African Hunting Gazette

On Safari with Stephan Stamm

African Hunting Gazette: Tell us when and where you were born, and something about your family.

Stephan Stamm: I was born September 3, 1973 and raised in Switzerland. My family comes from an architectural and development background. However, my father was always an avid and passionate hunter and always had his own hunting areas in Europe, as well as making regular trips to Africa for hunting.

AHG: How did you become a PH? How did it all begin? Tell us the interesting bits.

I grew up with hunting in my family and since pre-school age I was in Africa every year with my father for his hunting trips. In my early twenties I

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