Hunting Vignettes: Tales from the Big-Game Hunting World

Hardcover, 260 Pages.

Embark on a thrilling journey through the heart of Africa with Ben Seegmiller, a seasoned big-game hunter whose tales will leave you on the edge of your seat. In Hunting Vignettes Seegmiller recounts over seventy riveting stories from his decades-long career tracking elusive prey across the continent.

From the treacherous jungles of Cameroon to the untamed wilderness of Zimbabwe, Seegmiller shares heart-pounding encounters with some of nature's deadliest creatures. Witness the pulse-pounding moment as Seegmiller faces down the venomous Gaboon viper, with its two-inch fangs poised to strike, deep in the dense undergrowth. Experience the adrenaline rush as three massive bull elephants charge him and his guide, testing their mettle in the unforgiving African bush.

With wit and dry humor, Seegmiller takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of danger and adventure, revealing the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the pursuit of big game. A life member of both Safari Club International and Grand Slam Club/ OVIS, Ben Seegmiller has received the SCI World Conservation and Hunting Award and the GSCO Slam Quest Pinnacle. He has hunted in more than thirty-five countries, taken more than 200 animal species, and has some 550 entries in the SCI Records. Ben was the first person to receive all eighteen SCI Grand Slams by 2012, and all twenty-eight SCI Inner Circle Awards at the Diamond Level by 2015. All told, Ben has participated in more than 200 hunting safaris. Growing up in a hunting and mining family in south-central Utah, Ben received his doctorate in Mining Engineering in the 1960s at the University of Utah. He became an international mining consultant specializing in rock stability and has more than fifty years of experience in stabilizing rock structures and providing expert witness testimony and consulting advice.