And Walter, would you believe I have the preserved remains of a Leopard resting on a rock above my fireplace and a kudu on a pedestal across the room? Not to mention several dozen other scraps of antler and hide hanging about the place.

I guess I am most put off by the whole "shouldn't we all be offended" reaction when the comment displays such apparent ignorance of actual conditions in Africa today. My friend Nick Nolte is a PH on roughly 200k acres of open range in central Namibia. This year, because the economic induced scarcity of hunters, he and other land owners will cull several hundred head of game - primarily oryx. In the tribal areas, plains game is exploding because it now has value to the local population besides being a simple source of protein.

Mark likely made a more serious contribution to the well being of real Africans in his two weeks of "piggish" behavior, than any of the offended enlightened do in a lifetime.

Again Mark, thanks for the post. I am off to the Caprivi in July for buff, roan and sable.