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| December 26, 2008 |
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Volume 3, No. 4 |
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Africa: Zambia Cuts Lion Hunting Quota
If you are booked for a lion hunt in Zambia this season, call your operator immediately as the Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has slashed the 2009 lion quota for many concessions. Without discussing the issue or even warning the safari industry, ZAWA officials have simply told various safari operators that their lion quota has been cut, in most cases by half. As compensation, ZAWA has increased quotas for leopard and some other species, such as hyena. In spite of the reduction in lion quotas, ZAWA is still demanding the same concession and safari fees for 2009.
ZAWA officials apparently have forgotten what happened two years ago when they attempted a similar cut and were immediately hit with court actions. Court orders forced them to maintain the quotas agreed to in the concession lease agreements signed in 2003. These same court actions are still in effect for some of the safari operators and their concessions, which makes ZAWA's current action somewhat illegal. Safari Operators who don't have current court orders to protect them will certainly take their cases to the courts now, using the precedent already set to receive favorable judgments. In the meantime, hunting in affected concessions this season could come to a halt while operators battle it out in court with ZAWA.
Importantly, not all concessions have had their lion quota cut. Check in with your operator or agent to learn whether your safari is affected by this latest development. Look for a more detailed report in the January issue of The Hunting Report.
North America: Who's Producing 200-Class Mule Deer
Looking for a big mule deer? Here are a few suggestions: Hunting Report subscriber Daniel Loveland killed the deer above in Eastern Colorado this past November while bow hunting with Sean Sander's Royal Mountain Adventures. The buck green-scores 203 4/8 B & C. Loveland hunted around the town of Eads and says the area is composed of wide open fields. He says he and his guide managed to stalk on hands and knees to within 28 yards of the buck. He made the shot in a 40-mile-per-hour wind! Loveland says this area is not difficult to draw for an archery hunt, and that even rifle permits can be drawn on the first try because the area is mostly private property and Sanders has leased a chunk of the unit.
And up in Alberta, Dennis Dale managed to take the bruiser buck pictured above with Ameri-Cana Expeditions. The trophy green-scored 218 B & C and was taken in Eastern Alberta, where Ameri-Cana has been guiding for almost 30 years. They hunt a number of farms and ranches featuring open pastures, valleys and coulees. Another Alberta outfitter who produced a big mule deer trophy this season is D & S Guiding. A client hunting with them killed a non-typical buck grossing 239 and netting 228 B & C.
A number of other Alberta outfitters are consistently producing BIG mule deer, despite some recent blunders by Alberta wildlife authorities. Get the full story in the upcoming January issue of The Hunting Report.
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Featured New Book:
African Game Trails
An Account of the Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist
By Theodore Roosevelt
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There are safaris and then there are safaris, and it is in the latter category that the African hunt of Teddy Roosevelt and his son Kermit definitely falls. Leaving New York harbor in March 1909, the pair set forth via ship and arrived in Mombasa, Kenya Colony. After their arrival, they took the railroad to Nairobi where a virtual who's who of Kenya came to pay their respects to the former president.
President Roosevelt's African safari was nothing short of grandiose. There was a huge retinue of professional hunters, including stars like Frederick Selous and R. J. Cunninghame. They had a virtual army of porters who moved tons of equipment (including a library personally selected by TR) into the interior of Kenya. The ever-flamboyant TR even flew a large Stars and Stripes over the main tent. No expense was spared in this extravaganza.
Their journey proceeded largely on foot via numerous sidetracks to Lake Victoria. After crossing Lake Victoria, the party hunted in Uganda before heading north to the Lado Enclave and then on to southern Sudan. After descending the Nile River, the Roosevelts emerged in Khartoum from the darkest sections of the great African continent in March 1910.
The safari, which was undertaken for the Smithsonian Museum, took about one year, and its emphasis was on the Big Five. Kermit hunted the more difficult species such as bongo in Kenya, sitatunga in Uganda, white rhino in the Lado Enclave, and giant eland in southern Sudan. By today's standards the amount of game shot would be considered inappropriate, but it must be remembered that in those days lions and leopards were considered vermin, no game license was needed to hunt them, and multiple elephant and rhino were issued on one hunting license.
