RayAtkinson

You can accomplish a lot in 85 years, I was raised on large ranches in SW Texas high desert..rodeod out of high school, went into state law enforcement then to Federal DEA, at the same time I guided on our leased ranch and for my family and friends for deer and antelope in the Texas Big Bend as it didn't interfere with my LE, later I took a leave of absence from DEA and ranched full time on a 75,000 ac. desert ranch that teamed with big deer and Coues deer and guided for myself and sold hunts world wide..then returned to Fed service with the USFS as a special Agent and got in my needed 6 years and retired on that pension. I went to full time booking in Africa and other parts of the world. I built custom rifles for myself and friends and got big bucks for them... Today I raise horses and team rope with my kids, granddkids and friends in Idaho..Lot of other stuff took me to different paths in the above but that would take a book to tell all. Like I said you can do a lot in 85 years if you can keep going and Ive been blessed, of that I have no doubt..
Birthday
Jan 10, 1935 (Age: 89)
Location
Filer,
Country of residence
USA
State/Province of residence
Idaho, Filer
How did you find AfricaHunting.com?
Email
About You
Booking Agent retired, guide retired, retired DEA...retired to ropeing steers and raising horses..
I am a
  1. Hunter
  2. Fisherman
  3. Hunting outfitter
  4. PH / guide
  5. Hunting consultant
  6. Other
Member of
SCI Dallas
Gender
Male
Have you hunted in Africa?
Yes
Number of times I have hunted in Africa
50 to 75 I guess
My favorite African country
Tanzania
Hunted
RSA, Botswana, CAR, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya way back when, and a few others that I can't remember.
Species I have hunted in Africa
I think that I have hunted all the African species.
My best African Trophy
Probably the buffalo on my web page, no measurements taken but I have shot about 150 buffalo, seen thousands and he is the biggest, oldest, battle scared bull I have ever seen. Hanging on my wall. roughly 46 inches with a world of drop and massive bosses, beautiful bull..
My favorite African trophies
Buffalo, buffalo, buffalo
My preferred weapon(s)
I have several...450-400 Searcy double, 404 Jefferys custom, 416 Rem custom,, 375 H&H English bolt gun, I have a number of big bore rifles.
What weapon(s) do you hunt with?
  1. Rifle
  2. Bow
  3. Shotgun
  4. Handgun
  5. Muzzleloader
My preferred optic(s)
Leupold Scopes and spotting scopes

8x32 Leica binoculars
Occupation
Fed LW, ranching, Hunt consultant
Gear I cannot live without
good boots and comfortable clothing.
My best hunting tip
Practice off hand shooting and practice and running shots. Jack Rabbits are great to tone your off hand shooting.
My other interests
Team Roping Steers

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