I've never been to Africa except through the postings and pictures on this forum. If you are a hunter, I can
never imagine wanting to leave! At the end of a hunt, how do you make yourself leave???? If I was wealthy,
I don't think I ever would leave.

YOU LEAVE BY TWELLING YOURSELF THAT YOU WILL MAKE IT BACK!!!

Best thing I can think of are some Pink Floyd lyrics from Breathe Reprise

Home,home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
Good to warm my bones beside the fire

You leave with tears of joy in your eyes, and sorrow in your heart for not being able to stay forever.

Your body leaves; your soul remains.

Surprisingly, a lot of guys leave early. And that happens whether they take their lion on day 4 or their elephant on day 2. I don't understand such behavior, yet it seems to be common.

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Originally posted by 500grains:
Surprisingly, a lot of guys leave early. And that happens whether they take their lion on day 4 or their elephant on day 2. I don't understand such behavior, yet it seems to be common.

The difference between "hunters" and "taxidermined head collectors".

"How do you leave?"

With plans for the next trip, of course.

Nitrox may have hit the nail on the head here. I couldn't imagine leaving early.

JPK

The most depressing sight in africa is a 206 flying in to pick you up after your hunt.

I went on my once-in-a-lifetime trip in 2004. Because I would never get do it again, I broke every rule and stretched my trip to 21 days, with 15 of them hunting. Imagine my surprise, when I was helping my son do it the very next year.

Now with two leopard hunts booked for April 2007 with our friends in Namibia, I find both of us counting down the days until our return, and grinning a lot at each other!

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Surprisingly, a lot of guys leave early. And that happens whether they take their lion on day 4 or their elephant on day 2. I don't understand such behavior, yet it seems to be common.

These are the folks who are the wanna-be crowd. It is a status or ego thing that they must have to accept themselves. They are not ever going to see the true purpose of hunting.

I can say it has been painful -- and all I've done is traveled from the East Cape to Capetown to complete the business part of my trip. My heart and mind are back with the antelope and the folks I've hunted with.

Dan

As to someone leaving early, some hunts are when the specificly booked game is taken you are done. This is probably truer in the states but I have seen other hunts where that is the case.

You don't totally leave. Part of you stays there. It's like a trap for your soul. The longer you stay the more of your soul gets trapped.

When you return home people will notice that something is wrong with you. Like you are not all there. They are right. When your boss asks you if you would like to talk to the resource counselor, ask if she has ever been to Africa. If the answer is no then she probably won't be much help.

So true, Muletrain.

you'll just have to go there & find out for yourself

If you hunt hard for the entire duration of your safari, you can make your body tired enough to trick your mind into going home.

About the time you are boarding the plane for home your mind realizes what's going on but alas by then it's too late.