Wow! very thought provoking.. I won't bore you with the stories of walking to school bare footed in the snow.. and oh yes, up hill both way's... Nor did I have fantasies since birth, of hunting Africa.. Nope nothing so romantic..I was a local deer, boar and upland game hunter with the ocasional black bear under my belt. every other year a Elk hunt in Wyo or Colorado if I could swing it. One day I woke up and decided to go to Africa. Yes, I did mortage the house. hunted in Zambia and haven't looked back since. I now work 50-60hr weeks to afford my Africa fix... I am actualy some what envious of those who at an early age dreamt of hunting the dark land and made those boyhood dreams come true..... Salute...

450Dakota