Andrew Leigh
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That was Robert Ruark the American PH who operated in Africa. He was noted for his exploits and ability to tell a story. The term was "Use Enough Gun" and was the title to a book he authored and was basically a "best of Robert Ruark" collection published posthumously.A hunting buddy's hunting buddy and I were chatting about 3 years ago about a boar I lost. I was shooting 5.56 and the shot was too far back. He started into this business about how I needed to "bring enough gun" which I later learned is a proverbial (maybe historic) catch phrase of a famous African hunter. "Bring enough gun" is apparently the answer to all your problems. He, of course, didn't waste his time with pathetic calibers such as mine. He shot things like .308, 7mm mag, and 12 ga slugs. Had I been using "enough gun" then I would not have lost that hog. He knew that and he wasn't even there!
I would see this guy 2-3 times a year when he would come down to Texas to hunt and he would get on me about bringing enough gun. Then he came back skunked from a hunt with my buddy. Maybe skunked isn't the right answer. Using a 12 ga slug gun, he bagged the leg of a feeder, missing what was reportedly a nice buck. I asked him how much is enough gun for a miss and about how he was going to cook the feeder. He hasn't bothered me since, LOL.
I find it amusing how folks are apt to blame bullet, caliber, firearm, etc. for problems with the hunter. "Enough gun" and the "right gun" is going to come down to a lot of things, particularly how well you use it.
Read it as young boy, was great then, wonder if it would still be?