Sounds like somebody I'd love to talk to. Or better yet, hunt with.

Although, with all due respect to Mr. Sanchez-Arino's opinion on the internet and experts, I'll keep reading the Gun Nut even though it combines both.

Speaking of PH's what is your opinion of Peter Hathaway Capstick? Real deal or fraud.

Glad he's 82 and still pretty. Love hearing and reading the thoughts of great hunters and outdoor writers "Unplugged" describing the tinsel and glamour.

Mr. Carmichel once remarked his career was filled with stabs, stings, bites, frost bite, corruption of the bowels and virulent skin rashes.

Weigh in, Dave!!!

To Chad: I believe Peter H. Capstick was mostly a fraud! I have read that much of what he claimed to have done was actually done by others. He may be who Mr. Sanchez-Arino was talking about.

I have never hunted Africa, always wanted to but somehow something always seemed to stand in the way. I do enjoy visiting with my many friends who have made numerous trips to various parts of that continent and find their stories very interesting and often entertaining. Now if only I could read a few books on the subject by authors such as Mr. Petzel, Mr. Myles, and now Mr. Sanchez-Arino I would have many hours of amusement and education on my hands. I patiently await the publishing of those volumes.

David, my close calls with any animals are two species: my dog and feral hogs. At most I've been feet away from being gored, then of course, being me and having no treestand, climbed a tree.

So I'm reading and thinking like, "Heck yes. Good stuff!"

But then, I'm reading what the "expert" is saying. On the internet...

Embarrassingly, I am a member of the CBC Club(Chewed by Chui Club). Only scare by elephant was in deep jungle by a previously wounded pygmy elephant, that heavy cover makes things up close and personal. Had to sort out a lioness in Zambia, she had lost a foot in a poachers snare. It was two steps to her nose when things came to an end. Have been lucky with buffalo, only had one of my own charge and he had also been wounded by a poacher in the Central African Republic. Have had to help out with a couple wounded by others. As has been mentioned, they take a lot of killing when this happens. That is when my 470 side by side is appreciated(by me).
kwaheri, na tutaonana.

Did anyone video or otherwise record this man's talk? First hand information such as he can offer is far better fare than the televised versions of African hunting as offered today.

Regarding Capstick, my BS detector went bright red many years ago when I read some of his writings regarding African snakes - a subject that I know a bit about. It was mostly total baloney. Despite my real admiration for his writing skills, which were considerable, I never believed much of what he said after that.

I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Sanchez Arino and his beautiful wife Isabelle at the 2006 Safari Club International convention. I was only hoping to get his books autographed and we ended up talking for over a half-hour. It was the most fascinating half-hour experience I ever had talking about African hunting and suitable rifles for African safaris. I also got Isabelle's book and autograph. Her book and hunting experiences with Tony is also a fascinating journey and I would highly recommend them both. Tony was kind enough to give me his address and we correspond and he keeps me up dated on his most recent elephant hunting safaris. As the saying goes "Tony Sanchez Arino is the real deal".

looks like some people are getting the PH mixed up with the H. the PH takes the H hunting. both write books.

Thank you, Mr. P, for sharing this with us. I read these blogs to be entertained and, hopefully, learn something. Lately, the latter has been at least as strong as the former, thanks to you and the knowledgable contributors of Gun Nuts like Happy Myles. I sincerely hope to go to Africa some day and put this info to practical use.

ken.mcloud said it best! “So, I think that the superior killing power of larger rounds is largely in our heads.(likely testosterone induced) A flat-shooting round that you can accurately place will produce as many if not more "bang-flop" kills as a heavy caliber round.”
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"We have not heard from Ken McCloud in ages hope he was not carrying a fast stepping small caliber rifle and ran into a testosterone laden elephant that could not spell hydrostatic shock. Just teasing Clay. Kindest Regards"
-Happy Myles

Africa is full of fly by night outfitters and bullshitters, the wisdom of a seasoned veteran such as Mr. Sanchez-Arino is always refreshing.

Big Country, Africa is easier and more affordable to get to than most people think. Email me at okie_archer@hotmail.com and I can give you some advice on where, when and with whom you should go.

If nothing else the man takes a good picture. Hope he has a ghost writer for a book, I need some good reads.

Joshua Jones,
Thanks, I'll try to remember it when I get home I'll drop you a line. Work has emails as a no go unless it's internal.
Buckhunter,
I'll pull that web site and check it out.
Thanks for the info

Never believe anything you read on the internet? Then what are all of us doing here?!

I've always heard that leopard were the most dangerous because when they come they don't stop and they don't stop chewing until they are dead. Watched Ivan Carter the other night ,one of his P.H.'s had to go after a big wounded male lion,talk about hairey,my heart was beating fast just from watching.Good thing prairie dogs are'nt that dangerous !

Always remember to apply this to what Petzal writes here.

"And never believe anything you read on the Internet, or anything you hear from an ‘expert.’ From them, you get horse***t in industrial quantities.”

Happy, I was told Hippos are considered extremely dangerous by the locals. Guess the animals come upon shore to night graze and are very aggressive. It seemed to me the locals loved eating Hippos.

I've read all of Capstick's books and really enjoyed them. Just because he has a certain flair to his writing doesn't mean it was all BS! If you weren't personally there then you can't comment on the truthfulness. He was, after all, a licensed PH in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe for many years. Hemingway's "Green Hill's of Africa" is almost unreadable to me and Roosevelt's "African Game Trails" is somewhere in the middle. I do respectfully disagree with Mr. Sanchez-Arino's take on ballistics tables. Math and physics don't lie! When hunting big, dangerous, thick-skinned African game....I want the biggest gun I can handle and shoot accurately!! I know you can kill a Cape buffalo with a .375, but if the poop hits the proverbial fan at 10 yards in thick crud I want a .460 Weatherby Mag shooting 500 grain solids at 2600 fps and almost 7500 foot-pounds of energy. That's a stopper!