TEXAS SAFARI: WORLD CLASS BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. A GUIDE TO HUNTING BIG GAME IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. By A.M. Micallef.

1986 1st edition. 8vo (156 x 235mm). Pp256. B/w photographs and illustrations. Maroon faux leather, spine titled in gilt.

"Al has written a vivid picture of hunting in Texas that takes the reader through all aspects of a safari for rare and exotic species of wild game available in our own backyard: Texas. He describes all aspects of the hunt, from planning and booking a trip to taxidermy of your trophy. For a few hours he will transport you to the bush in Texas, where summer will make you feel like you are in Africa and winter will leave a chilled shiver. ...Texas Safari is informative and the experiences Al Micallef shares with us are entertaining, knowledgeable and bring to mind more than a few memories in my hunting career. This book is a guide to hunting in Texas that the beginner and experienced hunter alike can rely on for valuable information on where, when and what is available in our great State for a hunting experience of a lifetime". (Don Corley). Chapters include:- Discovering exotic big game hunting in Texas; The Yo: When only the best is good enough; Triple C Ranch: A matter of inches - trophy aoudads; Onion Creek Ranch: Where the deer and the antelope play; The Flying A Ranch: Quality, stability and beauty; Finn Aagaard: Hunting on the Buttery Ranch with an African Professional White Hunter in Texas; Bryan Coleman: Hunting for aoudad with a Professional White Hunter; Greenwood Valley Ranch: A rugged ranch and super people; Indian Creek: A record book with Russian boar; The Triple 777: A five curl blackbuck antelope; A "10" exotic big game hunt; The original Texas exotics; Hunting whitetail deer in Texas and brown bear in Alaska; Taxidermy and field care; Hunting with "Big Al". An appendix lists adverts for various Texan outfitters, guides, taxidermists and hunting facilities followed by a thirty page blank hunting journal to be filled in by the reader.