Recent content by Anbessa Gedai

That would be Colonel Negussie Eshete. During the Haile Selassie era he completed the US Army Jump School at Fort Benning. He retired with the rank of Colonel in the Ethiopian Army and started his own safari company "Rocky Valley Safaris" (not to be confused with another Ethiopian company...

Africa DOES have "bott flies", known as Putzi flies. I experienced these while living in Zimbabwe. They usually lay their eggs on wet clothing. Laundry is usually dried on an outdoor clothesline but should ALWAYS then be hot ironed which kills the eggs. This includes items we wouldn't...

Lon, Yes . . EXACTLY. And in addition, said Minister (or relative thereof) knows nothing about hunting, wildlife, conducting a safari, wildlife management or conservation. It is a tribute to the skills and fortitude of the many operators that conduct first-rate safaris despite the handicaps...

WoW . . a big thumbs up! SALUTE to the government leaders of Botswana for doing what's right for their people, wildlife, and environment . . not to mention their elephants!

WoW congratulations on not only a great trophy but also one with such an amazing horn configuration. It is somewhat reminiscent of the configuration frequently found on the Sudan Bohor reedbuck.

Derian, Your post says you have proper crocodile hunts in the Lowveld of South Africa. Are these crocodiles purchased or obtained from a crocodile farm or elsewhere and then released in your hunting area? Or are they wild, and naturally occurring in their native habitat? In what habitat do...

The below linked story dated 11 March reports a "super tusker" has recently been hunted in Tanzania. https://biglife.org/program-updates/big-life-news/third-elephant-killed-by-hunters-in-amboseli-landscape This story and the Joint Statement on the same site make for interesting reading. It...

There are always numerous vendors at the annual SCI convention (next one in Nashville, TN) that sell quite unique tables . . .

Recalling that the rifle was purchased and presented to Corbett by the government at the time, I expect the incorrect initials are the result of what the government would have called a "clerical error". Though I (perhaps naively) would have expected better of that era, perhaps they were...

Elio, My father was a highly respected taxidermist in northern Wisconsin, later a wildlife artist specializing in sculpture in bronze and as a result, I've always been particularly irritated by mediocre taxidermy . . . but not this time . . . your mount looks exceptional!! And an exceptional...

As others have said, Hippo and Zebra . .

Oh my gosh . . a monster one-tusker! I'd love to see this pig from a front on angle.

WoW . . what an AWESOME trophy!

Yes! . . . long but unusually thin . . . it is amazing he never broke a tusk!

WoW . . . GREAT trophy. What were the tusk lengths?