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mark-hunter
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Does anyone know who was the first one to describe kudu as "grey ghost of bush"?
Nowdays this is frequently mentioned, and in vintage literature I never noticed.
So this should be modern term, recently populirised?
Or, I am wrong?
Nowdays this is frequently mentioned, and in vintage literature I never noticed.
So this should be modern term, recently populirised?
Or, I am wrong?
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I don't know about kudu but havelina and Coues deer in the southwest have been called the grey ghosts for at least the last 50 years.
barbells.and.arrows
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Bonefish are also called the grey ghost of the flats fishing world, and they are equally as crafty and fleeting as kudu.
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"Hurry faster, and be quiet". My PH told me this several times during our hunts. I finally told him I could do one or the other but not both and to pick out which one he wanted me to do.
MT Griz
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Not sure about this but, I think it was Hemingway in his book "The Green Hills Of Africa" where the term "Grey Ghost" came from. Maybe somewhere else too!
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“In the salt” is a classic though I’m not sure the first place I ever heard/read it.
Two of my favorites are “let’s walk” and “ you must shoot him!” Never tired of Wik saying either of those terms!
Two of my favorites are “let’s walk” and “ you must shoot him!” Never tired of Wik saying either of those terms!
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In reference to recent political changes in Zimbabwe.
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On I like was my PH on a Giraffe hunt.
"There are three rules for a Giraffe hunt. 1. Shoot it near a road. 2. Keep shooting until it goes down. 3. Make sure it goes down near a road."
The first shot was a fata shot but he ran off. I manage a spine shot as it ran off and it dropped in it's tracks in a pan at the end of a road. The recovery team was elated.
"There are three rules for a Giraffe hunt. 1. Shoot it near a road. 2. Keep shooting until it goes down. 3. Make sure it goes down near a road."
The first shot was a fata shot but he ran off. I manage a spine shot as it ran off and it dropped in it's tracks in a pan at the end of a road. The recovery team was elated.
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