1970's Sambar Chronicles the "first hunt" part one.
It started with the sambar stags. The Sambar stag holds a special place in the hearts of Australian deer hunters. Introduced from India and Sri Lanka in the 1860s, these massive deer took to the Victorian high country like they were born to it. Mature stags can weigh over 300 kilograms or 660 pounds, and carry dark, rugged antlers that sweep high and heavy. But it isn’t size alone that makes them so desirable—it’s the challenge.
Even the name "The Yukon" fires up the imagination—its vast wilderness, towering mountains, and untamed rivers calling to those who crave adventure. My heart pounded just thinking about the chance to hunt 3 bears there, Colour-phase black bears and grizzlies were at the forefront of my mind when I saw the hunt come up for auction online. Determined to win, I had two phones and a laptop going. One device froze at the worst moment, but I wasn’t backing down. The bidding started at $2,000,
Day two of our hunt in the Caprivi started just like every other day of the hunt: an early rise, coffee in front of the fire overlooking the floodplain that lay before us in Ivory Camp, the wildlife symphony, and a hearty breakfast to hold us through. The thought of a successful elephant hunt in 24 hours was not even on the radar for the day. It wasn’t long before we were set in the Cabassa Safaris Land Cruiser and gliding across the sandy floodplain that is the Caprivi.
We were perched on a rugged South Island mountain ridgeline, way out there in the 4WD buggy, when Mike whispered, “There are some tahr right over there.” He eased to a stop, and we glassed the opposite mountainside across a steep valley. The terrain was brutal—sheer rock faces, jagged cliffs, and steep tussock-covered slopes, the kind of unforgiving country where tahr thrive. Sure enough, his keen binocular eyes picked out a group of six or seven tahr, standing effortlessly on terrain that looked near
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