Shooting Times & Country

A sporting life in Africa

Aidan Hartley is a farmer, keen Shot and fisherman

This week, a leopard ate a man a couple of miles away from us. His name was Eric and he was of unsound mind, according to the ranger’s report I heard. Eric was a young fellow, about 22, who recently appeared wandering around a neighbour’s place, where his father had once worked as a labourer. Wearing not a stitch of clothing, he was living off the land, which is arid

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