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I have never driven a motorcycle. Risking my life on a contraption which offers no protection in case of an accident is just not my cup of tea. Currently my chief means of transportation is a Ford Taurus station wagon and I am a much more careful driver than I was forty-five years ago when I entrusted myself and my passenger to a frail wood framed sports car, a Morgan, whose only concession to safety was a roll bar and attached seat belts.

I have shot buffalo with both a .458 Winchester Magnum and a .505 wildcat cartridge of my own design which duplicates the performance of a .500 NE in a bolt rifle. My preference is for the latter.

I once killed three buffalo with four shots in less than a minute using my .505. I might conceivably have done the same with the .458, but for me the choice was easy. The .505 simply gave me more latitude for error, where a 6.5X54 gives practically none at all.

One of my best friends was out for a Sunday spin on his beloved motorcycle when he rounded a curve and was met head on by a teenager driving his car on the wrong side of the road. He left behind him a wife, a son and a brilliant legal career. If he had been driving the family sedan he would have in all likelihood survived.

My choice of a cartridge to use on dangerous game is governed by how much recoil I can take. I abandoned an experimental bolt action .577 because the recoil forced me to take two steps back after each shot, and I realized that such an option may not exist in a tight spot with dangerous game.

Each hunter (and driver) must make up his own mind the size of risk he is willing to take, bearing in mind that he is risking not only his own life, but potentially those of his companions.

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