The most famous hunters in history

August 11, 2022

Our life cannot exist without food. The human body always requires water and food. There is no way to live without it. Nowadays, there is no problem with this. People can always provide themselves with food and water. For this, there are stores people grow some products at home, in the garden. This is one of the fundamentals of life, a source of energy for the body. Well, now it is easy, but our ancestors did not think so. For them, the primary mission was to survive. There were no stores, and they did not know how to buy food. So they killed animals on their own to replenish their energy supply. After all, milk gives more strength and has a lot of protein and nutrients. So our ancestors hunted for different animals, catching fish and all living things to eat and be strong. After all, without it, they could not continue their lives, as our body is so structured that without water and food can not live. Now hunting is also possible, but now there are restrictions. Not all animals can be killed and only within a certain period. Some species are in the red book, and you can get a good fine or even imprisonment for killing them. Since we are talking about hunting, we will tell you a little about it.
Hunting is a pastime, a trade that consists of searching, tracking, and killing certain species of animals, primarily wild ones. For someone, it is a recreation. For others, it is a release of negative energy, but also to get the prey products valuable to humans such as skin, bones, and meat. They are used for medicine because some animals have a substance that can help and heal people. But you can not always hunt, only in a certain period of the year, and for a particular kind of animal when the offspring grow up and survive on their own in the wild. Sometimes hunting season is set to do so-called forest sanitation when animals such as: (wolf, foxes, moose, bears, beaver, raccoons, and so on) are very numerous and can cause harm to the forest. Most hunters use a shotgun so as not to torture the predator, and death is quick and painless. When you go hunting, you must have the documents which allow the use of weapons and a hunting ticket. In the case of inspection by an inspector, it is necessary to show all these documents. Nowadays, there are a lot of hunters, and they are looking forward to a new season for good hunting and spending time in the woods. For some people, hunting is a hobby, a rest, they do it all their life, and it's not a dark part for them. And today we'll tell you about the most famous hunters.
One is Saxton Temple Pope, best known as the father of bowhunting. It is the practice of hunting wild animals with an arrow. It has been used for thousands of years as the primary method of hunting animals. Even in our time, it has remained and is used in hunting and sport. But Saxton was not only a hunter but also a writer, doctor, and a lover of outdoor activities. Place of birth Fort Stockton, Texas, in the family of a military surgeon. He became an athlete and learned outdoor skills while living in Army camps and frontier towns. There, he learned archery, shotguns, horseback riding, and even how to make good knives. Growing up a little, he went to medical school at UCLA. He followed in his father's footsteps and soon became a surgical instructor at the medical school. In 1920 Pope and his companion, Arthur Young, went hunting Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park with a special rosette. They took a hand-held robotic tool called a bow and arrows with metal tips. Now all the stuffed and mounted bears are on display at the California Academy of Sciences. A little later, he wrote his book called "Bow and Arrow Hunting," which has remained in print to this day. Saxton Temple Pope hunted for the rest of his life. He died of pneumonia in 1926. Another, also known as Theodore Roosevelt, was an avid hunter who loved blending in with the wilderness. He was born in New York to a family of philanthropists and merchants. The future president of America, politician, writer, animal advocate, naturalist, and historian. Since childhood, he has had health problems and also suffered from asthma. His family loved to travel, and at age 11, Theodore had already been to Egypt, England, and France. Since he loved to hunt, he taught his son a lot and visited many places. With him, in 1909 went on an African safari to collect samples for the Smithsonian Institution. He received worldwide acclaim for going on one of Africa's most extensive safaris. They began their journey through British East Africa, headed for the Belgian Combo, and then back to the Nile. His group took about 500 big games and 1,100 egrets. According to his story, they were even attacked by a massive rhino during the expedition, but they were fortunate and had time to react. Theodore shot right between the neck and shoulder, hitting him right in the heart. Immediately his companion shot on top of them and hit them in the neck vertebrae. The beast was still running at them but then fell 13 paces away. In 1919 he died of pulmonary artery thromboembolism. Death came in his sleep.
And a third very famous hunter, John Henry Paterson. Born in 1867 in Ireland to a Protestant family and a Catholic mother, Paterson was the commander of the "Jewish Legion" during World War I. He was a hunter, soldier, and author, also known as "The Ogre Lions Killer of Tzavo. At the early age of seventeen, he joined the British Army. In 1898 he went to supervise the construction of the Ugandan Railroad. Immediately after the start of the work, his builders were in danger of being attacked by two man-eating lions. Despite the well-protected area, the predators still made their way there. After a few months of tracking the beasts, Paterson finally succeeded in killing the lions. He killed one on December 9 and another 20 days later. The bridge was completed in 1899. And his story he published in his first book, which he called "The Ogres of Tsavo." In 1924, the Field Museum of Natural History bought the skins and skulls of cannibals lions. On July 18, 1947, at 79, he died. His wife outlived him by six weeks. The Patersons were cremated and buried in Los Angeles. In 2014, their ashes went to Israel for reburial.
Today we told you briefly about hunting, famous hunters, and their style. We ensured that hunting was one of the most common hobbies, pastimes, and ways to get food to survive. Many military men receive hunting training because it is a non-darkening part of survival. It has become clear that hunting has been distributed worldwide, and humankind is still doing it today. It's not just about survival. It's about merging with the wilderness. So people can say rest from the iron world, from civilization. According to the tales of the above historical people, hunting can sometimes be dangerous for life. But a man is more intelligent than an animal, and he has all possibilities to defeat a wild animal.