Dangerous Game Hunters - Top Book Recommends?

[RockAndSage]

Hi all, looking for a couple of good book recommendations that focus specifically on hunting dangerous game. Not so much safari experiences, travel tales, or hunting Africa in general, but books sharing genuine, personal experiences hunting dangerous game. The actual hunt, logistics, dangers, etc - whether memoirs or instructional.

I've just picked up a set of Jim Corbett's books - who else would you recommend?

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Hi all, looking for a couple of good book recommendations that focus specifically on hunting dangerous game. Not so much safari experiences, travel tales, or hunting Africa in general, but books sharing genuine, personal experiences hunting dangerous game. The actual hunt, logistics, dangers, etc - whether memoirs or instructional.

I've just picked up a set of Jim Corbett's books - who else would you recommend?

"Death in the Long Grass" by Capstick

"Hunter" by John Hunter

Are a couple hat come to.mind.

 

[RockAndSage]

"Death in the Long Grass" by Capstick

"Hunter" by John Hunter

Are a couple hat come to.mind.

Awesome, will pick up both. Thank you for the recommends.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Awesome, will pick up both. Thank you for the recommends.

And we can't leave out "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" by Patterson.

I should have thought of that first. It's a classic. I'll let you know if I think of any others.

Doug

 

[matt vejar]

Ian Nations- Months of the Sun

 

[Tex .416]

I’ve read a bunch, my favorite is Kevin Thomas’ Shadows in an African Twilight.

He includes a good mix of technical information, interesting hunting stories with some lessons learned, and also some history from a man who went from a Rhodesian SF soldier to become a PH. Highly recommend.

Kevin Thomas’, Something About Buffalo is informative and well written technical information, obviously about hunting buffalo from a PH and sometime problem animal control officer.

Sue Tidwell’s Cries of the Savannah should be required reading for every hunter going to Africa to understand the critically important role hunting plays in the conservation of African wildlife. Read this and understand how to respond to questions about why hunting African game animals is not only ok, but essential to their survival.

Robert Ruark, Use Enough Gun is well written and a classic for a reason.

Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa is another great classic.

Personally, I did not care for Capstick at all.

 

[Desaad]

I'm a big fan of Ted Kerasote's book 'Bloodties' for emerging adult hunters. Nice exploration of hunting from several angles.

 

[RockAndSage]

These are great recommendations, and very much appreciated. I just spent a bunch on amazon picking up 5 of the books you all have mentioned here. So very glad I asked, as some of them seem pretty hard stumble upon. Thanks again!

 

[RockAndSage]

Also read the hunting reports here, they are quite informative and some are very well written.

Will do.

 

[Green Chile]

There are so many good ones on the topic you requested. Any particular species? What have you read and liked so far?

 

[bakerb]

Kai-uwe Denker has a couple books. Hard to find and expensive. But I like them a lot. Have read and re-read. One is called “about the spirit of the African wilderness” and the other is “along the hunters path”

“Into the thorns” and “drums of the morning” by Wayne Michael grant. Again, hard to find. But worth it

“It shouldn’t happen” by Kevin Robertson

“Facing down fear” by John Sharp

“Heat thirst and ivory” by Fred Everett. He has another book “tuskers in the dust”. I haven’t read it yet.

“Mahohboh” by Ron Thomson

“Tall tales” by Buzz charlton

“Memoirs of an African hunter” by Terry Irwin

Some of my favorites. Some are hard to find. Most of them are expensive.

 

[Tex .416]

“Into the thorns” and “drums of the morning” by Wayne Michael grant. Again, hard to find. But worth it

fyi - Into the Thorns is back in print from a bookseller near Houston.

Into the Thorns by Wayne Michael Grant on Good Books in the Woods

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[Sika98k]

Ron Thompson has written several books about his experiences as a Game Ranger in Rhodesia. All available on Kindle so you can read them cheaply and then decide if you want hard copies.
A great writer imho.
Ian Nyschens book, Months of the Sun, is very readable. J.A. Hunters books are great.

 

[Zinz]

KambakU! by Harry Manners

 

[Timbo]

Hi all, looking for a couple of good book recommendations that focus specifically on hunting dangerous game. Not so much safari experiences, travel tales, or hunting Africa in general, but books sharing genuine, personal experiences hunting dangerous game. The actual hunt, logistics, dangers, etc - whether memoirs or instructional.

I've just picked up a set of Jim Corbett's books - who else would you recommend?

Hunter - by J A Hunter
Uganda Safari - by B Herne (a really good, and funny book!!)
Africa's most dangerous - K Robertson (considered by many to be the "Bible" on hunting cape buff.)

 

[deewayne2003]

The hunting Imperative- Richard Harland

Months of the Sun - Ian Nyschens

 

[RockAndSage]

There are so many good ones on the topic you requested. Any particular species? What have you read and liked so far?

Most of the info I've taken in so far has been online - either podcasts, youtube, articles, or forum posts. Feels like I've got a good beginning, and am looking to take much deeper dives. Just bought 7 books, and that'll take a bit to get through, but I definitely appreciate any suggestions for the next round. This is mostly personal interest, not so much prep for a safari. At least not anytime soon.

The subject matter that interests me most are hunts where things can go very bad, very quickly, most especially incidents of direct personal experience. Cape buffalo and Elephant most obviously, but anything that also might be reliable accounts from the way back, like Rhino hunts, Tiger hunts out of India, etc.

Part of this is also deep interest in double rifles, and real-world accounts of performance, preferences, problems, etc. Anything you might suggest would be quite welcome.

 

[Captain Munro]

The Perfect Shot 2 by Kevin Robertson

 

[SETH RINGER]

CAPSTICK IS MY FAVORITE (YES I AM REDNECK)
RUARK-HUNTER-ROOSEVELT-BODDINGTON-GRANT IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
MY LIBRARY IS BACK HOME WITH MY SON, LITTLE TOO HUMID HERE FOR PRICEY BOOKS.

 

[Certus]

If you like old school:

A hunters wanderings in Africa - Frederick Selous.

And if you like Mannlichers I enjoyed:

Big Game hunting and collecting in East Africa, 1903-1926 - Kalman Kittenberger