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Gents, some truly tragic news. Ian was a true gentleman and a consummate professional. Tragedy happened whilst on the spoor of an elephant bull in Chewore North. Ian worked for Chifuti Safaris. The PH fraternity is a lesser place without him. jorge
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Dammit, dammit, dammit.
Good guy; the best, actually.
Godspeed, my friend. Godspeed.
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us"
Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
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Godspeed, yes. And the world of hunting is poorer with his passing. But what a magnificent way to go.
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Prayers on the way for Mr. Gibson and his family and friends.
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Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
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I hate to see this. I never had the opportunity to meet Ian, but he was well liked and very well thought of as a PH. Dangerous game is just that. I will be interested in the circumstance of this tragedy.
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
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Go over to AR, Jeff info will be forthcoming. Elephant in musk, tracking all day, client took a break and Ian and tracker went on ahead, got to within 50-100 yards and he turned and charged. Apparently they tried the usual yelling and arm waving and waited too long to "go to guns". He got off one shot but did not stop the charge. Pretty graphic apparently.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Thoughts and prayers from Iowa.
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Sad news.
Wife widowed and several children left behind.
Thoughts to Ian's family and friends.
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Godspeed, yes. And the world of hunting is poorer with his passing. But what a magnificent way to go. Yes it is sad, but not really a magnificent way to die...
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Wow, that's a hellluva way to go.
Seems not so long ago another one of their PH's got wrecked by a cape buffalo.
Dangerous business.
Condolences to family and friends. Never easy to lose someone close to you.
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Africa can bite you.
Rest in Peace, Ian. This is very sad news.
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Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Go over to AR, Jeff info will be forthcoming. Elephant in musk, tracking all day, client took a break and Ian and tracker went on ahead, got to within 50-100 yards and he turned and charged. Apparently they tried the usual yelling and arm waving and waited too long to "go to guns". He got off one shot but did not stop the charge. Pretty graphic apparently. I'd hate to witness that, much less be on the receiving end. Shows that no matter what one's experience level might be, you can't lose your respect for DG and get cavalier about the potential for danger. I think that happens to hunters after a few trips to Africa. The land and animals become familiar, and you can get comfortable with the surroundings. The PH's can misread the animals too, I suppose. In Tanz, went with 2 PH's to check lion bait hung in a tall tree on the bank of the Ruhaha River, that was mostly dry that time of year. We parked 200 yards away, snuck through the riverine brush near the bank, down the sandy river bed, and up through the brush to the clearing where the bait was hung. No lions sighted, but sign they had fed. This was maybe 11:00 am. One PH was armed, but I wasn't. As we relaxed checking the bait, a couple of helacious roars came from the bush 30 yards away as 2 young male lions woke from there nap and ran off. I layed a golden egg on the spot! Scared me to death. Had they charged with malicious intent, they could have grabbed all of us. Just a reminder to keep your guard up, I guess.
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Just a reminder to keep your guard up, I guess.
....and your rifle loaded and handy!
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I leaned a long time ago, it is a damned poor set of feet that will stand around and let your face get beat in...
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A true shame.
Death by elephant would seem to me to be a singularly unpleasant way to die -- but so, too, death by lion, croc, hippo, puff adder, black mamba, etc. Africa has no shortage of options.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
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You want to read something that will really piss you off, read some of the net postings by the anti-hunters regarding this matter. Got to go bring my blood pressure down now...
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Godspeed, yes. And the world of hunting is poorer with his passing. But what a magnificent way to go. Yes it is sad, but not really a magnificent way to die... Beats the hell out of rotting away with cancer or dementia.
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