Well, I don't think it's very difficult to guess who my childhood hunting hero was....
Alexander Sasha Siemel [Aleksandrs Ziemelis] (1890-1970) was an adventurer, hunter, guide, actor, writer, photographer, and lecturer.
He spoke seven languages and boasted of having experienced more adventure in a single year than most men had witnessed in a lifetime.
He is a legend among sportsmen, having successfully hunted more than 300 jaguars or éigres, as the big cats are colloquially known in parts of Latin Americaæ“n the Mato Grosso jungles of Brazil.
Siemel's accomplishments in pursuing the large and often dangerous jaguar (the biggest cat in the western hemisphere and third largest in the world) are all the more impressive due to the fact that on many of his hunts he was armed only with a spear.
Alexander Sasha Siemel [Aleksandrs Ziemelis] (1890-1970) was an adventurer, hunter, guide, actor, writer, photographer, and lecturer.
He spoke seven languages and boasted of having experienced more adventure in a single year than most men had witnessed in a lifetime.
He is a legend among sportsmen, having successfully hunted more than 300 jaguars or éigres, as the big cats are colloquially known in parts of Latin Americaæ“n the Mato Grosso jungles of Brazil.
Siemel's accomplishments in pursuing the large and often dangerous jaguar (the biggest cat in the western hemisphere and third largest in the world) are all the more impressive due to the fact that on many of his hunts he was armed only with a spear.
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