Well, I wasn't in Africa, but the animals I had seen so far, this day, made me feel like I was. I had seen Eland, Scimitar Oryx, Gemsbok, Wildebeest, and a few other I don't recall, including other exotic species from other parts of the world along with a number of native North American game animals. My buddy, Richard Lozano...
   

We had to slide back down to the horses and head back to the corral in the waning light. This seemed to be okay with the horses as we had to keep reining them in to keep them from breaking into a trot in the darkness. As we rode, I reflected on the day's hunt. Lots of luck on seeing animals, not much on shooting, but still an enjoyable day in great hunting country. As I rocked back and forth in the saddle...
   

It was the first of February in 1991 and a cool, drizzly rain mixed with fog was falling when my guide picked up my wife Shirley and me at our hotel. We were about to embark on the rocky road to hunt for purebred Mouflon sheep, the smallest of the wild sheep of the world. My guide, L. R. Castleberry...
   
On April 14th, 1998, I first met a gentleman named Dwayne Dusharme. Dwayne was a man of many talents. Sporting a long luxuriant handlebar mustache, a quick wit, and a seemingly endless supply of stories about the hunting and trapping of exotic animals. He was the man who had found a great Scimitar Oryx...
   
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