Recent content by Happy Myles

One looks and feels so cool with a fancy knife strapped on his belt.

Easier to get in and out of a high lorry wearing shorts. I am 87 and someone helps me out of vehicle anyway. Plus, I look silly in shorts

I was not aware Art had passed away. He must have been in his mid seventy’s . Anyone know his cause of death? A long time ago I used his 460 Short A Square on an elephant it was a very accurate rifle. He helped me set up a safari with Rory Gellatly and we hunted all over Zambia for 40 days...

I used to take and use shorts but after decades of African hunting plus old age i need to keep life simple. Now I take two pair ol long trousers and two long sleeve shirts both in dull green. My plane attire is a similar paiir of trousers in dull light brown, a tattersall brown shirt and a...

I used to take and use shorts but as decades of hard African hunting have gone by I keep my gear fewer and simpler. I take two long sleeve shirts and trousers in dull green Egyptian cotton. I wear on the plane a similar pair of pants in dull brown plus a tattersall brown shirt, plus a canvas...

My first clue was bailing my guide out of jail on day one. The hunt went downhill from there

I am 87 years old. Don’t look back, you are not going that way.

Gerenuk

Sorry. My error. Thank you for catching that. 140s for sure

Oh, I used Swift A Frame, 160s as I recall

As a whim, I took a 6.5x284 on my last safari to Tanzania a few years ago and took a dozen head of plains game with a dozen shots using it. Plus four Cape buffalo with four more rounds using my 416 Rigby. I am 87 years old and must confess if I was going again would go back to using my 300...

So, do they taste like chicken?

So sorry. You were lucky to have each other, remember that.