You all forget one thing....
and that is the fact that most, if not all of the Kudu drivers were tought their taildragger skills on the C185.
Now there is a lovely lady with one helluva kick, especially on landing. A bit smaller, but with a lot bigger heart. A lot nicer to fly than both the Kudu and Bossie, a lot more fun to, especially when sitting next to a jettie trying to get the springsteel undercarraige under control during landing.
Was a real trick to do a bounceless wheeler, even better trick to do a bounceless 3-pointer.