Now that snake story is funneeeee! The client who was with me on the Lion episode is a practical joker of world proportions and we spent half our time laughing - I'll have to remember that one for when we hunt together again next year.....might even try to buy a rubber snake......
I hunted with another guy last year who bought out a set of NVGs - they were great fun and very useful to watch the predators etc at night.
Personally, I don't even go to dinner without taking my rifle along and it's right beside the bed when I sleep. - Overly cautious? - perhaps. I'm an ugly bastard now, but I've been in the business for many years and don't plan to let anything except old age make me any uglier