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Originally posted by congomike:
What intestinal fortitude it must take to attack someone who is no longer around to defend themselves.
Who is next?
This is similar to the writer, cannot remember his name now, who wrote several years after Elmer Keith died that it was him, and not EK who invented the 44 Magnum. Of course S&W historian Roy Jinks, and the historian for Remington Arms rememmbered that EK was the inventor, but what the heck, EK wasn't around to dipute it so this "gentleman", and I use the term with great trepidation, got his 15 minutes of fame on the coat tails of another deceased person. How impressed he must have been with himself.

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Well said congomike!

Capstick was a fraud : 11 pages!

IMO, the above post is the only thing in that 11 pages that adequately sums up the value of the whole thread!

I think, in that 11 pages, I doubt there is any shortage of frauds parroting other frauds on this subject! IMO,it takes real courage to kick a dead man!

I will just say one thing here! I have personally seen a picture of PHC’s work permit listing him as “PROFISIONAL HUNTER” in ZAMBIA! I suppose that could be a phony as well, but I would trust the Zambian official stamps on that document far quicker than the opinions posted in this or that thread!

My post here is simply my opinion, and is worth no more than the price the reader has paid for it!

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Mac,

I am afraid I do not agree with you.

As if this is the case, we should never discuss anyone who has passed away.

I have read every book Capstick wrote, and have enjoyed them very much.

But, what I have heard about his actual hunting did not sound very complimentary.

I have also watched one of his hunting videos, and it did not impress me at all.

After all, everything we write is our own opinion, and as long as the human race is in existence, we will have opinions.

Whether one agrees with them or not is another matter.

Good morning Mac. Hope Christmas was great for you and your family.

First, I dredged up that old warhorse in an effort to divert a bit of the forum's attention away form the disappointment of the Stu-Tim thing.

If PHC was a PH or not really matters very little to me. To me, he was nothing but a story telling entertainer.

I don't understand why people can't see throughout the tongue in cheek nature of the whole thing.

Regards,

Steve

For whatever he was, with me, Capstick gets a pass.

Death In The Long Grass is what inspired my obsession and that was over 30 years ago.

When I was I think 15 years old, back in 1977, I wrote a letter to Capstick and believe it or not he wrote me back...I still have the letter!

Rest In Peace PHC

PHC sold a lot of safaris thru his writings!

I really don't care one way or another. His books are very entertaining.

Ron Thompson.....Richard Harland.....Ian Nyschens.....just to mention a few......Now THERE are some writers!

BUT THE FIRST AFRICAN HUNTING BOOK I WILL EVER READ TO MY GROWING GRANDSON IS......Yep, Peter Capstick. "Death in the Long Grass". That book is walking, breathing, living addiction!
It addicted me way back in the 70's.

.....And so...When I read to my Grandson what I, and others have seen and done, the golden joys of wandering through that distant land; the joy of hunting the wary. He will watch my eyes as I read and talk. For He will not see me....He will see Sunrises and Sunsets such as He cannot yet imagine, and a land and way of life fast vanishing.......And we will begin to make plans of how we can go to that place called Oz.................
(Seems like Rosevelt, or somebody eloquent, wrote the words of the previous paragraph!)

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Originally posted by larryshores:
I really don't care one way or another. His books are very entertaining.

This: what Larry said! He started my quest a long long time ago. So, for that, thanks PHC! And may he RIP!

I ask my ph in Namibia what he thought of PHC.
His response was "read his books & enjoy them".
I am reading one now for the 2nd time & enjoying it very much.
Whether he was worth his salt as a ph matters not to me, I bought his books for the stories & have not been disappointed.

Capstick was first and foremost, an author, a storyteller, and he was quite good at that. Whether it was all completely true is another matter. It needn't be. It was good reading, which is what was intended.

Is everything Ruark wrote entirely true? We'll never know, but it was good reading.

Same thing with the others. And, frankly, truth is from the authors' perspective.

Don't know why this topic attracts so much attention.

I've bought and read everything PHC wrote and enjoyed it all. That's enough.

He hunted in Africa, and wrote about it in very entertaining fashion.

His description of his own exploits is obviously exaggerated to the point of lunacy, and can't be accepted as fact by anyone with a modicum of common sense.

He dabbled in film/video, and comes across very poorly in these media. The opinion of those who have seen these video debacles seems to be universally negative.

His writings on guns, shooting technique, ballistics or hunting are pathetic...full of inaccuracies, ridiculous assertions, and conclusions based upon unsubstantiated observations. His overblown depiction of himself as a fountain of vast experience and knowledge is laughable and sad.

But...enough about shootaway...

Now, on the other hand...I like Capstick!

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Originally posted by jwm:
He hunted in Africa, and wrote about it in very entertaining fashion.

His description of his own exploits is obviously exaggerated to the point of lunacy, and can't be accepted as fact by anyone with a modicum of common sense.

He dabbled in film/video, and comes across very poorly in these media. The opinion of those who have seen these video debacles seems to be universally negative.

His writings on guns, shooting technique, ballistics or hunting are pathetic...full of inaccuracies, ridiculous assertions, and conclusions based upon unsubstantiated observations. His overblown depiction of himself as a fountain of vast experience and knowledge is laughable and sad.

But...enough about shootaway...

Now, on the other hand...I like Capstick!

Damn but that was funny. Thanks for the laugh and lightening up the mood!

The funny thing is, although everything you said here is 100% true and accurate about Shootaway, he still has vast experience and credibility when compared to Trax!

OK...I needed thst!!

Jeff

Like a lot of others, the Capstick books pointed me toward Africa. Entertaining, very. Informative, maybe. Factual, who cares. He was a very good writer and story teller. I'm not sure I should thank him or curse him for my African addiction.