Just received and watched the DVD as I temporarily have to live my African hunting 3rd party, so to speak.

An unashamed plug for Botswana and Johan Calitz Safaris but well shot and in good quality.

What interested me was the footage of when the first shot failed and follow up shots were required. There are examples of cool marksmanship and of atrocious weapons handling. Some people go to Africa with clearly no idea of what their rifle does or how to use it. My heart goes out to all the PH's and outfitters who get these people.

There was some interesting info on shot placement and Elephant management in Botswana and I would have liked to have seen more of that.

A bit long and only about elephants but well worth buying.

Code4:
Did you purchase this through Safari Press? Didn't know there was a volume 2 but will order it immediately as volume 1 was a great DVD as are Carter/Boddington's and Buzz and Myles.


Dutch

Yes, Safari Press.

My two favourites remain 'In A Hunters Shadow' and 'First Season' by Ron Aylward

I still remember watching Boddington on elephant watching a wannabe elephant hunter turn and run at ab eke charge. Instead of standing his ground and flinging lead with the Ph.
Showed it to one of my friends the DVD and when the incident occurred, he goes "that wuss".

Mike

Code4,
Agreed, and "First Season" is one of my favorites too. Haven't seen "In a Hunter's Shadow" yet.

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Originally posted by retreever:
I still remember watching Boddington on elephant watching a wannabe elephant hunter turn and run at ab eke charge. Instead of standing his ground and flinging lead with the Ph.
Showed it to one of my friends the DVD and when the incident occurred, he goes "that wuss".

Mike

Sad thing is that the same fellow (hunting with his wife as I recall and from Canada) shot a sod of an elephant bull later in the hunt. I still wonder why they were throwing stuff at the cow before she charged -- I know that they said it was because she would not move, but then you have to wonder, why not go around?

I thoroughly enjoyed Vol. 1, so I'll have to chase down Vol. 2

For sure it's a giant plug for Caltitz Safaris, but that doesn't bother me, he's one of the very best in the world of modern Elephant hunting.

Just ordered it from Safari Press. Price = 39,95 without shipping.
Cheers, hans