During the course of the safari, TR sent dispatches of his hunts to Scribner's Magazine that were read by millions of people back in the States. These stories formed the basis of his book, African Game Trails, which was originally issued in book form in 1910. This edition celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the greatest of all African hunts by an American president considered an icon of the hunting world. Reproduced on quality paper with the photos on coated paper to allow for the best possible reproduction of the now 100-year-old images.
Cover art, "Wildebeest Migration," ©2008 Simon Combes Estate, is courtesy of the Greenwich Workshop, Inc.
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Along The Hunter's Path
There are not many hunting books, in my view, that deserve to be described as blockbusters, but Along The Hunter's Path is certainly one of them. Written originally in German by Namibian PH Kai-Uwe Denker, and only now translated into English, it is a huge sprawl of a book that is at once a wonderful collection of hunting tales… a hymn to wild and solitary places… and a celebration of the very act of hunting itself.
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Mountain Buffalo
Wilderness Hunting In Tanzania (DVD)
"The taking of an animal should not be too easy. The risk of an unsuccessful outcome adds mystery and personalizes the hunting experience and is therefore a pre-requisite." So, Rainer Josch sets the tone for his DVD Mountain Buffalo. Set in the mountains of Tanzania's northern Masailands, this DVD captures the experience of hunting old Dagga boys in thick mountain forests. From the opening scenes, Josch draws the viewer into the unusually lush landscape...
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ROWLAND WARD SPORTSMAN’S HANDBOOK - 15TH EDITION
First published in 1880, this handbook is meant to be taken in the field. Issued in a small size that can easily be put in a pocket or backpack, this book includes the methods of measurement, the minimums for inclusion in the Rowland Ward Record Book, and the two largest trophy specimens of all the big game from around the world….
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"Boddington on Buffalo, II"
(DVD - 2-disc set.
Run time, 4 hours.) 
Craig Boddington's landmark DVD "Boddington on Buffalo" set a new standard in outdoor film making, and now Craig again teams with Safari Classics Productions on the much-anticipated sequel to the original classic with the release of "Boddington on Buffalo, II, The Future is Now.....
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The African Experience
Craig Boddington-Producer
Two DVD set
Reviewed By Barbara Crown  Order Now
The African Experience from Craig Boddington is a two DVD set that covers every aspect of safari planning in detail. For anybody contemplating their first safari it is worth its weight in gold. And the "Old Africa Hand" is sure to get something worthwhile from it as well, as they may learn of a hunting opportunity they hadn't known about before....
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Boddington On Elephant with Ivan Carter(DVD)DVD, running time approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes on 2 disks. 
Those who have seen the Boddington On Buffalo 1 and 2 know that these movies are an interesting mix of educational and action footage. The producers have kept to this well-proven concept, but they have taken a radically different subject matter-the world's largest land animal. Boddington on Elephant shows us tactics and gives us advice on how elephants are to be hunted, and it entertains us with good, well-filmed field footage of hunters in action..........
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SPANISH LANGUAGE
Latin America & Spain
A Phrase Book and Field Dictionary
For English-Speaking Hunters
If you plan to go big game hunting in a Spanish-speaking country - Latin America or Spain - don't leave home without buying a copy of our new Phrase Book and Field Dictionary. A convenient 4 x 7-inch book with a laminated cover, it's designed to fit in a jacket pocket.
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Peter Beard
Photographer, collector, diarist and writer, Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art. The illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon, painted on by Salvador Dalí, and made diaries with Andy Warhol; he toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones; and he created books with Jacqueline Onassis and Mick Jagger. All were brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones-most notably Iman-back to the United States...........
Legends of the African Frontier: The Life and Times of Africa's Most Unforgettable Characters, 1800-1945 
David Chandler has spent the last twelve years completing a book of biographical sketches on all of Africa's early adventurers, explorers, big-game hunters and ivory poachers, both obscure and well known. Whether they be the worst scoundrels, thieves and liars, or those who legitimately came to make the continent better by trying to abolish the slave trade, 1,200 in all are listed - starting with Abbott, Doctor William Louis (1860-1936) and ending with Zwilling, Ernst (1904-1990) ..........
BIG GAME PROFILES (DVD)
This is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive film ever undertaken on big-game hunting in North America, for it covers all big game from the Bering Sea to the deserts of Sonora.
Based on a made-for-TV series, this is a first rate-production. The Leupold optics company underwrote the production, and it is obvious right from the start that the producer pulled out all stops for this project. In addition, the Boone & Crocket Club provided historical information, records of the largest trophies recorded, and photos..........
