Show What's Doing in inTHE in- in THE GREAT OUTDOORS I By By Stan Taggart t During his During his recent hitch with the US U.S. Army Dan Summers Summer spent 13 months on the fascinating ing continent of or Africa From February 1954 to larch l 1955 Dan was Mas stationed in Ethiopia on a high plateau 50 miles from the TIed Keel Sea Although Ethiopia Is more than miles north of Kenya which Is the heart of African big game hunting It contains contain a profusion of wildlife On a atypical atypical atypical typical afternoon you couldn't walk half an hour In any direction direction tion without seeing some kind of game Dan reminisces The young Morgan sportsman can rel relate te hunting experiences bythe fry DY the dozens and what's more hes he's got colored slides and moving pictures plc- plc turea tures t to ver verify fy these Interesting Incidents r Oil On one occasion five of ot us hired native guides and went on a ten day hunt Dan relates Native Na Live tive guides a necessity on a trip of 01 this nature cost us about a dollar a day Two I Jeeps had to be betaken betaken taken for if It we had but one and I It were ere to break down wed we'd likely i die of 01 thirst before making it I back t to civilization We took a avery avery a. a very large supply of or water but relied solely upon wild game for I our meat Our hunt took us UI along the I River which Incidentally Is ls the only year-around year flowing river In Africa It took two days daysI I to drive tH tIO miles along among one particularly bad bd stretch of this river It seemed strange to travel travel tra tra- tra vel ten full days without seeing so much as one fence At times we drove over roads which natives na na- na tives claimed hadn't had vehicular vehicular cular traffic for 15 years You cant can't Imagine the immensity of that country Animals which we bagged on this trip included wild pigs two I or three types of gazelle and andI Roan Hoan Antelope which are the size I of of 01 large elk We also killed two pound Kudu Kudu are rated among the top ten game trophies in the world and are very beautiful beau animals While we were searching for forI Kudu a hunting companion who I had remained behind spotted a aI I herd of 01 them hardly a half mile half from our camp With this lead it still took us three days to locate them and bag our two specimens Doth Both the tha Kudu and the Roan Antelope Antelope An were found in heavy brush along the River II j I jOur I Our hunting was limited t ti tithe I the early hours of morning and 1 late evening I because of the very hot and dry climate I Although lion elephant and crocodile had been bagg bagged d on previous hunts in this area we I failed tailed to encounter any of ot these animals animate On another r trip our party bagged a few Tew ostrich These large larce birds stand tand seven or feet tall and when chas chased d at 40 miles an hour by bl our Je Jeeps ps they were able to take In ten and twelve feet leet at a stride They were hii hll d do 10 0 o keep up with too for even at t this speed they were able by extending one large Urge wing to lake angle right turns Thus we wead cad vad to make mae wide swooping turns we could resume the pursuit pur pur- suit II t Hyenas Hyen the garbage cans can ot or Africa were hunted at night They can smell mell dead meat mut for miles mile and possess the strong strong- eat jaw jaws In the world On one oneo o occasion fiey tiey dragged a pound pig from our camp The best beat way to hunt them Is I. to park a spotlight equipped jeep near a care carcass and then wilt walt then the out In the darkness Dan also al o volunteered re d the fol following fol lowing tarts farts I la in the coarse courne I u ol ut o. o Ie I 1 need 11 m ID my Winch tortel t t t.- ortel odel TO j 30 3 Ili with a Bu Bushnell power ou-power t scope op on all these C Caine lm cast cart id Ids Id's es I shot gazelle at 5 boo 0 yards ard ardI i iI I 1 h this rifle Gazelle need d little water and hence are hunted o othe othe I Ithe the dl dry fats flata We II saw a. a these thee an 11 in herds berds of 01 thousands On the other hand the pl pips pigs or wart warthogs warthogs art hogs were ere invariably found near water water We Ve could have killed baboon You ou s drive fifteen minutes minute In lib any direr without seeking a II flock Guinea Lena hens or of are tiny horn horned ate ante lope lop no larger than our jacks bhe they ai a ate qUilt dlf 10 to lie we c 11 into a iera erd o of then and Ind do lIo ne l nta a d fu fuI e c I tn our Jut shot My biggest thrill wa was wat oh- oh bagging three w wild d turKeys turkey on 1 Thanksgiving cia day 1 birtis rd h here e hue e legs legi and nj hinge v We i lase acre acres the flail data at i r-ille r p per por hour II r. r to then them tt i r I. I Lan Ian u r 1 hit ht the th In hn i. i y po i 1 t I aHu it i out tf r tor for fora torLA a LA aiK 11 n. n f. f o 1 I eLme tv 1 e 1 N ILl ita Kith hick h of pt the lar animals animal aa U cne rae or rot two ht hundred i dollars tl HP UI point points out Jut that a ac c civilian couldn't bunt hunt In Africa fo for less fil than A hi nt at w Id ld require at least leant a months month's time be hI les r iia had hall several of or his Ram Kane heads buds m and ehi chipped p d. d and these fine trophy were displayed In the Como Conio Cafe this summer |