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Ep. 728: Dispatches from Africa - Tracking Dangerous Game
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Steven Rinella talks with Senior Tracker Eliamani Marugwe.
Topics Discussed: How to read signs on the ground; how to tell whether a track is old or new; sneaking up on game; poaching as a child and hunting cape buffalo with poison arrows; lighting restorative bush fires; and more.
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