African Hunting Gazette

P for Paris

It was March of the same year after the show when I got an email from Paris with a check on the way. Paris arrived a year later, dressed in his greens and incredibly well-prepared for his safari – physically; with his gear, and in his shooting ability. On that safari we successfully hunted the biggest oryx of my career, and one of the biggest kudu with a broken tip for character, as well as a great warthog. Around the campfire Paris savored his drink and told me – “I will have to make a plan to come back.”

At the same DSC show but now in 2020, I greeted Paris as he marched purposefully into the booth. He set out his plans for his fourth African safari with me in 2021 for a trophy and non-trophy buffalo. On his second safari we had also taken a trophy and non-trophy buffalo and his third

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