Not even a chance that it is a "world record"! Hard to tell from a picture, but the skull on this lion would be around 25-26 SCI score. The #1 lion is 28 1/16 from Zimbabwe with Rusty and Safari Trackers from the last SCI Edition. Don't know if this has been beat yet for the next edition. I do know that one of our clients "Mike McDonald" who hunted with Harpreet and Rungwa Game Safaris in Selous last year took a #4 lion which had a 27" skull. I would put a picture of it, but do not know how to do the picture stuff here.
Posts: 473 | Location: San Antonio, Texas & Tanzania | Registered: 20 November 2003
Quote: And a letter certifting this from the American Sportsmans Club?
My blood almost boiled when I saw that letterhead. the American Sportsmans Club was a total scam, and was shut down after a class action lawsuit was brought against them. I bought a "membership" in 1984 after a guy came to my house with photo albums showing all these neat properties with lakes, cabins, trophies taken, and a map covered in stars where all theese properties were.
After I gave them my money, I tried to book a weekend, and of course every property in the US was already booked for 6 months. I signed on to the closest one, and when I finally got there, it was nothing like the book described it.
It was a dry dirt lot with an overflowing trash can, shot gun shells all over the place, and a tree so full of lead it was half dead.
I tried to get my money back, and they folded up.
Obviously this guy is/was in cahoots, and they have NO credibility, or authority to authenticate anything. I'd kick his ass myself just for having that letterhead in his posession.
Posts: 1123 | Location: California | Registered: 03 January 2002
If Mr. St. Clair is claiming his lion is the new world record because the skull measurement finally broke the 17 inch length barrier, he is several years too late. According to Rowland Ward's 24th edition, the number 1 lion is 28 3/4, with a skull length of 18 1/4. Number 2 is 28 1/2. Rowland Ward's number 1 lion was taken in 1968.
That story and the letter from the American Sportsman Club are a nice touch! Do you spell lion S-C-A-M?
