RIP George.

I have his autographed book as well, and I treasure it! I knew the kittle fat man pretty well, was introduced to him many years ago by a booking agent by the name of Charlie Goldenburg, and George was often in Harry’s (Mims Read) shop HUNTER’S HEADQUARTERS in Bedford, Texas where I got to talk to him often. I was fortunate to live within 8 miles of his daughter, and to have had a long talk with him at the last DSC show he attended before he died.

He was so weak that he didn’t make it to the show till late afternoon, because he had been in so much pain the night before he didn’t get to sleep till 3;30 AM even pumped full of morphine. He was with his long time friends, and wanting to know what everyone had booked for the next safari. I would certainly have rather my last memory of George be around a camp fire instead of seeing him so frail and sick.

As others have already said he was the real deal, and a fine gentlemen, and father and husband who loved safari, but loved his family and friends far more.

He is missed around here! I’d like to think he is hunting the fields of Taylor, and Bell now! RIP George!
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Originally posted by JBrown:
George lived it. He was the real deal. I am blessed to have an inscribed copy of A Country Boy In Africa. I sold it once and the bought it back(From Frank Martinez). I would not part with this book for 100 times its value.

George was what all of us wish we could be: A great adventurer and a true gentleman.

Could not agree more. Life runs away fast from those whose first goal is to live it.

A gentleman! I am so fortunate to spend time with him at DSC.

I too have his autographed book. A fine read that my youngest son did a book report on a couple of years ago. Got an "A" too. At times I search his posts here just to go back in time and enjoy them.

I was fortunate enough to know George. I still keep in touch with his family so they can vicariously travel to Africa with me every year.

Shortly after George died, I obtained his supply of .375 bullets from Mims, loaded them up and took them to Africa. I killed a couple of good buffalo and everything else on license that trip with them and late the last evening, Pierr'e van Tonder and I drank George's good soul a toast and fired the last two rounds at the Southern Cross. I think they are still climbing to the stars.

I'm a better man for knowing George.

Didn't know him. I'd love to read his book. Any idea?
My motto have always been Enjoy life for what it's worth, because too many piss it away.
Too many conversation about retirement this and that, but by then so many good thing that we could have done and should have done passed us like a maelstrom at the sea.
In nutshell, hunt all you can, because " this is as good as it gets "