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Ep. 730: Dispatches from Africa - So You Wanna Be A Professional Hunter?

Published: 2025-07-10 09:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Apprentice Professional Hunter George Dodds.

Topics Discussed: Ginormous termite mounds; growing up on a ranch in Kenya; how elephants hate bees; the resident lions and leopards; Kenya's 1977 ban on hunting; 250-pound Nile Perch; the misery that tsetse flies unleash; the fashion combo of shorts and cute gaiters; what it takes to become a Professional Hunter in Tanzania; harvesting honey on the Luganzo Tongwe Game Reserve; eating Steve's Cape Buffalo; and more.

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