This 'gentleman from the north' simply can't believe how naive and ignorant some people can be.

Craig Boddington is in the business of hunting, photographing and writing about his hunts, and selling the resulting stories to the world's best hunting magazines. Yet Gryphon suggests that unless he (or his daughter) looks like some daggy POS in the photos, then he can't have actually been hunting ethically? How stupid is this!

I have no knowledge of the facts surrounding the hunt in question, so can't comment. Shame certain others here do not share that ethos. Boddington wrote that they drove up to the thar country, then hunted on foot. No reason to question that. Boddington has money to spend (or rather 'invest') in good hunting. That kind of money gets you the best guides, in the best concessions, where there are plenty of top-class trophies available. All you need is to be fit, and able to shoot straight. I assume Boddington is fit and can shoot straight. No reason to question the outcome then, is there?

Perhaps the guide used a helicopter to retrieve the thar the next day, or to position it in the best (accessable) spot for a photo. Who knows. ...and so what? If you were a professional hunting author, you would do the same, or remain second best.

I suspect Brittany may have used the brush that Craig almost certainly would have brought to tidy up the thar's mane prior to the photographs. He is a professional, and knows what is required to stay on top of his profession. Those who would scoff at this are ignorant indeed.

I have two daughters who hunt and fish, the youngest still in her teens, and believe me, they are in the business of looking good! ALL the time! ...but especially when the cameras come out!

How bout spending a little more time on creative posts with something to offer, rather than trying to hose others down because they are successful. Jealousy is an ugly trait.

Great story Nickudu, thanks for posting it.