I almost meant it, too. I stiffened against the feel of long fangs that would be along presently, burying themselves in my shoulder or neck, and thought about how nice and quick it would probably be. Charging lions have been known to cover a hundred yards in just over three seconds. He seemed to hang in the air while my numbed brain screeched SHOOT! That lion was one trophy that Silent had earned.The doctor examined Silent's wounds, bound them, and gave him a buttful of penicillin against likely infection from the layers of putrefied meat found under the lion'sclaws and on his teeth, then released him in my care. The scratched, old Rolex said two hours until dawn, perhaps just about right to permit the lion to feed and get careless. Over the years, my clients have probably killed 25 percent of their lions off dead elephant carcasses or nearby, where the lion has gone to sleep off his meal.Although many harassed lions will charge unwounded, the vast majority of human maulings and deaths under hunting circumstances are, logically, from wounded lions. I had hunted man-eating cats twice before this experience: the Okavango man-eater, a famous killer-leopard, and a lioness who had developed a sweet-tooth for Ethiopians. Holding the blade low with both hands, I thrust it with every ounce of my strength into his neck, feeling the keen blade slice through meat and gristle with surprising ease. The first time a lion returns to a human kill to finish his meal and receives a whiplash of bullet from a bad shot, you can bet the beer money he won't make the same mistake twice. I heard and felt the metal hit bone and stop. Box about a Wyoming game warden. A thoughtful author who does well to inform and explain. Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari. Were they a man-eating pride? Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2011-08-30 17:14:45 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA142818 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor allen_countydonation Baits may be deliberately laid out and hung at chest height by wire from a tree or may take the form of previously killed large game such as elephant. Whichever, it probably saved his life. As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capsticks Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view Africa through the eyes of one of the most renowned professional hunters.Few men can say they have known Africa as Capstick has known itleading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. But if you blow it, it may cost many dozens of lives before you have another chance.Just as he does when hunting zebra or wildebeest, a lion, having chosen a victim, will usually stick with his choice, no matter how many other animals pass within easier reach. I'd suggest your read his other books too. Some damage to the cover sleeve. We looked at them and they looked at us. I enjoyed his writing and perspective. Jaguar, yes. The old man, in shock, appeared to be smiling.I measured the lion. Order our Death in the Long Grass Study Guide Peter H. Capstick This Study Guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Death in the Long Grass. Quantity: 1 Add to Basket Hardcover. The only possible way to counter the odds of this happening is to be so incredibly careful as to forestall the inevitable as long as possible. Lions were everywhere. I almost blew my first lion charge by not compensating for this, but luckily the slug passed through the scalp and broke the spine above the paunch. Then he touched something smooth and hard, snatching up a bottle of beloved Coca-Cola, a still unopened gift from the Italians. In the impossibly heavy grass, the visibility could not have been over ten feet, and I wanted to give it every conceivable opportunity to expire before I went in. Price does not include postage. A Spanish client, Armando Bassi of Barcelona, a fine hunter, had wounded a good-maned lion, but it had escapedinto the thick, before Paul could get in a finishing shot. Seconds pass, then the lioness rises and begins to ooze forward, gliding like a tawny wraith between deep clumps of shadow. The humidity hung about like a barber's towel, and sweat poured from my body. The client fired, but because he was so blown and shaking from lack of breath after the long run, he just creased the forepaw. Reprinted by permission. One of them, older and more weather worn, is pitched fifty yards from the others. Definition of kick into the long grass in the Idioms Dictionary. Older people like me will remember him from Outdoor Life and Field and Stream. A murmur of voices arising from somewhere in our camp indicated that I was not alone in my apprehension. Beautiful stories and vivid descriptions. That said, you do not need to be a hunter to appreciate this book. After enough experience, you find your brain never goes completely to sleep, but, like an army posting sentries, keeps partially awake while the main body sleeps. But doing my duty didn't preclude me from reading his writings. Africa has no patience with careless hunters. It seemed obvious that these lions were regrouping for another raid on the camp. The killing of a lion seems to excite Africans more than any other species, and this was no exception. Discretion being the better part of lion hunting, it was we who cleared off, returning a few hours later for the old boy's skin. And not all the tales had happy endings in an often kill or be killed A book I have read and re-read, Capstick being a master story-teller whether recounting personal incidents, or simply relaying some of the tales that abound of hunting dangerous game in Central Africa. He recoiled in terror as he saw the lion pulling her by the leg until she was suspended off the ground between his mouth and the door frame. (ABC Radio Darwin: Jesse Thompson) In September, an Indigenous man in Darwin was handed a fine for . and bearing the cartouche of Amenhotep III, progenitor of Ikhnaton, or Amenhotep IV, which records his killing 102"fierce-looking" lions during the first decade of his phar-aohship. A low, incredibly sinister rumble welled up through the dark, and the hut shook under a heavy shock. They are also, I can promise you, the most consistently nasty. Two big feathers of flame erupted from the muzzles as I raised the double rifle, sighted on the spot where the cat seemed to be, and pressed the triggers. It is chancy hunting, since the lion is on the move at this time of day, and, in thick bush, you are unlikely to see him until he is quite close.Another extremely interesting form of lion hunting is practiced mostly in arid countries such as the. A gibbering man was inside, his bloodshot eyes wide as poached eggs with terror.I flashed the light around the interior of the, . My client was doing everything right except for one minor item: he had forgotten to pull the trigger. Publication date 1989 Topics Big game hunting -- Africa, Big game hunting, Africa Publisher New York : St. Martin's Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive I finally decided, after locking eyes with her for at least six months, that I would prefer the devil I didn't know to the one lying there watching me like a butcher reading a cuts chart. