I almost meant it, too. Nielssen later told me he heard a slight sound behind him, but as he spun to fire, the lion was on him and knocked him flat.The infuriated cat grabbed Paul by the shoulder and sank his fangs through meat and bone, while shaking the puny human like a jackal with a mouse. Although I was tired, sleep came fitfully; possibly the ever-nearing roar of those lions helped keep my mind occupied. Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940-1996), a former Wall Street stockbroker turned professional adventurer, was critically acclaimed as the successor to Hemingway and Ruark in African hunting literature. One of the lions had a shot which had broken its tail--a testimony to my marksmanship. "The young men thought it was too hot to sleep inside their, , Bwana," he replied. As the title says, this book is all about dying and in particular, how Africa tries to do that to you. Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. Even as I pick up my copy I can feel my heart start to pound, feel the dust of Africa under my feet, smell the whiff of cordite and hot metal, taste the tang of blood. I use the term "honest" because there are many ways to get a cat to skin; to safely bust a, across 200 yards of cover such as the putting green grass of the Kenya flats is a much simpler proposition than rooting one out of the scrub. Willy awoke his son-in-law and sent him to start the small Honda generator while he went to the storeroom for the guns. His wife had reached it and was gripping a crossbar that formed a frame for the lashed-on, grass. Similarly, if it's not getting enough water, the grass will die. Inspection establishes that the lioness is in the prime of life and previously uninjured or disabled although very lean and, with macabre obviousness, hungry. Older people like me will remember him from Outdoor Life and Field and Stream. Death in the Long Grass by Capstick, Peter Hathaway. If we jumped him and he charged us, it would be from such close quarters that there would be time for only one shot, if that. Somehow he tugged it free, the sudden release making him fall backward. Because of the great personal danger inherent in sport hunting for lions under modern conditions, it might be said that hunting lion on foot in the thick covers of central Africa is the purest expression of the honest sport of hunting. I just read it again, and loved it just as much as when it was first published in the late 1970s. . For some reason the lion then turned on Paul's legs and began chewing, as I recall, on his left thigh. Inside the travel-dented locker lie three flat five-packs of Kynoch 300-grain soft-point cartridges for the battered, silver-worn, old rifle, a Cogswell and Harrison, .375 Holland and Holland Magnum in caliber. A large male lion had been stalking him from cover and charged, grabbing him, presumably in the chest, with its teeth. I think I fell asleep on the couch about 1am. His wit, metaphors, descriptions all resonate--British. Please try again. 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 You may blow a hole in his heart big enough to accommodate a navel orange, but in his condition of hyperadrenia, there will still be enough oxygen in his brain to carry his charge for a surprising distance and enough moxie left over to turn you into something that would give a hyena the dry heaves. And of the few who have known this dangerous way of life, fewer still can . as two huge male lions broke into a run across our fronts. I didn't miss the second time as he dragged himself toward me with his front paws.Lion charges are usually, but not always, preceded by a short grunt, which is a great aid in locating the cat. As the lioness lay chewing on his head, she may have thought that the crushing sounds she heard beneath her teeth were the breaking of the skull bone instead of those of the man's hands and fingers. "Before De Beer could answer, Matthews gave another scream, which mixed with a grunt from the dying lioness. Lions may or may not eat people killed under these circumstances, but if they do, they don't seem to forget how easily the meal was obtained and. Death In The Long Grass Author: Peter Hathaway Capstick ISBN: 9780312186135 Format: PDF, Mobi Release: 1977 Language: en View An account of the adventures of a big-game hunter offers glimpses of man-eating leopards, fear-maddened elephants, charging buffalo, cunning hyenas, and other great killers of the African bush country The Death Of Grass Death in the Long Grass. I had come close enough, theoretically, to being a statistic on both occasions to never again underestimate a man-eating feline.I rigged the mosquito netting and took my weekly malaria pill as Silent maneuvered the extra thorn bushes across the barrier. I do not enjoy following up either one, but if I had to make a choice between digging a lion or a leopard out of grass, I would take the leopard simply on the basis that although he was much more likely to chew a couple of sirloins off me, he probably would not be as likely to kill me.You get nailed by a lion with one good body bite and, brother, your problems are all over.I am absolutely delighted to tell you that, as of this writing, I have no idea whatsoever of what it feels like to be bitten by a lion. As the thousand grains of lead tore through the roof (happily without setting fire to it withmuzzle blast), there was a tremendous roar that blended with the twin crash of the shots. There was no proof, but circumstantial evidence pointed to the fact that the big, healthy, glossy-coated cat (who is now a full-mount in Milano) had decided that things were getting a bit hot where he was operating and moved south, just happening to pick the wrong hut for his first foray in a new zone. I had bearded that lion in deep grass at night with an empty gun! In the excitement he was, he was actually shooting at the lion, and to this day I suspect he wonders if I pulled some sort of practical joke.Another hunter friend of mine reports that, upon seeing his first lion at close range, his client threw away his rifle and ran like a lunatic straight after the big cat. ", , Bwana," commented Silent. 