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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Cody Roiter on February 21, 2009, 12:46:00 PM
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Hello Guys, I have a pic of a man named Gates.. 1960s.I know he went on an african safari but thats all I know about this man.. I also know u took two Bear Bows with him... He also had a crossbow...
Any help would be great....
Thank's guys,
Cody
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Cody,
Hunting Africa had always been a dream of mine and I read everything I could find about it. The name Elgin Gates was always front and center in my readings.
(By the way, I did realize my dream with a 3 week hunt to South Africa in 2006.)
As far as I am concerned, he is the greatest sporting hunter of the 20th Century. Gates hunted Africa for nearly 30 years with many of his hunts being expeditions into unknown territory. He is pretty much responsible for the opening of much of Africa to sport hunting. He has well over 200 trophies from Africa, Asia, and North America in the record books.
He is somewhat of a controversial figure due to the rumors surrounding his quest to get as many game animals into the record books as possible. Some say he did not adhere strictly to fair chase rules, but this has not been proven. It could be others were just jealous of his success.
Elgin also raced motor boats winning several national championships and set 26 world records.
He won 17 national and international championships in clay target shooting. Won 3 International Olympic-style championships in 8 years, defeating every member fo the elite and highly trained military teams from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy. He was the only civilian to ever do so.
He died in 1988.
His favorite cartridge was the .300 Weatherby Magnum and I do recall very little about his hunting with trad bows. If you have something, I would love to read about it.
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Ok i think I do have something on him I will have to look it up... Are there any videos on the web of him doing any kind of shooting...
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He also wrote a column in one of the gun magazines and his articles frequently appeared in most of the gun and hunting mags.
He pretty much did it all....and appeared in just about every Weatherby catalog ever published.
Tom I.
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Elgin T. Gates was one of the greatest hunters of his time, risking life and limb to take many of the finest trophies killed during his era. An accomplished writer, the account his Marco Polo sheep hunt is one of the greatest hunting stories. It has been years since I read it, but still a favorite. During the 1970s some of his trophies were on display in here Omaha but not sure if they are still here. Will have to check on that. Herb Klein and Jack O’Connor are two others that are right behind Fred Bear, who is at head of the class of my favorite All Time Top Ten Hunters.
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If I'm not mistaken, Elgin Gates founded IMSHA didn't he? I'm pretty old but I think I remember that.