Hello Ian,
Thank you for replying! I have done an inventory and will put together ads soon. I loved reading your earlier post. I currently have loads of David’s old written works, including An Old Hunter Remembers. I sent some items to a fellow in Alabama, Loring Jones, years ago and I shall...
Hello Ralf,
Apologies for not replying to you when you originally posted. While I can verify the authenticity, David Hugh Ommanney is my uncle, I doubt it would help much now. I was actually searching for records of my grandfather’s firearms as they were taken by my uncle and subsequently sold...
Hello AH community!
I hope everyone made it out of 2020 relatively unscathed. I was wondering, I have a ton of David’s old books - some coffee table books and others like Hunting In The Sudan and Hunting The Big Cats from Safari Press (only 1000 printed of the Safari Press books!). I was...
I am in the states finishing up my wildlife management degree currently. I would love to see the photos you have! Feel free to email me at KOmmanney88@gmail.com. My father is in Tanzania now. I must find a copy of no more the tusker! I have lots of my grandfather's old books and am slowly making...
I am not an avid hunter as after moved to the States the opportunities were limited for me, but I have always had a great interest. Here is a photo of David Ommanney, may he rest in peace, with his "arch nemesis". This is not the leopard that mauled him, but as you can see he maintained a...
My name Katharine (Katie) and David Ommanney is my grandfather. It is wonderful to see that he is still revered as one of the great white hunters of East Africa.
Monish,
Your initial post stating "He was one of the finest of PHs in Africa." was very heart warming. He passed quietly in...
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