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. With all his strength he belted the lion across the muzzle with it, then again. Before long, these mutterings rose to a crescendo of gabble in a strange language which left me totally uninformed as to what was going on. After leaving Wall Street, the New Jersey native hunted in Central and South America before going to Africa, where he held pro hunting licenses in Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Download Season Of The Long Grass full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Still, I knew that there had been cases of lions killing as frequently as twice the same night and that, anyway, man-eaters have an uncanny way of showing up where least expected. Locking the safety catches, he handed the .243 to Colin Matthews as he came up. Behind its bleached cloth and netting walls, a slender white man sleeps fitfully, tossing in the humid spring silence as greasy sweat darkens the sheets of his camp bed. The lion ducked into a thicket, raising vocal murder.The professional, muttering unprintables, bulled in after it to save his reputation for never letting a client with a lion license go home empty-handed. However, since they had attacked no one and were within the borders of the national park, nothing could be done despite their threatening behavior.The second night, firearms locked away in accordance with regulations designed to prevent their theft for guerrilla purposes, Len and Jean were asleep in a pole-and-dagga (mud) hut. Lately I've been reading through the series by C.J. I have no soft spots. The Man-eater of Chabunkwa, thirsty from his ninth kill, padded from the thicket to drink at the nearby river.The safari season was over and I was puttering around camp, taking care of the last-minute details of tagging trophies and sorting and packing equipment when I heard from the district commissioner of the area, who had sent a runner with a note wedged in a cleft stick asking me to come on my SSB radio as soon as I got it. His preying eyes slipped carefully across the village, but all was still--none of the hairless animals in sight.In a low, hunch-shouldered crouch, he slinked toward the rear of a darkened hut, his huge paws soundless against the packed red clay. If interested please advise re post code for postage estimate. He was still giving the same, meaningless shout as I shook off my numbness and scrambled to my feet, ripping away branches like a mad man searching for the gun. They were dimly-lit in the semi-darkness of the camp. I grabbedthe rifle and electric torch, pulled the thorn fence away, and dashed barefoot toward the screams. Sometime before dawn, the lion sounds stopped. Roger. I had tried hunting lion in this cover before, harrying them through the jungles of waxy, green, , a dense, house-high shrub that grows like a beach umbrella with the handle cut off, in hope of getting my clients a quick shot as the cats crossed the open channels between the heavier clumps. As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view the Africa that few people have ever seen. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2007. scary stuff. Willy De Beer was not most men. Status symbols are as important in the African, as they are on Park Avenue. After all, he had already proven ten times that he had no natural fear of man--the fear that can give the hunter an edge.I thought about Paul Nielssen's mauling in the past year within this same strip of bush, about five miles upriver. As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capstick's 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; ""As I could see lions within what looked like biting distance, I started blasting away with the .308. Many lion charges are successful because, considering the velocity, the gunner doesn't hold a low enough lead factor. No lions. After reading Death in the Long Grass I ordered and read 4 of his other books. Marie, Marcel (Marcel Brochard, owner of the Studio de Bologne, a major Paris movie studio and Cox's nonhunting companion), one of our trackers and I were the only ones left on terra firma. This reflex seems better developed in humans than in most big game, who have few if any natural enemies. May contain highlighting and or writing. But he'll settle for a cold beer as long as he has his smokes. As I neared the huts, I caught the flash of a big, male lion in the probing beam, moving off into the bush and high grass. After all, fried chicken anyone? When I had the aerial rigged after breakfast, he answered my call immediately. The Tsavo man-eaters may have picked up their culinary preferences by dining upon the bodies of Indian coolies discarded along the railway line. Finally, we stopped and, checking the wind, swung in a wide arc to bring us as close as possible to the shrub yet offer us maximum visibility under the difficult circumstances.Finally, we came up to the thorn bush and, the three armed men leading the trackers and gunbearers, sneaked up on it. 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 We were checking a bait one morning when I caught a movement out of the corner of an eye and saw this lion walking sedately across a small, , or flat, as casually as you please.I told the gentleman to please place a large hole in it with all dispatch, and he got into shooting position. All indications are that the end is far from near.One of the most consistant danger points of this area is the Luangwa Valley of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), a northern tributary of the Zambezi and one of the better hunting grounds of Africa. 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