Bowhunting Walkabout

Bowhunting Walkabout

Mum always said everything happens for the best. Who would of thunk a conked-out Cruiser could lead to so much bowhunting fun? Standing alone in dry, desolate outback, I feel first rage, then fear, then can do nothing but laugh out loud at my predicament. I had blamed...
The Chowgarh Tigress

The Chowgarh Tigress

Jim Corbett’s adventures with man-eating tigers have made his name famous in tiny villages of the Kumaon Hills in India.  The man-eater is the rare tiger, usually one so weakened by old age or wounds that it cannot do its usual hunting and is forced to prey on human...
Song of the Kalahari

Song of the Kalahari

In the latter part of her life, Karen Blixen wrote wistfully of her one-time home in East Africa. The story became the book, Out of Africa and the movie of the same name. Africa still called to her decades after her departure. And I think I understand. Unlike her, I...
Death in Sidamo

Death in Sidamo

May 1979 Ethiopia, much like Nicaragua, ain’t what it used to be. It’s the same problem of Marxist incursion that has so altered life there that the country I knew really was a last horizon. There is still safari hunting in Ethiopia, but I think things have a very...
Quicksand & Curses

Quicksand & Curses

Not everything in Africa that tries to kill you is even alive. Well, okay. I’ve since learned that that first sentence is a bit of trumped-up, deltoid-pumping rhetoric. Maybe you’ll forgive me, though, because at the moment it happened, I genuinely believed I would...
The New Russell Safari

The New Russell Safari

Marrying the lightweight comfort of the PH and the performance of the Backcountry, the new Russell Moccasin Safari isn’t just an upgrade, it’s a whole new animal. The Safari is built for Africa, but will probably end up on your feet everyday. Best paired with some...
Dead or Alive in Zimbabwe

Dead or Alive in Zimbabwe

I had an uneasy, anxious feeling as we drove to the bait tree just east of camp. It was with a bit of apprehension that I viewed my trip back to Zimbabwe and a patch of hunting land I had come to know and love. Through my long-term partnership with property owner...