"They were nice. I never have been. You shoot poorly and need more practice.
In the field while in down time I'm showing sling use, use of field rests. Making clients dry fire at things. Even animals.
but if they shoot bad I don't mince words. Why lie."
Probably because early, guided safaris in Africa took several months, not just a week or two--often even the case into the 1950s. Professional hunters literally had to live with their clients for a while, instead waving good-bye in a relatively short time.
Some clients also started shooting better as the safari went on, though not because they got used to "the different light in Africa." The author of one of the most popular and famous safari books ever published, Robert Ruark, had never killed a big game animal beforehand, though he'd done a lot of bird hunting. He evidently became pretty good during the safari, which as I recall was at least a couple months long.
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