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RIP Harry Selby
21 January 2018, 21:49
surefire7RIP Harry Selby
What a loss to the hunting world, and to his family. Our condolences.
I'm sure he is a strong young man again, hunting his favorite animals in a parallel universe somewhere.
21 January 2018, 21:52
CrazyhorseconsultingMany Thanks for posting that video Mr. Keith.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
21 January 2018, 23:40
bwanamrmSo sorry to hear... as others have said, we truly are diminished and have lost a great statesman for our sport and conservation. Condolences to his family and may he rest in peace. Godspeed Mr. Selby, sadly we may never see his kind again.
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
22 January 2018, 00:41
adamhunterquote:
Originally posted by Duckear:
So sad to hear.
Quite the gentleman.
Years ago, when he was posted here, he happily agreed to sign my copy of Horn of the Hunter. Off to Botswana it went, with $20 tucked in for return postage, and a month or so later, it came back with a very nice, personalized inscription.
One of my most cherished books.
I did the same thing and in addition to signing my book, he included a nice handwritten note.
Very sad to hear this!
30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking.
22 January 2018, 01:17
NakihunterA full life lived and a lot of wonder and adventure provided to many - personally and through tales passed on by others. A true legend but an understated legend.
Ruark's exaltation of Selby will live on in history.
I wish I had known that he lived in Maun. I might have tried to meet him when I was there a few years ago.
He was a few days older than my father. I can imagine them sitting in the verandah watching the sunset and sipping a sundowner and reminiscing the old days in the true wilderness.
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
22 January 2018, 03:36
nhoroEvery man dies, but not every man truly lives. This man truly lived. He witnessed an Africa that the vast majority of us can only dream of. RIP Mr. Selby.
JEB Katy, TX
Already I was beginning to fall into the African way of thinking: That if
you properly respect what you are after, and shoot it cleanly and on
the animal's terrain, if you imprison in your mind all the wonder of the
day from sky to smell to breeze to flowers—then you have not merely
killed an animal. You have lent immortality to a beast you have killed
because you loved him and wanted him forever so that you could always
recapture the day - Robert Ruark
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NRA Life Member
22 January 2018, 10:15
Cougarzquote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:
My favorite AR quote by Mr. Selby “In my opinion you have not only an exceptionally beautiful rifle there but an entirely practical one as well. In my fifty five years of professional hunting my respect for the .375 H&H cartridge has increased each time I saw it used. In my opinion the greatest cartridge ever developed. I would prefer to see a visiting hunter arrive for his safari with such a rifle than with a double of any caliber. Good luck on your hunt.”. Harry Selby.
Frostbit,
You were payed perhaps the ultimate compliment when he wrote those words about that beautiful rifle of yours.
RIP Mr. Selby
Roger
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22 January 2018, 17:17
larryshoresVery sad.
RIP Mr. Selby.
22 January 2018, 17:32
Upton O. GoodPassing of an icon and an era.
RIP, Mr. Selby.
22 January 2018, 21:55
RuarkReaderRIP and condolences to his loved ones.
"The appearance of the law most be upheld--especially while it's being broken." Boss Tweed
22 January 2018, 22:56
John Chalmersquote:
Originally posted by L. David Keith:
Gail Selby video of her father
Thank you for posting the video Mr Keith, excellent.RIP Mr Selby
22 January 2018, 23:33
Safari2One of the very last from the Golden Era. RIP sir.
22 January 2018, 23:40
Use Enough GunAnother great legend has left us. Sincerest condolences to his family and close friends.
22 January 2018, 23:56
lechwequote:
Originally posted by adamhunter:
quote:
Originally posted by Duckear:
So sad to hear.
Quite the gentleman.
Years ago, when he was posted here, he happily agreed to sign my copy of Horn of the Hunter. Off to Botswana it went, with $20 tucked in for return postage, and a month or so later, it came back with a very nice, personalized inscription.
One of my most cherished books.
I did the same thing and in addition to signing my book, he included a nice handwritten note.
Very sad to hear this!
I'm sorry to say I wasn't smart enough to think of doing this. You guys have wonderful mementos.
What a life he lived.
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24 January 2018, 00:57
sdirksI think I will start re-reading Horn of the Hunter tonight. I dreamed of those old-style safaris of the '50's when I was a kid.
24 January 2018, 02:09
PD999Very sad news.
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24 January 2018, 02:55
gunslinger55RIP to one of the greats. Saddened I will never meet him
White Mountains Arizona
24 January 2018, 03:31
AilsaWheelsAnother connection to our African hunting legacy is gone. RIP
Always take the opportunity to go out of your way to visit with one of the old timers when you get the chance. Tomorrow may be to late. I am preaching to myself with this comment.
24 January 2018, 04:08
OngweA true gentleman gone.
Seems to be fewer every year.
24 January 2018, 05:00
congomikeRIP Mr. Selby. I only wish you would have written a series of books on your life as a PH.
24 January 2018, 07:57
lee440A friend of mine knows Joe Coogan fairly well and he said Joe told him that he and Harry collaborated on the book years ago, but that he had a Gentlemans agreement with Harry, not to publish it until after his death. I expect, after a respectful period of time, that we will see a helluva good biography that will set a new standard for the genre. R.I.P.
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29 January 2018, 22:31
byf42RIP Mr Selby... yours was a life well lived. My condolences to his daughter Gail.
*We Band of 45-70er's*
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt-