Taking On the Biggest Game

Taking On the Biggest Game

Young men unthinkingly take chances by driving fast cars and chasing fast women because they believe they are immortal, that they will never die. More mature men choose to openly embrace danger because they know they are not and most surely will. Hunting an animal...
Capturing Life On the Edge

Capturing Life On the Edge

Africa, the Dark Continent. Ask anyone what comes to mind when they think of Africa, and they will say its wild animals. And invariably its dangerous game. As a wildlife biologist turned wildlife photographer, megafauna and man-eaters are what first drew me to visit...
David Langmead and Dangerous Liaisons

David Langmead and Dangerous Liaisons

“If I have any legacy, I want it to be that of an artist who was passionately in love with Africa.” Ross Parker knows the color of truth in African wildlife art. As a native Zimbabwean raised in the dust of ruby red sunsets, he says no day in the bush is more...
The Villain of East Africa – John Patterson

The Villain of East Africa – John Patterson

Whatever the goal, the safari became a recipe for disaster. The great elephant rounded a clump of acacia and swung toward the two hunters. Drying blood made dark stains down its wrinkled shoulder and neck, but despite its wounds, the big animal moved deceptively fast...
Well You Can’t Fix Stupid

Well You Can’t Fix Stupid

When I was researching my book, Legends of the Hunt, I came across some unbelievable and farfetched stories. The one recounted here is perhaps the most incredible, yet it was verified by two independent sources. In 1900, Mr. Larkin, an engineer for South African...
Banovich Living What He Paints

Banovich Living What He Paints

“My work has evolved a great deal in recent years, particularly in the way I apply paint to canvas. I hope that I’ll still be growing at the same rate 10 years from now.” These words by John Banovich appeared in an article by Editor Chuck Wechsler in the March/April,...
James Stroud and South Africa Now

James Stroud and South Africa Now

There is nothing meek or ambiguous about a charging elephant, especially when the tusker in question appears to be lunging off a canvas from South African painter James Stroud. Stroud’s vivid wildlife portraits are so different from the flat surfaces of most sporting...
The Santa Claus Buck

The Santa Claus Buck

Both of us were nine at the time, impressionable if not gullible, and we were awed by the significance of the event…for our first deer hunt we alone were awarded the honor of accompanying our fathers to the woods to learn how to hunt whitetails and the Santa Claus...