+1 For the Lion.

[ericire12]

I also agree with Kid Shellen, if you are not going to eat it, why kill it?

Ummmm, because they are pissing on the constitution and systematically dismantling our country.
























*Govt watch dogs, please note that this post was an attempt at sarcasm, and it is intended for mature audiences for the purposes of entertainment and possibly art. I do not in anyway condone the killing of politicians.... Tom Bogan does .... I feel very strongly that all politicians have the right to life, and that we should in no way threaten them with physical violence. It is also important to note that I am a registered Democrat and a card carrying member of the ACLU ***No politicians were harmed in the making of this post***.

[Pathfinder]

I agree with Texas Bryan 100% on carrying a side arm while hunting. Especially if you are hunting dangerous game. I cannot believe none of those hunters were hurt when the lion charged and attacked? Scary video.

I also agree with Kid Shellen, if you are not going to eat it, why kill it?

I think one of the last shots before leaping at the guide did some real damage. I replayed it, and the way the lion's body reacted looked like he was hit as he was going in for the bite. His body almost looked like it was slammed, with the upper part stopping and the lower part continuing a bit under the upper part. That can't be faked. I would think. He missed the guide mostly, and had his mouth wide open for a killing bite as he passed the guide. The shot distracted him enough to miss, possibly reflexive?

Were I the guide, I would have burned my shorts, there would be no way of ever getting them clean.

2how, I understand the "canned hunt" hostility, but these preserves are generally very large. I stayed on an elk hunting preserve in SD some years back that was 11,000 acres. For the geographically challenged (Haz? ?  ) that is roughly 15 square miles. Yes, it is surrounded by a fence, but that only limits animals at the fringe, not in the middle. If this were a case of sitting at your computer, and pressing a key to fire a gun, I would be with you. These guys, however, are on foot in amongst the lions. More than I would ever do.

I too was troubled by the large number of shots being whipped around

[jaybet]

I have no problem with someone shooting a trophy if it is in a managed population and all is above board. The meat can always be provided to the needy. If you're out in the middle of all these beasties, it's a fair fight.  Just hope you're with a good guide.

[tombogan03884]

Tom,

I'm sure no expert. I read the same books.

The big problem when I was there in 1999 was too many elephants. They want to cull even more but were a catching a load of dung from the animal rights crowd.

They said they knew we were hunters even though we weren't there to shoot.  The one thing I heard from rangers, guides and the lodge owner (we stayed west of the park) was what cheap skates and pain in the butts the eco-tourist were. 

I would love to go back and hunt but now that I have the money, I don't have the time.

2show, the hunting culture predates the gun culture by a day or so.

Isn't that the way it ALWAYS works out ?   

2 HOW, since you must have been there why did you participate in such a despicable act ?
If you WEREN'T there, then you don't know what you are talking about and should STFU, instead of playing keyboard tough guy.

[PegLeg45]

I think one of the last shots before leaping at the guide did some real damage. I replayed it, and the way the lion's body reacted looked like he was hit as he was going in for the bite. His body almost looked like it was slammed, with the upper part stopping and the lower part continuing a bit under the upper part. That can't be faked. I would think. He missed the guide mostly, and had his mouth wide open for a killing bite as he passed the guide. The shot distracted him enough to miss, possibly reflexive?

Were I the guide, I would have burned my shorts, there would be no way of ever getting them clean.

2how, I understand the "canned hunt" hostility, but these preserves are generally very large. I stayed on an elk hunting preserve in SD some years back that was 11,000 acres. For the geographically challenged (Haz? ?  ) that is roughly 15 square miles. Yes, it is surrounded by a fence, but that only limits animals at the fringe, not in the middle. If this were a case of sitting at your computer, and pressing a key to fire a gun, I would be with you. These guys, however, are on foot in amongst the lions. More than I would ever do.

I too was troubled by the large number of shots being whipped around

My favorite part was at about the :39 second mark with the "lung-seizing, gasp-like scream" emitted by the 'lucky' guy, just before he deposited a mud-pie in the cotton-patch.

[Sponsor]

[2HOW]

You , who like this kind of stuff , have a sick mind. this is not a hunt. Tell you what , I give you 200 yards with any gun you want. and run at me. tell me where and when , get some. Talk alot of shit and got no back bone.

[CJS3]

Guard Lion

[twyacht]

Wow 3 pages,...I'm a shooter, not really a hunter, just like the bulls in a bull fight, or the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, or a dangerous game hunting/fishing trip.

You are in their yard/element, and that bang stick better be on target. The whole point I noted was the panic firing that could have killed other members of the party on the charge.

and I was pulling for the Lion, and still root for the Bulls.

As an analogy, when I had to clear some line off our port engine prop, I had to jump in 65 miles offshore, I had a great knife, BUT what did I feel like out that far?

Bait & a lesser member of the food chain...

[Timothy]

Bait & a lesser member of the food chain...

More FACT than feeling!  Been there myself in the Gulf .....creepy feeling!

[2HOW]

Ummmm, because they are pissing on the constitution and systematically dismantling our country.


Im with you on this , these people are the worst.






















*Govt watch dogs, please note that this post was an attempt at sarcasm, and it is intended for mature audiences for the purposes of entertainment and possibly art. I do not in anyway condone the killing of politicians.... Tom Bogan does .... I feel very strongly that all politicians have the right to life, and that we should in no way threaten them with physical violence. It is also important to note that I am a registered Democrat and a card carrying member of the ACLU ***No politicians were harmed in the making of this post***.