Africa Sayings

[Breaker Morant]

When things aren't going well-"I am about to have a sense of humour failure."

Slang for spicy food-"Rajah"

 

[mark-hunter]

Does anyone know who was the first one to describe kudu as "grey ghost of bush"?

Nowdays this is frequently mentioned, and in vintage literature I never noticed.
So this should be modern term, recently populirised?
Or, I am wrong?

 

[Roan]

Good question.

Might be Ruark that coined it?

 

[jeff]

I don't know about kudu but havelina and Coues deer in the southwest have been called the grey ghosts for at least the last 50 years.

 

[barbells.and.arrows]

I don't know about kudu but havelina and Coues deer in the southwest have been called the grey ghosts for at least the last 50 years.

Bonefish are also called the grey ghost of the flats fishing world, and they are equally as crafty and fleeting as kudu.

 

[Forrest]

"Hurry faster, and be quiet". My PH told me this several times during our hunts. I finally told him I could do one or the other but not both and to pick out which one he wanted me to do.

 

[MT Griz]

Does anyone know who was the first one to describe kudu as "grey ghost of bush"?

Not sure about this but, I think it was Hemingway in his book "The Green Hills Of Africa" where the term "Grey Ghost" came from. Maybe somewhere else too!

 

[Firebird]

“In the salt” is a classic though I’m not sure the first place I ever heard/read it.
Two of my favorites are “let’s walk” and “ you must shoot him!” Never tired of Wik saying either of those terms!

 

[WAB]

“Done and dusted”

“Bliksem”

 

[firehuntfish]

"It was so cold this morning, I had to wear 2 pairs of shorts..."

 

[Hank2211]

"Same bus, different driver"

In reference to recent political changes in Zimbabwe.

 

[Wheels]

"It's all so quiet when the goldfish die". Bror Blixen

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

" Elephant and woman never forget the harm they suffered " - I heard it in Namibia.

 

[Wheels]

When elephants fight, it's the grass that gets hurt.

 

[Bruce]

"Its not far" ..... then you end up trekking for another day or so!!!

 

[KC13]

Off we go to the gummadoolahs....

 

[Hogpatrol]

When the first shot isn't a DRT, "You must RELOAD. Reload. Reload".

 

[Newboomer]

"That's a nice one." Lammie Ferierri, my PH before he'd let me shoot.

 

[Newboomer]

Once you've been to Africa, you have to go back. Author unknown, but so true.

 

[The Engineer]

On I like was my PH on a Giraffe hunt.

"There are three rules for a Giraffe hunt. 1. Shoot it near a road. 2. Keep shooting until it goes down. 3. Make sure it goes down near a road."

The first shot was a fata shot but he ran off. I manage a spine shot as it ran off and it dropped in it's tracks in a pan at the end of a road. The recovery team was elated.