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Just finished reading Along the Hunter's Path by Kai-Uwe Denker, great read. This book expresses the ethics and passion of a true sportsman and could even to nonhunters evoke understanding of why we cherish the hunt.
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Some of Sir Samuel Baker's writings are online at the University of Pennsylvania...well worth a read.
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Do you have a link for that? I'd love to check it out.
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Do you have a link for that? I'd love to check it out. You bet. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Baker%2c%20Samuel%20White%2c%20Sir%2c%201821-1893 Read The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon first. The language may be a bit rough for the Politically Correct, just have to deal with it.
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Personally I love Boddington's white book (Safari Rifles) and Mellons book as well.
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"Pondoro" by John Taylor isn't a bad read.
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White Hunters by Brian Herne is a real interesting read....
For vintage Africana " Bell of Africa" by W.D.M. Bell is a fave....
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"Months of the Sun" Ian Nyshens
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I read "Horn of the Hunter" by Robert Ruark pretty often. It has to be on the short list of African hunting books.
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Peter Capstick's Death in the Long Grass is the book that sparked my interest in African hunting. Have read many other good ones by Ruark, Hunter, Boddington, etc..
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I have an extensive collection of older African hunting books. My favorites are some of the newer ones; Horn of the Hunter, most things by Peter Capstick and some of Boddington's stuff.
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Add "African Rifles and Cartridges" by John "Pondoro" Taylor
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I'll second my friend Hatari's posts but to me Capstick's Death In The Long Grass is the signature book for me. jorge
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All the books listed here are very good, though I must note that Boddington has an updated version of SAFARI RIFLES out.
My vote for the best recent book on African hunting is John Kingsley-Heath's HUNTING THE DANGEROUS GAME OF AFRICA. JKH was a professional hunter in Africa from the heyday of Kenya in the 1950's, and was also one of the primary hunters to open up Botswana. (He is still alive, by the way.) He not only PH'd professionally for several decades, in places that are now legendary, but he hunted in several other countries on his own where big game hunting is just about gone now, including Ethiopia. In addition he guided peole like Jack O'Connor, John Wootters and Bob Chatfield-Taylor, the inventor of the .416 Taylor.
The book is large format and several hundred pages long, with tons of photos. It's expensive (even when new it was around $100) and is somewhat hard to find, but it is well worth the money and search.
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All the books listed here are very good, though I must note that Boddington has an updated version of SAFARI RIFLES out.
My vote for the best recent book on African hunting is John Kingsley-Heath's HUNTING THE DANGEROUS GAME OF AFRICA. JKH was a professional hunter in Africa from the heyday of Kenya in the 1950's, and was also one of the primary hunters to open up Botswana. (He is still alive, by the way.) He not only PH'd professionally for several decades, in places that are now legendary, but he hunted in several other countries on his own where big game hunting is just about gone now, including Ethiopia. In addition he guided peole like Jack O'Connor, John Wootters and Bob Chatfield-Taylor, the inventor of the .416 Taylor.
The book is large format and several hundred pages long, with tons of photos. It's expensive (even when new it was around $100) and is somewhat hard to find, but it is well worth the money and search. +1 I found this book the last time this topic came up. Absolutely stunning book on Africa hunting and adventure. ddj
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The trifecta of African classics that belong in every hunting library:
Horn of the Hunter by Ruark
Maneaters of the Tsavo by Patterson
African Game Trails by Teddy Roosevelt
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Mule Deer - I second your choice of John Kingsley-Heath's book. I held off buying it for years because of the cost. Now that I have it, I'd say its worth every penny I paid for it.
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Pretty good, isn't it? I also own and have read every other book mentioned so far on the thread, plus probably 100 others on African hunting, including other "big" books like Bartle Bull's SAFARI and Peter Beard's THE END OF THE GAME. I also hesitate to say anything is "best," but JKH's is right up there among the finest. Part of it is the long era it covers, which JKH knows so well, and he is also a damn fine writer.
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JB/Anyone: Does anyone know where to chase down a copy of JKH's book?
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