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02 April 2015, 03:45

Pondoro

Richard Harland..

Got into an argument here about the number of elephant he shot/culled during his career..

Anyone..?

02 April 2015, 03:53

AilsaWheels

More than me.

Of course, I think he passed me when he was a teenager.

02 April 2015, 04:07

MJines

I do not recall Richard ever mentioning a number, he is far too modest and much too much of a gentleman. Suffice it to say it was beaucoup. I know that he was the guide (when he was with National Parks) that accompanied the hunter that shot the biggest elephant that has been shot in Zimbabwe.

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02 April 2015, 05:23

nhoro

Mike is absolutely right - he is far too modest and too much of a gentleman to let numbers enter the conversation. I feel very honored to have met and spent a day on the river with him. I'm also now the owner of two of his wife's elephant paintings ....

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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
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02 April 2015, 05:35

Dutch44

Our discussions centered on other's achievements and not his. If you want to engage him and his lovely wife in a discussion probably best to talk about opera and pianos. He is a classic gentleman.

Dutch

02 April 2015, 06:24

465H&H

Richard has gone out of his way not to mention how many he has shot! Good on him!

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02 April 2015, 07:50

MJines

quote:
Originally posted by Marty:
"One might as well ask a dentist how many teeth he has pulled...."

LOL. I just read that Samaki Salmon quote earlier today. Jeopardy time, who asked Salmon how many elephant he had shot that resulted in him making this statement?

03 April 2015, 00:25

boarkiller

Kinda funny.
It's like asking most of us how many pigs, deer, ducks, geese, pheasants ... we shot in out lifetime.
Anybody counts?
Besides Who is this guy Harland?

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03 April 2015, 00:54

The Norwegian

I asked Richard during a dinner in Harare last October. He said he could not answer - he just said hundreds. We leftvthe subject. It was very enjoyable dinner and as other say Richard is a person that do not promote himself very much. I would very much like to have dinner with him again. Full of stories and every aspect of life and hunting.

Morten

The more I know, the less I wonder !

03 April 2015, 01:39

MJines

quote:
Originally posted by boarkiller:

Besides Who is this guy Harland?

Do yourself a favor and get a copy of The Hunting Imperative. You will enjoy it.

http://www.safaripress.com/The...ductinfo/HARLAND99Z/

03 April 2015, 01:46

venda axe

I would echo Mikes' sentiments. Richard is a true gentleman, and I consider it a privilege to have shared a camp with him. I would venture a guess that he has as much experience with Elephant as anyone alive today.

Bob

03 April 2015, 06:59

retreever

It is easy to answer that question! LOTS!!! Richard did his job.

MIke

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03 April 2015, 17:53

MJines

quote:
Originally posted by Dutch44:
Mike, was it Tony Sanchez-Arino?

Dutch

LOL. It was the Prince of Wales (later King Henry VIII) while on safari in 1928.

03 April 2015, 18:52

Adamsdjr

My son asked Richard that question last year while having dinner with him at Buzz's. Richard said he had no idea and never tried to add them up but if memory serves me correctly when pressed by my son he said it was over 200 while in his early 20's.