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I don't remember reading it in any of his books, but I wonder if Hunter ever saw his parents again after he left home for Africa He did return, later on in life, but I assume that his parents passed by then

Maybe I got lucky but I used Wyatt in 2021 for my Zambian leopard and 2025 for Cape buffalo and crocodile with no issues.

Sometimes I think that maybe I should curse him and JA Hunter for all the money they cost me, but the passion has been such a huge part of my life, I wouldn't be me without it

The first book that got me started was "African Hunter" by JA Hunter which I remember reading in grade school, maybe 1979, then Death came along in 1977? JA Hunters chapter on leopard , then PHCs chapter on leopard, ignited my passion for leopard which continues to this day. It took me until I...

Yes! It was a single sheet of paper folded and stamped, no envelope Hard to believe nowadays that an accomplished writer too the time to write back to a kid

Awesome right?? I kept that letter 43 years

I know that most of us have heard the stories about PHC being a fraud, etc but he was the biggest influence that ignited my lifelong passion for Africa, and even took the time to write a young naive boy a letter back in 1983 all the way from South Africa I will always be grateful to him and...

I just found these from Sudan, check out the weight of elephants taken!

I li I like the way you think!;)

Whatever happened to that buffoon?

I would think that the guys who could pay 40Gs for a Leopard, would go to Zambia or TZ instead, but you never know There is bound to be some monster cats on those ranches

If they charge 40Gs they are going to be eating their leopard tags at the end of the season

Its too bad that these Lions cannot be used to repopulate other areas, but as someone here said earlier, areas with a sufficient prey base probably already have Lions present I don't think that most people realize how much a pride of 10 Lions eat, and how much land they need