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Hey guys, we just finished the first 24 hours of travel and i am typing this from a hotel outside of the Johanesburg airport in South Africa.
Same here Eric, I lived in Africa for a couple of years and I am really eager to see your images and hear more about your trip. As a matter of fact, I am so eager that I am wondering what is taking you so long
Hey guys, i am going to just throw a few of the photos up here. Feel free to read about the whole thing and see the full photo galleries at the link below.
http://lucidarc.com/photo/070921zim/index.htm
Looking at the gratuitous cartridge shots, I can think of two more words:
“Retina Detachment”
Ouchies!
Ahhhh… Peter Capstick. Death in the Long Grass, Death in Silent Places, i’ve read most of them, and he is a wonderful writer. His books certainly scared the pants off me 10 years ago when i read them before i went to africa the first time.
Any man who writes prose like this should be taken with a very large grain of salt:
“It is nearly three o’clock in the sweltering morning of September 2, 1974.
Eric, I loved a lot of the photos. My favorite being the one of the rusty colored elephant!
The big question I have is what was the need to kill so many animals? I don’t have anything against hunting at all. I am just curious. Is it for herd management? Does someone use the meat?
Joel
Sorry Guys but I See Capstick in similar way …I read some of his books and It painted a picture of a tough , rugged and hard man built on years of experience in the african bush hunting exotic game and beyond …I then saw an interview many years ago with Capstick and a local hunting guide in Africa …. they were alongside a river and in the middle of the interview when a hippo Jumped from the river some 100m away (But still in shot) ..Capstick shit (can I say shit here?) himself ,Ran and jumped into the back of a truck …the Guide stood there and simply shook his head …in a fashion that expressed the aussie term “you idiot!” all these images of the rough rugged and hard man living in the bush in fear of nothing went straight out the window …………….. :-/
Anyhow great images I had a look at your site and was inspired ….more please
AL
Joel and Will, i would be happy to try and explain a little bit about what happens out there, and try and give a little bit of insight into what motivates me, personally, as a hunter.
In addition to pumping $$$$ into conservation the hunting also keeps concerned (and armed) peoples out there to crack down on the out of control poaching situation.
Beautiful shots. Brought me back to my safari in ’87. there are so many great memories and tons of pics that I took. I had 2 cameras goig all the time. The game was only shot by a camera. I was inspired by “Karamojo” Bell and books like Hunter that I read as a kid. In the 60’s while studying in Europe I had the oportunity to travel. One classmate was from what was then Rhodesia and one from Ethiopia. traveled with them to their respective countries. Great memories. Thanks for reviving them. I think it was alot easier then.
I am interested in whether you’ll get the leopard skin back to the states – aren’t spotted cat skins illegal to import?
All the same, I completely agree with Carter.
Eric, Thanks for the explanation! Very well stated and it really helped me understand where you are coming from.
Joel
Alot more of the high fenced hunting is taking place over there now. you can actually pick out a lion on video, and schedule when you are going to shoot it. At some levels i have problems with that kind of thing, but at other levels, as long as the person buying the lion understands the situation, he can spend his money how ever he wants. The problem i do have is when that guy scoff’s at my dad’s lion because it doesnt’ have nearly as good as mane or something. Well, it took my dad 2 trips to africa and over 30 days of hunting to get it. It certainly wasn’t bought with just money, alot of sweat and work went into it too.
Carter also hints at another reality which i didn’t talk about. In national parks, hunters are typically accompanied by armed game scouts (kinda like our DNR) with a shoot on sight order for poachers, particarly those that are after ivory. And the poachers shoot back. This is rare, but it does happen.
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