Ask The Mule Deer Guides202 pages with photos 
The Ask the Guides series of books, authored by J. Y. Jones, is the most successful series of North American hunting books ever published by Safari Press. The books are thorough, rely on the most trusted and reliable guides in the industry, and give a huge amount of information that simply cannot be acquired by any one person or even a few authors in a lifetime. ..........
New Zealand Country Report
The Hunting Report's New Zealand Country Report is now available! Whether you've hunted New Zealand 10 times or you're planning your first safari there, our New Zealand Country Report is packed with facts and details that will help you with every aspect of your hunt. This 62-page 8 x 5-inch book breaks out each hunting area on both islands, providing a map and information on species and free-range hunting, including how abundant free-ranging game really is. Note: Not every species is available in any one area or even on the same island..........
Zambezi Extreme (DVD) 
This is the second DVD by Charlton McCallum Safaris, the first being their excellent elephant hunting DVD. This movie focuses on the Zambezi River and the hunting specifically found along its banks in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. At the end of this huge river we find Lake Cabora Bassa (Mozambique), and the movie begins with the shooting of some monster crocs.......
The End of the Game 
First published in 1965 and revised in 1977, this book has seen about as many reprints as African Hunter by James Mellon. (It was no coincidence that Beard supplied photographs for Mellon's book as the two men inhabited the same social circles.) No other book has been able to depict the relationship between animals and men in Africa as does The End of the Game..........
OBSESSED!
There is no person we know of who has hunted in the Pamirs for Marco Polo more than Soudy. Besides having numerous poli over 60 inches, he has hunted sheep in just about every conceivable place on earth, and he holds a number of world records as well as numerous top-ten heads.........
Africa Adventure (DVD) 
This movie, made in 1954 and narrated by Robert Ruark himself, gives a picture of safari hunting in British East Africa (BEA) at the time of the Mau Mau Emergency. Ruark arrives in BEA via Cairo and Addis Ababa in an Ethiopian Airlines propeller plane. Noteworthy is the fact that a passenger departs the plane with a rifle in hand! There's a lot to be said for a simpler time without terrorists and terrorism.......
Tuskers in the Dust 
The legend continues. We learned in Heat, Thirst, and Ivory that Fred Everett had left his home in Bechuanaland (Botswana) when he was only a teenager to make his living off the bush, mainly by poaching elephant. In this second volume, we pick up his story in 1937, just as he starts out from Bulawayo on a series of elephant-hunting adventures that are nothing short of extraordinary..........
The Empty Carousel: A Consumer’s Guide to Checked and Carry-on Luggage
If you travel to hunt, you already know what a headache air travel has become. Lost guns, new gun-handling fees and now even gun embargoes are becoming the rule. On top of that, there is the mounting problem of lost and stolen luggage. The twin problems are enough to make you want to stay at home.......
Safari Riffles II 
To write an in-depth book about a complex matter, one needs experience. When Craig Boddington wrote the first edition of Safari Rifles in 1989, he had experience, but today his name has become synonymous with African big-game hunting. Added to his vast experience is the exponential increase in the number of rifles, calibers, bullets, and accessories that are available to the hunter going on a big-game safari in Africa today — not to mention the amazing resurgence of both double rifles and .416s. ..........
It Shouldn't Happen -
Light-hearted African Adventures
Doctari (aka Kevin Robertson) is well known for his superlative series of books on shot placement, including Nyati, The Perfect Shot, and Africa's Most Dangerous, which is a complete dissertation on the Cape buffalo that also includes shot placement. These books have become classics in their time because of the authority, the experience, and the descriptive powers Doctari has brought to each project. They simply could not have been written by just anyone.....
Ask The Elk Guides 
When J. Y. Jones decided to write a book on elk hunting, he went to the most reliable source for information—professional elk guides and outfitters. He asked the experts careful questions on how best to hunt elk. This book is the result of his painstaking research and extensive interviews. ..........
Men For All Seasons and Legendary Ladies 
The word safari is full of excitement. It makes you think of adventure and romance, of strange new places and excitingly different people. Rowland Ward's latest publication, Men for All Seasons, is the story of the principal actors on the great safari scene-the professional hunters. In the early part of the twentieth century, many of these hunters were amateurs - pioneer farmers or army officers on leave......
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