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some legendary hunters

Ben Lilly American* well known american hunter of bears and cougars

Jack O'Connor *american* worked for outdoor life was a master sheep hunter killing every type of wild sheep in north america by 1946 being only the 4th man to ever accomplish this

Jim Corbett *british* was considered a saint in india for hunting man eaters. he killed 19 man eating tigers and leopards in 30 years in india

Howard Hill *american* known as the world's grestest archers one of the first hunters to take down lions and leopards with a bow and was known to take down elephants with a bow way before modern tech allowed that to be possible.

Philip Hope Percival *english* the dean of african hunting brought famous people like ernest hemingway and teddy roosevelt on safaris hemingway turned him into a character for one of his books

Colonel John Henry Patterson *english* the main character in the story the ghost and the darkness based on the true story of the hunting of the most notorious man eating lions in kenya

Saxton Pope *american* was a american bowhunter that wrote the first well known book on the subject called Hunting with the Bow and Arrow.

Art Young *american* another bowhunting legend and one that brought the sport up going hunting for animals in alaska and greenland

Ishi *american* last member of the yahi tribe taught both pope and young about how to create bows arrows shoot and hunt

William Cody "Buffalo Bill" the most famous buffalo hunter of all time he earned his name for killing 4,280 buffalo in 8 months

Harry Selby *south africa* guided author robert ruark on safari which made him love africa so that he wrote the book the horn of the hunter.

William John Compton "Chief Compton" *american* born in nebraska was influenced by sioux bow hunting later got together with pope, young, and ishi to influence bowhunting

Frederick Courtney Selous *english* left england at the age of 19 for africa by 25 he was known as one of the world most successful elephant hunters

W.D.M. Bell *scotland* master elephant hunter the perfected the skull shot perfering shot placement to large bore guns he later perfected the feat of shooting elephants while standing diagonally behind the them, which is now called the Bell Shot.

Fred Bear *american* following the movie by pope and young of hunting in alaska he took up bow hunting himself later created first bow that could be mass produced for bow hunting

Jedediah Strong Smith *america* explorer and hunter first american to cross the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin and he was also the first to travel up the California coast to reach what is now Oregon. he survived these long journies by hunting for him and his men and surviving on the wilderness

Christopher Kit Carson *american* Carson was a mountain man, trapper, army scout and buffalo hunter. became a folk hero in america the capital of nevada is named after him.

Jim Bridger *american* one of the most famous mountain me explorers in american history he survived long extreme treks into the rockies. one of the first americans to trek yellowstone first american to see the great salt lake. he also discovered a pass through the rockies known as bridger pass which is now interstate 80. he survived all this by hunting and trapping for his group


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