In August this year, our very good friends, Ken and Sheila Harrison, their daughter Kelly Herb, son-in-law Dan Herb, and grandchildren Brett and Brianna, joined us for hunting in South Africa. Ken and Sheila had been threatening to come out and hunt South Africa with their Family for about 4 to 5 years and they were true to their word! The hunt was to be divided up into 3 sections, namely hunting in the Free State Province, in the Limpopo Province and a tour of the world famous Kruger National Park. But more about this marvellous time later because a previous hunting experience with Ken and Sheila comes to mind!!
I guided Ken and Sheila about 10 years ago on a hunt which was, to say the least, hectic!! We hunted Limpopo, Free State and Natal Provinces, taking many good trophies along the way.
The short story that I would like to share with you is as follows:
Sheila does not like snakes at all. So when Ken and I went out stalking and hunting, Sheila would stay with the vehicle, until one day in Natal, Ken and I persuaded her to come on the hunt with us. We had not gone more than 50 meters from the vehicle when we bumped into a cobra! Sheila to this day, believes that Ken and I planned the whole event! As you can imagine, Sheila was not impressed at all and again elected to stay with the vehicle, and nothing would change her mind! At least the incident did not spoil her enjoyment of the rest of the time we all had together!