Indians For Guns

Not sure maybe its already posted for Kenneth Anderson the hunter from South
http://www.geocities.com/praveenrajulad ... erson.html

Rgds

Excellent story teller...

do u people know the story of the photograph of charging leapord shot by his son donald, who used to use a .423 mauser BTW??

I've handled that rifle Monty-atleat THAT is for real!

he also had a IOF 315 with an aftermarket high comb and a scope.
What happened to your knife? pics?

Does anybody know about this person ? I came across a site about a year back which compared him to Corbett ( not the link below )

http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm82.htm

Kenneth Anderson used a lever action 405 winchester for tigers,I think.


penpusher

Sujay";p="11973 wrote:Does anybody know about this person ? I came across a site about a year back which compared him to Corbett ( not the link below )

http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm82.htm

Never heard about this gentleman before.... sounds like some south indian hero.

Danish

More dangerous game shot in S India. Obvious...

Must be all those spices and the coffee.

penpusher

Aah penpusher, the coffee...half a chance and I would lapse into poetical rambling...miss it awfully.
Best
Axx

Yes I picked up a book written by him in Delhi two years ago. He was employed by Mr. V.C. Shukla's Shikar company, Allwyn Coopers & Co. in Wardha, Central provinces, based in Nagpur. Warhda was about a 100 Kilometers North East of Nagpur I guess.

In the 1960s in was a very fertile hunting land and yeilded a lot of game for American clients.

He hailed from Andhra Peadesh and had killed a few man eaters as well. Rao Naidu and some others from Hyderabad too were Shikar Guides at Allewyn Cooper.

The gentlemen in question seldom carried the correct calibre equipment but was quite successful nevertheless.

As for this fellow Kenneth Anderson, I rate him more of a story teller than a Man Eater hunter.

Two gentlemen whom I hold at the highest esteem as genuine Man Eating Tiger Hunters are Jim Corbett of course and Col. Kesri Singh of jaipur and Gwalior.

Shahid,

As for this fellow Kenneth Anderson, I rate him more of a story teller than a Man Eater hunter

On what basis have you formed this opinion?Almost all hunters are guilty of embellishing their stories and their fame depended on their ability to tell their "exploits".Otherwise it would make for very boring reading.After all, who would remember which bird was chirping on which branch of a particular tree when he is concentrating on spotting movement that would indicate the presence of a man eater

Two gentlemen whom I hold at the highest esteem as genuine Man Eating Tiger Hunters are Jim Corbett of course and Col. Kesri Singh of jaipur and Gwalior

So you feel that Anderson was not a genuine man eater hunter.Is there anything like a "Man Eater" hunter.I don't think that man eaters were so common at any given point of time for anybody to develope this as a profession/pastime.Killing man eaters seems to be incidental to the hunting career of these gentlemen rather than integral to their pursuit.

penpusher

Agreed - the label `Man Eater` just added a touch of romance to the Tiger hunters ......... and provided some justification for their almighty slaughter of wildlife. Obviously their exploits have to be considered in the context of the times but it is often difficult to justify the actions of the `White Hunter` - I watched a documentary on the Johnsons the other night and couldn`t help but notice that whilst their 1926 African Safari confirmed that wildlife stocks were in imminent danger of extinction Mrs Johnson happily blazed away at everything that her husband pointed his camera at. The Smithsonian must have despaired at her ! Pretty slow of the Smithsonian to notice as Edward North Buxton had already sounded the warning bells well before WWI.
I see that there`s a programme on Man Eating Tigers on Discovery tonight ........ I wonder which crock of rubbish that`s going to be ?
As a matter of interest, has anyone an idea what the latest figures for Tigers in India are ? Over a year ago - when the Indian authorities were reckoning that there were getting on for 5,000 Tigers - a prominent Indian female expert was asked how many Tigers there were. Her response was "Maybe, if we`re very lucky, possibly 2,000". The last I heard the unofficial estimate ( the more accurate and honest assessment ) was that there were no more than 1,700. A VERY dangerous situation because when the the powers that be start to panic it`ll be too late. Minus however many Tigers is still zero.

It was over a decade ago that I laid my hands on about half a dozen Kenneth Anderson books from my Father's Shikar book collections.

I recall some tales of women and shadows appearing and dissapearing, a hermit who used tiger paws to mark pugmarks, and similar incidents.

But salutations to all those hunters who braved the winter nights and mosquitos on those tree Machans night after night.

With modern equipment like insect masks and thermal clothing plus better spotlights and chairs for machaans it is more comfortable now. Imagine those hunters with the very basics they had to do with.