Paddy Curtis (Blood Nut), another legendary PH has left us under tragic circumstances.

The sad news has just been relayed to me and it appears he was murdered in cold blood by unknown assailants during a robbery in his residence in Bulawayo in the early morning hours of today.

The police are on site conducting their investigations.

Horrible news!

RIP Paddy.

Very sad indeed!

Condolences to his family.

That is a horrible end to a legend. Very sad news indeed.

That is very tragic news, RIP Paddy.

Damn! He was a legend for sure. Rest in peace Blood.

Beyond terrible. RIP Paddy…

What a tragedy!!!! I was able to catch up with Paddy in the Selous last October, so glad I did.
R.I.P. Brother.

What a tragedy

RIP Paddy.

This is tragic and heartbreaking news. My dear friend Nigel introduced me to Paddy years ago. RIP Bloodnut. God rest your soul.

Wow... terrible news. Like Jay, I saw Paddy last October in the Selous. Great guy, great PH. May he rest in peace.

Tough news but thanks for passing it on Fulvio...

Deepest condolences.

Devastating news. He was the consummate professional and, hands down, with my clients, the most requested ph to hunt with. He never disappointed. I will miss him.

This is very sad.

I met them in Zimbabwe years ago, him and his wife.

Who passed away last year.

Lovely family.

Damn, that is sad news. May he rest in peace and condolences to his friends and family.

May his assailants get what they so rightfully deserve.

Saw this on FB early this morning. Very sad.

Very sorry to hear this, my condolences to his family and friends.

Deepest Condolences.

What a shame. So sorry to hear this news. RIP.

So incredibly sad RIP Blood- what a great loss to the hunting community. Condolences to his family and friends.

Very sad, tragic how he was killed.

Here is what a close friend of his passed along…

Apparently, he went to let his dogs out in dark early morning, and robbers were waiting when he opened his door. He got an alarm out, but help wasn’t able to arrive in time. He was found with gunshots to his head, but his gun safe still locked tight.

They apparently hit 2 other homes, but Paddy was the only one shot. A security team is now hunting down the POS’s who did this.

That is awful.

I’ve met him a couple times.

We are once again lessened.

Beyond tragic! Let's hope that the murderers are caught and executed! RIP Bloodnut!

Condolences to his family and friends. Truly sad.

Horrible Horrible news!!

Condolences and prayers to his family and friends. RIP

Prayers for Paddy and family, He was one of the best..

Funny Paddy story. Several of us met Paddy on a trip last year to hunt in the Selous. Paddy was hunting in Luke Samaras' camp on the Rufiji River with a client hunting lion. We drove up to the river one day to fish and relax and it just so happened that Paddy's client shot a beautiful male lion the morning before we arrived. By the time we got to camp late morning the team was already pretty well lubricated and there were several empty Jameson bottles outside the back of the dining chalet. We sat down and were visiting. Paddy got a bottle of water and started to drink it. His client, feigning urgent concern, said, "Paddy be careful, I have never seen you drink water before and you might poison yourself with that since your body is unaccustomed to fluids other than scotch." The person with the biggest smile and laugh at the joke was Paddy. I am sure his friends, clients and colleagues will miss him.

RIP Blood

Damn, I only knew him from the shows. RIP.

I also hope the bastards are caught and not by the police, but I’m a pacifist…

Terrible shame. Paddy was a great soldier, Ph and just a really nice guy. The world is a lesser place.

In 2012, Paddy was hunting with a client hunting lion in Luke's block in Simanjiro. We were hunting a fly camp and stopped by the main camp for lunch. They had eland steaks, my favorite. I congratulated the hunter, who had only arrived the day before, on already getting an eland, and he corrected me. Paddy explained that they had heard a lion kill the night before and harvested some backstraps and tenderloins from the eland that was the lions' dinner. Fine with me. I had a second and third helping.

The next morning, we were hunting up high again and my PH got a call from Paddy inquiring into whether he, and me, were OK. I got the drift, but said switch to English, and it turns out, Paddy's client thought he had food poisoning from the lion kill. Everyone else was fine.

We had a good laugh on the power of the mind. Paddy will be missed.

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they had heard a lion kill the night before and harvested some back straps and tenderloins from the eland that was the lions' dinner.

Correction: "they STOLE" ... NOT harvested.

Met Paddy once, at the Sea Cliff, IIRC.

I don't think he would deny or disavow anything in this unauthorized biography:

Blood Nut

May he rest in peace, or even better, hunt on, in paradise, balls out.

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I don't think he would deny or disavow anything in this unauthorized biography:

Those tales are all true .... I heard them from the horse's mouth and the author of the biography was also one among at least 5 on the receiving end of a buffalo charge in Kitiangare and was lucky to have survived.

I have not been on AR much lately but just saw this post. I spent 21 days with Paddy - he wasn't my PH but Fulvio was. I remember when we got to camp he had just shot a giant cobra in or near the kitchen. I have a photo of him holding it up.

Fulvio, I think it was you who told me about him being gored by a buff and getting on all fours with his ass sticking up in the air while a nurse (wife a client?) sewed him up.

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Fulvio, I think it was you who told me about him being gored by a buff and getting on all fours with his ass sticking up in the air while a nurse (wife a client?) sewed him up.

This incident which took place in Kitiangare (Masailand) was also mentioned in Paddy's obituary by Hannes Wessels.

What I didn't know is that the client's wife (who was a nurse/assistant in an operating theater back home) used dental floss for the want of something better than thread.

The above surgery could be regarded as a "field dressing" to keep his guts in place while arrangements were being made to evacuate him to a hospital.

Well, seems like there are two sides to every story. Good thing you can't slander a dead man.