409: 49 Years Of African Safaris With Craig Boddington

Craig Boddington joins me on the show today as we discuss trends he has observed since his first African hunting safari nearly 49 years ago. Craig and I talk about countries that have opened and closed hunting since his first safari, dramatic changes in the populations of various animals (for better and worse) that have occurred since then, trends he has noticed in various Africa countries in terms of where he'd go to hunt different animals, differences in availability of ammunition loaded with different bullets and for different cartridges, and even how hunting safaris are conducted differently today vs the 1970s. Sponsor: Go to BigGameHuntingPodcast.com/ebook and sign up for my free e-book on the best hunting calibers at to receive the entertaining and informative emails I send out about hunting, firearms, and ballistics every weekday. Join the Big Game Hunting Podcast tribe for the potential opportunity to have a future podcast guest answer one of your questions on the air along with access to all my bonus material at Get copies of 50 Great Stalks , Tracks Across Africa , or one of Craig's many other books on Amazon here (affiliate link, commissions earned). Please hit that "

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409: 49 Years Of African Safaris With Craig Boddington is an episode from Big Game Hunting Podcast: Rifles, Calibers & Muzzleloaders For Deer, Elk & African Game by John McAdams.

This episode is 01:12:47 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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