Big Game Shooting in Alaska

Cpt. C. R. E. Radclyffe

Mar 2018 · Pickle Partners Publishing

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203

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About this ebook

Captain Radclyffe was an English gentleman-hunter who visited Alaska in 1903. He bagged Dall sheep on the Kenai Peninsula, back then a relatively new destination for sport hunting. He shot excellent brown bear and moose, one a 57-incher on Kussiloff Lake on the Alaska Peninsula. On his final bear hunt, a sow charged him and his native guide abandoned him. He was arrested for game law violations that prematurely ended his hunt for sheep, adding another interesting dimension to this well-written story. The charges against Radclyffe were later dismissed since he had an off-season permit to collect for the British Museum, but the author’s partner was not so lucky. Radclyffe writes of how the judge enjoyed rubbing the dismissal into the face of the arresting marshal, and he paints a vivid picture of the interactions of the hunters, guides, and authorities. After all his troubles, he lost most of his trophies because of shipping problems related to the Russo-Japanese War. Radclyffe had a way with words that makes the account of his trip to the Alaskan frontier come alive. This is an extremely interesting and well-written account of the game as well as the people that existed 100 years ago in the frozen North. Big Game Shooting in Alaska is dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, a longtime friend of Radclyffe’s.

Richly illustrated throughout.

About the author

Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe (1873-1953) was a retired English army major and the author of several books, including Norwegian Angling, Small Game Shooting in Hungary and Modern Falconry. He was also one of the founders of the Shikar Club, an international sporting club founded in London in 1909 by Old Boys of Eton and Rugby to champion the cause of hunting and in particular big game hunting.

He was born in 1873 to Charles James Radclyffe and Blanche Sulivan. He was married twice—first to Vivia Corisande Howard in 1897, followed by Kathleen MacDonald Docherty in 1927—and had four daughters: Muriel Blanche Corisande Radclyffe, Iris Evelyn Rose Radclyffe, Vivia Doreen Radclyffe and Olive Beryl Radclyffe.

He passed away in Bere Regis, Dorset, England on July 1, 1953 at the age of 80.

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