robtattoo
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- Joined
- Aug 7, 2022
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- Tullahoma, TN
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- Namibia
Hi y'all! Very glad to be here. I lurked & learned for the longest time, but I figured I probably ought to get signed up.
My names Rob, I'm an English ex-pat now living in middle Tennessee. I grew up hearing my of Grandfather's, infrequently discussed, time in North Africa in the early 1940s. He wasn't really there to hunt, per-se, but he managed a few pot filling trips!
My childhood was spent nose deep in books about Jim Corbett, Sasha Siemels, F.C Selous & Karamojo Bell & I always dreamt of taking a grand, months long African safari, or becoming a Shikari in India. I realized pretty soon that I'd been born around 150 years too late for that, so decided to be a mountain man instead. Discovering I had the same problem in that professional avenue, I figured if have to settle for rabbits & squirrel until I was old enough for grander adventures.
My wife & I picked up & moved to the US in 2009, primarily so I had better access to hunting & fishing without all the legal & financial hassle of trying to do that in England (do NOT tell her that! ) & I've been at it constantly since then. I primarily hog hunt, although deer season & annual westerly trips to, mostly unsuccessfully, hunt elk do occasionally intervene.
I finally achieved my dream of an African hunt in 2008, with a week hunting with Piet Mostert & Lukas Holtzhausen at Afrika Jag safaris in Namibia. I had a mostly successful hunt, all done with a traditional bow, that was only slightly soured by the company I was with at the time. One day I'll go back by myself!
Aaanyhow.... I'm really glad to be here & hope to learn a lot more!
My names Rob, I'm an English ex-pat now living in middle Tennessee. I grew up hearing my of Grandfather's, infrequently discussed, time in North Africa in the early 1940s. He wasn't really there to hunt, per-se, but he managed a few pot filling trips!
My childhood was spent nose deep in books about Jim Corbett, Sasha Siemels, F.C Selous & Karamojo Bell & I always dreamt of taking a grand, months long African safari, or becoming a Shikari in India. I realized pretty soon that I'd been born around 150 years too late for that, so decided to be a mountain man instead. Discovering I had the same problem in that professional avenue, I figured if have to settle for rabbits & squirrel until I was old enough for grander adventures.
My wife & I picked up & moved to the US in 2009, primarily so I had better access to hunting & fishing without all the legal & financial hassle of trying to do that in England (do NOT tell her that! ) & I've been at it constantly since then. I primarily hog hunt, although deer season & annual westerly trips to, mostly unsuccessfully, hunt elk do occasionally intervene.
I finally achieved my dream of an African hunt in 2008, with a week hunting with Piet Mostert & Lukas Holtzhausen at Afrika Jag safaris in Namibia. I had a mostly successful hunt, all done with a traditional bow, that was only slightly soured by the company I was with at the time. One day I'll go back by myself!
Aaanyhow.... I'm really glad to be here & hope to learn a lot more!
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