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Hunting for Great Literature

In the adventurous world of hunting, there are many great stories and books to make us all gasp, laugh, cry and more. If, as a hunter, you are a reader, odds are your life has been influenced by some of them. If you haven’t yet read enough of them, find them, read them, then pass them on to an aspiring hunter.

Finding the Green Hills of Papa's Africa

Ernest Hemingway’s “Green Hills of Africa” is classic hunting literature. And while its pages have led many to follow the path of the hunter, the actual route of the safari Hemingway used as the basis for his story has, until now, remained elusive.

Harry Selby, One of the Last and Greatest of Africa’s ‘Great White Hunters,’ Dies at 92

John Henry (Harry) Selby, 92, died peacefully on January 20, 2018, at his home in Maun, Botswana, following a year of declining health.

Why Every Hunter is a Trophy Hunter

Every one of us is a trophy hunter, though we look for more than horns and hides. We all collect moments, memories of a hunt, to cherish.

Behind the Bullet: .30-06 Springfield

While the .30-06 Springfield has been a father to many successful cartridges, it remains the cartridge by which all others are measured.

Top 10 African Game Animals

Man, how do you possibly rank the top ten African game animals? Contributor Philip Massaro is going to try.

Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa Reissued

Hunters with an African safari on the mind—or those simply looking for a good read, from one of history's finest authors—will be pleased to learn that Ernest Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" was reissued today by Scribner Publishing. "Green Hills of Africa: The Hemingway Library Edition" features the author's original memoir of his 1933 safari across the Serengeti, as well as further content that wasn't available in the original print run.

Harry Selby Today

Joe Coogan has known Harry Selby for more than 40 years, and remembers meeting him for the first time like it was yesterday.

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