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His hunting expeditions have spanned all continents except Antarctica, [179] and he holds numerous hunting achievements, including completing Africa's Big Five, hunting all nine principal spiral-horned antelopes, and holding the Capra Super 30, Ovis Super 20, two North American grand slams, and the North American Super Slam from Grand Slam/Ovis.
White hunter is a literary term used for professional big game hunters of European descent, from all over the world, who plied their trade in Africa, especially during the first half of the 20th century. The activity continues in the dozen African countries which still permit big-game hunting.
The East African Professional Hunter's Association (EAPHA) was an organization of East African white hunters founded in Nairobi, Kenya in 1934. Well known members included Philip Percival, Harry Selby, Sydney Downey and Donald Ker. Their motto was nec timor nec temeritas, or "neither fear nor foolhardiness". The Association formed out of a ...
Bell convinced his family to back him for a trip to Africa, where he obtained a job shooting man-eating lions for the Uganda Railway at the age of 16. [9] [11] In 1896 Bell travelled to North America, where he spent a short time panning for gold in the Yukon gold rush [12] and earned a living by shooting game to supply Dawson City with meat.
Percival was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in Northern England, at the tail end of the 19th century. [1] When Philip was still quite young, his older brother Blaney (born 1875) went off to East Africa, and proceeded to send Philip several exciting accounts of his life as a game warden there.
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John Henry Selby (22 July 1925 – 20 January 2018) was an African professional hunter who made a name for himself in Kenya and then in Bechuanaland.Selby honed his hunting skills early in life while working for the Safariland safari company and under the tutelage of legendary hunter Philip Percival.
Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940–1996) was an American hunter and author. He was born in New Jersey and educated at the University of Virginia although he was not a graduate. . Capstick walked away from a successful Wall Street career shortly before his thirtieth birthday to become a professional hunt