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Nickudu
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Two Tickets to Hunza
#73879 - 15/03/07 05:00 AM

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Two Tickets to Hunza

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mickey
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: Nickudu]
#73899 - 15/03/07 08:32 AM

Nick

Once again a winner. I loved Gates's book on Asia.

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Nickudu
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: mickey]
#73900 - 15/03/07 08:57 AM

"I loved Gates's book on Asia."

Hi Mike! After borrowing your copy of "Trophy Hunter In Asia", I went out and purchased a copy anyway. It's truly a captivating read. Further on, I found a copy of "Trophy Hunter in Africa" and enjoyed it too, but not so much as Asia.

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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: Nickudu]
#74029 - 17/03/07 12:04 AM

BTT

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mickey
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: Nickudu]
#74069 - 17/03/07 12:26 PM

I agree

His book on Africa was just so so. I think at heart he was a Mountain Hunter and it showed in his love of the animals and the hunts.

What fun to have spent a few weeks with Gates and Klein on a real Sheep Hunt.

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Nickudu
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: mickey]
#74099 - 18/03/07 12:48 AM

Yea, "the trophy bug" ... all those guys were bitten hard.

"Ardent Hunters" ... "Driven" ... "Tortured Souls" ... "Men Posessed" ... such anguish they endured.

Lucky Bastards!

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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: Nickudu]
#74679 - 27/03/07 04:54 AM

Nick,

There are members at the Pakistan Hunting Community who would love this piece. Many of them are enthusiastic hunters and ardent conservationists. I shall post a link to this thread on the PHC and invite their members over to participate here.

Thanks again and good hunting!

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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: mehulkamdar]
#74832 - 28/03/07 02:57 PM

Fantastic Nick, thank you so much!

I agree with the posts above about Gates' book "Trophy Hunter in Asia", especially his story about his epic 95 mile march to Chapinchingal Pass for his Marco Polo rams. That hunt by him and Herb Klein opened up Marco Polo sheep hunting to sportsmen post war. That tale, will probably forever be held as the gold standard to which all sheep hunts will be judged. It was adventure.

I'm mid-way through a fascinating Asian sheep (argali) hunting book right now by Robert Anderson, "Wind, Dust and Snow - The Great Rams of Asia". Anyone interested in the re-opening of Asia to sheep hunting (Cold war to present day), I highly recommend this book.

Thank you again Nick. Two Tickets to Hunza is a great find and many of us would not have been able to read it if you weren't savvy enough to share that with us. Much appreciated.

Dave

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Nickudu
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: DPhillips]
#74974 - 29/03/07 09:29 PM

Thank you for the encouraging words Dave.

I plan to post many similar articles in the near future.

Mehul, bring on those Pakistani's!

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NitroX
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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: Nickudu]
#78381 - 10/05/07 06:43 PM

The links for this story will be removed soon. Please enjoy it while it is up.

It will be re-posted in about twelve months or so.

Thanks to Nick for posting the story.

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Re: Two Tickets to Hunza [Re: NitroX]
#81565 - 01/07/07 05:59 AM

Very nice. I missed being old enough and having enough pocket money to hunt places like that when they still existed and when Americans could travel safely to them.

I know you can still hunt Marco Polo sheep now, at great cost, but somehow I imagine it is a little different.

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