I see Safari Press has Great Hunters and Their Trophy Rooms...volume 6 out. Anyone seen it yet? Placed an order but it's currently back ordered.

https://www.safaripress.com/pr...=1175&cat=316&page=2



In the course of creating Great Hunters 5, we unearthed so many great additional rooms that it was impossible to accommodate them all in one book. So we were able to proceed with Great Hunters 6 much faster than we had initially thought.

As all of our customers know, we do not take mere trophy rooms—we seek out only superlative rooms, wherever they may be found worldwide. Each time we finish a volume in this series, we sincerely believe we will not find another volume of superb rooms, but, incredibly, we do, a real cap in the feather to our research staff. As we have said before, many of these rooms are natural history museums rather than trophy rooms, and indeed quite a few of them are open to the public.

In Great Hunters 6 you will see: Soudy Golabchi’s remodeled mountain of life-size sheep mounts from around the world; Jose Sodiro’s museum-quality trophies from South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and all Oceania; two superb French hunting museums that also represent French culture; Richard Pierce’s trophy room, which is so big it occupies more pages in our book than any room we’ve ever showcased; German hunter Gunter Wulff’s fantastic collection showcased in an Alpine house called the Wulff Jagdmuseum, which can be viewed by the public; and Hungarian hunter Bella Hidvegi’s collection divided by continent in massive rooms. In addition, there is J. Y. Jones’s sheep mountain and full-size mounts (including a polar bear), which are highlights of his rustically inspired trophy rooms. Well-known Mexican hunter Jesus Yuren has built an entirely new home to encompass his extensive trophy collection—he has more sheep alone than could fit into three large rooms. All in all, there is a total of twenty-two rooms featured in this book.

This series is universally regarded by big-game hunters as the best books ever produced on trophy collections, and Great Hunters 6 is our latest and best. We stand by our longstanding promise: We will either publish a superb book with superlative rooms, or we will publish no book at all.

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Richard Pierce’s trophy room, which is so big it occupies more pages in our book than any room we’ve ever showcased;

Haven't seen the book yet, but I've seen Rich's trophy room. It's awesome, to say the least.

I ordered it just waiting for it to come.
W.

The room on the cover is James Bibler's room. He's a client of ours and we've had a few meetings in there. I believe it's 6,000 square feet and it's about as tasteful as you could imagine. Every detail of that room is breathtaking.

Great hunters? Does a million dollar trophy room full of animals always make a person a great hunter? Watch most hunting DVD's and you may see what I'm on about. With the right outfitters a lazy fat man with an even fatter wallet can fill the biggest empty wall with mounts. I really respect the type of hunter that you can drop in alone into a nasty patch of country where there is no talk of rib eye or chilled wines and a week later they walk out with what they were after. Yes, guys that can actually light a fire and cape out their own trophy's. Types that nearly always get what they came for and don't need to tell everyone how good they are.

Not written as a stir, just stating my opinion that hunter skill and trophy room size and shape are not linked in any way. It takes more money and less greatness to collect and mount the worlds species. However the ability to shoot straight when instructed and grit your teeth through the tough times certainly helps.
Don't get me wrong these books are a great read but my contention still remains.

I've had the privilege of knowing a great many people of wealth and position, the bias you describe is no more prevalent among well to do hunters than among those who can "light a fire and cape their own trophy's".

If you had taken the time to read this series of books you'd find nearly all are self made entrepreneurs who have a passion for hunting.

My point is that just being a self made entrepreneur who has a passion for hunting should not automatically class someone as a "great hunter". A great collection of trophy's yes but genuine hunting ability? Lets let their guides decide on their merit.....

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Originally posted by Australia:
Great hunters? Does a million dollar trophy room full of animals always make a person a great hunter? Watch most hunting DVD's and you may see what I'm on about. With the right outfitters a lazy fat man with an even fatter wallet can fill the biggest empty wall with mounts. I really respect the type of hunter that you can drop in alone into a nasty patch of country where there is no talk of rib eye or chilled wines and a week later they walk out with what they were after. Yes, guys that can actually light a fire and cape out their own trophy's. Types that nearly always get what they came for and don't need to tell everyone how good they are.

Agreed mate, I'd rather see the trophy rooms of average Joe's who have worked for their trophies. The book would be a great read but the title is just misleading - IMHO it should be 'Great Trophy Rooms' rather than 'Great Hunters'....

Just my HO.

blacks

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Originally posted by Australia:
My point is that just being a self made entrepreneur who has a passion for hunting should not automatically class someone as a "great hunter". A great collection of trophy's yes but genuine hunting ability? Lets let their guides decide on their merit.....

Your implication that the size of a bank account determines whether an animal was taken with "merit" or not, would indicate some jealousy issues and personal bias.

Jealousy and personal bias on my part no way. The title of being a great sportsman to me is as much about gaining the respect of ones peers and less to do with the number of heads on the wall. To gain the respect in the field of the best around would be my definition of success in hunting. If you can combine that with a billion dollar business more power too them.

We see very wealthy people come across to Aus and 'harvest' all the main trophy animals in 2 weeks of hunting to add to their huge collections. Helicopter everywhere, shooting most species behind wire, waiting only long enough at the kill for a photo session before driving back to the waiting chopper and flying to the next hunt; while the hired help tend to the animal.

A guide friend of mine had a overseas client that never once touched any of the deer he shot for the week and there were quite a few taken by this well known prolific hunter.

Yes either of these two gentlemen may one day be featured in a Volume with their breathtaking rooms and trophy's. Were they great hunters? IMHO no,others may disagree and thats fine but for me the fact remains. A great trophy room don't always make you a great hunter.

Volume 6 just arrived....the rooms of Pierce and Bibler are outstanding. I think this series is getting better and better.

I see Sam & Rosemary Pancotto's collection is also featured. Says he had a passion for hunting the giant bull elephants, taking 19 bulls with tusks over 100lbs.

Couple of people featured game taken in Afghanistan....many of these hunts would no longer be possible today.

A book well worth the money.

Rembrandt1,

Sam and Rose Pancotto came to our home for dinner last Saturday. Sam brought the book and we thought it was outstanding.

The part about him saying his "greatest trophy" was writing the check to build the school in British Honduras was an excellent example of his character. Over 300 children a year attend the school that they fund. He and Rose still continue to support many causes and charities throughout the U.S.A. and the rest of the world.

We are going to pick up our copy at the S.C.I. Convention.

If these walls could talk...

Love this series. Just wished they would dedicate a page for each hunter to expound on their favorite/most difficult/proudest personal hunt.

Australia, I can see where you are coming from. But you're also a little jaded in that you live in one of the few areas where flying in and shooting the same day is allowed. If you look at the trophy room pics you'll see very few species come from your area overall.

Kathi, I would have loved to have been the server at your dinner table that night. Just to hear your's and Rick's stories as well as the Pancotto's. Probably could have been a couple of books written just that night!

lde. formerly bluefin