A chat with the man who handled elephants, lions, and cheetahs during the filming of the 1962 classic movie starring John Wayne.
Of the cast and crew, both human and animal, who assembled half a century ago in east Africa to make the iconic safari movie Hatari!, only a few are still around. Star John Wayne, director Howard Hawks, and screenwriter Leigh Brackett all died more than 30 years
Here’s how to minimize your risk of contracting this disease while on safari.
Because malaria is rare in the United States, we don’t hear a lot about it, save for periodic media sound bites that are largely negative and often unsettling. The news is usually bad news.
This beautiful desert in southern Africa is home to huge gemsbok, springbok, and a variety of other game.
Quick. Name a famous desert.
If you said Sahara, join the crowd. Everyone knows the world’s largest desert. If you said Kalahari, though, you’re probably a hunter.
It took him most of a lifetime to get to Africa… but it was worth the wait!
It was 4:00 a.m. when I pulled on my boots and walked out into the cool night air. Last evening’s campfire had been reduced to embers but I welcomed its lingering warmth as I settled into a dew-dampened canvas chair.
The Professional Hunting Association of South Africa recently warned that foreign hunters who wish to hunt in South Africa should be sure they know the legal requirements for hunting in the country and aren’t fooled by advertisements for unguided hunting
Africa’s greatest hunting area
The Selous Game Reserve in southeastern Tanzania is the greatest stronghold of large wild animals on earth. At 22,000 square miles, it’s larger than Wales or Maryland, and four times the size of Serengeti National Park.
If you hunt in Africa, you have to think about malaria.
Two weeks after returning from a safari in Zimbabwe, I was suddenly hit with a severe headache, racking chills, and a fever that reached 104 degrees within two hours:
Bringing a rifle into South Africa for your safari hunt doesn’t have to be difficult.
Bringing hunting firearms into South Africa is relatively easy, but you do need to be prepared before you arrive or you face a long wait.
Make absolutely sure you have the following documents in hand when you arrive (and copies of each just in case): Passport; return tickets to your country
A successful hunt begins well before you take that first step out of a vehicle, lodge, tent, or your back door. It pays to plan ahead, and this goes double when you are heading out of the country.
Keith Atcheson with a Botswana elephant.
Tips and tricks to ensure your hunting guns arrive when you do.
To my knowledge, firearms have not been used in the hijacking of an airliner in decades Sportsmen’s firearms checked as legal baggage have not been involved in any airline hijackings since—well, ever.
