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For globe-trotting hunters, the experience of traveling to the other side of the planet, expending tremendous physical energy and significant expense, and failing to get the animal you want is nothing short of daunting. Yet such potential is part of any safari — we're buying a hunt, the fair chase, a sporting chance, after all, and not an animal.

The "failing" I mentioned is the reality I looked back on as I boarded the return flight from a bongo hunt in Cameroon in March 2014. The "daunting" took place in-flight, as I replayed two weeks of chopping through the equatorial forest and all the chess moves that fell short. Before the plane touched down stateside, I concluded that my 20-year dream for a bongo needed a second round, even though it would require another epic expedition that cost a lot of money, plenty of sweat, and some measure of blood.

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