I just bought a book entitled, The African Lion as Man-Eater by Guy Coheleach. I have not started reading it yet, but it looks interesting. I noticed that the foreword was written by Jack Nicklaus. In the short foreword, Jack discusses his interest in hunting and big game, including hunting in Africa. I did not realize that Nicklaus was a hunter. Not sure how Coheleach writes, however, his paintings are amazing.

You will be surprised how many of these famous people actually hunt in Africa.

They just like to keep it quiet to stop the silly media turning it against them.

Mike - Jack and one of his son's have been big game hunters for years! I'm not sure if they still do, but they would hunt the White Mtn Apache Res in Arizona every single year for elk, and with a bow as I recall.

A friend gave me the book "Great True Hunts"
published in 1967,which has stories "The Slammer Bags A Big Tusker" Sam Snead's quest for a Tanzanian elephant.

Also, "Safari with a Hollywood Hero" Novice hunter Kirk Douglas becomes a pro in East Africa.

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You will be surprised how many of these famous people actually hunt in Africa.

They just like to keep it quiet to stop the silly media turning it against them.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Anyone remember the discussion not all that long ago about Walt disney Being a hunter?

Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

Jack Nicklaus and his sons also use to fish for great whites,black and blue marlin etc. if I remember they were featured on American Sportsman TV show.
Wesley

Jack is a hunter and fisher from way back. I've seen him on TV once or twice, perhaps it was quail hunting and bill fishing.

Amazing. I would have never thought Walt Disney was a hunter. http://forums.accuratereloadin...931052471#4931052471

I remember watching him catch some big tarpon on TV once...I knew he was an avid outdoorsman and a hunter as well.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

bullshit - i have discussed big game hunting several times many years ago with Craig Stadler and Greg Norman. both were avid sheep hunters. in fact, Stadler arranged for a combo hunt in northern BC to be donated to a local charity. i bought it and had a great time. i was unaware that Nicklaus was/is also a hunter but can't say i am surprised.

Never knew that

Jack's trophy room is spectacular, according to my friend who is a close friend of Jack's. I believe it includes the big five. I've seen his polar bear, which is on display at the Bear's Club Clubhouse in Jupiter, Fla.

I have a picture of Lee Wulff and an elephant he shot. RObert Stack was also the hunter.

I have an acquaintance in Idaho who is a live pigeon shooter and says that the people you see at the closed shoots would boggle your mind.

Good luck with the book,especially if the forward is written by a golfer.

Interesting. A few years ago I was amazed to find out that Eric Clapton the blues & rock legend was a keen shooter and bird hunter. He had a whole collection of top end English double shotguns including pairs which were sold at Holts a few years ago.

Some famous cricketers are hunters. I remember in the 1980s when the English cricket team toured India in winter a special goose hunt was arranged for Ian Botham, Mike Hendrick and Bob Willis and possibly some others.

Douglas Jardine who was born in India shot a tiger.

More recently the great Australian fast bowlers Glen Mcgrath and Bret Lee visited NZ and shot fallow deer. Mcgrath uses a switch barrel Blazer on his ranch & has hunted Africa.

I am sure the list would be very intersting.

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Mike - Jack and one of his son's have been big game hunters for years! I'm not sure if they still do, but they would hunt the White Mtn Apache Res in Arizona every single year for elk, and with a bow as I recall.

A good friend of mine shared a camp with Jack for years on the White Mtn and they became good friends. Jack used to get him Masters tickets

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

bullshit - i have discussed big game hunting several times many years ago with Craig Stadler and Greg Norman. both were avid sheep hunters. in fact, Stadler arranged for a combo hunt in northern BC to be donated to a local charity. i bought it and had a great time. i was unaware that Nicklaus was/is also a hunter but can't say i am surprised.

"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph or otherwise outwit birds or animals is not normal. He is supercivilized and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949

"The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish." - Sam Snead (1912-2002)

Both quotes from the link provided by nakihunter HERE

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Originally posted by shootaway:

Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

That is just plain stupid.

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Originally posted by Nakihunter:
Some famous cricketers are hunters.

Douglas Jardine who was born in India shot a tiger.

More recently the great Australian fast bowlers Glen Mcgrath and Bret Lee visited NZ and shot fallow deer. Mcgrath uses a switch barrel Blazer on his ranch & has hunted Africa.

I am sure the list would be very intersting.

He also uses a Blaser 500NE which I know well.

