I would personally like to welcome you to my new web site, CRAIGBODDINGTON.COM. During my lifetime, I have been blessed to turn my passions of shooting and hunting into a career as an outdoor communicator. During this time, I have had 20 books and over 3000 magazine features published in an attempt to share my adventures, memories and observations on the great sports of shooting and hunting. The goal of every outdoor writer is to develop a loyal readership, and to every person who has ever bought one of my books, read one of my articles, purchased one of my videos or attended one of my seminars, I am extremely grateful for your support. Often in my travels I am asked about where to purchase a particular book, what new projects am I working on, or if a particular book is going to be reprinted. All good questions… but sometimes difficult to answer. Hopefully, this web site will help answer all of these questions and provide my readers with some added perks when they purchase books, video and DVD's from me directly. Outside of a personal appearance or seminar, my new web site is the only place where you can purchase a signed copy of one of my books! Many serious book collectors value a signed copy by the author.  If you would like to order a personally signed book, please be patient as I am often out of the office for a few weeks at a time. I will however make it a priority to sign and ship your book to you immediately upon my return. I invite you to use the "Tell A Friend" and "Add To Favorites List" features to let all your hunting friends and acquaintances know about CraigBoddington.com.   Remember to visit often so that we may keep you up to date on the new book releases, videos and my personal appearance schedule. I once again would like to thank you for your support.
Good Hunting,                                      Craig Boddington

BODDINGTON ON ELEPHANT WITH IVAN CARTER
(PRODUCED BY SAFARI CLASSICS PRODUCTIONS 2008)

Perhaps no other big game animal on earth combines the romance, adventure and element of danger as does the African elephant. And now my partners at Safari Classics Productions and I are proud to announce the release of our most exciting and comprehensive film to date, BODDINGTON ON ELEPHANT WITH IVAN CARTER.

BODDINGTON ON ELEPHANT is a project that has been many years in the making. During that time, our film crews have followed the ivory trail while capturing the thrill of the modern day elephant hunt. This adventure has taken us to all of the premier elephant hunting destinations including Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Namibia and more.

BODDINGTON ON ELEPHANT is unique in that it is actually 2 separate presentations within the same film. This first disc is a hunting movie, highlighting the drama and excitement that hunting this magnificent animal will produce. The ivory trail will take you across Africa in pursuit of adventure, and you will enjoy some of the most dramatic hunting footage ever captured!

The second disc is what we call…the ELEPHANT ESSENTIALS. Here we will present a diverse range of topics, that combined, will assure you get the most out of your elephant hunting experience. These topics include:

• WHY HUNT ELEPHANT
• THE GOLDEN AGE OF ELEPHANT HUNTING
• ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
• GUNS AND LOADS FOR ELEPHANT
• SHOT PLACEMENT
• PREPARING FOR THE IVORY TRAIL
• ELEPHANT BIOLOGY AND HERD DYNAMICS
• ELEPHANT COUNTRY TODAY
• THE ART OF TRACKING ELEPHANT
• ELEPHANT BEHAVIOR
• TROPHY ASSESSMENT
• TAXIDERMY

We will present these elephant essentials to you in a unique format, designed to be viewed at your own pace. Each segment is highlighted on a main menu, which will allow you to select a specific topic for viewing.

The art of elephant hunting is a subject that goes way beyond what you or I as a client could only hope to master…. This is truly the domain of the professional hunter. This film will introduce you to professional hunter Ivan Carter, one of today’s most experienced and passionate elephant experts. As you will see in this production, as a result of his almost encyclopedic knowledge on elephant, Ivan has developed a very unique style of hunting.

Whether you have hunted elephant, plan to hunt elephant in the future, or are a safari enthusiast who enjoys the adventure of African hunting, BODDINGTON ON ELEPHANT WITH IVAN CARTER is sure to be one of the most treasured titles in your DVD collection.

Available on DVD – 2 disc set
$39.95 plus S&H
(DVD will be shipped in early November - Preorder yours today!)

Download previews of the BODDINGTON ON BUFFALO, BODDINGTON ON LEOPARD and the new AFRICAN EXPERINCE video. Includes hunting scenes and highlights from the video. To begin the download, click on the video images to the below.           NOTE: Visitors with a high speed Internet connection can LEFT click on the video image to the right and begin the download. Dialup connection visitors will be better served by RIGHT clicking on the image and selecting, "Save Target as...", then viewing the video after it downloads to your hard drive. You can download the latest, free version of Windows Media Player here.

TRACKS ACROSS AFRICA . . . Another Ten Years - Trade Edition (Safari Press, November 2008) Twenty years ago I chronicled my first decade of African hunting with From Mount Kenya to the Cape.  I followed up ten years later with Where Lions Roar, but in my mind that didn't mean I was making a habit of "ten year African books."  In fact, in 1997 I would have bet that this book, Tracks Across Africa, would never exist.  I would have been wrong.  Thanks to our television series of the same name--and a thirst for Africa that, somehow, has never been slaked--time spent in Africa has continued to escalate, and has been just as much fun as it was thirty years ago!  Except that, back then, I didn't know what I didn't know.  I'm still learning, and will continue to learn, but today I am able to look at things based on thirty years' experience and more than seventy African hunts.  While I'll never say "never," I do not predict that I will write another "ten year African book."  I can say that this is my best (and biggest) African book, and I hope you'll join me as I relive hunts in far-flung places like Cameroon, C.A.R., Chad, and Ethiopia; classic destinations like Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique; and of course, today's most popular safari countries, South Africa and Namibia. Trade Edition, in slipcase 326 pages, illustrated in color and black and white. $39.95   Leopard By Craig Boddington, Tim Danklef, Dave Fulson (Mission Trails Media, March 2007) In all my years of African hunting, no other species has provided more highs and lows than my pursuit of the African leopard, the most beautiful and possibly the most challenging member of the Big Five.  Our new book Leopard is a joint collaboration with my partners Tim Danklef & Dave Fulson (producers of my Boddington On Leopard DVD) and is, without a doubt, the most in depth study on the history and hunting of this magnificent cat ever produced. After a great deal of thought and consideration, we have decided to offer Leopard only in this one time signed, and limited edition printing. Leopard will NEVER be reprinted neither in another limited edition nor trade edition, guaranteeing this book will become an instant collectors item.  Limited to 1250 copies only, numbered and signed by all three authors. Leopard: 200 pages with over 150 color photographs, large format, embossed cover. This book features a custom presentation box including a fronts piece of renowned artist Guy Coheleach’s “Tree Stand.” $150.00

Member and Supporter of these Associations
Professional Hunters Association of South Africa  |  Boone & Crockett Club
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep  |  National Rifle Association
Dallas Safari Club, Life Member  |  Safari Club International, Life Member
Outdoor Writers Association of America