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Nickudu
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The Bachelor of Powalgarh
      #55023 - 17/04/06 12:02 PM

The Bachelor of Powalgarh

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #55043 - 17/04/06 06:03 PM

What rifle was he shooting? Was he shooting FMJ's?

One wonders if the cat would have done the same if shot with a Double rifle with softs.

Stalking a wounded tiger sounds wild!!!

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #55105 - 18/04/06 01:37 PM

Nick,

I must have read Corbett a thousand times since I was a boy, but I could never have enough! Thanks for posting this, one of his best pieces.

I agree with his description of a tiger's roars in the wild - from the umph-umph mating call to an angry roar they have to be heard to be believed. And, there is no more magnificent sight than that of a tiger in the wild. The huge elephant, the only slightly smaller gaur and the Assamese rhino are all fine beasts but none can compare with the sight of a tiger. Those who have seen one would agree with me. Those who haven't, had better rush. India's crappy forestry processes mean that the tiger will soon be extinct in the wild there.

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Nickudu
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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #55209 - 19/04/06 12:24 PM

Mehul - Have you read Kenneth Anderson? I would say he came close to Corbett as a writer and was, perhaps, tougher and braver as a hunter.

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #55224 - 19/04/06 03:23 PM

After reading that one thought kept going through my mind...Brass Balls!!

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #55226 - 19/04/06 03:48 PM

Nick,

I enjoyed Anderson immensely though in India itself, many seem to think that he bragged somewhat. This includes some of the older shikaris who still live in India and who had considerable experience hunting tigers and leopards in the old days. To a man these people seem to venerate Corbett as if he were superhuman.

It probably isn't fair to compare two very different individuals, or, indeed to compare anyone in India with Corbett... I guess my approach has been to enjoy both on their own merits and I have enjoyed their books a lot as you recommend.

Thank you for a fantastic post as always. And, even more for a very enjoyable discussion.

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #57358 - 19/05/06 08:46 AM

I know I am joining quite late. I have all of both Jim Corbett's and Kenneth Anderson's books. Corbett is in a different league. He was not just a hunter but a chronicler of history and a part of that history and his works speak for that. About Anderson being tougher and braver, it's said that, while he shot quite a few tigers etc, most of what he wrote could safely be called pot boilers. This is not to take away the credit from him of his knowledge of what he was writing about.

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: vikram]
      #70686 - 02/02/07 02:32 PM

Ive heard that Kenneth Anderson's son (dont remember his name now) was actually the one who did all the hunting. Which is why if you see the pix, its always his son with all the animals and very few with Kenneth!

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: Nickudu]
      #70697 - 02/02/07 09:43 PM

A person close to Corbet.A few facts aboutOne man who will never forget Corbett is the feisty Billy Arjan Singh, a far more controversial figure now living out his last years in Tiger Haven, his jungle retreat near Pallia in Uttar Pradesh, close to the Nepal border. Like Corbett, Singh, 87, underwent a dramatic change of heart, hanging up his .275 rifle in 1955 and turning to conservation. Singh used to sit at the feet of Corbett in Nainital, hearing firsthand the stories that would eventually find their way into Maneaters of Kumaon. He later dedicated his own book on tigers to Corbett—the first conservationist—and his lifelong efforts were finally recognised this year when he was awarded the J. Paul Getty award for conservation, together with a cheque for $50,000.

Not everyone was pleased, of course. Singh first provoked an outcry in the 1970s, when he hand-reared big cats and released them back into the wild in a bid to boost dwindling populations. His biggest ‘success’ was Tara, a tigress brought over from Twycross Zoo in Britain. In 1978, Singh released her into the jungle, only for there to be an outbreak of man-eating in the surrounding area. Tara was blamed for the deaths of 30 out of 80 people who were eaten, but Singh always protested her innocence. Even when a park director claimed to have shot Tara and paraded her in front of local villagers, Singh maintained that his beloved animal was still living free in the jungle. To prove it, he cited the appearance, many years later, of a young Siberian-looking cub. Tara had had a Siberian strain in her ancestry and the arrival of her cub proved she was alive. (It also proved that the intergrity of the Bengal gene pool had been destroyed, but that’s another story.)

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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: iqbal]
      #70937 - 07/02/07 06:31 AM

Reddy375
Kenneth's son is Donald.I met him when I was in school in bangalore.Big , strapping guy, lived in a huge house near the Tech museum, with a hall full of pics -everything from rabbits to tigers to elephants.All legal.I remember a stock he showed me-all that remained of an Indian Gaur aka bison that took a swipe at him and detached the stock from action as neatly as a saw-while Don was trying to do a bullfighters pirouette-only dont remember the caliber-was too overawed meeting a man I had just read about!

He had a Indian Ordnance .315, a mauser in 423 and a 12
That was 30 years ago and I heard lately that he's in Bangalore.Dont know about his guns.
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Re: The Bachelor of Powalgarh [Re: eljefedouble]
      #70957 - 07/02/07 06:06 PM

After reading JC numerous times( i still do) and also having read KA`s books IMO i reckon KA was throttling his dick quite a bit,now thats in comparison to JC`s tales...no contest in my mind re: composing a story of a hunt or of a sight to see and i do agree with the fella`s posting above that KA seems to "elevate" his worth and could be construed as a braggart type of fella,you can read that in his posts whereas JC was simply telling it as it was.
I have always said if anyone cared to listen that the hunters of this world should dig deep and contribute a few bucks to the millions needed for a REAL film of Jim Corbett`s times hunting maneaters and to be done by a master,maybe a Speilberg? Woudnt that be grand?

Bottom line...KA hasnt had a National Park in India named after him,and never will.

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