Eric Clapton discussing his love for Cordings country clothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DWuZLLPhQ

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

Is the reverse true? I am a lousy golfer... so, therefore I must be a hunter?

Jack Nicklaus often hunted with my friend Matthew Greeff of Nelspruit, South Africa.

Check out "What our guests have to say". (and "The Hippo Story"):

Matthew Greeff Safaris

We have had a number of high profile sportsmen visit us here at AR.

They all enjoy hunting, and some even have built shooting ranges in their own homes.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kathi:
A friend gave me the book "Great True Hunts"
published in 1967,which has stories "The Slammer Bags A Big Tusker" Sam Snead's quest for a Tanzanian elephant.
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One of Sam Snead's greatest quotes is "I only play golf so I can make enough money to hunt & fish"

There used to be a show on the golf channel called 'After the Season" or something like that. It was hunting show for pro-golfers. Besides Jack, Fuzzy Zeoller, Davis Love III, Tom Watson, David Toms and some others that were all avid hunters.

Moses Malone is a big hunter no pun intended!

Jack Nicklaus has a great trophy room. But he used to keep his golf trophies in the garage. What a man!

Humorous story: while waiting for clients one day in Hoedspruit with one of my PHs and his wife I was informed that the SA flight we were waiting on would be delayed due to a private charter coming in. When I inquired as to the charter I was told that it was Jack Nicklaus and family. Going back to our table I told my PH and his wife that we would have to wait on the private charter to arrive first before the SA flight came in. I told them it was Jack Nicklaus and the wife became a bit excited. Once on the ground Jack and family disembarked and made their way thru the tiny airport. When they walked by our table I said hello and he acknowledged. As he departed the PH's wife said, "who was that?" I told her that it was Jack Nicklaus of course to which she responded, "that's not Jack Nicklaus, I've seen all of his movies and that guy doesn't look a thing like him."

I have seen several big name golfers at the SCI convention over the years. Perhaps the most notable being Greg Norman. Perhaps the one seen the most is Craig Stadler. I was going to name the drunkest but decided against it!

I was looking at double rifles one day. I noticed a good looking woman that seemed familiar looking. It was Bo Derek.

Larry,

That would make the old ejectors work...

Just sayin...

Jeff

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Originally posted by dogcat:

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

Is the reverse true? I am a lousy golfer... so, therefore I must be a hunter?

Yes the reverse is true!

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Originally posted by Bwana Bunduki:
Larry,

That would make the old ejectors work...

Just sayin...

Jeff

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Jack's trophy room is spectacular, according to my friend who is a close friend of Jack's. I believe it includes the big five. I've seen his polar bear, which is on display at the Bear's Club Clubhouse in Jupiter, Fla.

Jack is/was an avid hunter, but the Polar bear in the Bears Club wasn't taken by him. It was a gift. The bear had a gold tinge to it, since he's called the "Golden Bear"...

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Originally posted by zzz:

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Originally posted by shootaway:

Anybody who plays golf can`t be a hunter.

That is just plain stupid.

consider the source.

It's hard for me to understand how a man can be a hunter, and yet not be willing to say so to one and all - and at every opportunity.

No matter what he does for a living.

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Back in the 1990's, Jack and two of his sons used to fly in their Gulfstream jet to Glasgow. MT to bowhunt for whitetails on the Milk River. A close friend of mine, Dave, took his pilot out hunting for prairie dogs to help him kill some time. Dave said Jack and his boys were avid bowhunters, and Jack even autographed a ball for Dave's son-in-law.

A lot of the old time Hollywood stars and many sports figures were hunters of various types.

I once got a look at the evidence left behind. There was this duck club in Arkansas, one of the famous ones, that used to have a mounted whisky bottle on the wall. Like a trophy. It was empty and had a plaque on it that read, Killed By Errol Flynn, New Year's Day (I don't recall the exact year, but it was late 1930s).

Don't forget Tom Weiskopf, who qualified for the 1977 Ryder Cup team and declined the opportunity in order to go on an elk hunt.

Weiskopf had previously played on the '73 and '75 Ryder Cup teams.

Weiskopf and Nicklaus had a close match in (I think) the 1975 Canadian Open, with Weiskopf winning by one stroke.

South African Gary Player and Nicklaus were close friends, I think I read somewhere of Player arranging hunts for the two of them in South Africa.

Ah, just sitting here wishing for back in the day when the American Sportsman was on T.V. and we watched all of the rich and famous hunt and fish all over the world, proud of it, with no one hiding their hobby!