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. We don't have any Game Department people in the area and it'll be a few days before we can get somebody up from Valley Command or Nsefu. Since the previous year had been a record one for heavy rainfall, much of the grass was twelve to fourteen feet tall and offered the visibility of minestrone soup. He wing-shot it, though a bit far back, and it rose into the air with a terrible roar, rearing like a hooked tarpon. Annual Ryegrass Popularly called the Italian ryegrass, you can grow Annual Ryegrass annually and biannually. while her husband sat nearby chanting, playing a small drum. We started out to where a lion was grunting about 20 yards from the camp perimeter. I can't wait to finish it tonight. Capstick was a born raconteur whose colorful descriptions and eye for exciting, authentic detail bring us face to face with some of the most ferocious killers in the worldunderrated killers like the surprisingly brave and cunning hyena, silent killers such as the lightning-fast black mamba snake, collective killers like the wild dog. But then, what do they have to fear?I don't know what awakened me a few hours later--perhaps a sound I didn't remember hearing, but more likely that sixth sense of apprehension. Curiously, there have been many cases of lions actually stepping over one man to pick another, like a bored matron at the canape platter of a cocktail party. ""Bugger hit the village just this side of the Munyamadzi--know it?--around midnight last night, so far as the report goes. But, I've had plenty of friends who are firsthand experts on the subject. I took away one lesson for sure: the next time a district commissioner asks me for a favor, I'm going to have a severe attack of radio trouble. "Also," he said, shuffling the dirt with a big toe, "they were a little bit drunk." I felt the first lukewarm slug burn the dust from between my teeth and form a small, liquid bonfire in the pit of my stomach. Silent finished the story sucking at the gashes on the heel of his hand that the cap of the bottle had cut. Amazon has encountered an error. I could absolutely sense him. Another yard and she seemed uncertain. has been so widely quoted in works about lions and man-eaters as to make a furtherretelling merely lily gilding, save to mention that, a bit after Patterson killed the Tsavo pride, a single man-eater of considerable talent took residence further up the line displaying, to quote Colonel Patterson, "an extraordinary taste for the members of the railway staff," culminating in the catching, killing, and eating of the superintendent of police, a Mr. Ryall. Capstick has also served in that most perilous of trades-- Elephant and Buffalo Cropping Officer.Peter Capstick has long made his home in Africa, the source of his inspiration. ofcentral Africa, where eyebell-to-eyeball confrontations are as common as not. His book on the episode is a classic of hunting literature and, due to its immense popularity, is still often available in used bookstores. Seconds later, as the woman sat mourning her husband, she was terrified to hear the lion scratching at the hut. , a wraparound loincloth. I started reading it last night, and couldn't put it down. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. We are sorry. Corners and cover may show wear. Dilated wide to gather the pale light, two hard, amber eyes flicker across the broken ground and lock on the indistinct form of the man sleeping behind the netting. Ships direct from Amazon! I bought Capstick's "Death in the Long Grass." My first Africa Safari-type book. There had been lion noises throughout the night, but since we were used to them, neither of us had any trouble sleeping. I settled down and did my duty. Like New/Fine. The cat tried to drag him into the hut with her, but De Beer screamed, let the rifle fall through the window into the hut, and, gripping the edges of the opening with both hands, tried to push away. - Jacket flap. I used to watch nature shows and cringe when the lion caught the little antelope. The door was shut.De Beer looked the hut over carefully. Louis Tipungwuti is a Tiwi Islands man. We are after them. I had refilled the magazine but was afraid to shoot since I did not know where the other lion was and dared not risk a zero-range charge while working the bolt. Only now did I realize how close I had come to being the Chabunkwa lion's eleventh victim. When I had the aerial rigged after breakfast, he answered my call immediately. I swung around a half-turn and looked smack into the puss of the second lion, who uttered a low sound that you didn't have to speak lionese to understand. The damp, soft soil muffled our stealthy walking on the outsides of our feet, the quietest way to stalk, as we slid through the mottled murk with pounding hearts, ringing ears, and stomachs full of bats.My mind went over the lion charges I had met before: the quick jerking of the tail tuft, the paralyzing roar, and the low, incredibly fast rush, bringing the white teeth in the center of bristling mane closer in a blur of speed. At such a short range it is impossible to overestimate the degree of danger a hunter is subjected to. Over. May not include supplemental materials. It's been written by someone who knows more than most about the subject having spent decades there. Finished, they backed away to the truck and got out of there.Lions do very odd things to otherwise stable, soberpeople. 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