The Peter Capstick Series - African Safari
Peter Capstick's Last Safari |  |
Peter Capstick's Last Safari
"I never dreamed that this would be Peter Capstick's last safari, but now I realize Peter must have thought so, which
explains the sudden urgency of his desire to embark on a leopard safari in order to complete the Big 5 on video.
As you will see, a leopard safari is much more than hunting leopard... especially with Peter Capstick in camp!"
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's Hunting the African Lion |  |
Capstick's Hunting the African Lion
If a Lion ever reaches you, the odds of your survival are small. He may weigh 450 pounds, he may not even be wounded; yet when he comes, his charge will be low and fast and he may bring friends with him.
Lion hunting in Botswana is conducted by tracking. Baiting is not legal and relying on a chance sighting is not productive. You hunt Lions by finding tracks, determining the sex and the size, and then following the tracks of the big male.
In the morning, you might catch up with him warming himself in the sun. In the middle of the day, you might run into him while he is sleeping in the shade. Late in the day, you might find him thinking about a meal. But regardless of the time, if he senses your presence, he may become the hunter...and you the hunted.
Capstick describes the dangers, explains what can happen when things go wrong, and then, along with Cundill and Wilson, Capstick shows you the strategy and excitement of hunting the African Lion.
Near the Chobe River in northern Botswana, the mopane scrub and terminalia are thick and the hunting method is to track completely on foot for miles and miles. The Lions can be anywhere...and Capstick finds them!
In the Kalahari, the desert is so vast and the game so dispersed that the only efficient hunting method is to cut track in a vehicle and follow the tracks until a Lion is located. By then he has heard you and he usually runs to heavy cover. You have to go in after him and take care of him before he takes care of you. With the help of Capstick and professional hunter Ronnie Blackbeard, Wilson takes a Kalahari Lion on-camera.
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's Hunting the White Rhino |  |
Capstick's Hunting the White Rhino
The comeback of the White Rhino from near extinction to a huntable population is one of the great game management stories in history.
Capstick describes the history of the Rhinoceros, compares the White and Black Rhino, and narrates important historical footage of the transplantation program by the Natal Parks Board that was largely responsible for the great increase in the population of White Rhinos since 1962.
Then the hunting starts for a trophy Bull White Rhino in the Thabazimbi area of South Africa, about 200 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg and 150 kilometers due east of Gaborone, Botswana. A traditional tented camp is set in the middle of a valley that is surrounded on three sides by mountains.
Ken Wilson is the client-hunter and Peter Capstick is the back-up and on-camera expert. Ken's professional hunter is Dirk Uys (pronounced "Ace") and Dirk's partner is Stan Szmyrgala.
In the course of a week, 9 Rhinos are stalked before the hunters decide on which one to try for. And the one they take is a loner Bull that has been seen in the valley for over 25 years which makes it one of the first Rhinos transplanted back to the Transvaal after they had completely disappeared from that Province in the last 1890's.
In the course of the Rhino hunt, two other exceptional species are taken on-camera: an unusually long-tusked female Warthog and a Southern Impala with long and wide horns that will place it in the top 10 of both Rowland Ward and SCI. A 20 foot Python also provides some excitement.
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's Botswana Safari |  |
Capstick's Botswana Safari
With the expert assistance of Gordon Cundill and professional hunter Jeff Rann and Ronnie Blackbeard of Hunters Africa, Capstick takes Wilson on safari in three distinct ecological areas of Botswana: the Chobe River, the Okavano Delta, and the Kalahari Desert.
In the Chobe, you will see the on-camera hunting of Kudu, Sable, Tsessebe, Wildebeest, Lechwe and Zebra.
In the Okavango, the elusive aquatic antelope, the Sitatunga, is uniquely hunted from dugout canoes.
In the Kalahari, the animals that are successfully hunted on-camera are the Gemsbok, Springbok, and Hartebeest.
Warning: This video will make you want to go on safari.
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's Hunting the Cape Buffalo |  |
Capstick's Hunting the Cape Buffalo
If you wound a Cape Buffalo and he sees you, the inevitable result is quite simple: either you will kill him or he will you.
Capstick enjoys describing the dangers because he feels the dangers create the enjoyment.
Find out what it's like to track herd after herd of Cape Buffalo in the limited visibility of the heavy mopane scrub and terminalia of the Chobe region of northern Botswana. When your chance finally comes, you may have three seconds to mount your rifle, find the kill zone, steady the crosshairs, and squeeze the trigger And with the Cape Buffalo, one shot rarely does the Job, even when well-placed. You will probably need to jack in a second round and fire before your Buffalo reaches the herd.
Then the tracking begins. But your trackers are experienced and they follow the tracks of the herd for several hundred yards until they see a lone track veer off to the right. Get ready, with one in the chamber and your magazine full and hope that your trackers see that wounded Bull before he sees you. If all goes well, you'll get a shot at him where he's standing in heavy cover and he'll drop and give out a death bellow.
You'll see it happen .. . twice. Wilson gets an education from Capstick and Cundill, and then, with his professional hunter, Jeff Rann, succeeds on a beautiful trophy with huge bosses. Next, Capstick, with professional hunter Robert Ramajaga, takes a tough old bull after an all day tracking marathon.
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's Hunting the African Elephant |  |
Capstick's Hunting the African Elephant
PETER HATHAWAY CAPSTICK
He has added to the magnetism of the African bush more than any other modern writer. As a government cropping officer, he personally shot over 800 elephants. But he had not sport hunted a trophy bull Elephant on his own license until this safari with Volker Grellmann of ANVO Hunting Safaris in the Bushmanland area of Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Peter shoots his 70 pound Jumbo on-camera ( and, just to avoid confusion among the uninitiated, the old bull was over 12 feet at the shoulder and weighed an estimated 14,000 pounds with two tusks averaging 70 pounds each).
Three other Elephants are harvested on-camera. The first is a big 80 pounder taken by Jerry Heiner who, along with his wife Bam, shares camp with Peter. The other two bulls are taken by Ken Wilson and Dave Harshbaroer with dramatic frontal brain shots.
But it is the experience with the aboriginal Bushmen that will be remembered as much as the Elephant hunting. Unfortunately, the Bushmen are being telescoped into the 21st century at such a rate that their historic lifestyle may disappear before it can be passed to the next generation.
The African Elephant is subject to a variety of conditions: poaching and unregulated human encroachment where it is endangered... enlightened game management where it is not. Regulated sport hunters and sophisticated, government-supported game managers are the friends of the African Elephant. Together, they will be the salvation of Loxodonta Africana, the world's largest living land animal.
DVD Version (Available only in set of all 6 titles) $101.75
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Capstick's African Campfires |  |
Capstick's African Campfires
Sit back, relax, and enjoy Peter Hathaway Capstick as he discusses his insightful and inimitable thoughts on professional hunters, clients, rifles and ammo, the Big 5, and many of his personal experiences on safari.
Audio Tape Version $9.95
Audio CD Version $9.95
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