I enjoyed PHC's book years ago, and have got to experience some of the tall-grass stuff. Tall-Grass usually provides some extra pucker-factor.
Thought that others would likely have some good tall-grass hunting pix also.
Here's one:
PH Dean Kendall and Tracker and Game Scout

We have beaten the grass down for photos.
Thankfully, this was a 375H&H one-shot DRT.

It's "long" grass.

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Originally posted by Muletrain:
It's "long" grass.

It's Altzheimer's.
Even old folks can post pictures. If you're gonna point out stupidity, at least post a picture.

Some eles in the grass:



Had to mark a road through the grass:



To recover this tuskless:



Walking on a game trail in the high grass can give you pause.

Great photos and I agree about the tall grass. This old boy was a one shot kill, too. But we didn't know that until we waded in and found him!

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
Great photos and I agree about the tall grass. This old boy was a one shot kill, too. But we didn't know that until we waded in and found him!

You look like Tony Makris in that picture!

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Originally posted by SGraves155:
We have beaten the grass down for photos.
Thankfully, this was a 375H&H one-shot DRT.

But... but... I thought everyone knew the 375 was far too underpowered for a one-shot kill on a buffalo...

It's amazing how close one can get to elephants-- unintentionally-- in some of that stuff.(too close to consider taking photos)

MR, that is a great photo.

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Originally posted by SBT:
MR, that is a great photo.

+1

2 trackers ahead - looking for path



Miles of that stuff - pic taken standing at the back of a bakkie:



Not much of a death to be seen - but it could be feet away



Always something to be said about long grass - boiling heat - sun beating down from above cooking the moist so at the same time the heat is coming from beneath as well - no wind and silent until...

This one September 2008; we could hear the buffalo but not see them in this stuff and watch the reeds move around:



This one September 2006:

Hey, come him some slack. It's "Death In The Tall Grass", for Steve,so as not to take full literary license with PHC's "Death In The Long Grass"! Long, Tall or High, it's all grass!

Charles, must be the "Stewart Granger" hat. Although, since I don't know Tony or what he looks like, I will reserve judgment on the comparison.

Thanks SBT and Sevenxbjt, for the compliments on the photo. But I can't claim any credit.

Nikon F100 35mm B&W. Ah, for the old days. Luis Pedro de Sa e Mello and my lovely wife get the credit for setting it up.

As for the grass, I have never understood "long" as applied to grass. It's tall.

They call it "elephant grass" - and elephants are tall, not long.

Here's another one where the grass was even thicker and taller:

MR: Here you go (Tony Makris):

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
Charles, must be the "Stewart Granger" hat. Although, since I don't know Tony or what he looks like, I will reserve judgment on the comparison.

He's a television star and famous African hunter! Actually he is the host of Under Wild Skies and an aficionado of classic rifles and cartridges.

Just a comment on the "long" vs "tall" grass debate. We had a PH in Zim that called it adrenalin grass!!

Elephant Grass. Haven't heard that phrase in a long time... RVN
I agree with the semantics, it isn't long until you cut it down and measure it. I am NOT six-foot, two-inches "long".

Rich
longer than I am thick

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Originally posted by NByrd:
Just a comment on the "long" vs "tall" grass debate. We had a PH in Zim that called it adrenalin grass!!

I had a PH in Zim who spent more time lighting grass with his cigarette lighter that he did lighting cigaretts and he smoked quite a bit. He must be something of a firebug. Or maybe he just has a thing for lighting grass on fire.

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Originally posted by SGraves155:

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Originally posted by Muletrain:
It's "long" grass.

It's Altzheimer's.
Even old folks can post pictures. If you're gonna point out stupidity, at least post a picture.

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Originally posted by mrjulian_1970:

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Originally posted by SGraves155:
We have beaten the grass down for photos.
Thankfully, this was a 375H&H one-shot DRT.

But... but... I thought everyone knew the 375 was far too underpowered for a one-shot kill on a buffalo...

Not hardly...

very intersting photos and posting.Juan

My PH's trackers were cool and remote to me before I shot my buff. He never got to the vlei - as my PH called it - a flood area overgrowth of grass that looked like you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. (We were in Chirisa safari district)It did look almost impenetrable - and the 375 did make sure that he never reached it. The trackers practically kissed me in their congratulations to me. The PH explained that I was the first client of the season -and, that some nine clients had botched shots at a buff in the previous season - so they were almost delirious with joy that I had not made their lives more dangerous. Looking back afterwards, I understood belatedly what Capstick was talking about when he wrote about death in the tall grass. (Oh, yeah, I should emphasize that my woefully underpowered 375 did it all)