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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

THIS IS AFRICA, with Andy Buchanan

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This awesome episode gets below the veneer that is luxurious Africa... Deep into the gritty stories that expose the warm, friendly, but sometimes violent heart of the Dark Continent. We talk favorite areas and species to hunt in Africa, best tools for the task (rifles, cartridges, and bullets), and how to bring an attitude geared for success on safari. Plus, Andy shares his story of an incredible charge by a wounded leopard, which he killed literally as it sprung on him. ENJOY! 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Born and raised, Zimbabwe, sometimes we love it, sometimes we hate it.

0:05.8

But, hey, it is a wonderful place.

0:08.4

I tell you, if I could swing this around and show you the sunset outside.

0:12.6

It's a beautiful place to live, friendly people.

0:15.9

It gets a bit of bad press, but, hey, it's a hell of a nation to live and let me tell you folks we've got a

0:26.1

really special guest on the show today this is andy buchanan from this is african if you've ever

0:31.9

dreamed about hunting the dark continent you're going to love this conversation i'm sure

0:37.2

andy my friend,

0:38.7

thank you for joining me today. Joseph, nice to meet you, the man, the myth and the legend

0:44.5

himself, almost in the flesh. Clearly, you've been led astray. Hey, well, you know what,

0:52.9

not to blow smoke up your bum, but I have heard that you are the modern day Craig Boddington and even better.

1:00.9

Oh my.

1:02.8

Yeah, that's off to you.

1:04.8

I'll take that as a great honor.

1:06.9

Thank you, my friend.

1:07.9

And like you mentioned it, and nice to meet here virtually, I've never met you in person, but we have some mutual friends in Africa and they all speak incredibly highly of you. Jock Strauss, who's almost my brother now in Namibia, has told me how excited he is for you and I to actually meet some day and hopefully

1:29.1

hum together. So I'm looking forward to that very much.

1:32.5

Yes, sir. Well, I'm glad you've heard something good about me because I don't hear much good

1:36.8

about myself. Nice to hear for a change.

1:42.4

Just for folks who aren't familiar with This is Africa, the television show,

1:48.7

would you just take a few minutes and tell us about yourself and your show? So this is Africa.

1:54.8

There's two parts to it. There's the TV show that is on the Sportsman's Channel in the States,

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