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Craig Boddington is a multi-media outdoor journalist, TV show host, [1] author and retired Marine.. Boddington has been described as "one of the country's foremost authorities on African safari hunting" by ESPN, [2] "one of the most prolific writers in the outdoor genre" by Petersen's Hunting, [3] and "one of the most experienced hunters of his generation" by Outdoor Channel.
Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940–1996) was an American hunter and author. He was born in New Jersey and educated at the University of Virginia although he was not a graduate. Capstick walked away from a successful Wall Street career shortly before his thirtieth birthday to become a professional hunter. His hunting career began in Central and ...
In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. [ 1] The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, [ 2][ 3][ 4] but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators. [ 5][ 2][ 6] They are examples of ...
The African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws ...
Jackson, a former Amarillo resident (1979-2007), has been able to make three African safaris and wanted to share them with his former community.
Big-game hunting. Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for trophies, taxidermy, meat, and commercially valuable animal by-products (such as horns, antlers, tusks, bones, fur, body fat, or special organs ). The term is often associated with the hunting of Africa's "Big Five" games ( lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African ...
Frank Maurice "Bunny" Allen (1906–2002) was an English-born professional safari guide in Kenya. Born in Buckinghamshire, as a young boy Allen learnt to poach game, gaining the nickname "Bunny" for his skill at snaring rabbits. In 1927 Allen followed his older brothers to Kenya. Managing a farm, Allen would take guests of the owner on shoots ...
Safari. A safari ( / səˈfɑːri /; from Swahili safari 'journey' originally from Arabic Safar 'to journey') is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – particularly form an important part of ...