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I know this is a little off the wall, but I have been doing a fair amount of reading this week and am laboring under the effects of painkillers, so I have an excuse. If you could invite six of the dear departed (needs to be a nexus to African hunting to keep it relevant) for a dinner party/brai/Sundowner, who would they be? My list: 1. Selous 2. Cedergren 3. Pondoro 4. Hunter 5. Bvekenya 6. Hemingway I think the mix of pre-1900's and post 1900's, some more characters than others, some playing more on the right side of the law, others doing their best to skirt the law, would make for an interesting way to drain a couple of bottles of Scotch. Mike | ||
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OK, my African party of 6: Teddy Roosevelt CJP Ionides Carl Ackley Elmer Keith John Henry Patterson Robert Ruark | |||
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For me it would be: Pretorious Selous Stigand Hunter Ruark Capstick ( Is he Dead ??? ) And I would have to set another place for Patterson, just to hear about the Lions first hand. I'm more into Bourbon. But I hope your pain killers are working for you. | |||
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Selous, Pondoro, Hemingway, Ruark, Capstick and O'Connor would make things lively. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
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Selous, Harry Manners, Capstick, Cornwallis, John Taylor, Ruark. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Let's see, for me it would have to be an even dozen, as I have a table big enough for that many: 1. Wally Johnson 2. Robert Ruark 3. Frederick Courtney Selous 4. Teddy Roosevelt 6. Peter H. Capstick 7. C. J. P. Ionides 8. J. H. Patterson 9. Pondoro Taylor 10. J. A. Hunter 11. E. Hemmingway 12. Cecil J. Rhodes This group would surely remind me of the movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. | |||
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No Richard Harland or Paul Grobler? No Harry Selby or Ian Nyschens? No Brian Marsh or Craig Boddington? Come on guys... _______________________________  | |||
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Mark Sullivan?  ___________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
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C'mon, stick to the rules. Mike | |||
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1. Roosevelt (he did a lot for conservation and hunting) 2. Hemingway (good story teller) 3. Rhodes (for his early exploits in Africa and to pick his military mind on his strategy in Africa) 4. Selous (out of respect for his courage) 5. Roland Ward (he's a fellow Taxidermist and record keeper) 6. Jesus (to explain to me why I'm having dinner and drinks with dead men) Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Take your ear plugs, and antiacid!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Richard F. Burton WDM Bell Elmer Keith Bror Blixen Robert Foran John Boyes or most any of the above NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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This is fun 1. F.C. Selous 2. C.H. Stigand 3. Jim Corbett (more of an Indian hunter, but come on, he would be a damned bloody interesting dinner guest). 4. Pondoro 5. Sir Samuel Baker 6. R.G. Cumming And if I can buy another table: Carl Akeley D.D. Lyell P.H. Capstick Tony Sanchez-Arino J.A Hunter Elgin Gates Cheers, Andy | |||
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I don't know that I could stop with just six. I think I'd like to invite: T.R. Roosevelt Fredrick Selous WDM Bell J.A. Hunter Finn Aagaard Ernest Hemmingway Karen Blixen TR and Selous knew one another well. Hunter was a good friend of Karen Blixen's husband, Bror, and she would keep things from coming "uncivilized." It hard to believe that Bell and Selous did not cross paths. And I'd just like to visit with Finn Aagaard, who in my opinion, was one of the best writers about Africa, hunting and firearms. He, Hunter and Hemmingway would be an interesting threesome. Kudude | |||
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Well...if we get to bend the rules....I want to add Wally Johnson and Peter Capstick for sure, and to make things interesting how about Karen Blixen and Bunny Allen too.  Oh, and Elgin Gates and Herb Klein (that's twelve). I guess I will just have to stand up and bring the drinks!  Should be one heck of a party! | |||
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Oops...didn't see the part about them being...well, dead. Finn Aagaard is a good one. _______________________________ | |||
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I don't remember any names off-hand, but I'd like to invite six guys from the golden era that were stomped, gored or clawed to death. A lot of stories never got told because the would-be authors died before the books were written. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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John Taylor Fletcher Jamieson Jim Corbett Bill Judd WDM Bell Eric Rundgren The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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Carl Akeley C.J.P. Ionides Ruark Harry Selby Selous Charlize Theron "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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PJ Pretorius needs more votes. He experienced some incredible things, problem is he is (was) a bit understated about his adventures. | |||
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Fun post. A tough choice. The elephant hunters: Jimmy Sutherland Denis Lyell John Taylor WDN Bell Robert Foran Ian Nyschens ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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I would enjoy the company with any of the above. I would also include Sir Alfred Pease. | |||
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Ruark (Col.) Charles Askins John Speke Patterson Denys Finch-Hatton I, of course, would be accompanied by Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner....... ______________________ RMEF Life Member SCI DRSS Chapuis 9,3/9,3 + 20/20 Simson 12/12/9,3 Zoli 7x57R/12 Kreighoff .470/.470 We band of 9,3ers! The Few. The Pissed. The Taxpayers. | |||
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I'm surprised Ritchard Meinertzhagen hasn't been mentioned, my list would look something like this: Hemingway Meinertzhagen Ruarak Taylor Ionides Roosevelt | |||
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Jefffive: ...Charlize Theron??? | |||
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tsibindi, No dinner party is complete without scenery, and scenery doesn't get any better than Charlize, and she's from South Africa (I think), and in any situation where I can invite anyone I choose to dinner, one invite will have her name on it  "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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I would add Joseph Conrad to the list. | |||
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Just FYI: Charlize Theron is a PETA supporter. http://www.furisdead.com/feat/charlize/  "Charlize has helped PETA in numerous ways over the years, most notably by narrating a puppy mill exposé and posing for this beautiful anti-fur ad." http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/02/ -Bob F. | |||
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John Boyes would be one. Capt. Stigand Livingston | |||
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Bob, I didn't say she's brilliant, just goegeous And that may be the worst picture I've ever seen of her. What were they thinking?? "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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Corbett Bell Roosevelt Bror Blixen And to mix the drinks and to keep everyone talking, P.H. Capstick | |||
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