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Published: Friday 16th of December, 2011
The presenter and I are hanging 15 yards back. Both experienced hunters and physically very fit, both totally out of our league as these jungle athletes spring from fallen log to thorny palm trunk, without making a sound, and in one fluid movement.
As part of the series Hunters of the Lost World, for National Geographic, I was lucky enough to film in Africa's last true rainforest, which lies between the Cameroon and Congo borders, where it has somehow so far escaped logging.
This jungle rainforest is as thick as anywhere I've been in the World. So dense are the triple canopies they render any sat phone useless - you are well and truly off the grid here, - old school style. Not that 'off the grid but have a mobile reception' kinda situation. No choppers can land if anything goes wrong, you're only way out is a two day machete swinging hike to a remote outpost.
With a crew of three, our filming mission revolved around a nomadic tribe of pygmies, called the Baku. These mysterious people are virtually uncontacted and have only been photographed by one explorer. Our intention was to film how they hunted and survived and immerse ourselves into their world, with as little impact as possible
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Submitted By: Davey H
27th of April, 2012
It was the best of hunts. It was the worst of hunts. Some days I wondered what the hell I was even doing here and yet other days I simply marvelled at the experience I was having in this part of the world
Submitted By: Giles P
28th of March, 2012
We were all dead still, I moved in millimetres and only whilst filming, never raising our white faces to the sky. We hardly breathed. The leaf matter crunched under any movement, so we just froze. It\'s a sickening thing to scare off a Deer or a Tahr.
Submitted By: Swazi
30th of December, 2011
When we were first developing the idea of making a show about the world\'s last traditional hunters, the hunt that was first on my list was blowpipe hunting.
Submitted By: Paul C
29th of December, 2011
The end of July in Canada\'s Yukon Territory is a special time. Not only are the bugs starting to wind down, but hunting season is just around the corner
Submitted By: Swazi
24th of November, 2011
People kept saying what horns or skins would look nice, I just commented on whether or not it looked good to eat! Started to creep them out I think...
