{"product_id":"trophy-hunter-in-asia","title":"Trophy Hunter in Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eELGIN T. GATES  already a living legend in the field of international big-game hunting  won the Weatherby Big-Game trophy in 1960  the \"Oscar\" of the hunting world. In a vote by an international jury in 1963 to choose the six greatest living hunters in the world  he was selected with this comment: \"Elgin Gates is considered by many authorities to be the greatest hunter of them all.\" He is perhaps the only man in history who has hunted all of the worlds continents. In search of rare and exotic species of big-game in far-flung corners of the globe  he has pioneered and opened up new hunting areas  blazing trails for others to follow. He has 121 African trophies listed in Rowland Wards Records of Big Game. Together with 43 ranking specimens from Asia and others from North America  his grand total of record-class trophies exceeds 200  an achievement unique in the hunting world. As a sportsman in other fields  notably speed-boat racing  Gates won 463 trophies and set 26 U.S.  world and international records. He has won 37 Field \u0026amp; Stream \"button\" awards for game fish  and has many competitive shooting trophies for rifle  pistol and international trap shooting. He is a member of the Shikar-Safari Club  Conseil International de la Chasse  Camp Fire Club of America  Professional Hunters Association of East Africa and others. He is also interested in archeology and has located and excavated several prehistoric Indian sites  as well as some wagons abandoned by the Donner party of 1846 during their migration to California. Gates lives with his wife  Dollie  in Southern California  where he is at work on two more books on big game  and one on American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966137921589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0876910282","price":227.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780876910283.jpg?v=1770555101","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/trophy-hunter-in-asia","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}