Kenya – Bird Hunting Safari

Field Journal, Uncategorized

October 8, 2013

September 21 was a terrible and tragic day in Kenya. Innocence lost at the hands of extremists. Kenyan friends indicate order has been restored. I hope our Special Forces continue to chase down the terrorists in the Africa and wherever else they may be found.

I made my first trip to Kenya in August. My partner, Col. Dennis Behrens, has been going to Kenya since the late 1960’s and has been on 39 safaris with Bateleur Safaris. I joined one of our groups this time and enjoyed an exceptional trip. My four days of bird shooting at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro were incredible. We shot yellow neck spur fowl,crested francolin, sand grouse and helmeted guinea fowl. Without question, one of the finest bird hunts I have ever been on.

The Maasai Mara Game Reserve was my next stop. To witness the wildebeest and zebra migration has to be seen to believe. I heard lions and hyenas every night, saw huge herds of buffalo and the multitude of plains game species that inhabitants the Serengeti/Maasai Mara ecosystem is truly amazing. I doubt there is a finer area to enjoy the splendors of African wildlife than the Mara.

Mike Cheffings and the Bateleur staff provided top shelf service and East African traditional tented camps were the excellent.

Gordie’s Book

“There are some things I knew about Gordie White before I read his book…and one important thing I did not know. I knew that he was not only an experienced hunter, but a passionate, with a genuine love for wild places and wild creatures. I knew that he’d been brought up as a hunter, and that this is, essentially, his life as well as his hobby, both his avocation and vocation. It’s my chronological misfortune to consider him young, but he’s filled his years with a tremendous amount of experience, from Canada to Africa and back again, with multiple stops in between. I knew these things because we’ve shared African campfires together…and I knew one thing more: Gordie White is one of the good guys, honest, self-deprecating, not given to the shameless self-promotion that, in this era of mass communication without accountability, turns inexperienced ‘wanna-be’s’ into self-proclaimed gurus. But there was one important thing that I did not know about Gordie White: The man can write! Although I’m sure there are more, there are two things that make a book like this worthy of reading. First, the writer must have a genuine story to tell. Second, he must be able to tell it. Gordie White passes both tests, and has given us a great story, worth telling and worth reading.”

Craig Boddington

Kenya – Bird Hunting Safari

Kenya – Bird Hunting Safari

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