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acres - well, I don't think it is Number one and Number 2 in terms of allowing a fair chase.
There are not any fences around Bramall ranches that limit the animals' ability to move, so I do
think that is a different situation and I am not interested in high fence hunting.”
It has often been said that good training for Africa, and hunting in Africa, because of the
quick responses [required] is grouse hunting, obviously with a shot gun. What do you think?
How can that help given you have a tremendous experience with shot guns, pheasant hunting
and so on?
“I think that shooting anything prepares you, the difference to me is really finding an animal
in a scope and so I'm not trained to be a quick rifle shot. I think I could probably do it. I think I
could probably do it better without a scope and we will see what the shots are like. I have a
fixed sight that is in place. I could use the rifle that I have without a scope and I'm not so
certain that it wouldn't make sense to do so. We will see how that works.”
So, if you are following up any wounded lions, not that we are going to do that, but that
would be of preference.
“Absolutely, Certainly when I was a kid growing up when I was shooting a rifle, which was
usually at targets with a .22 or something like that, I shot a lot with open sights and I am
probably more experienced over the course of my life time with open sights than I am with a
scope. The one thing that I am anticipating that I am just not certain how well I will do is,
again, finding my way with a scope which is just a different skill set. Time will tell.”
You have obviously done a lot of fishing over the years. How do you compare your mental
preparation and how you experience fishing vs. hunting - what is the thrill, the satisfaction,
what are the differences between them?
“What is similar is that you are outside and you do them in really nice places. That is true of
hunting—it is true of fishing. Certainly in my place in North Dakota, when I am out there I
enjoy hunting but I also enjoy fishing and I'm not certain which I enjoy more. It is just being
outdoors. Fishing I think is a little bit trance-like, for me anyway. One of the issues about
fishing is that you are really there and concentrating on that fish and the water and I find my
attention much more focused on that specific interaction with fish when I am fishing. It is
extremely relaxing and also it is not focused on. You don't have one fish that you are trip is
really related to—if you miss that one, there will be another one along. Hunting is a little bit
different. One of the disadvantages of hunting is that there is not as much catch and release
hunting - that just is not part of it. Because of that you don't do as much of it—you can't do as
much of it. And so you are really focused on that one activity and when that moment comes up,
about not blowing it. That is a big part of hunting. I think hunting is a little bit more [like] you
only get so many chances. I think I would not like to give up either one of them, even though
they are quite different. Hunting does involve the taking of life and I think there is a seriousness
about it that maybe is related to that. It is usually more dangerous. Certainly people can get
killed fishing but I think it is more obvious with hunting. There are quite a few differences
even though I like them both. Again, I think that the environment in which you do it is often
what sticks with you, what time of day it was, kind of how the sun was shining that day, things
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