It doesn’t matter who you are or what your background is, if you want to hunt, the forests and fields of this great country are open for you to do so. Sadly, though, hunting isn’t always viewed that way. It’s frequently pigeonholed as an exclusively masculine sport—one in which men venture into the forests with
If you’ve ever considered walking away from your mundane day job to do something reckless and conspicuously masculine—join the French Foreign Legion, live like a hermit in the Alaskan wilderness, or become a big-game hunter in Africa, for instance—you’re not alone. Peter Hathaway Capstick, one of the foremost big- and dangerous-game hunters in Africa and
All sports have their icons. The likes of Babe Ruth, Wilma Rudolph, Muhammed Ali, Mia Hamm, or Michael Jordan. People who were so proficient at, and reflected such a love and passion for, the sport they played that they became heroes in the public eye. Their exploits and charisma draw attention from the masses and
Although the Bengal tiger is endangered today, back in the mid-1800s, it was considered premier dangerous game on the Indian subcontinent. Measuring up to 10 feet long and weighing as much as 400 pounds, these apex predators could summarily disembowel prey or its human pursuers with its four-inch-long canine teeth or retractable claws. The tiger’s
Big-game hunter John “Pondoro” Taylor developed a formula he claimed codified the “knockout” power of rifle cartridges. Is it a reliable measure of a round’s efficacy, or an antiquated theory with dubious origins? The study of ballistics has filled numerous textbooks through the ages and remains a contentious topic full of conflicting theories and mathematical
W.D.M. “Karamojo” Bell, a Scottish big-game hunter and adventurer, developed a reputation as one of history’s most preeminent elephant hunters. His unique observations and techniques provide a clear snapshot of hunting the world’s largest land animal at the turn of the last century. Most of us will never experience an elephant hunt in our lifetime.
