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Safari Dreams | 
 enlarge | Authors: Boston T. Party, Kenneth W. Royce
Creator: Foreword By Ph Mark Ivy
Publisher: Javelin Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1781577
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1888766107
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
EAN: 9781888766103
ASIN: 1888766107
Publication Date: January 11, 2008
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Product Description
Safari Dreams: A Practical Guide To Your Hunt In Africa.
A modern and thorough how-to on all aspects of one's first African safari by an experienced author/traveller/shooter/hunter. Uniquely packaged with information, tips, and ideas you won't find in any other book.
This 2008 title will nicely
complement existing fine books on African hunting for the novice and intermediate.
Do you need a .300 mag for Africa?
.375 H&H versus .416 Rem.
.416/400gr versus .458/500gr.
Includes 100 never-before-published color photos of South Africa and Tanzania, in the field and tourist travels.
As Royce writes:
Action turns daydreams into memories.
Safari Dreams will not only inform, it will inspire you to finally go to Africa!
Foreword
Introduction
1)Ethics of Hunting
2)The Golden Age of Safaris
3)Planning & Pricing
4)Insurance & Health
5)Transportation
6)2x1 Hunts
7)Packing
8)Plains Game Rifles, Calibers, & Bullets
9)Buffalo Rifles, Calibers, & Bullets
10)Safe Gun Handling
11)South Africa People & Customs
12)Animals
13)Camp Life
14)Hunting
15)Tipping
16)Hotels & Shopping
17)Trophy Costs
18)Planning Timeline
19)Packing Checklist
20)For Women Only
21)Books, Videos, and Resources
Some misc. remarks from author Royce:
IMPALA
Like whitetail deer, just when you convince yourself that you've got them figured out, they'll throw you a curve ball and you feel like a beginner all over again. Very challenging to hunt rams in a herd with all those nervous eyes and ears.
WARTHOG
These pigs are so otherworldly that seeing them is always a treat. They move and forage unlike anything else, so hunting them is much different from other game. I love to collect their tusks, and they are such popular good eating with the camp.
KUDU
There's nothing like a 50 inch kudu bull half seen from the shadows at 60yds to really get my blood pumping. They've an imperial majesty about them, and the quality stalking required to get close is always exciting.
WILDEBEEST
80% the fun of a buffalo hunt for less than half the cost! Their flatskins are among my favorites.
While there's nothing wrong with the 180gr and/or the .308, the 200gr .30-06 is just magical. That extra 20gr of bullet and 5gr of powder do provide more reliable results.
OSTRICH
Probably one of the most challenging creatures to hunt in a normal plains game bag. (Obviously, bongo, sitatunga, etc. are even more challenging, but those are expensive specialty animals.) Ostriches are incredibly wary, have superb senses, and once they see you will run off 400yds or more before stopping (however briefly). I've yet to shoot one, though I did have the pleasure of stalking up to within 20yds of three hens.
CAPE BUFFALO
Probably the most overall exciting animal to hunt. Tracking, luck, stamina, shot placement, and even some courage are all important elements in any buffalo hunt; the experience encapsulates all that is Africa.
If you have a reliable forged-steel M98-type action in some variant of .416/400gr or .458/500gr caliber making 2300+fps with bullets from Swift, North Fork, Barnes, or A-Square, topped off with a Leupold VX-III scope in Talley rings -- you are properly armed for African dangerous game.
The rest is up to you. It won't be the fault of your rifle, scope, caliber, or bullet. That understood, forget about all the lingering debate over rifles. Now, go practice with it!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Pass yourself off as a seasoned hunter September 12, 2008
A good friend recommended this book to me when he found out I was goint on safari to Zimbabwe. The section on firearms and calibers is based on personal opinion and Ken's is as vaild as anyone's. The part of the book I found most helpfull was the sections on packing and what to pack. I arrived without some of my luggage but got by just fine for several days because of Ken's helpfull tips. The last section of the book has a timeline of what to get done and when to get it done. Very helpfull and kept me on schedule with no worry about "What did I forget to do?" My safari was a success. This book along with several others played a part in that success. When I go on my next African Safari I will reread this book and follow Ken's advice again. Ken, thanks for the help.
safari dreams July 21, 2008
I just returned from hunting in So. Africa and I highly recommend this book. I used it from the planning stages all the way through to taxidermist selection. After reading it I had the feeling of almost having "been there" before. Also, it gives guidance on some potentially sticky subjects like hunters ethics and tipping. This book and "The Perfect Shot" are all you really need to make your safari dream a reality.
Lyle J. Hartman
You Need This Book June 18, 2008
Mr. Royce is an entertaining writer who knows how to use the language. But, Safari Dreams was clearly written more to inform than to entertain (although entertain it does). If you are seriously considering booking a safari, YOU NEED THIS BOOK. Royce tells us not only what he did and how he did it but also what he should (or should not) have done. His experience is invaluable. He pulls no punches.
Kenneth Royce does not hesitate either to go against conventional wisdom (bullets are more important than the firearms that fire them)or to explain the seemingly counterintuitive (binoculars are more important than telescope sights). There are hundreds of books on African safari, some good, many not so good. This may be the best one (of many) that I have read, and it is absolutely the most useful.
Fantastic guide on Africa hunts April 11, 2008
Growing up watching Tarzan, Daktari, Hatari and others on tv, I dreamt of someday making a trip to Africa. Later reading of adventure tales by Capstick, Hemingway, Kittenberger, Patterson, Teddy Roosevelt and Foran only made the desire greater. But the romantic adventure never actually seemed possible, and definitely out of financial reach.
I've read and own most if not all of Royce's books, so this was an easy sell. It's what I expected and more. This book isn't as much an action adventure story as much as "how to" for the common man. There is so much detailed information packed between the covers that it will provide a reference for years to come. Whether it's picking a proper cartridge, picking a guide, or how to get through the airport with the least hassle, the book has it all.
If you're even dreaming about a trip to Africa someday, buy the book, you won't regret it.
I Now Dream of Africa Thanks to Safari Dreams! April 10, 2008
I never have been excited about going on a safari. That was before a Jeff Cooper reunion I attended 3 years ago in New Mexico. At that event, I met a man named Tom who told about his safari and for the first time ever I wanted to go.
At that SAME fateful event, I met a man I've respected ever so highly since: Kenneth Royce, the author of Safari Dreams. Although we keep up with Kenneth as best we can, always buying everything he writes because doing so is an investment in our freedom-loving futures, his new Safari Dreams was an absolute surprise... and a pleasant one, OH so pleasant!
Now, 3 years later, that spark of safari desire has returned, this time with a passion, due to Safari Dreams.
Please understand, this isn't just a story book about safaris as so many books are. They are often good books, but this is FAR MORE. Here, the absolute beginner gets an entire course, a how-to seminar on what to know before, during, and after a safari. If you aren't all that keen right now, you WILL BE once you get less than halfway through Safari Dreams!
And if you have already been on a safari, your knowledge will rocket up several levels. You will learn tips to help you be more effective and safer too. You will learn traps to avoid and you'll save far more than the cost of Safari Dreams too because this book saves you money by telling you what you will need and will NOT need on your future safaris.
This book is on par with another, Boston's Gun Bible, both of which now sit side-by-side on our shelves and which we refer to regularly. Safari Dreams, in addition to encouraging you to take an African trip, is also a reference book.
This book is one that you keep forever, one you get for your closest friends, one you get for ALL your shooting friends. It's one of those important works that comes along only every few years.
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