Re: Lion Attack
- From: Fred Moore <jetdrvr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:05:10 -0500
The video was widely discussed on the African Hunters Forum and it's the
consensus of the African PH's that this was a canned hunt. Someone there
knew the story but I forget the details. There was a fence behind the lion.
It had only recently been released into the enclosure.
As I recall, SCI won't score lions taken in South Africa because of
unethical hunts like the one depicted.
And if you look closely as the lion attempts to escape and the PH fires, it
appears that he shot his tracker dead center. A black guy in a light
colored shirt to the right of the screen goes down like he was poleaxed.
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" <stevehuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "User" <useracct@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> Check this out...simply AMAZING
> >>
> >> http://www.break.com/articles/huntlion.html
> >
> > You're right pretty amazing. I looked for the so-called fence
> > posts as others here have eluded too but could not see anything
> > conclusive. They could be old fence posts with no wire strung
> > on them or they might not be fence posts at all. Certainly not
> > enough evidence here for people to yell "canned" hunt (unless
> > you have information that I don't. If so, please share and correct
> > me). I was actually amazed at how well the group maintained their
> > composure. I can't tell whether they hit the lion as it attacked or
> > not. That was just a damned determined lion, hit or not. That would
> > be a hard shot even for a good marksmen. Especially if shooting
> > with a scope on the rifle. As for spectators, I'm not sure. I saw
> > one person that might not have been armed, but as far as I can
> > tell the others were. I don't think any conclusions can be drawn
> > from what I saw.
> >
> > If every soldier that got a little dirt in the front 1/4" of his barrel
> > stopped to clean in the midst of a fire-fight, you would soon have
> > a lot of dead soldiers. I think a little dirt in the end of this guys
> > barrel was the last thing for him to worry about.
> >
> > Anyway, there seems to be an awful lot of Monday morning
> > quarterbacking and tough talk here by people who have never
> > been in that situation.
>
> I agree with you, it's impossible to determine whether it was a "canned"
> hunt or not. Regardless, it is some amazing footage and I'm impressed
with
> the cameraman! I certainly wouldn't mind having him shooting my video
> footage, he knows how to stay on task!
>
> It's quite easy to sit at a computer and find fault with any number of
> things about this particular video, however I'm sure that it was an
entirely
> different ballgame to the participants! A friend of mine used to own a
> mature African Lion that he raised from a cub. Even though Elliot was
very
> docile, he still was over 10 feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of
his
> tail, and weighed in at over 450 pounds. I was VERY intimidated by this
> gentle giant, even when he was begging me to pet him! To have Elliot
> bearing down on me with serious thoughts of mayhem would easily make me
the
> Depends Poster Boy! And I wouldn't be worrying about how the rifle came
out
> of my hands, I'd do the same, get that thing and start firing again!
>
> Taken as presented, it's very exciting video, and some that I hope never
to
> personally experience!
> --
> Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
> http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
> G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
> http://www.herefishyfishy.com
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