"The Mutha Elephant"
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By Sten Cedergren From The Adventurous Life of a Vagabond Hunter Published by Safari Press - Hunters of Yesteryear: 1959
David Ommanney, in his foreword to this book, wrote that he and his PH hunting friends all said the same thing about Cedegren: that he had ice water in his veins ...

Cedergren with his head, Nzvi, and a 114-lb bull tusk, Tana area, 1968

The young Cedergren never forgot J.A. Hunter's advice on hunting elephant: "Get as close as you can - and then get 10 yards closer!"

Cedergren'spersonal best trophy: The 'Mutha' elephant, 120 and 119 lbs. Yatta Plateau, Kenya, 1959

Cedergren's first buffalo, taken on his first safari in Uganda, 1955

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