I wanted to solicit some opinions from AR members about which book is better for understanding leopard hunting. "Chui" by Hallamore or "Into the Thorns" by Grant?

I have not read either of these,however you might enjoy "Tigrero" by Sasha Seimal. Spear hunting the jaguar in central America.They do have it on Amazon.

I have not read "Into the Thorns" but have hunted with Lou Hallamore and have his book "In the Salt" as well as "Chui". Chui is a great book written from his personal experience. It is more of an informational read opposed to stories. Hope this helps.

I have read both, like both, but I think INTO THE THORN is better book.

Hallamore tends to go into a tangent sometimes - look at his PAYLINE and you will see what I mean.

In fact, that PAYLINE is nothing but a load of bloody bullshit.

"Chui" is Hallimore telling his personal way of hunting spots. I think it is the same methods taught to other Zim PHs although every good Cat-man has his own tricks.

"Into the Thorns" goes into more detail on leopard diet, range, size, how they went about patterning leopard movement, the politics of cat hunting and a lot more. Plus a bunch of hunting stories.

Both books are good, but neither is great. I keep looking for a better book but haven't found it yet.

Get both books if you can, but "Into the Thorns" would be the first one I'd get.